Once the capital of Colonial Brazil, Salvador is now the capital of the state of Bahia and the third largest city in Brazil. It has extended its focus to involve the families of these children - in order to make possible their reintegration in the family sphere. Includes practical actions such as referral to health care. The methodology is based on nurturing and acting upon children's wishes. Children exercise citizenship, deal with respecting differences, the abolition of privileges, and begin to trust their potential for changing their own lives.
Youth explore topics such as education, sexuality, ethnicity, violence, gender.
Methodology is based on mobilising participants, other youth, educators, parents and communities to discuss social issues. Youth learn crucial life and political skills through the practice of active participation. Apprentices are regarded as training professionals, with duties and responsibilities throughout the learning process. The central strategy is to direct creative energy into music and other cultural and educational activities. Living in extreme poverty, excluded from society's rights and benefits, youth transform their reality by using their creative energy, and giving lessons in environmental education and life education.