THE INSTITUTION

The Ave Cristo offers since 1991 a therapeutic program for treating drug addiction, in a boarding system for an average period of 6 months. The treatment is conducted by a technical team led by Doctor Sergio Irikura, neurologist physician with specialization at Sao Paulo Federal University. The program integrates resources of neuropsychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy and in special spiritual psychotherapy, in order to wake up the spiritual feelings, appraising the being existence and the understanding of the physical and spiritual duality, source of many humans conflicts when not understood.

OFFERING:
Offer a rehabilitation program to the drug dependants, proposing them a life project, enabling them to quit the auto destructive behavior, which means the use of narcotics substances. Widening the understanding and auto determination capacity, promoting personal skills, and the human and spiritual standards that will allow to join the life project.

PREMISES:
Urban Unit: The Human Promotion Center (left), where we offer the evaluations, located at Rua Ave Cristo, 600, Bairro Colinas, Birigui-SP,(map), the building contains attendance rooms, auditorium for 400 people and a module for food production.

Rural Unit: located at the rural zone of Birigui-SP, with an area of 50,000 M2. The buildings are simple and confortable, built in modules that are away from the hospital style, with wide balconies in a green hill, surrounded with dense vegetation and palm trees, other types of trees, gardens and a fountain. The bedrooms are for four people, with a small auditorium, psychotherapy rooms, video and tv room, cantina, kitchen, workshop, soccer field and extensive orchard.

HOW WE FUND THE PROGRAM SINCE 1991:
Solidarity Food! To help funding 50% of the therapeutic program and the other caring and social projects, the institution produces the panettone (Christmas loaf), chocolate panettone and cakes. Also processes cashews and peanuts of high quality for sale by the regional community, from which we receive part of our program funding. The other 50% is funded by public accords. You too can help us to publicize or sell the solidary foods.

DONATIONS:
If you wish, you can contribute to this cause that consist of monetary contributions, donating food, cleaning and hygiene items to the Casa do Caminho Ave Cristo.

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