Globalization of Fraternal Love
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Globalization of Fraternal Love
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Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brasil table of contents 4 51 84 24 78 88 4get to know the lgw LGW hand-in-hand with the eight Millennium Development Goals 2 4 Special Eight Millennium Goals — Responsibility of all those endowed with common sense Extracts selected from José de Paiva Netto’s writings, President of the LGW. 51 United Nations LGW’s Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair/High-Level Segment/DPI Annual Conference 78TGW and lgw’s parlamundi For a Culture of Peace in the world 8 4 Opinions Nine Nobel Peace Prize Winners talk about the LGW 88 Solidary society network Strategic Alliances to eradicate poverty and hunger 3 rd Ed it io n Globalization of Fraternal Love Legion of Good Will’s special publication whose first edition was distributed to the participants of the United Nations ECOSOC High-Level Segment 2007, held at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva (Switzerland), from July 2-5, 2007. Globalization of 58 years Fraternal Love EIGHT MILLENNIUM GOALS Responsibility of all those endowed with common sense Director and Responsible Publisher: Francisco Periotto MTE/DRTE/RJ 19.916 JP General Coordinator: Gerdeilson Botelho Elevação Staff: Adriane Schirmer, Ana Paula de Oliveira, Andrea Leone, Angélica Periotto, Daniel Trevisan, Danilo Espeleta, Jefferson Rodrigues, Josué Ben-Nun Bertolin, Leila Marco, Luci Teixeira, Maria Aparecida da Silva, Mário Augusto Brandão, Mônica Moraes, Neuza Alves, Raquel Bertolin, Rita Silvestre (in memoriam), Rodrigo Oliveira, Rosana Bertolin, Sandra Fernandez, Silvana Bosso, Silvia Bovino, Walter Periotto and Wanderly Albieri Baptista. Cover and Project: Helen Winkler Cover Photo: André Fernandes Layout Design: Helen Winkler and Felipe Tonin Printed by: Mundial Artes Gráficas All rights reserved to Elevação Publishing House Rua Doraci, 90 — Bom Retiro São Paulo/SP — Brazil Zip Code 01134-050 Phone: (+5511) 3358-6868 Fax: (+5511) 3358-6882 www.boavontade.com This publication has been published in English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Get to know the lgw LGW hand-in-hand with the eight Millennium Development Goals 4 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Mission Promote Education and Culture with Spirituality, so there may be Food, Health and Work for everyone, to André Fernandes form the Ecumenical Citizen. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 5 Get to know the lgw T Archive BV he spirit of cooperation and the incentive to the spontaneous sentiment of Love for the fellow being are the bases that have made the Legion of Good Will (LGW), since its foundation, on January 1, 1950, create and foster programs and projects of social inclusion and sustainable development in support of populations in situation of personal and social risk in the main Brazilian cities, promoting their autonomy and an improvement in their quality of life. For this purpose, the LGW works in partnership with the diverse sectors of society (governments, socially and environmentally responsible compa- UNDP discusses challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean Upon the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and of the Permanent Brazilian Mission at the UN, the Legion of Good Will participated in the First Preparatory Regional Meeting for the Annual Ministerial Review of the ECOSOC, which occurred in May of 2007, at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasília/DF. In the photo, from left to right, Edson Teixeira, Antonio Paulo Espeleta and Paulo Medeiros, of the LGW, and Dr. Kim Bolduc, resident coordinator of the UN and resident-representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP/Brazil). The agenda of the meeting pointed out the main challenges for finacing the combat of poverty and hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean. On the occasion, the Legion of Good Will presented the results of the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair (Read the article on page 88). 6 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE nies, international organisms, schools, community associations and other civil society organizations), in a way that opportunities may be provided so that every citizen may collaborate towards the progress of his/her community and, consequently, of his/her nation. The result of the effort of thousands of volunteers, collaborators and partners is expressed in the impressive balance statement of the Organization. In 2007, millions of cases of assistance by means of innumerable socioeducational actions were carried out in Brazil through its schools of basic education, from nursery to high school; shelters for children, adolescents and senior citizens; Community and Educational Centers, with various types of training courses; emergency programs to combat hunger and poverty; and socioeducational campaigns that dignify life. This work also occurs in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Portugal and the United States, besides counting on correspondents throughout the planet. In his article “Eight Millennium Goals”, on page 24, the writer, radio announcer and journalist Paiva Netto reveals the thought that orients all the initiatives of the Legion of Good Will for a better world. Since he became the LGW’s president, he has improved its actions, making it possible to be the world’s major humanitarian movement. Recognition of the United Nations Since 1994, the LGW has been working in partnership with the United Nations (UN), being associated with the Department of Public Information (DPI). In 1999, it became the first organization of the Brazilian civil society to obtain general consultative status at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and in 2000, it became part of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO), in Vienna, Austria. One of the most important global challenges signed in 2000, during the Millennium Summit, known as the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), brought together 191 member countries for the definition of a set of goals to be achieved by 2015 to improve the quality of life of Humanity and seek the sustainability of our globe. The LGW has broadly supported this worldwide campaign by ABr Pedro de Paiva Pedro de Paiva Above, the cordial meeting, in the United States, between Paiva Netto and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim. Below, the diplomat appears flanked by his wife Ana Maria Amorim (L), and his daughter, Anita (R), and at her side the LGW representative at the UN, Maria de Albuquerque. T h e a ff e c t i o n , Love and dedication of the LGW with these children make us believe that Brazil and the world can be much better, that it is possible to eradicate hunger, illiteracy and absolute poverty. I want to make known the work that is carried out here by the friends of the Legion of Good Will. (...) I don’t know whether it is Legionnaire, or militant... All I know is that this Work impresses any Human Being. (...) That is why I leave here astonished with the work carried out by you all. I leave the LGW with the certainty that the word Solidarity may yet become one of the keywords for us to recover our Brazil and transform it into a just and fraternal country in which people live with far more Love. (...) The Legion of Good Will is an example of life. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva “The Legion of Good Will is of great importance in this positive agenda and must continue being like this at the United Nations.” Words of the Ambassador and SecretaryGeneral of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Dr. Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães Neto, about the role of the civil society organizations seeking to achieve a Culture of Peace. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | Carolina Dutra means of its socioeducational actions during these almost 60 years and by the articulation of other social actors, promoting meetings and disseminating information in dozens of cities in Brazil, Latin America and Europe. From such activities the Solidary Society Network was created and has contributed regionally towards greater actions for sustainable and integrated development with the multistakeholders. In addition to the role of mobilizing civil society around the Millennium Development Goals, the LGW participates in New York as the Vice President of the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, a committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO). The objective is to contribute to an open and practical debate about the importance of Spirituality in global development, a cause defended by the Legion of Good Will since its origins, in the decade of 1940. Hence, several seminars and events in the UN headquarters have attracted the attention of world authorities to this matter of great value. President of the Federative Republic of Brazil 7 Get to know the lgw Mônica Mendes 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger The LGW deals with Goal 1 in a broad manner, offering to its beneficiaries the tools to build their own future and influence others, contributing in this way to the eradication of poverty and hunger expressed as social exclusion that distances Human Beings from opportunities. Belo Horizonte/MG LGW’s socioeducational actions include: • Basic Education Schools • Community and Educational Centers • Family and Social Reintegration home for boys and teenagers • Family and Social Reintegration homes for Senior Citizens Archive BV Maceió/AL The following programs, among others, are developed in these units: Salvador/BA Archive BV Luiz Barcelos da Silva Vitória/ES Adenilson Nunes • LGW — Children: The Future in the Present! • LGW — Youth: The Future in the Present! • LGW — Sport is life! • Community Library • Charity Round • Training Courses • Woman-Being - Baby Citizen Project Uberlândia/MG Archive BV Bolivia Divulgation Get to know some of the socioeducational units of the Legion of Good Will in Brazil (photos identified by city name and state initials); the pictures from abroad are identified by the country’s name. Archive BV “When we visit the LGW we really see how much is being done for the children. It is a quantum leap in Physics; a great jump in quality for the Human Being. It is a boost in their lives, far ahead of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent. This means that the Legion of Good Will, well before 1990 — while we were thinking about the Statute of the Child and Adolescent, when the Constitution already foresaw it — anticipated this future, already had this in mind, being ahead in this sense.” Divulgation Salvador/BA Archive BV Mário César Batista “It is nice to see the philosophy of the Legion of Good Will’s school, which from the very very beginning, works with the children to develop a Culture of Peace. This kind of Education is going to help create a more positive world for the future. There are so many terrible things that are going on in the world... That’s why it is wonderful to see that there’s a place like this in Rio de Janeiro, among four favelas (shanty-towns) that can give hope to a community to be able to help these children and their descendants and the people that they touch become more acquainted Former Municipal Secretary of Child and Social Welfare of Itu, São Paulo, Brazil. with a more positive world. The LGW really develops the Millennium Development Goals established by the UN, and there are two underpinnings. One is Human Rights, which I think you are really endorsing by the practice of what you do here, and the other is Peace because you can’t have development unless you have a Peaceful environment. And I think all non-governmental organizations that do this kind of work with the basis on Spirituality, ought to be applauded.” Leslie Wright Representative of Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund at the United Nations, during her visit to the LGW’s Educational, Cultural and Community Center, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 9 Get to know the lgw Daniel Trevisan LGW Educational Institute, in São Paulo/SP, Brazil. 10 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Daniel Trevisan The Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, the Pedagogy of Affection, that educates with Spirituality, present in the LGW’s schools of basic education (from elementary to high school), is considered nowadays a social technology that can be replicated and has been raising the interest of great teaching entities due to the results achieved, as for example, the evidence of non-existence of drug addiction cases nor of premature pregnancy amongst the assisted youth, and furthermore due to their good performance in higher education. The Organization maintains, in addition to the schools, a home for children and adolescents and Community and Educational Centers that develop support programs for children in the opposite school shift providing them reinforcement to carry out their school assignments and other activities, like sports, games and arts, encouraging teamwork, contributing to a reduction of school evasion and an improvement in their classroom performance and behavior at home. Partial view of the LGW’s School yard in São Paulo/SP, Brazil On the façade, Paiva Netto requested that the following quote of Aristotle be put: “All those who have meditated on the art of governing human beings end up being convinced that the destiny of empires relies on the education the youth receive”. Archive BV Achieve universal primary education Daniel Trevisan 2 Personal archive Success story 1 Personal archive “The Legion of Good Will does not offer a poor option to the poor. It offers to the poor a quality option. This alternative of the LGW is important, because it is a private organization, but with its entire teaching proposal directed towards the needy, especially for the community children education. (...) The concern of the LGW is quality, an extraordinarily wellelaborated thing. We, who are on the other side and who can mobilize greater resources, have to act like the Legion of Good Will: show the NGOs that it is possible to carry out the best for needy children, even providing them with toy-playing centers, bearing in mind that all the child education didactics can only be creative if they also are playful. Children at the LGW express themselves, speak, think and achieve through playing.” archive Bethânia Assunção entered the LGW at the age of 7, in 1995, as a pupil of the daycare center so that her mother could work in order to provide the sustenance for herself and her two siblings. Today, at the age of 21 and with her high school studies completed, she is inserted in the work market in a TV production area and has become a volunteer in programs of the LGW such as the Charity Round. Bethânia is an example among other thousands of youths that graduated from the LGW schools and still remains connected to the Organization. Daniel Trevisan André Fernandes Daniel Trevisan Personal Pedro Demo Sociologist, Full Professor of the Department of Sociology of the University of Brasília (UnB), and ex-President of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education. “It is really wonderful to give back to the people what I received from the LGW over all these years: love, affection, attention, education and other values that I wish to offer whenever I can.” Bethânia Assunção GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 11 Archive BV Get to know the lgw João Pessoa/PB Social Balance 3.503.908 4.188.946 5.717.554 6.181.596 2004 2005 2006 2007 The LGW was the first philanthropic organization of Brazil to have its general balance audited by External Independent Auditors (Walter Heuer), by initiative of Paiva Netto, long before the legislation required this measure to come into effect. João Preda Recife/PE Derli Francisco Petrópolis/RJ Londrina/PR Rosângela Guedes Florianópolis/SC Bruno Bergkischner Marina Figueiredo Natal/RN Quilombo Rio das Rãs/BA Nizete Souza Cidade de Pau Brasil/BA Rui Portugal Foz do Iguaçu/PR Maceió/AL Teresina/PI Aparecida Bianchi Vânia Besse Archive BV Alida Santos Ipatinga/MG 2003 Archive BV Taguatinga/DF 2.855.614 The graph below shows the significant numbers of the socioeducational services rendered by the Legion of Good Will in the last 5 years: Collective work for education Nizete Souza Archive BV The LGW distributes kits with school supplies to boys and girls in social risk situation in several Brazilian cities. On these pages, a summary of the activities of the Campaign A+ Child — Without education there is no future! Glorinha/RS Salvador/BA Porto Alegre/RS Luc ian Fag u nde s “The LGW is a very special organization, mainly for the help it gives to society, the needy and the orphans. It is a fantastic job, an example for Brazil!” Elisa Rodrigues Emerson Fittipaldi João Preda Cuiabá/MT Ismael de Brito Brasília/DF Vitória/ES Adriana Mafra Manaus/AM Belém/PA Fortaleza/CE Campo Grande/MS Analice Barcelá Maceió/AL Rui Portugal Luiz Silva Archive BV Archive BV Formula One two-time World Champion, and Formula Indy World Champion Adriana Rocha Archive BV Get to know the lgw Archive BV Bauru/SP Archive BV In the photo, Mr. Chowdhury (C) with Noys Rocha and Danilo Parmegiani, representatives of the LGW in the event. Juiz de Fora/MG Archive BV São Luís/MA Luis/MA São “I’m very pleased to have received a copy of this report made by the Latin American civil society, presented by the Legion of Good Will. (...) We would