LIFE SIGNAL: RESISTANCE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND SOLIDARITY

The project “Life Signal” appeared during 10 years of work in Morro Santiago. We found that the community was isolated by urban violence and especially the structural violence. Children and young people there lack access to basic rights such as clean water, sanitation, culture, sports and leisure. The school dropout rate is high. They are growing violence and drug trafficking on site. We went up and down the Morro Santiago every day with the construction of bonding and love through health promotion, culture, sports, storytelling, palhaçaria, hip hop, games, tutoring, youth groups, discussions of problems and solutions in the community, photography workshops, among others. Faced with the need of adolescents and young people, the Family Health Team, along with the social educators, social groups like the Levant Youth People's Collective, There is Love in Fortaleza, the Society of Teenage , students of Medicine and individuals involved with the cause, we organized a project to create and implement a culture equipment, art and leisure in Morro Santiago. The overall goal has been to build this center through popular education in Morro Santiago, offering a new alternative to complement the social, cultural and economic of this population, reducing the risk of involvement in drug trafficking and violence. This process symbolizes the resistance, consciousness and solidarity in Morro Santiago and the collective construction of a more just society.