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What does The Eagle Project do?
Now, provide therapy and skills to young and adult offenders to help end their patterns of crime
Started working with street children in Sao Paulo in 1999
Also, work with the families to increase success
In 2004 started working in the youth prisons
The Eagle Project: A Typical day:Leading psychodrama workshops with youth prisoners Visiting families to take food parcelsHelping find professional courses and work for the boys and family membersPhoning families to find out how the boys are progressingAttending network meetings with other organisations working with youth at risk
Leading the Forgiveness and Reconciliation courses in the adult prisons
Administration of the project
What problems are TEP trying to address?
Extreme poverty, violence and drug abuse is rife in Sao Paulo
Education is very limited
Children, teenagers and adults turn to crime to survive
Statistics
70% of Young offenders in the youth prisons go on to reoffend
After 8 sessions or more with The Eagle Project…..
…Just 22% reoffend!
It works!
How can we help?
Encourage others to pray & give
Financially Support
Pray
• George & Cally• The Eagle Project
The Big Mac Index
Can you guess which order these appear in the big mac index?
AustraliaBrazilIndiaPolandSouth AfricaUKUS
Sao Paulo is EXPENSIVE!!
The Big Mac Index
• Brazil $5.21
• UK $4.37
• India $1.89• South Africa $2.22• Poland $2.48• Australia $4.32
• USA $4.79
The cost of living in Sao Paulo is more expensive than Sydney, Dubai and New York
The Guardian Newspaper Mercers League Table
Current financial situation
George & Cally current shortfall• £330 per month (with good exchange rate 4.5)
• £2314 per month • (with bad exchange rate 2.7)
Our Target (not set by George & Cally): Increase giving to George & Cally by £1500 per month to allow for exchange rate fluctuations
George & Cally are VOLUNTEERS for The Eagle Project
The Eagle Project current financial situation
£1000 per month income
• £500 from the UK
Target 1:
Increase TEP income by £2000 per month
This would provide 2 extra workers (Social worker and a psychologist/psychodrama therapist)This means an extra 100 people a month would be reached
Run two or three groups in the youth prisons per week
Take on additional staff including an administrative assistant, a social worker and a psychologist/psychodrama therapist
Help hundreds more families
Where are we aiming?
Cost? An additional £6000 per month (at current exchange rate)
Praise & Prayer PRAISE FOR:• New office from October• Amazing start in the adult prison• The way God has used Cally & George so far
PRAY FOR:
• Protection, good health, quality family time, financial provision personally and for The Eagle Project
• To develop team – volunteers and funds to pay staff salaries• Help with admin• A bigger house so they can receive & host teams of volunteers
How can I help?
• Pray• Regularly
• Give (if you can afford to do so)
• Regular & one off gifts• Share• PLEASE tell your churches &
networks about George, Cally & The Eagle Project & encourage prayer & regular giving