like to continue working together, and we believe that the more we do so, the better it shall be for the future of the world. I’m very pleased that the Legion of Good Will is focused on the construction of a Culture of Peace. I believe that it is essential for our present day conflicting world”, said the former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Anwarul Chowdhury, when he received the document divulged by the LGW in the 2006 ECOSOC High-Level Segment, which presented the experience of hundreds of organizations from Brazil and Latin America on employment and sustainable development. Archive BV Maringá/PR “From what I have seen, the LGW’s socioeducational services have worked besides goal 2, which is to achieve universal primary education, also goal 1, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with assistance that involves the families. By teaching education, hygiene and prevention, it meets goals 3, 4, and 5. (...) What we want is for people to notice that, no matter how small their contribution is, they manage to attune to these goals, exactly like the LGW, that with its work on a large scale has a great impact, indiscriminately, on the eight Millennium Development Goals.” Percival Caropreso Executive Vice President and Director of Creative Planning/Strategy of McCann-Erickson for Brazil and Latin America, agency responsible for the creation of the campaign that divulges the Millennium Goals, when visiting the LGW Educational Institute in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. BV Archive Promote gender equality and empower women Archive BV Daniel Trevisan Success story 2 Archive BV The objective of actions directed towards women is for their valorization and the strengthening of family ties. The projects Group of Mothers and Group of Women carry out meetings to clarify women’s rights and duties. At these meetings, workshops are held to help them generate income, besides providing them with psychological support and guidance for specific treatments that become necessary. These projects have shown surprising results in elevating the self-esteem of the beneficiaries and in their conquests in the professional field. Zélia da Silva is a portrait of many women who have passed the age of 40, need to help support the family and do not find work opportunities due to their lack of preparation for the work market and age, considered advanced for the working world. “It was a friend of mine who recommended the LGW to me, because the doctor told me I needed psychological assistance. I was very depressed when I came to the LGW Community Center. I could not get any work due to my age and because I lack schooling. They told me they would support me, and I wanted a job. The social worker told me about the courses and I became greatly interested in flower arrangements. Nowadays, I pay my condominium fees, my light bill, my phone bill and I even get to help my husband at home, because he earns very little. If I had not come to know the LGW I possibly would not even be here giving this testimonial”, she stated. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 15 Reproduction RMTV 3 Photos: Archive BV Amado Vieir a Get to know the lgw 3 1 2 4 5 UNITED STATES Archive Archive BV BV Archive BV (1 and 2) The legionnaire Mariana Malaman, one of the volunteers that apply the Program Peace and Good Will Garden, inside a classroom of a North American public school. (3) Partnership of the LGW with a University Hospital in New Jersey, promoting community health assistance to women, such as breast cancer prevention. (4 and 5) Volunteers distribute clothes, food and basic need items raised in the campaign SOS Dominican Republic, in favor of the victims of Hurricane Noel that reached Central America at the end of 2007. This is an example of the several projects carried out by the LGW of the United States in support to the international community in calamity situations. PORTUGAL The bus used in the program Sorriso Feliz (Happy Smile) that the Legion of Good Will of Portugal maintains with the support of volunteer doctors is one of the actions rendered by the LGW of Europe. Archive BV PARAGUAY 16 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV Deputy Secretary-General of the UN and the role of women URUGUAY Archive BV Archive BV Adriana Rocha ARGENTINA Archive BV BOLIVIA The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, (in the photo with Amanda Vieira, LGW’s Little Soldier of God, as the children are kindly called in the Legion of Good Will, on the occasion of the 51st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in 2007), who is acquainted with the work carried out by the Organization with its programs valorizing women and enhancing the girls’ self-esteem, emphasized that the action is even more successful due to the reinforcement of the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, the Pedagogy of Affection, applied in all the LGW’s services. Regarding this innovative educational proposal of Paiva Netto, she pointed out: “Love and comprehension are very important to make it possible for the children to live happier and for them to concentrate on things that truly represent an advance for them. Once a child receives love, it is being encouraged, learns to love and, in this way creates conditions for an atmosphere of Peace for all”. She also recognized the effort of the Legion of Good Will in the fight against violence and discrimination:“The civil society organizations are fundamental partners to achieve gender equality. For this, I congratulate the LGW for acting directly in defense of women”. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 17 From left to right: Eliel Brum and Gizelle de Almeida (from the Legion of Good Will), the Director of UNIC-Rio, Dr. Giancarlo Summa; Eliane Maria (also from the LGW) and Pedro Paulo Torres (from the Super Rádio Brasil). São Paulo/SP Amicucci Gallo Dr. Giancarlo Summa takes charge of his post as director of UNIC-Rio The Italian journalist Giancarlo Summa took charge of his post as the director of the United Nations Information Center in Brazil (UNIC-Rio), during a commemorative event of the UN’s 62nd Anniversary (October 24, 2007), held in the Noble Hall of the Itamaraty Palace, in the Center of Rio de Janeiro/RJ. In his speech, Dr. Summa emphasized the importance that the United Nations bestows on Brazil: “UNICRio was one of the first information centers created in the whole world. (...) This year, we are celebrating 60 years of the Center’s creation. The UN is 62 years old. This shows the attention it has always given Brazil, from the beginning, due to its size, due to its importance, since it has such a large population”. Upon concluding, in retribution for the wishes of success from the director of the Legion of Good Will for this undertaking, Giancarlo Summa registered: “Congratulations to the LGW for the good work”. 4 Reduce child mortality 5 Improve maternal health Nana Moraes The Baby Citizen project that supports the child from the moment its intrauterine life begins, offers pre-natal assistance to the pregnant women and also orientation to the mother and the family about newborn baby care. 18 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Bolivia Archive BV Danielly Arruda Members of the CEPE Caxias team that participated in the UN Women Soccer Cup, in 2005, hold the banner of the LGW greeting the United Nations for its 60 years and for their initiative. The Brazilian actress Juliana Paes, in highlight with the LGW T-shirt, was the godmother of the competition. Rio de Janeiro/RJ Archive BV Vivian Ribeiro Cida Linares Get to know the lgw Riclaim Samir Archive BV Archive BV Educational, Cultural and Community Center of the LGW, in Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. Archive BV In 2005, Paiva Netto (left) met with the Ambassador of India in Brazil, at that time, Amitava Tripathi, at the Educational, Cultural and Community Center of the LGW in Rio de Janeiro. Today, Ambassador Tripathi serves in Switzerland. “I am thrilled to be here. It is the first time that I visit an Educational Center of the Legion of Good Will. I have been to the Temple in Brasília, in several opportunities. I am very impressed with the love and care that the Legion of Good Will shares with those very adorable children of Rio. I am very happy to know that Jesus takes care of them.” Amitava Tripathi Ambassador of India in Switzerland and the Vatican GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 19 Archive BV 1 Archive BV LGW marks presence at the 59th Annual DPI/NGO Conference held from September 6 to 8, 2006, in New York/USA. The representative of the LGW in the United Nations, Danilo Parmegiani, greets the retired World Bank Adviser, Alfredo Sfeir-Younis (photo 1); the former President of the UN General Assembly, Jan Eliasson (2); and the Director of the Outreach Division of the United Nations Department of Public Information, Raymond Sommereyns (3). Archive BV Archive BV 3 2 The LGW representative at the UN Maria de Albuquerque gives the magazine Solidary Society to the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Shashi Tharoor. Paul Hoeffel, former Chief of the UN-DPI/ NGO Section, with the legionnaire of Good Will Dr. Pedro de Paiva. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Archive BV | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE The UN Radio distributes United Nations material to broadcasters of several places around the globe, and has in the Super Good Will Network (Super RBV) a strong ally in this task. The UN Radio Chief in the Portuguese language, Mônica Valéria Villela Grayley, commented the initiative: “We are very happy with the Super RBV broadcasters (...). This has been a solid partnership”. From left to right: Helder Gomes (interim production assistant), Eduardo Costa (production assistant), Mônica Valéria, Jorge Soares (Portuguese interim editor for Africa) and Sandra Guy (production assistant). 6 The Legion of Good Will promotes various campaigns for the valorization of Life. An example of this is the march promoted by the Organization under the slogan “AIDS — the virus of prejudice kills more than the disease itself”, created by Paiva Netto, that mobilized 200 thousand people in the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil, on December 1, 1996. 20 Jane Goodall, named messenger of Peace in 2002 by the UN, known worldwide for the work she has developed with chimpanzees, in Tanzania. On the International Day of Peace, on September 21, Goodall highlighted the value of media committed to this goal: “Communication means like these of the LGW are an incentive to start talking about the problems in their countries in order to have Peace. The majority of them claims for Peace, prays for it and works for more united communities. And that day shall come for the whole world and with the children who shall work for Peace”. Divulgation Aldo Henriquez/UN Radio Archive BV Archive BV Get to know the lgw Actions directed towards health, above all when preventive, are either inserted in the projects or are developed by means of informative and educational campaigns that mobilize means of communication, in addition to a significant number of people, in this way spreading the work. In this context, the LGW provides innumerous free medical orientation and lectures by health professionals within the Social Watch and Charity Round programs. ive B V João Periotto Archive BV Alziro Zarur Home and Park, of the LGW, in Glorinha/RS, Brazil. 7 Ensure environmental sustainability In partnership with technical support entities, the LGW develops environmental activities in the Alziro Zarur Home and Park, in Glorinha, state of Rio Grande do Sul, together with beneficiaries and the community. In this action they replanted native species to reestablish the local flora where the home is, and it contemplates environmental education as a transversal subject in elementary education in its Educational Network, in addition to operating in the public school system and in communities by means of its educational campaigns. We shall call this little boy João, who well represents the other interns of the LGW Home and Park in Glorinha/RS. He entered there at the age of 12 after losing his parents victimized by HIV. At this age adoption and arranging foster parents is rare and, in this case, we perceived that his permanence in the Organization would be a long one. It then became imperative that he be prepared for social and professional life out of the Organization after completing 18 years of age, and that he should be kept in permanent contact with his brothers and sisters and other family members that he still had. Due to his abilities he was prepared to work dealing with the public. Today he is connected to a large company, lives with his oldest sister and is a constant vis itor of the Home and Park. Archive BV Arch Success story 3 Daniel Trevisan Get to know the lgw Volunteer power: A group of North Americans participate of social activities of the LGW, while visiting Brazil. To this legion, 30 thousand more are spread throughout the Country. Invited by the NGO Section of the UN/DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs), and considering its themes of the highest relevance for the sustainable development of the countries where it operates, the LGW positions itself, for the fifth consecutive year, as a mobilizing and uniting element of other social entities, seeking to provide integration of different initiatives and thoughts. For this purpose, it created and articulates the Solidary Society Network that is composed of entities from civil society, academia, private sector, government and the media. 22 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE BV Develop a global partnership for development The period of existence and the LGW’s philosophy have created an environment that is opportune for strengthening partnerships with their very own beneficiaries, who, having gained their autonomy, start collaborating with the Organization. Hence, the LGW has many ex-beneficiaries and members of their families on its list of collaborators, who provide remunerated or voluntary services with total engagement derived from love to the cause and the belief in the positive results of their actions. Volunteers Archive 8 The strategic alliances formed guarantee the LGW programs better performances in quantity and quality, but their expansion still is one of the goals that the organization has imposed itself to achieve on a short term. Joining their forces with the LGW are: the government, by means of agreements; private initiative, by means of specific material support; and civil society through participation of the community leaderships in the Solidary Society Network. Beneficiaries Archive BV Indiscriminate love In the programs developed in needy communities, the volunteers of the LGW carry out more than socioeducational actions, they exemplify what Alziro Zarur (1914-1979) envisioned in his Poema do Grande Milênio (The Great Millennium Poem), in which one reads: “(...) The children are children of all the mothers, and the mothers are mothers of all the children”. Archive BV Leila Marco Supporters On its list of collaborators, the LGW counts on 2,845 permanent volunteers that can reach around 30,000 in specific community actions and emergency campaigns, characterized by calamity situations such as droughts, floods, landslides, fires in densely populated areas etc., and that may require the mobilization of a larger work force on very short notice. André Fernandes GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 23 special Eight André Fernandes Millennium Goals 24 Responsibility of all those endowed with common sense | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE João Preda and composer, Zarur’s successor, in his writings and speeches published in several books and in communication vehicles, has vehemently defended a paradigm shift that offers means so that these necessary global transformations may take place. Throughout the various decades directing one of the greatest contemporary solidary movements, he launches bases for the consolidation of a Solidary Altruistic Ecumenical Society in which, in fact, “all Human Beings may be born free and equal in dignity and rights”, in accordance to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. José de Paiva Netto, journalist, radio announcer and writer. He is the President of the Legion of Good Will. In his book Reflexões da Alma [Reflections of the Soul] launched in 2003 and that already exceeds the mark of 200.000 copies sold, Paiva Netto highlighted a remarkable extract from the Preamble of the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), approved on November 16, 1945, for considering that another path for Humanity would be that of destruction: The editors hen we talk about the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), proposed by the United Nations (UN) to be achieved by the year 2015, as agreed by the 191 member countries that signed the document in 2000, we see that it is an important chapter of a new planetary mentality that emerges, electing the Human Being as the main axle of the world’s scenario. Founded by the late journalist, radio announcer and poet Alziro Zarur (1914-1979), the Legion of Good Will (LGW) is happy to be part of this change in culture, especially because, since its official appearance in Brazil, emblematically on January 1, 1950, World Day of Fraternity Among Nations, it has combated hunger and extreme poverty and all forms of human miseries through understanding and Fraternity amongst the nations, platforms of construction of this ideal time that we all long for. Thanks to the vast experience acquired over almost six decades, the LGW believes that to have a better future, we can no longer consider the continuity of Life on this globe without a transformation of consciousness that would make change possible to build a renewed and solid social structure, as proposed by the eight Millennium Development Goals, timely launched by the UN. José de Paiva Netto, President of the Legion of Good Will, journalist, radio announcer, writer “Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that defenses of Peace must be constructed”. And the leader of the LGW still adds, meditating on the extraordinary Preamble: It is necessary to point out the proposals of real understanding; another path for the peoples will be that of bitter remedy. The Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. Divulgation W To construct Peace GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 25 Reflecting over the grievous situation that afflicts so many nations, in 1991, he addressed the attentive audience, in the city of São Paulo/SP, Brazil, in the following way: There is still a lot to be done Archive BV I look at the world and think that someone cannot be considered free when famished; or passes in front of a school, but cannot study there because his/her parents cannot afford to buy their school supplies; when on TV, even today, blacks only get secondary roles and there are few with important roles in the plot; when women get lower salaries than men do; when drugs force their entry into family homes; when the rich, in order to go out into the streets, need to bullet-proof their cars and, even so, do not feel safe; when the poor live in the coziness of their homes under the risk of being struck by a bullet; when the sick do not receive the due attention; when respect to freedom of expression is under constant threat. In fact, when any nation potentially strong, however, with a significant portion of their population still living in misery, has not reached its true spiritual autonomy, because everything begins in the Soul of the Creatures: both right and wrong. Hence the urgent necessity to teach, educate and spiritualize with the ecumenism of the heart. It is a challenge in an ocean agitated by the indifference of some towards the situation of individuals or of their nations. Nevertheless, it constitutes one of the most advanced decisions that Humanity is capable of facing and makes the reality auspicious. Fraternal Love is the most powerful instrument for the liberation of the Human Being. By the way, Cicero (10643 B.C.), the great Roman tribune, wrote: Cicero “Amongst all the societies, there is none nobler and more stable than that in which the people are united by love”. This is why — esteemed and respected listeners and readers who honor me with your attention 26 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE — isolationism, when it is characterized by the illusion of spiritual, social and political pride, shall always surrender, one day, to the contagious feeling of Spiritual and Human Solidarity. Alziro Zarur used to teach: Archive BV special Alziro Zarur “God created the Human Being in such a way that he may only be happy by doing the Good”. (...) For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, Humanity, due to the extraordinary tools that it has acquired with such difficulty over the millennia, has never seen times of such prosperous transformations like these. But precaution is a vital issue in order not to lose, as has at other times occurred, such an opportunity: re-educate ecumenically spiritualizing the popular masses and defend them from the rapacious eagles that through corruption embezzle the necessary means to improve the grievous condition in which they live. Ecumenism that overlaps “culture shock” With regards to his broad ranging vision of ecumenism, which overlaps the so-called “culture shock” — that may lead populations to formidable wars, possibly diverse and worse than what until recently had been imagined —, Paiva Netto explains in the magazine Solidary Society (7th edition), taken by the LGW representatives to the UN, in several editions, starting in the year 2000: Ecumenism — Education open to Peace (...) When we speak of ecumenism, we want to say Universalism, Fraternity without frontiers, international Solidarity, seen that we understand Humanity as a family. And there is not a single family in which all the children have the same behavior. Each one is an independent cosmos, which does not mean Archive BV minds of the world. (...) Those in the vanguard — among which, ecological activists, politicians and top scientists — have already undertaken practical solutions to restrain the pollution that has been poisoning us since the maternal womb. Global Warming*2 Regarding this, I open a parenthesis to comment a little more about this priority subject, like the events pointed out by the third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organ of the United Nations responsible for producing scientific information. According to issue number 218 of the BOA VONTADE magazine, in the report of the veteran journalist Mario de Moraes, the information of the third document Mario de Moraes Personal archive to say that these “celestial bodies” have to collide into each other. It would be chaos. (...) Let us refer then to the Ecumenism of the Hearts: that which convinces us not to waste any time with hatred and sterile disputes, but rather to reach out one’s hand to the fallen, for it is compassionate with sorrow; takes off a shirt to dress the unclothed; contributes to the healing balm of those who are ill*1; protects the orphans and the widows; knows that Education with Ecumenical Spirituality will become increasingly fundamental for the progress of the nations, because ecumenism is Education open to Peace; to strengthen a nation (not for a nation to rule over others); therefore, the shelter of a country, whichever it may be, and the survival of the Globe that protects us as children, even if not always well behaved ones. All we need to do is remember the lamentable phenomenon of global warming, each day increasingly being denounced by the greatest thinking *1 Author’s note — The Ecumenical Christ’s Commandment, in his Gospel, according to Mathew, 10:8: “Heal the sick, resuscitate the dead, clothe the naked, expulse the demons (which means, remove pain from the heart of those who suffer), give freely what freely you have received”. Editor’s note — Upon closing this document, we received the information that the G8 Leaders agreed to consider the goal presented by the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the meeting in Heiligendamm, in Germany, to cut greenhouse gas emissions in 50% by 2050. *2 GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 27 Divulgation “The costs to limit the greenhouse gas emissions mean a loss of 0.2% to 0.6% Nicholas Stern of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2030”. These forecasts match those that were defended in 2006 by a study requested by the British government, the Stern Review, directed by Nicholas Stern, former World Bank Chief Economist, which quoted a figure of around 1% of the world GDP. One of the most keen arguments of this Tony Blair work as to the urgency of the actions to restrict these present levels of emission is that, if these measures are not put into practice soon, the reduction of global consumption will be around 5% of the world GDP, reaching, in a worst case scenario, to the alarming rate of 20%. The former British Prime Minister himself, Tony Blair, manifested about the evidence presented, affirming that it is “overwhelming and disastrous”. And he completed: “Investment now will pay us back many times in the future, not just environmentally but economically as well”. On this theme it is worth remembering the proposal launched in Paris by the former President of France, Jacques Chirac, who defends the creation of a permanent environmental agency, with a status Jacques Chirac similar to that of the World Health Organization (WHO), so that it becomes a “strong and recognized voice”, says the text. I have furthermore followed the effort of the former Vice President of the United States, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (2007), Al Gore, in his decisive actions against global warming. In one of his visits to Brazil, he gave me an autographed copy of his work An Inconvenient Truth, from which I make an important transcription. I refer to a Al Gore report made by him as to the melting of a gigantic platform of ice in the Antarctic, an x-ray of what has been occurring on our planet: Divulgation of the IPCC, published on May 4 in Bangkok, Thailand, projects that: Divulgation Divulgation special “The Larsen-B ice shelf, as photographed below, was about 150 miles long and 30 miles wide. (…) Scientists thought this ice shelf would be stable for at least another century — even with global warming. But starting on January 31, 2002, within 35 days, it completely broke up. Indeed, most of it disappeared over the course of two of those days. Scientists were absolutely astonished. (…) Once the sea-based ice shelf was gone, the Divulgation The sequence of images below taken from a satellite in 2002 registers a great part of the ice platform Larsen-B detaching itself from the continent, the one which Al Gore referred to. The giant block that existed for over 11 years and was two times bigger than the city of São Paulo (Brazil), melted in only 35 days between January and March 2002, turning into thousands of icebergs, which spreadout in the Weddell Sea, in the Antarctic Peninsula. Another regrettable fact financed by global warming. 28 January 31 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE February 17 February 23 March 5 Ricardo Stuckert/PR land-based ice behind it, which was being held back, began to shift and fall into the sea. (…)”. Brazil in the leadership of clean fuel There are many actions under way against global warming, like the biofuel also developed by the Brazilian State to reduce the emission of gases that pollute the atmosphere. The North American President, George W. Bush, verifying the leadership of Brazil in regard to production of clean fuel made from sugar cane, visited the Country for meetings with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and with the Brazilian business class, with the express purpose of discussing this issue. In recent dialogue with the North American leader, this time held in Washington D.C., on March 31, 2007, President Lula drew attention to the disturbing planetary situation: “Either we take care of Planet Earth as we take care of our child, or we are all going to regret it”. In Brazil, several studies on the theme are being conducted. One of them, biodiesel, obtained from oil plants, like those of castor oil, soybeans, sunflower and African oil palm, strongly joins itself to initiatives that have shown great potential, such as flex-fuel vehicles powered by gasoline and alcohol. They already represent a significant percentage of the automobiles in circulation in the Country. Also regarding the issue, Agência Brasil states: “The idea is old. Projects have been developed since the ‘70s by the Federal University of Ceará. In 2002, the National Biodiesel Program was reassumed, with several Brazilian universities and institutes presenting feasible technologies for its use”. The IPCC itself suggests, according to what the EFE Agency published, that: “The governments place emphasis on ethanol for the expansion of energy consumption by 2020, President Lula (R), from Brazil, and the President of the United States, George W. Bush, visit the Transpetro terminal, in Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil. in order to reduce CO2 emissions. Initially, the intention is to stabilize the concentration of gas in the atmosphere so that the increase in temperature does not go up more than 2°C by 2030”. The text furthermore defends that ethanol produced from sugar cane “would have a more favorable environmental impact”. The United Nations concluded that “Biofuels like ethanol can help reduce global warming and create jobs for the rural poor, but the benefits may be offset by serious environmental problems and increased food prices for the hungry”. However, as I wrote in the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, on August 24, 1986, there is always a solution when men strive to find one. And this has allowed Humanity to survive its worst periods of madness. And about climate changes, Paiva Netto concluded: It is vital that all these initiatives keep us very alert, diligent, decided as to the steps to follow on a global, regional and personal spheres, so that the next World Summit on Climate Change, summoned by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, and GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 29 that they are totally against wastage. There is a lot to be learnt with one another. A diverse route, as has been proved, is that of violence, brutality, wars, that has invaded the homes around the world. Summing up: every time we replace arrogance or prejudice, there shall always be something fair and good to absorb from all these components of this ample “Noah’s Ark”, which is the globalized world Simone de Beauvoir of today. The French writer and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) was fortunate for having concluded inspiredly: Divulgation Adriana Rocha special foreseen to be held in September* of this year, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, parallel to the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly, become the perfect moment to understand and act in favor of our global house: the Earth. There is a lot to be learnt with one another Now, as never before, it has become so indispensable to unite the efforts of environmentalists and their detractors, as well as workers, businessmen, media people, unions, politicians, the militaries, lawyers, scientists, religious people, skeptics, atheists, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, artists, sportsmen and women, professors, doctors, students, housewives, family heads, barbers, taxi drivers, street sweepers and all the other segments of society, in this fight against hunger and for the conservation of life in the Planet. The subject became dramatic, and its perspectives tragic. For the same reasons, it urges the strengthening of an ecumenism that overcomes barriers, appeases hatred, promotes an exchange of experiences that instigate global creativity, corroborating the value of social and humanitarian cooperation of partnerships, as for example in popular cooperatives in which the women are largely engaged, highlighting the fact “There is not an inch in my path that does not cross the path of another”. While there still is time From this we commend the harmony of all for the benefit of all, while there still is time, because we share a single dwelling, Planet Earth, and the transgressions of its inhabitants have been demanding imperative measures: either we integrate or we disintegrate (…), reason why we must work strategically in partnerships that promote effective prosperity for the common masses. Therefore, in an era of profound transitions such as this in which we live, one can only understand the so greatly divulged “culture shock” as smoothing rough Salomon spots, because so much blood has already been shed in this world, and blood invokes blood, as in Salomon’s concept: “Abyssus abyssum invocat (Abyss calls upon abyss)”. Make compatible through the qualities In an improvised speech that I made in the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil, on June 20, 1987, in * The Earth Summit on Climate Changes occurred on September 24, 2007, at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, USA. 30 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV Mr. Ban Ki-moon (R) of the Republic of Korea, Secretary-General of the UN, congratulated the Legion of Good Will on March 9, 2007, for the socioeducational programs and projects accomplished. In the picture, Danilo Parmegiani, of the LGW, hands to the Secretary-General official document showing the actions being held by the Brazilian Organization for the past 60 years. Archive BV Ecumenism does not mean depersonalization In my book Reflections and Thoughts — The Dialectic of Good Will (1987) and, previously, in the Jornal da LBV [LGW Journal], in January 1984, I emphasized: (...) when we speak of the union of all for the good of all, some may be afraid, thinking they shall have to capitulate their points of view on an irksome plain of a depersonalized alliance, the deplorable human automatism. This is not the case at all. In Democracy, everyone has the duty (far more than the right) to — honestly (basic requirement) and with a spirit of tolerance — enunciate their ideas, their manner of seeing things. However, nobody has the right to hate on the pretext of thinking differently, nor of living intimidated for the same reason. Gandhi (1869-1948) said: Gandhi “Differences of opinion should never mean hostility”. And it was for this reason that Mahatma became, for certain, the main personality of the independence of his People. The duty to express one’s point of view in a civilized manner does not mean that — for the validity of Democracy — you have to be transformed at any cost into the winner. He who cannot live with this does not know what a Democracy is, which, by the way, is the regime of responsibility. Moreover, in the message “Question of Death or Life”, that I directed to the participants of one of the thematic congresses of the World Forum Spirit and Science, that occurred from 20 to 25 October, 2003, in the ParlaMundi of the LGW, in Brasília/DF, Brazil, considering that, according to Napoleon Bonaparte (17691821), “the greatest figure of rhetoric is that of repetition”, I reinforced my thought to mark it with greater intensity: Napoleon Bonaparte Archive BV the suggestive auditorium of the Total Ecumenism, of the Legion of Good Will’s (LGW) previous headquarters, I pointed out that a better motherland is not built and nor is a happier Nation established by making a collection of its faults, however by catalyzing all its skills. It is real suicide to want to make mankind compatible with what is condemnable in it. Conciliation has to be made from above: by means of its virtues and eternal qualities. A country progresses in the direct reason of the talent and the perseverance of its children (...). The same occurs on a planetary scope. To state one’s opinion in a civilized manner Since here is the Legion of Good Will’s Worldwide Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity, the LGW’s ParlaMundi, everybody has, in his/her activities, the duty of expressing his/her opinions, even with the natural heat caused in defense of one’s theses, however without a spirit of discord, hence in a civilized manner. When I refer to Charity in Education, I do not see this in a merely contemplative manner, but with an active spirit of one whose achievements are established in figures, as long as equally illuminated by the ideal of compassion. Statistics alone, without an elevated sentiment in its analysis and use, do not impede cunning corruption and reciprocal activities. To undertake Charity is to re-educate the Creatures. Human Beings must respect Human Beings! And this is not achieved merely with plans and decrees. Paiva Netto GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 31 special Archive BV Poor of the society that does not discuss ideas. Only those who desire the criminal dominion of the human mind detest them. History tells us the horror that this episode on Earth has been. (...) Planetary condominium “Mankind is a single body and each nation is a part of that body. We must never say: What does it matter to me if some part of the world is aliasing? If there is such an illness, we must conAtatürk cern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness. (…) Peace at home is Peace in the country. Peace in the country is Peace in the world”. Individual improvement (…) My friends and brothers, it is necessary, before anything else, to trust the capacity of the Creatures, see them with Good Will, if we want to form correct, happy, efficient, productive citizens, in both national and planetary terms, by providing them effective opportunities. We should point out their virtues and correct, with efficient education, whatever needs attention. I have for long been alerting to the fact that Solidarity has expanded itself from the luminous field of ethics and presents itself as a strategy, so that the Human Beings may achieve their own survival. To the globalization of misery, we counterpose the 32 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Eleanor Roosevelt (in memoriam), the remarkable Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. globalization of Fraternity, that spiritualizes the Economy and solidarily disciplines it, as a strong instrument of reaction to the pseudo-fatalism of poverty. (…) A sudden miracle is not requested — although nothing is impossible —, but the strengthening of an ideal that establishes itself, phase by phase, until it completes its extraordinary service. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the noteworthy Chairperson of the Commission of Human Rights at the UN, to well define this kind of resistance, assured: “The construction of a pacific world is not achieved by editing a treaty. Time is required to elaborate the relations between Human Beings; but, if we aspire to Peace, this must be done”. John XXIII (1881-1963), one of the most venerated popes in History, preached that: “In love are solved all the social problems and political divergences, both on a European scale as well as on a world scale. In it lies the corner-stone. (…) Peace is a house; it is the house of everyone, and the rainbow that connects Earth to Heaven”. John XXIII Archive BV Archive BV Globalization, therefore, cannot be the synonym of a standardized culture by a single model. Let us promote a global awareness, although fraternal and solidary, but in which the local singularities are respected. The path to this is called Ecumenism of the Heart. After all, we constitute a single Humanity, that resides in a single condominium: planet Earth. Where is the difficulty in understanding this, when the inverse would be death? The Turkish statesman Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), responsible for the founding of the Turkish Republic and for the modernization of his country, declared: “You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all Humanity”. There are different forms of fighting, proceeds Paiva Netto. However, the most ennobling form is this: modify, clarifying and stimulating the Human Creature, since it constitutes the base of any 2 Reproduction RMTV In the first picture, Michael Douglas receives from Danilo Parmegiani, the LGW’s representative in the event, the magazine Solidary Society; in the second one, Douglas with his beautiful wife, the actress Catherine Zeta-Jones; in the small circle, giving an interview to the Super Good Will Communication Network. The so greatly claimed structural change must count, therefore, besides the power of Reason, with the best of the Creature’s Sentiment; otherwise, it shall continue expressing the symbolic desire in which so often it has almost become. It is urgent, therefore, to join mind and heart: may the eye seek the heights, but it is proper for the feet to stay firmly on the ground. Madam Curie (1867-1934), Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and in Chemistry in 1911, who, by means of uncountable efforts and sacrifices led Science to so many conquests, from the highest point of her perseverance concluded: Philosophy and the hoe handle Divulgation 1 worldwide reinvigoration. It is, therefore, an urgent subject. Hence, let us begin yesterday. The good challenges do well to everyone; they are God’s prizes to our intelligence. The wise Albert Einstein (1875-1955), who does not require any further introductions, emphasized that: “Difficulties and obstacles are valuable sources of health and strength for any society”. In a letter that I sent to the youth of the Legion of Good Will in September 1987, I invited them to Ch. E. Guillaume In 2005, the Hollywood actor and producer Michael Douglas, also named by the UN as a Messenger of Peace, gave a speech during the event, at the United Nations, to celebrate the International Day of Peace, and in the opportunity sent a special message to Brazil through the Super Good Will Communication Network. “Today is a very special day for all of us. I hope this feeling of Peace may also reach Brazil. My thanks to the LGW for being here”, he said. On the occasion, he was greeted by the representatives of the Organization and he thanked for having received the magazine Solidary Society. Reproduction RMTV Michael Douglas sends message of Peace to Brazil through the LGW From left to right: Pierre Curie, Nobel Prize in Physics (1903); Marie Curie, Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and in Chemistry (1911); Irène Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1935); and Dr. Curie, Pierre’s father. Curiously, this picture was taken by Ch. E. Guillaume, at that time Representative Director of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), who was also Nobel Prize in Physics (1920). GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 33 special Adriana Rocha the comprehension that it is imperious that mental force be joined to that of the hands; philosophy, to the hoe handle (…). It is not enough to conceive, it has to be carried out. The new times demand greater promptness, since now the problem mercilessly reaches billions of people, whose patience is not inexhaustible. Even if it struck a single living Being, it would already be a scandal. Human Development Report From left to right: the two winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Dutch Pieter Zeeman (1902) and the German Albert Einstein (1921), with the professor of theoretical physics at Leiden University, in the Netherlands, Paul Ehrenfest, who, during his academic career, worked with many laureate winners. The UN and thinking ahead Meditating on Dr. Fedoroff’s speech, who on that occasion on behalf of Ms. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of the NGO Section/DESA, represented the United Nations, I remembered that, at a dramatic moment of the Brazilian History in 1930, the President of the State of Minas Gerais*3, Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada (18701945), descendent of the Patriarch of the Independence of Brazil, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763-1838), exclaimed: Antônio Carlos de Andrada Archive BV “Poverty is a complex social and economic phenomenon, whose global scale affects over a billion people who still manage to live in some way with less than a US$ 1 dollar per day, and over 800 million inhabitants who have very little to eat and satisfy their necessary natal energies in their daily lives. The manifestations of poverty affect all the areas of people’s lives, resulting in illiteracy, diseases, lack of access to drinking water and adequate housing and a lack of work opportunities and political participation. Between 1990 and 2001, around 120 million people escaped from living in extreme poverty, which, in itself, is already a significant conquest (...)”. The representative of the LGW Danilo Parmegiani with Hanifa Mezoui (L) and Michele Fedoroff, from the NGO Section of the UN/DESA, during the New York edition of the Innovation Fair. Read complete article on page 88. “Let us make the revolution before the People do it!” Archive BV Much to the point, the words of Dr. Michele Fedoroff, Deputy of the NGO Section/DESA (Department of Economic and Social Affairs), of the UN, in her speech, in the city of Brasília/DF, Brazil, during the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, promoted by the LGW, in March 2007: Well, that is the natural providence of all intelligent women and men, since governing means thinking ahead. (…) José Bonifácio And it is evident that it is a concern of the United Nations, with the eight Millennium Development Goals: to act beforehand. Ethics in its most exalted sense and corresponding action Archive BV The LGW’s president resumes the subject 34 *3 President of the State of Minas Gerais — At the beginning of the Brazilian Republic, the State governors were known as Presidents. | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV In these times of globalization of ill-distributed benefits, mainly for the innumerable multitudes “without access” (as the journalist and legionnaire of Good Will, Francisco de Assis Periotto, calls them), every nation has the duty, more than the right, of being creative, of becoming economically stable, expanding its industry, its commerce and its services; of modernizing the instruction and the Education of its population (illuminating everything with a touch of Spirituality which infers ethics in its most exalted sense and corresponding action), its network of communication and transportation; of seeking harmonious integration with the other nations; of achieving international prestige. It is obvious, but for this very reason, it must be proclaimed. Besides this, the barbarity which we witness around us gains force — every day less disguised — and as incredible as it may seem, the majority possibly do not duly measure it, for there is a thorough effort to keep the masses entertained, just as in the era of the Roman Caesars. Nevertheless, they shall gradually start seeing the pernicious effects. This is fatal. It is merely a matter of time (...). No leader should accomplish anything alone. In this era of accelerated metamorphosis, sooner or later, he/she shall need the support of society. (…) The least that is expected is that he/she governs for its people, for its company; respect its community; love its organization; and so on. Furthermore, in the middle of the 21st century, the law cannot be an isolated decision of whoever it may be. Upon taking any measures, it has to be done in a prudent, consensual, correct manner, since the consequences of individual measures may be uncorrectable. Known in the Eastern world of his time as an extraordinary philosopher and scientist, Omar Khayyam (1048-1122), who in 1074, upon the request of the Omar Khayyam Sultan Malik-Shah (1055-1092), made astronomical studies for the reform of the Islamic calendar, defined: “Four things do not return: the arrow, once in flight, the word once said, the water that passed through the mill, and the opportunity lost”. The current need to plant the collard and the oak The Human Being with an encompassing vision knows how to examine the Souls, not in his own benefit, which is a crime, however, in favor of the collectivity. Here is the churchman that herds his flock with zeal, however, without setting it against the others; the politician of broad vision; the statesman who, at times, even his contemporaries do not understand, but that the future blesses. On March 29, 1985, I wrote in “The New Republic and Jesus”, an article published in the former newspaper Jornal da Manhã, of São Paulo/SP, Brazil: (…) Rui Barbosa (18491923), the remarkable internationally renowned Brazilian jurist, invites us to meditate on these concepts of such sagacious reach: Archive BV in another tract of his, on the page “Spiritual knowledge generates abundance”, from the literary essay O Capital de Deus [The Capital of God], in which he states: “While God still gives us Rui Barbosa a remainder of courage, we shall not lose hope in the fate of Goodness. Injustice may grow angry because it is precarious. Truth does not grow impatient, because it is eternal. When we practice a good action, we do not know if it is for today, or when it is for. The fact is that the fruits may come late, but they are certain. Some plant the seed of the collards for tomorrow’s dish; others, the seed of the oak for a future shelter. Those dig for themselves. These others cultivate for their country, for the happiness of their descendents, for the benefit of the human genus”. In the complicated current times, dear Rui, both of these services need to be done in parallel: plant GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 35 special Archive BV Moses Buddha Archive BV “Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained”. Charles Chaplin (…) While the governments do not find “definite solutions” for misery, may each Creature, whether reunited or not into communities, do its part for his fellow creature, putting in action the powerful associative spirit of Charity*4, preached and lived by Jesus, Mohammed, Moses, Buddha, Onisaburo and other luminaries of History, not only religious ones, like: Charles Chaplin (18891977), actor and director of the English cinema — “Let us fight for a new world… a good world that can assure the chance of work for all, that may provide youth with a future and security for the aged”. Anne Frank (1929-1945), young Jewish writer — “Everyone has inside themselves a fragment of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how extraordinary you can be! How much you can love! What you Anne Frank can do! And what is your potential! (…) How wonderful it is not needing to wait for a single moment to make the world better”. Archive BV And the late founder of the LGW, Alziro Zarur, completed: “… cry in shame!”. Here too, since it is opportune, is the warning of the unforgettable Helen Keller (1880-1968), North American writer and social activist: Archive BV Onisaburo Archive BV José do Patrocínio Archive BV Archive BV Archive BV “As long as a Brazilian citizen is hungry, we are a nation that laughs, when it should cry (…)”. Identification in Goodness, from north to south, from east to west Archive BV the seed of the oak, whose welcoming shadow will be projected over the later generations, and plant the food for now, however, for the empty stomachs, because even today, despite the efforts Jesus of so many dedicated and honest souls, the warning of the fearless abolitionist José do Patrocínio (1853-1905) still echoes: La Fontaine (1621-1695), the French fabulist — “Love, love, for all the rest is nothing”. La Fontaine Helen Keller and her teacher and mentor, Anne Sullivan. 36 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE *4 Associative Spirit of Charity — Read more about Paiva Netto’s thoughts on Charity, which he calls “the most powerful instrument to carry out even what is considered impossible”, in Spiritual Guidelines of the Religion of God, volume 1, in the chapter “About Complete Charity”. Saadi (1213-1292), Persian poet — “Charity is a silent prayer”. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher — “Happiness consists in doing the Good”. *Temple of Good Will – Read article “For a Culture of Peace in the world”, on page 78 Divulgation Aristotle Florence Nightingale (18201910), English icon of nursing, always ended her letters with a phrase that demonstrates her extreme concern for her fellow creatures — “If I may be useful in any way, here I am”. Florence Nightingale Winston Churchill (18741965), English politician and writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 — “All the great things are simple. And many may be expressed in small words: liberty; justice; honor; duty; pity; hope”. Therefore, “may all men remember that they are brothers”, as exhorted Voltaire (16941778). In his Treatise on Tolerance, François-Marie Arouet (the real name of the polemic French thinker) wrote: Voltaire August Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher and sociologist — “Living for others is not only the law of duty but also of happiness”. “Nature says to all men: (...) I have given you arms to cultivate the earth and a small amount of reason to guide you; I have placed in your heart a germ of compassion so that you can help one another to tolerate life. Do not suffocate this germ, do not corrupt it, you shall comprehend that it is divine (...)”. Princess Diana (1961-1997) — “Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves”. Archive BV Princess Diana Archive BV Winston Churchill August Comte Several peoples, among them Chile, the Netherlands and China, have expressed their gratitude to the Temple of Good Will (TGW)*, a worldwide point of expansion of the Moroccan mosaic Ecumenical Solidarity. Morocco was the first nation to present the monument of the LGW, as soon as it was inaugurated in 1989, in recognition to its relevant role fulfilled in society. Its Embassy in Brazil donated in the name of the Government and people of Morocco a notable work of art: a stone mosaic, typical from the Islamic creed. The Embassy of Iran expressed its consideration for the TGW by giving a beautiful traditional Islamic painting, Traditional Iranian made on goat skin. Also an authentic painting, made on goat gesture of international friendship. skin. Archive BV Archive BV Saadi Records Archive BV Archive BV Archive BV Anália Franco Anália Franco (1853-1919), Brazilian educator — “Let us educate and give shelter to the poor children that need our help, tearing them away from the paths of vices, making them useful and worthy citizens for the enhancement of our Nation”. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 37 special The always remembered Alziro Zarur poetized a flagrant truth with this statement: “The vibration of hatred destroys the human body, which was made to vibrate in the Law of Love”. Finally, Charity, synonym of Love, is the center of gravity of spiritual, human, social, religious, philosophical, political awareness to such a point that, if the Being does not comprehend it, he/she must make an effort to understand it. For this ignorance, very often sophisticated, shows itself arrogant with regards to the lato sensu meaning of Charity and of its efficiency in individual’s, nations’ and peoples’ daily lives. This lack of knowledge has caused the stumbling of many ideologies that tried, with results far less than expected, to correct the situation of abject misery, which massacres immense populations. And when I refer to misery, I do not mean only social poverty, but also spiritual, moral, mental, as well as intellectual, that when observed away from human suffering may lead someone, despite his/her great erudition, to build a chimera, because of the lack of that common knowledge endowed to the most simple souls, reached in the struggle of constant labor, in order to have minimum living conditions so that the family, for example, can be supported in the daily battle. Theory, in practice, is not always the same thing, since at every moment one is faced with sudden facts. The knowledge that comes from the millennia shall reveal that, to the academic patrimony must be added the supreme instruction born from the learning of the suffering of the multitudes. The simple men have a lot to teach their elite. In addition, when I refer to Charity in Education, I do not see this in a merely contemplative manner, 38 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Charity is the synonym of Love but with an active spirit of one whose achievements are established in figures, as long as equally illuminated by the ideal of compassion. Statistics alone, without an elevated sentiment in its analysis and use, do not impede cunning corruption and reciprocal activities. To undertake Charity is to re-educate the Creatures. Human Beings must respect Human Beings! And this is not achieved merely with plans and decrees. Here fits the essential words of the South African Statesman Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Nelson Mandela The maturation of the Soul fraternally brings together creatures, concomitantly, the terrestrial cultures. Due to the complexity of our present day dramas, even if the time comes when all the social problems are solved, Charity, which, in Sanskrit, precisely means “the Love that shifts itself”, will be as necessary as it is today. Without it nobody lives, since it is the food of the Spirit, the greatest gain for the equilibrium of the mind. Also because all citizens, in addition to the good term for the issues that are of the competence of the State, seek solutions for their human, moral and spiritual dilemmas. (...) This reflection was made by Helena Petrovna Blavatski (1831-1891), Russian activist, writer and theosophist: Archive BV Yes, dear Voltaire, and that it may so be from north to south, from east to west, since the historic time for Humanity to understand that the survival of the Planet depends on our true civilized behavior, is diminishing right before our eyes. And these are not the words of a visionary mystic, no matter how respectable he may be, but the simple statement of reality. Never like now has it been so necessary the message of comfort and hope. “Each person is affected by the combined influences of the rest, since each one, in his Helena Blavatski turn, affects all the others”. Encyclopedic unlove In the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, on April 10, 1988, I wrote: Without Love we shall never know Peace. It is “the divine bread of the souls, the sublime food of the hearts”, in the words of Laura, Lísias’*5 mother. And if anyone should argue that Archive BV Archive BV Archive BV Galileo Galilei Semmelweis Archive BV Baruch Spinoza Archive BV Dante Alighieri Bias Archive BV Archive BV Archive BV Socrates Archive BV it is a waste of time to speak of Love now, with so much violence in the world, I oppose with the conviction that it is precisely the correct time for this. To exalt it when everybody would normally be living it, would be redundant... Speaking of Love, the BOA VONTADE magazine published: “Encyclopedias — An English newspaper observed that in the first edition of a well-known encyclopedia, published in 1768, the word atom was explained in four lines, while to the word Love five whole pages were dedicated. In the last edition of the same encyclopedia, the definition of atom occupies five pages, and the word Love is not even mentioned”. (…) One of the misfortunes of some public men is to remain ignorant of these grand subjects. They say it is a dream... They may wake up in a nightmare... Samuel Hahnemann Maria Montessori Charity and Politics Divulgation Charity, in its deepest expression, should be one of the main statutes of Politics, because it is not restricted to the simple and praiseworthy act of giving a piece of bread. It is the sentiment that — illuminating the ruler’s Soul, from the parliament member to the magistrate — shall conduct the Nation to the regime in which Solidarity is the base of the Economy, understood in its broadest sense. This demands a restructuring of the Culture, through Spirituality, amongst the people and as an academic discipline. However, in the intellectual field, that it may be done without any type of prejudice that reduces, on specific occasions, the perspective of the great analy tical thinkers, due to the fact that some of them submit themselves to some ideological and scientific dogmatisms, which is inconceivable coming from supine lucubrating minds. Even because Science is prodigal in conquests for the common good. But also in its bosom there were many who suffered incomprehension, due to the castrating conventionalism of even some peers who hastily prejudged them. Their victims were: Socrates, Bias, Baruch Spinoza, Dante Harvey Archive BV Paiva Netto, listed among the great pioneers as to the broad-ranging meaning of the word Charity, continues demonstrating this in his literary essay The Capital of God: Luiza Mahin Dr. Barry J. Marshall and his friend Dr. J. Robin Warren Alighieri, Galileo Galilei, Semmelweis, Harvey, Samuel Hahnemann, Maria Montessori, Luiza Mahin*6, Dr. Barry J. Marshall, Dr. J. Robin Warren and other universally respected renowned figures. Summing up, Charity, synonym of Love, is a special Science, the vanguard of a world in which the Human Being shall be treated as he deserves to *5 Lísias — Character of the book Nosso Lar, by André Luiz, channeled by Francisco Cândido Xavier, FEB. *6 Luiza Mahin — Mother of the famous Brazilian poet, journalist and abolitionist Luiz Gama. A well educated and combative slave, who had an important participation in the Male Revolt — a series of slave rebellions that occurred in the first half of the 19th Century in Brazil. The movement leaders were brutally chased and punished, but Luiza managed to run away to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) where she continued her fight for her people’s freedom, being arrested and possibly deported to Africa. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 39 special “On each man and woman depends the improvement of everything that is born, grows, lives and is transformed on Earth, because, in fact, nothing dies. There is an ongoing transmutation, and we must be the guides for this transformation to occur in constant ascension, increasingly becoming more beautiful and more perfect to better represent the life that encourages it”. fate. To allow that feeling of compassion to be sacrificed between individuals is the same as promoting the collective suicide of the nations. We live in times of transformation, of rupture with the past. Is it for the better? Jean-Paul Sartre It depends on our feeling of humanity now. It was not without reason that the French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) defined it like this: Archive BV Personal archive be: in a human and therefore civilized manner. Thus, we would be in this way building an Empire of Good Will on this planet, the excellent state for the Capital of God*7, which Cinira Riedel de Figueiredo circulates throughout and that (Photo kindly ceded by the shall no longer accept crimigranddaughter, Mrs. Sônia nal speculation of itself. (...) Riedel Souza e Silva) This reflection of the Brazilian educator and writer Cinira Riedel de Figueiredo (1893-1987) comes to meet what we approached before: “Mankind is constituted of his multiple choices and is entirely responsible for them” (...). Economy of the Spiritual and Human Solidarity *7 O Capital de Deus [The Capital of God] — In this way Paiva Netto defines the Human Being and his eternal Spirit. It is also the title of one of his essays. “He who is indifferent to the well-being of others does not deserve to be called a man”. Rupture with the past. For the better? Proceeding, after presenting what Paiva Netto reiterated in 1985, we return to his word, when he presents: 40 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV Thanks to the solidary maturity of the consciences, ending the hunger of the body and the Spirit has become a concern, not only national, but rather planetary. What can impede the objectives that shall benefit any country to be reached without further delay on a global scale? Amongst other obstacles, stand out the exacerbation of narcissism, individualism, allied to the desire to dominate whatever can exist in human minds that are insensitive to the pain of others — that prodigiously gives fruit in an epoch of unrestrained corruption and impunity — and to the lack of perseverance and efficient tactics amongst many of those that oppose themselves to this state of things. The combat of violence in the world begins in the fight against indifference towards your neighbors’ From my literary essay Sociologia do Universo [Sociology of the Universe], consonant with our belief in the value of altruism, I point out that it is not because we believe in it, even in the area of business, that we should be considered fools. We are fully aware of the hindrances, even in the economic and social areas, that any community or nation constantly needs to face and overcome. Upon proposing, decades ago, the Economy of the Spiritual and Human Solidarity, as a Strategy of Survival, we are part of a rigorous group of cheerers that desires to see once and for all corrected the many faults damaging workers, companies, society and beliefs by those capable of doing so, who only require the prestige of those that shall be benefited by their initiatives, Zarathustra that is, the populations. The more violence threatens the development of a Country, the more it cannot do without the spirit of Charity. The Persians, who followed the doctrine of Zarathustra (628551 B.C.), taught: Archive BV Partial view of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. José Ortega y Gasset Archive BV “State and life project, action program or human conduct are inseparable terms. The different State classes are born from the way in which the entrepreneurial group establishes collaboration with the others”. Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (19041997), who in the second part of the 20th century started undertaking a series of deep reforms in China, pointed out a lesson of what must not be done to reach agreement: Because of this, the Charity that we suggest goes beyond what inspired the solidary economy studied by the eminent sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917). The Economy of the Spiritual and Émile Durkheim Human Solidarity that we praise is holistic, since it invites us to catch a glimpse of our true origin, which is spiritual. Only in this way shall there be the humanization and spiritualization of the State and of the Human Creature itself, that is, under a shining bath of Ecumenical Charity, which makes no distinction of people, since it considers that — above color, belief, disbelief, political view, gender, age — we stand before Terrestrial Beings that beg for help and comprehension (...). In the same purpose declared the heroic Nelson Mandela: Archive BV Archive BV The thought of one of the most expressive Spanish philosophers, José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), fits in with this ancient Persian precept when he affirms: “There are people who criticize others to gain fame, stepping on other people’s shoulders to ascend to key positions”. “Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished”. Paiva Netto, continuing his explanation of how he comprehends the Charitable sentiment, as a propelling force, not only in the religious, but also in a social, political and scientific extent, clarifies: Also in the literary essay The Capital of God, the leader of the LGW once again approaches the much diffused “culture shock”, pointed out by some. He says: The family of Nations GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 41 special And advises: It is still proper to act in such a way that, pari passu, the advances of technological knowledge contemplate expansive mechanisms of Compassion and Solidarity, in the effective combat of the moral and spiritual misery that obstructs the success of all society. This is to think ecumenically to find the real solution for the increase of purchasing power and, what is fundamental, for the democratic access to good education, for example, the lack of which, at the present moment, imprisons in indigence entire populations in the four corners of the Earth, making it difficult for them to free themselves from the diverse forms of hunger. This is true disrespect to human dignity. “Hunger is a bad adviser” In case this maturity of mentality does not occur quickly, Paiva Netto, whose words are justified by his work, leads us all to reflect that a danger can truly approach those who do not take these precepts into consideration, for Archive BV (…) Whoever is hungry wants to eat; whoever has thirst tries to quench it; whoever is naked needs to be dressed; whoever is ill awaits for the urgent cure; the desperate longs for comfort. Not tomorrow, right now! And before the starving masses in extreme delirium start wrenching by force what they do not have from the hands of those who do. After more than two Virgil millennia, the Latin poet Virgil (70-19 B.C.) is still current: “Hunger is a bad adviser” (...). Before such circumstance definitively becomes a flag waved by afflicted communities, whereby, as the President of the LGW affirms, “Nations also vomit”, 42 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Redoubled consideration is necessary with regards to what the Scotsman Adam Smith (1723-1790) registered so many years ago. The Father of Economics said: Archive BV he brings us reflections of other great names of History: Adam Smith “Poverty dishonors no one, but it is very irksome”. However, there is an aggravating factor in all of this, my dear Adam, as shown in this warning from Gandhi, the liberator of India: “The greatest crime is hunger”. Mahatma’s conclusion is correct, seeing that hunger and its consequent infirmities, among them dwarfism, blindness, mental weakness (that makes absorbing knowledge difficult) and others — which befall millions throughout the Planet every year —, constitute a genocide, which we must denounce with intense clamor, worthy of the Roman General Scipio Emiliano (184-129 B.C.), when he burnt Carthage to ashes and decimated its inhabitants in 146 B.C. (...) There is no good regime as long as Mankind is evil. Reason for which it is inevitable to reflect with serenity and bloodlessly about this quote of the wise Chinese Confucius (551-479 B.C.): Archive BV With increasing intensity for the 21st century, the issue is never to disregard the multiple opportunities of development for the common good that modern technology offers us. “Pay Kindness with Kindness, but evil with Justice”. I refer to the bloodlessly, in addition to serene, reflection Confucius about this thought of Confucius, so that no one should criminally confuse Justice with vengeance. Fear is a bad advisor We can notice, reading between the lines of what we are witnessing throughout the world, the message The purest truth, illustrious Russell, because hope never dies, never! Thus we work, unceasingly, for a solidary Education, without ever forgetting the indispensable Ecumenical Spirituality, which infers the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, the Pedagogy of Affection*8, directed especially to the children and the youth, as a compass showing the ideal way to reach the so much dreamed of planetary harmony, whose difficulty in being accomplished strengthens the decision of those who do not capitulate in the face of hardships found along the way. To educate the deviations of the Soul, only with spiritualized Love and the illumination of Justice. The second Secretary-General of the UN and Nobel Peace Prize, Dag Hammarskjöld*9 (19051961), disclosed: “Unless there is a spiritual renaissance, the world will know no Peace”. And Dr. Hammarskjöld’s declaration — observes Paiva Netto — deserves our most expressive applause. As to the power of Good Will, the Law of Spiritual, Human, Social and Political Solidarity, a magic thread that joins the parts anachronistically separated from the society organism, it comes to my mind this manifestation of the already previously quoted Charles Chaplin, the genius Carlitos, when he states: “The world shall not achieve Peace through the threat of bombs that are being manufactured, based Dag Hammarskjöld (in memoriam) on the disintegration of the atom. The world shall only have Peace when the natural sentiment of Good Will is aroused in Mankind”. Democracy: the regime of responsibility Also in The Capital of God, the author of Reflexões da Alma [Reflections of the Soul]*10 analyzes: The advent of globalization revealed more, to the eyes of the world, the idea of Democracy. Nevertheless, this globalization presents it in an inconclusive form. As long as everything is submitted to greed, where does the true Victor Hugo emancipation of the Human Being lie? Victor Hugo (1802-1885) advocated: Archive BV “In Education and other fields of existence, what Humanity most needs is the substitution of fear with hope”. Archive BV Archive BV written in bright paints: just like hunger, fear is a bad advisor. It is evident that one cannot confuse fear with prudence, because the latter illuminates and propels the Good Will of beings willing to transform this state of things, as Bertrand Russell the English philosopher and historian Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) proposes: Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, the Pedagogy of Affection — Is a vanguard educational line, proclaimed by Paiva Netto, whose methodology is applied successfully in the socioeducational programs and projects developed by the Legion of Good Will throughout Brazil and Abroad, by means of schools; Homes for children, youth and senior citizens; Community and Educational Centers; and sports and cultural centers. It is based on the values born of Universal Love, adjusting people to live the Ecumenical Citizenship, established on the full exercise of Planetary Solidarity, above all beliefs, disbeliefs, traditions, ethnic origins or any other factor of segregation of the Human Being. It has as its banner the New Commandment of Jesus, the Ecumenical Christ: “Love one another as I have loved you” (Gospel, according to John, 13:34). *9 Dag Hammarskjöld — Died tragically in an air disaster, in 1961, in Ndola, Zambia, a place where he was to discuss the cease-fire in Congo with the separatist leader Moïse Tshombe. The DC-6B that transported him fell shortly after the airport had come into sight. Many believe that it was a conspiracy for his assassination, although the causes of the accident have never been explained. *10 Reflexões da Alma [Reflections of the Soul] — Book written by Paiva Netto that has already exceeded 200.000 copies sold. *8 GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 43 Archive BV Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), the author of The Spirit of the Laws, wrote: “The peculiar principle of democratic government is virtue”. Due to this, Liberty, Virtue and Justice have to join hands to combat corruption and impunity, fatal to the survival of Montesquieu a democratic regime. Alziro Zarur proclaimed that “the first great reform to be made is that of the Human Being”. Truly, because the Creature urgently needs to become more human and spiritual, in order to carry out the restructuring of planetary living, with Solidarity as the efficient strategy, not merely as a most beautiful inert idealism, but as a structural, organizational action never before conceived. The Soul is the generator of all progress It is worth registering here the article Independência (Independence) by Paiva Netto, published by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on September 7, 1986, Brazilian Independence Day, also elaborated by the author in other noteworthy communication vehicles: (...) The Human Being, with his/her Eternal Spirit, is the center of the Economy, the generator of all progress. Without him/her, there is neither work nor capital. The wealth of a country is in the heart of its People. However, entire nations still suffer in misery. It is con44 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE “Feed them, and only after that demand them to be virtuous!” The Brazilian writer and politician José Américo (18871980), also declared in a bitter moment that: Archive BV Liberty, Virtue, Justice “Scandal is to die of hunger in Canaan”. José Américo Archive BV I think, in this case, in accordance with this great man of Besançon. And I repeat: authentic Democracy is the regime of responsibility, the sincere respect to reason, inspiration and to Peoples’ rights. (...) venient to remember that empty stomachs and frustrated Spirits are not, in general, willing to listen. Possibly, because of this, the Russian thinker Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Fyodor Dostoyevsky author of Crime and Punishment, warned: And Saint Ambrosius (340-397), Saint Augustine’s (354-430) mentor, asserted: “If you own great wealth and your brother is hungry, you are a thief. If the needy die, you are a murderer”. Saint Ambrosius Archive BV “Freedom is, in philosophy, the reason; in art, inspiration; in politics, the right”. Archive BV special In times when, due to advances in technology, production expectations are surpassed, hunger is really a scandal! Not only that of the body, but also that of knowledge, that is, Edu- Saint Augustine cation, without which no Nation is strong. Anachronistically, never has the world known so much abundance on one hand and so much misery on the other. The Economy lacks Solidarity. Until the last of its sons have the minimal conditions for a dignified life, no country will be an independent nation, but merely the slave of its self imposed limitations. The internal obstacles cause more damage to the People’s progress than external ones (…). Amado Vieira Archive BV United Nations Plenary in New York, USA Blaise Pascal Still regarding the lack of Solidarity in the Economy, consequently also in Politics, in another lecture, Paiva Netto recalled a quote from Blaise Pascal (16231662), in which the controversial French physicist and mathematician affirms: “The pleasure of great men consists in being able to make others happier”. In this sense, the leader of the LGW completed: After all, Human Beings are not currency. Their importance cannot be measured by a cipher on their foreheads. Women in the repair of nations – reproduction of the document elaborated by the LGW and translated by the United Nations to its six official languages. Arabic Chinese Cooperating with the UN When asked about the cooperation that the LGW has been offering the United Nations since 1994, Paiva Netto answered: Let us continue confident, yet always attentive and diligent, in the measures that are being taken on a national and worldwide scope, like the vast UN initiatives. And for these precious opportunities we are present with our sincere collaboration of institutions born from the core of society that, increasingly, become aware of their citizen rights, in the measures that shall create a better Brazil and a happier Humanity. Not in a distant future, however as soon as possible! * * * Spanish French English Russian GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 45 special “Love is the great champion of the most difficult battles.” Paiva Netto Women in the repair of nations On the occasion of the 51st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, held from February 26 to March 9 of 2007, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States, in the document delivered to the event, translated by the UN into its six official languages, Paiva Netto highlighted extracts of his page “A Mulher no conSerto*11 das nações [Women in the ‘repair’ of nations]”, in which he pays fair homage to them, pointing out the “essential role of Women for the survival of the nations”. Right at the beginning, he comments: Bread and roses The fight for the emancipation of Women — proceeds Paiva Netto — is ancient. Even in the classical times of Greece, this libertarian spirit sought, under a certain aspect, its path in the efforts and difficulties of Lysistrata, with her sex strike, which motivated the women of Athens *11 Conserto and Concerto —In Portuguese, the pronunciation for ConSerto and ConCerto is the same, but the meaning of both words is different. The first one is for fixing, repairing, restoring. The last one has the literal sense of the musical show, agreement (such as a political one), harmony. (Translator’s note) 46 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV Before anything else, I have to clarify to you the reason for the word “conserto” written with an “s” in the title of this article. It is not an error or distraction in the use of the word in Portuguese. It really is conSerto (repair), since, in the way in which the world is about to fry with global warming, it is better for men and women to fraternize, unite their forces and carry out urgent repairs to what threatens to break, because otherwise, we may end up cooked nuclearly or climatically in a phenomenal pot: the planet that we inhabit. (...) and of Sparta, to deter the Peloponnesian War, according to the comedy by Aristophanes (450388 B.C.). In 1857, hundreds of textile and clothing women workers in factories in New York started a strong protest against their low salaries and working days of over 12 hours and detestably poor working conditions. In 1908, over 14 thousand women returned to the New York streets. With the slogan “Bread and roses” — “the bread being the symbol of economic stability and the roses representing a better quality of life” — they demanded identical rights as those claimed by the workers of the ‘50s in the 19th century. Approximately 130 of them died during a mysterious fire. But this was not all. Three years later, also in that city, another tragic occurrence was provoked by the truly infernal conditions lacking in safety at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. On March 25, 1911, more than 140 male and female weavers died, the majority of them Italian and Jewish, burnt to death (21 of them were men). The facts were registered in their dramatic nature: desperate Creatures throwing themselves from the burning building. The protests which occurred in the cosmopolitan metropolis were aligned among other main steps for the emancipation of Women, as well as the efforts of so many others, as for example the German Clara Zetkin (1857-1933), one of the most famous activists for women’s rights, who, in 1910, during the 2nd International Conference of Socialist Women, proposed the creation of the International Women’s Day. Their courageous attitude, with their energetic revolution, without giving up their affability, the sense expressed already in the slogan “Bread and roses”, fits in perfectly in this exclamation by Helen Keller: Clara Zetkin (L) next to Rosa Luxemburg, two great feminist figures of Humanity. “Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all!” Photos: Archive BV 2 1 3 It is evident that the famous social activist refers to the audacity that propels those in the vanguard to review outdated habits and concepts, which retard the evolution of all Creatures and Nations (above all in indispensable spiritual knowledge). She herself is a model of this premise. Blind, deaf and dumb, due to a disease that manifested itself when she was only 18 months, she broke barriers, becoming one of the most respected women of History. She “saw” how many steps were necessary for the path to comprehension: “The highest result of Education is tolerance”. terrible crime of forgetting the spirit of Solidarity. Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), jurist and politician, founder of Pakistan, in a speech he made in 1944, at the Muslim University Union, pointed out: Ibrahim Sued * John Kennedy * * Ecumenical Instruction, Education and Spirituality lead to liberty Archive BV The late journalist Ibrahim Sued (1929-1995), considered the pioneer of Brazilian social columnists, interviewed a few select personalities, amongst which the North American President John Kennedy (1917-1963), the Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) and, in the inauguration of the city of Brasília, capital of Archive BV Archive BV Archive BV There is no better financier than the mother in a family, the housewife, who very often has to make do with her minuscule budget, achieving real miracles, of which we are all testimony of, from the most powerful Minister of Finance to the simplest citizen. Above all, women’s actions are fundamental in the field of Economy, which cannot be caught practicing the Mohammad Ali Jinnah “No nation shall be able to reach the heights of its glory unless the women stand side by side with the governments”. The housewives’ miracle On another occasion, Paiva Netto declared: Archive BV (1) Facade of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building when trying to put out the fire that took over its installations. In the tragedy more than 140 workers (between 13 and 23 years old) died due to horrible safety conditions. (2) Installations of the factory before the accident. The laborers had to work for more than 12 hours daily and received low salaries. (3) Image of the devastation caused by the fire. Pope Paul VI Juscelino Kubitschek GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 47 Archive BV special Solidarity and Exchange Paiva Netto talks to North American teenagers who visited the LGW in August 2000. The group, made up of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 16, talked to the leader of the Legion of Good Will about Economics, Politics, Solidarity and the future, in the green area of the Alziro Zarur Home and Park, in the city of Glorinha, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, which educates and prepares the boys assisted in a residential regimen. Archive BV Brazil, the Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek (1902-1976). In 1995, he chose Paiva Netto for an interview on the course that Education was taking, this being the last great report of Ibrahim’s long and victorious career. The president of the LGW, discoursing on his educational proposal, recalled: After the Second World War, the United States of America established, for Europe, the famous Marshall Plan*12, and for Japan, that received the tremendous impact of two AtomDouglas MacArthur ic bombs, let us say, General Douglas MacArthur’s (18801964) plan. Fabulous amounts of money entered Europe and in the land of the Rising Sun. But what, in fact, raised these nations up was, at that time, the extreme zeal taken in the education of their youth, their people, united to concerns of immediate economic order. They invested in Education, besides strengthening their bodies and fostering work. How to include in the work market a citizen that is not duly prepared? In what way raise a nation if the People are not well prepared? The posts appear, the occupations too, however, how to develop them? By not educating women, men, the elderly and the children is to ankle shackle a nation. *12 VISIT The present Secretary of Culture of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Niskier, accompanied by his daughter, the pedagogue Sandra Niskier, is received by Paiva Netto at the worksite of the LGW Educational Center in Rio, on July 8, 1995. Educated, instructed and ecumenically spiritualized People form a Nation that breaks the chains of misery and throws them far away. For this reason, for a long time we believe that, as long as efficient education desired by all those of common sense does not prevail, any nation will suffer the captivity of the limitations that it imposes on itself. And thus ended his declarations to Ibrahim Sued. The permanent concern of the LGW to provide the needy and suffering classes of society access to an Education that strives to ally instruction to Ecumenical Spirituality, and, as Professor Arnaldo Niskier, ex-President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, dated July 8, 1995, during a visit to the Educational, Cultural and Community Center of the LGW said, “A noteworthy effort. Paiva Netto brings a unique teaching methodology that requires specialized teachers that are not available in the work market and, therefore, shall have to be prepared within an original and revolutionary system from a pedagogical point of view”. Efficacious learning Recently, commenting to his work team about the message that he delivered to the Legion of Good Will educators in 2000, also published in the magazine The Marshall Plan — Theme constantly analyzed by the veteran Brazilian journalist Hélio Fernandes. 48 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV “Education and Instruction are the two columns on which the building of human perfection are laid, and from where we may trespass the vast and infinite horizons, closed with seven seals to those who let remain inert, in sterile germ, the powers of Dr. Bezerra de Menezes their Soul”. And Paiva Netto comments: Dr. Bezerra, in addition to being a distinguished educator, was an advanced legislator — let us just observe his project regulating the services of domestic servants, dated July 27, 1883, decades before the subject became a concern in the Country. Renewal of generations Without a way of teaching that focuses the innermost part of the Human Creature, nothing of concrete can be built or transformed. Under this theme, it is worth transcribing what the Brazilian businessman Elzimar Antunes stated when interviewed by the Super Good Will Radio Network, on June 13, 2007, during the Congress God and Ethics in Business, an activity of the World Forum Spirit and Science, hosted by the LGW, in which he was one of the speakers: Archive BV Solidary Society, and sent to the UN, Paiva Netto exalted the expressive words of the Brazilian abolitionist and politician Dr. Bezerra de Menezes (18311900), deservedly revered as the Doctor of the Poor. This thought, as the president of the LGW points out, reflects attuned ideals concerned with the fundamental theme of teaching: Archive BV exandre Jorge Al LGW’s Ecumenical Children Choir, composed of children assisted in the Community and Educational Centers of the Organization, during presentation at the Galeão Air Base, in the city of Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil. The choir caused great emotion on one more troop of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) that boarded to Haiti in an UN Peace mission. “How will we walk up the Elzimar Antunes steps of evolution, administrate our business, and guide the countries and studies? It all depends on the Human Being, the citizen. Following the process of renewal of generations in the Legion of Good Will, which is very constant, we notice that this gives it life. And we may think: ‘Well, the LGW was founded almost 60 years ago’, and when you visit it you find young people, all fraternized and in tune with the same objective, with the same purpose. The LGW is a constant process of renewal, starting with the Human Being; it prepares the individual”. The analysis of the entrepreneur Elzimar comes to meet the message that Paiva Netto forwarded to the teachers of the Legion of Good Will Institute of Education, in the city of São Paulo/SP, Brazil, regarding the difficult art of educating nowadays: GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 49 special A word of Peace Jesus taught: “A New Commandment I give you: Love one another, as I have loved you. (...) There is no greater Love than to lay down his own Life for his friends”. (Gospel of Jesus, according to John, 13:34 and 15:13) The Spirit has a predominant place in our labor. However, in the preparation of youth and adults for their subsistence in this material world of unheard of technology and, paradoxically, at present, so unstable for those who struggle for their own future, we must take into highest consideration that the students have to be qualified with efficiency for the demanding necessities of the present tough work market. Even more: do so in such a manner that they do not follow a path in which the profession for which they prepared themselves for, no longer exists at the end of the course. Hence it is essential for them to receive an efficacious formation in order for them to be daring, entrepreneurs, so that they may supersede the supervenient facts that may at any moment defy society, scaring multitudes. (...) It would be of no use therefore — let us say for argument’s sake — to make audacious plans if there is nobody that has been duly prepared to develop them. For Bibliographical References ALEX, Bem (1996). 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Anais do Fórum Mundial Espírito e Ciência, da LBV. Volume 1. São Paulo: Elevação. 50 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE this very reason, take care of the Spirit, reform the Human Being and everything will transform itself! Love is the great champion of the most difficult battles. Greeting The Legion of Good Will, on this opportunity, enthusiastically greets all those who idealistically gathered for the Annual Ministerial Review — AMR, hosted by the Ecosoc during the High-Level Segment 2007, in Geneva, Switzerland, in which the AMR Innovation Fair was also held for the first time. Our deference to the worthy representatives of the United Nations, Heads of State, Ministerial Advisers and other participants from civil society or the private sector, who are engaged in fostering socioeconomic development of our Planet on sustainable bases. By uniting the efforts of all those of Good Will, we shall have a better world for all. MAGAZINES Revista BOA VONTADE (2007), São Paulo, n. 218, April/May. Revista Ibrahim Sued de olho no Mundo (2005), Rio de Janeiro: Tarkus. Revista Sociedade Solidária (2000), São Paulo: Elevação. 7th edition. NEWSPAPERS Correio Braziliense, Brasília, 2/4/2007. Folha de S.Paulo, São Paulo, 9/7/1986. _______, 4/10/1988. _______, 10/31/2006. Jornal da LBV, São Paulo, n. 5, January, 1984. Jornal da Manhã, São Paulo, 3/29/1985. WEBSITES SEARCHED: www.radiobras.gov.br http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/brasil/2007/03/31/ult1928u4068.jhtm www.santos.sp.gov.br/cgi-bin/comunicacao/listanoticias.pl?40087 www.turkishnews.com/DiscoverTurkey/who/ataturk/ www.views.pk www.educacao.sp.gov.br/noticias_2004/2004_11_23_b.asp United Nations It is Time to Save the Planet Forum hosted by the LGW takes to the UN good practices of more than 1,600 organizations in Latin America T he quest for balance between environmental protection and socioeconomic progress is an idea that is increasingly gaining momentum in the entire Planet. The explanation for this does not lie only in a greater sensitiveness of the peoples in general and their governments towards ecology issues, but also in the awareness of the challenge to meet the needs of this generation and of future generations, both of them threatened by the lack of food, serious climate changes, global warming, among other factors. The subject is of great relevance and has such a decisive influence towards equity and social justice in the world that the “sustainable development” was elected by Heads of State, Ministers and Ambassadors from several countries that belong to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as the theme of the most important meeting of that entity: the 2008 High-Level Segment, which took place from 30 June to 3 July at the headquarters of the UN in New York (USA). GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 51 United nations João Preda Márcio Ferreira In preparation for this major meeting, the rum’s main theme (see the following articles). ECOSOC conducts an in-depth analysis on The meetings took into consideration the folseveral levels of the advances and setbacks lowing quote of the LGW’s President, José in the area. One of these mechanisms is the de Paiva Netto: “We commend the harmony Annual Ministerial Review (AMR), in which of all for the benefit of all, while there still the organized civil society can issue recomis time, because we share a single dwelling, Richard Jordan mendations on the subject. This year, thanks Planet Earth, and the transgressions of its nd to the 2 Forum of the Solidary Society Netinhabitants have been demanding imperative work Innovation Fair hosted by the Legion of Good measures: either we integrate or we disintegrate (…), Will between March 4-19 in several cities of Brazil reason why we must work strategically in partnerships and in Argentina, more than 1,600 organizations and that promote effective prosperity for the common authorities had the opportunity to offer their collabomasses”. ration, which served as support for the statement that the LGW prepared and presented during the ECOSOC Manaus debates forest management High-Level Segment meeting. In the capital of the State of Amazonas, the 2nd The series of events sought to foment the exchange Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation of good practices and actions capable of generating Fair took place on March 10th at the Mindu Park, socioeconomic progress on a sustainable basis. The considered the largest fragment of urban forest in the initiative had the support of the United Nations Departworld. An area of 33 hectares of biodiversity in the ment of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) and heart of Manaus, created to protect the habitat of the of the UN Information Center in Brazil (UNIC-Rio) pied tamarin, a small primate that is the city’s mascot which also supported the event with its seal. Official today. The event had the participation of 20 exhibition representatives of the Organization were present at the projects; a multistakeholder forum about the speForum, such as the Deputy of the NGO Section of the cific focus of the township, “Forest Conservation and UN/DESA, Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, and the Management”; a workshop on “Civil Society in the Director of UNIC-Rio, journalist Giancarlo Summa; UN”, given by Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, besides besides lecturers of international renown, such as Dr. several cultural presentations related to the theme. Richard Jordan, Chairman of the 60th Annual ConOn the occasion, Senator Arthur Virgílio emphaference of Non-Governmental Organizations of the sized that deforestations are so serious that they need to Department of Public Information (DPI). be avoided at all costs. “Our region as a whole absorbs The choice of the focus that guided the discussions the CO2 emitted by other countries; therefore, the esof ideas in each event followed the characteristics of sential importance it has for humanity. Paradoxically, the host locality, according to the guidelines of the Foit is extremely vulnerable to climate changes. (…) Our forest can become a desert if we don’t have the capacity Participants present at the Innovation Fair, which highlighted the use of to adopt all the necessary attitudes”, he warned. ecological materials. Manaus’ City Hall paid homage to the senator, Dr. Michele and the LGW’s president awarding them with an artistic representation of the pied tamarin. This second edition of the Forum counted on the support of the federal, state and municipal governments. The State Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development, Nádia Cristina D’Ávila Ferreira, congratulated the Organization for the meeting, in which she shared “all the Arthur Virgílio 52 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Márcio Ferreira Marco Sudário Dr. Michele Fedoroff, representing ECOSOC, from the United Nations/USA, is welcomed by some of the children assisted by the LGW in Manaus. Adalberto Luís Val Antônio dos Santos Reproduction BVTV With the divulgation of the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations in 2007, the challenge of generating energy without intensifying global warming became the core of discussions Dahlson Abreu João Preda Sustainable development and climate change in Rio de Janeiro Archive BV João Preda Luciana Valente A Landmark — At the end of the meeting, the Secretariat for the Environment honored Paiva Netto and Dr. Michele Fedoroff with the planting of two andiroba (carapa guianensis) tree seedlings on a prominent spot at the entrance of the Adolpho Ducke Botanical Garden as a landmark of the 2nd Forum-Fair. The gesture is reminiscent of 1992: after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held, the largest UN conference ever, when Mrs. Gro Harlem Brundtland, then Prime Minister of Norway and major spokeswoman at the 1992 Earth Summit, planted a samaúma (ceiba pentandra) tree at the entrance of Mindu Park. Also participated of the event the Manager for the Environmental Area of the Simões Group, Dahlson Abreu; the Coordinator of the Amazonian Studies Center and Representative of the Amazonian Communication Network, Antônio dos Santos; the Grand Master Mason Antônio Loureiro; the Judge of the Child and Youth Court Rafael Romano; and the Director of Education of Bradesco Foundation, Carlos Zacarias de Paula Neto. João Preda João Preda João Preda policies and advances that the State government has implemented in this focus”. Who also highlighted this initiative was the Municipal Secretary for the Environment, Luciana Montenegro Valente: “It is an Nádia Cristina Ferreira honor for city hall to host an event by the LGW and the UN at the Mindu Park. We are at the LGW’s disposal for anything it may need”. For the Director of the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), an office linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT), and also the collaborator in conducting the event in Manaus, Adalberto Luís Val, the subject: “Is not a single action, it involves all social segments”. Dr. Giancarlo Summa, Director of UNIC-Rio, UN/Brazil. Antônio Loureiro Carlos de Paula Neto GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 53 Partial view of the public that attended the event in Rio de Janeiro at the LGW’s Educational and Community Center. History The Legion of Good Will, since 2004, conducts on an annual basis and in partnership with the UN, LatinAmerican civil society forums, reaching in this year of 2008 its fifth edition. Last year, the organization promoted the first forum in the format of an innovation fair. The initiative had great repercussion in Brazil and in the United Nations, and the LGW was chosen to represent the civil society of Latin America and the Caribbean at the ECOSOC High-Level Segment meeting, which took place in July 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. on sustainable development. Conscious of the imperative of replacing current energy sources for other clean and renewable ones, Brazil has betted on the production of biofuels. stressed the need to define strategies: “To modify On this theme, the State of Rio de Janeiro has a strathe economic development model in all countries tegic importance because it is responsible for 84% of is not something easy, or even simple or cheap to the production of petroleum consumed in the Country, accomplish, and goes against economic and political according to the 2007 National Energy Balance, interests. But, if there is a resistance, there are also published by the Energy Research Company (a state those who work in its favor: governments, scientists company linked to the Ministry of Mines and Energy). and a civil society that, in the whole world, have Despite the great participation this market has in the become aware of this reality, pressuring authorities so economy, it is among the major financers of the feasible that the right steps are taken”. alternatives study on a large scale for oil byproducts. In the opinion of Dr. Summa, there are two main The fact that the city hosted the 1992 Earth Summit topics: “The first is of individual awareness that goes places the State in the main path of discussions about from the change in citizens’ consumer habits up to the concept of sustainable development, which began the treatment of waste at home — an action for which to be present in the international policy agenda since the civil society contributes and it that event took place. is where the fundamental action After more than 16 years since 2 9 9 1 by the Legion of Good Will comes this world landmark towards it h Summ in. Secondly, one must press for defending the environment was Eart changes towards public policies, in held, the capital of Rio de Janeiro order to promote the preservation of is once again center stage for global the environment. (…) The citizens of debates. The Legion of Good Will tomorrow are the children of today. that participated as an exhibitor And that is where one must begin, at the 1992 Earth Summit, for and this is something where the developing an environmental awareLGW’s work has been undeniably ness work within communities in important”. poverty-stricken areas in the city, nd The director of UNIC-Rio, when chose the metropolis to begin its 2 addressing Human Rights issues, Forum of the Solidary Society Netemphasized the need to establish work Innovation Fair on March 4th. Peace. “The LGW’s President, José The first to address the audience ENVIRONMENTAL REEDUCATION Through de Paiva Netto, has repeated that was the Director of the United Nathe Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, since early tions Information Center (UNIC- childhood, children learn that to protect the Planet the time has come for the world to oppose an ancient Latin saying — Rio), Dr. Giancarlo Summa, who is a great lesson to be learned in life. 54 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Márcio Ferreira Under the focus of “National challenges towards promoting sustainable development”, the federal capital hosted on March 12th, yet another event of the 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, which took place at the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity (LGW’s ParlaMundi). In Carlos Carneiro this event, more than identifying good practices, the focus was also to encourage insights about the country’s current social and economic situation, and about the manner in which such innovations can influence public policies, making these alternatives consistent and feasible. Before the beginning of this meeting, the Deputy of the NGO Section of the UN/DESA, Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arlindo Chinaglia, were able to talk. “I believe that Brazil and Norway are the two countries that most use renewable energy”, stated Dr. Michele. In turn, Chinaglia said that Brazil and the United States together generate 70% of the world’s ethanol and, as he explained: “The difference is that the ethanol produced João Preda Alan Moreira Towards sustainability — Arlindo Chinaglia Aside from the generation of electric power, several challenges have to be faced by the Country. The Secretary of Extractivism and Sustainable Rural Development of the Ministry of Environment (MMA), Engineer Egon Krakhecke, listed the main aspects of this debate and stressed the need for Brazil to take advantage of this positive phase in the growth of its economy in a sustainable manner. The Federal Congressman Beto Albuquerque submitted a new management model for Brazil’s public forests, which is still unknown to the majority of the population. For him, the false speech that the forest would be untouchable concurred for its devastation: “The organized presence of local communities within the Amazon, or even organized investments, populates the forest and makes it possible for Egon Krakhecke us to see that it can generate income, work and jobs without being cut down”. This proposal concerning the respect towards Nature is already lived by the indigenous people, as highlighted by Marcos Terena, spokesman for the Rights of the Beto Albuquerque Indigenous People in the UN and counselor of the LGW’s ParlaMundi. Multistakeholder forum — Participating in the forum at Brazil’s capital city were Fátima Valéria Ferreira de Souza, from the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS); Patrícia Gonçalves, from Banco do Brasil; Ângela Maria Oliveira, Coordinator of the Attorney Pedro Jorge de Melo e Silva Foundation; and Dóris Santos Faria, from the Future Studies Center of the University of Brasília (UnB). Also participated of the event in Brasília, the Energy Development and Planning Secretary of the Marcos Terena Daniela Duarte Brasília: capital of sustainable development in Brazil, from sugarcane, protects the environment several times more, as compared to the ethanol produced from corn”. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 55 Alan Moreira ‘If you want Peace, prepare yourself for war’, saying instead ‘If you want Peace, prepare yourself for Peace’. Paiva Netto is right! We must prepare ourselves for Peace; the dialogue must prevail over terror and the voice of weapons in Iraq, in Palestine, in Darfur, in Rio de Janeiro”, he said. After that, Dr. Richard Jordan, Chairman of the th 60 UN/DPI Annual Conference, alerted for the fact that to talk of climate change also means to discuss environmental factors, as well as social and economic ones, “Which implies in international security, extreme meteorological occurrences, human migration and of other species, lack of food and of fresh water generating humanitarian crises”, he declared. Among the several authorities who honored the event are: Carlos André Osório Carneiro, from the National, Municipal and Southeastern Regional Council for the Environment, and the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro who honored the LGW for the initiative of the meeting. João Preda Alan Moreira Geraldo Magela Charles de Lima Art and sustainability — More than 20 organizations collaborated to enrich the discussions exhibiting at their stands and workshops successful experiences. The program also had artistic and cultural activities, such as those of the indigenous group Zubec Ua Kariri Xocó that presented a traditional dance; and of the LGW’s Ecumenical Children Choir. The Society of Plastic Artists marked its presence with the intervention “Painting the Sustainable Development”, in which various artists created works of art related to the theme. São Paulo discusses the conservation of water resources The importance of water as an essential natural resource was the focus of the meeting which took place in the capital of São Paulo on March 14th at the LGW’s Educational Institute. More than 50% of the water consumption of the region known as Greater São Paulo comes today from the Sistema Cantareira reservoir, which imports part of its volume from the Piracicaba Basin in the state of Minas Gerais to the Basin of Alto Tietê. “Just that already demonstrates that this megalopolis needs a lot of water, and that it must come from very far”, highlights Marcelo 56 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Dóris Santos Faria Ângela Oliveira Alan Moreira Patrícia Gonçalves Alan Moreira Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Altino Ventura Filho, representing Minister Edison Lobão; Federal Congressmen Laerte Bessa and Geraldo Magela; and District Congressman Dr. Charles de Lima. João Preda João Preda João Preda Fátima de Souza João Preda João Preda Partial view of the public during the opening ceremony of the LGW’s Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair in Brasília/DF. Altino Ventura Filho Laerte Bessa Morgado that represented the Basic Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo (SABESP) in the event. Aside from that, there is a strong speculative pressure over local sources, Billings and Guarapiranga water reservoirs, where irregular land lots spill domestic sewage and promote the deforestation of green areas, which compromises even more the water supply. The opening of the Forum was enhanced by the presentation of the LGW’s Ecumenical Children Choir, which is composed of students from the Organization’s school. After that, the highlight was the introduction to the main theme given by the UN representative. In it, Dr. Michele Fedoroff spoke of the initiatives to clean up the rivers in the city of São Paulo and of the conservation of Brazilian water resources. After taking part in three of the eight meetings, she said she was “impressed with the LGW’s journey at the 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair”, because with this action it was mobilizing the five regions of the Country and Latin America, opening up a democratic space for the exchange of views. And she added: “I would like to congratulate Paiva Netto for his organization, dynamism and leadership”. Studies also show that the increase in demand for water is twice as much as the growth of the world population index. One in every five people living in developing countries does not have access to drinking water (which represents 1.1 billion inhabitants). The Environment Director of the Confederation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (CIESP), Romildo Campelo, besides greeting the Forum for allowing civil society The solemnity’s opening counted on the participation of, from left to right: Dr. José Caricatti, Dr. Pedro Salomão, Dr. Marcelo Monello, Dr. Michele Fedoroff, Pedagogue Suelí Periotto (with the microphone), Dr. Airton Grazzioli, Mrs. Dora Silvia Cunha Bueno and Cido Sério. Also present at this meeting were the President of the São Paulo State Education Council, Pedro Salomão José Kassab; the State Congressman Cido Sério; and the President of the Brazilian Association for Ecology and Water and Air Pollution Prevention (ABEPPOLAR), Randolf Lobato. The presentation of good practices brought together a diversity of solutions for the problems discussed, such as the use of low cost solar energy, income generation programs, environmental education, citizenship-promoting workshops, the reuse of solid waste, domestic economy and the storage and use of rainwater for specific purposes. Salvador debates the issue of solid wastes Since the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) divulged in 2000 that Bahia had the largest amount of homes without The audience attentively listens to the presentation on good practices in São Paulo/SP. Photos: Gustavo de Oliveira LGW and the UN The LGW was the first Brazilian organization from the Third Sector to become a member, in 1994, of the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the UN, and to reach in 1999 the general consultative status at the ECOSOC, an acknowledgement that enables the LGW to take part in meetings of that organ. Clayton Ferreira Gustavo Oliveira to participate in the management of these resources, guaranteed that there is a great concern in the sector to change its past image as a villain in this process: “Industry today is reusing water in a systematic manner Romildo Campelo and has been working on the issue of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere”. Networking — Another high point in the Forum was the presence of Brazilian foundations in favor of the preservation of the environment. The President of São Paulo’s Foundation Association (APF) and of the Brazil-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dora Silvia Cunha Bueno, summoned the support of private enterprises so that this process can be even greater. “The LGW is to be congratulated because it brings together several entities to discuss important themes such as the preservation of the environment. (…) You should mirror the example of the LGW regarding its active community participation, as people who do, and do it well”, concluded Dora. Likewise, emphasized the foundations Curator of the city of São Paulo, Airton Grazzioli: “I congratulate the LGW, which has a significant and expressive social relationship network, and for involving this network in a theme of great relevance: the improvement in the quality of life”. The Finance Director of the Conrado Wessel Foundation, José Caricatti, emphasized the encouragement towards scientific research, stating that it is an element of “citizen awareness about environmental issues”. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 57 “I congratulate the LGW, which has Gustavo Oliveira Gustavo Oliveira United nations a significant and expressive social relationship network, and of great relevance: the improvement in the quality of life.” Airton Grazzioli Foundations Curator of the city of São Paulo garbage collecting services in Brazil (1.9 million), directly affecting 5 million people, several actions have been taken to change this reality. In one of them, in 2007, the State’s Public Ministry devised a strategic plan to make the proper handling of residue a universal procedure. Since then, the Campaign Garbage Challenge conducted a series of actions to make the population aware and demand from municipal authorities positive actions to face this serious problem. With the goal of contributing towards a solution for this issue, the LGW hosted at the Nossa Senhora de Monte Serrat Fort, in the capital of Bahia, the 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, on March 17th, focused on the theme “Solid Wastes”. Speaking on behalf of the State’s Secretariat for Urban Development (SEDUR), Maria Valéria Ferreira, Sanitation Superintendent, highlighted the partnerships and a new associated management instrument, bringing together public consortiums between townships, the State and the Union. The initiative is already underway in the regions of Irecê, Jacobina, Cipó and Baixo Sul, and it should benefit soon the São Francisco Basin. The great advantage is that “small townships which are more than 50% in Bahia, if they cannot hire, for instance, an engineer to offer counseling for the collecting of garbage, with this consortium it Maria Valéria Ferreira becomes possible”, explains Valéria. Professor José Carlos Saja, Coordinator of the Promotion of Environmental Awareness of the Environmental Resource Center (CRA), of Bahia, offered his opinion about the excess of garbage produced, and the need to abandon this old consumer habit. “A meeting such as this one hosted by the LGW is an enormously rich opportunity because it builds a different mentality. This is a long-term Nino Nunes Adenílson Nunes The fashion designs, made from recyclable materials, were presented by the actor Luiz Miranda, by the singers Gilmelândia, Nara Costa and Márcia Short and by the professional models Márcio Santos and Karisa Souza. The 2nd Forum-Fair had the presence of one of the major authorities on water resources of today, Dr. José Galizia Tundisi (on the right, next to Dr. José Caricatti), President of the International Ecology and Environmental Management Institute Association. Tundisi visited the LGW’s school before the meeting, and was impressed with the work developed there: “I’m glad to have come to this event; I liked very much everything I saw at the LGW’s Jesus Super Day Care Center”. The professor also autographed a copy of his book Águas Doces no Brasil (Fresh Waters in Brazil). Adenílson Nunes for involving this network in a theme José Carlos Saja 58 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Lucian Fagundes José Fortunatti Salete Cadore Vilmar da Rosa Ivande Andrade/Palácio Piratini Lucian Fagundes Lucian Fagundes In the world, 2.6 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation, a fact which victimizes almost 2 million children every year — one every 19 seconds — and which is responsible for delaying the learning capacity of other 150 million children, affecting, in this manner, Education. These data are part of the 2006 Human Development Report (HDR), divulged by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP/ Brazil). Another study conducted by the Senior Professor of the School of Public Health of the Uni- Mariza Abreu Gilmar Tietböhl Elisa Rodrigues Health and the environment on Porto Alegre’s agenda Elisa Rodrigues versity of São Paulo (USP) Aristides Almeida Rocha, shows that: for each dollar the government invests in sanitation, four Porto Alegre/RS are economized in hospital internments due to the lack of water and sewage networks. Still according to this report, Brazil has a sewage drainage rate of 75%, which excludes 43 million people from having access to basic sanitation. In this scenario, Porto Alegre stands out. The UNDP acknowledged the Water and Sewage Department as an example of an efficient public company in the sector, and therefore the city was chosen to host on March 19th the 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair on “Health and the Environment”. City hall was present in this meeting in Porto Alegre, represented by its Municipal Secretary of Planning, José Fortunatti. Local government members took part in the debates, aiming at establishing a dialogue with social movements. Likewise, the Assistant Secretary for Education in the State, Salete Cadore, congratulated the LGW. On behalf of the Secretary for Education, Mariza Abreu, Ms. Cadore extended her compliments to the Organization “for the brilliant event and work it develops in favor of Education”. Also participating in the meeting were the Assistant Secretary and General Director of the Agriculture and Food Supply Secretariat of Rio Grande do Sul, Gilmar Tietböhl; the Under-Secretary for Social Assistance of Nova Petrópolis (Rio Grande do Sul), Fabíola Lied; and the President of the Casa dos Sonhos (House of Dreams), Flávio Möller. The city of Porto Alegre was the only one who staged the event on public grounds: in the open on Avenida São Paulo. During the day, several cul- Archive BV Personal archive project; it is the building of History”, he said. The reduction, recycling and reuse of garbage were the main themes of the speech given by engineer Elizabeth Couto, of Jerônimo Bispo dos CETREL S.A. — an Environmental Protection Company responsible for Santos, from the Recyclable Materials the treatment and final disposal of Cooperative of Cama- effluents and industrial wastes of çari (COOPMARC), was 60 companies of the Camaçari one of the Third Sector representatives in the industrial park. Among the initiatives proposed, is the donation of some meeting. residues such as plastics, wood, office papers and cardboard to the park’s pickers cooperative. The goal is to seek interaction with the community within a profile of social responsibility and count on their voluntary support at the ecological site of Elizabeth Couto Sauípe, an environmental protection reservation of the Atlantic forest in Bahia. In the closing of the event, there was a fashion show signed by Joel Modas, Levite Bahia and Camapet Biju, which presented clothing made with recycled materials. Fabíola Lied Flávio Möller GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 59 United nations Environmental education in the capital of Minas Gerais Carla Mônica Mendes In 2007, Minas Gerais had the experience of building its own environmental education program, counting on the intense participation of civil society. That is why Belo Horizonte was chosen to host the 2nd Forum-Fair, which was carried out by the LGW on March 7th. The examples given and the successful practices seen in the event were highlighted by Richard Jordan, Chairman of the 60th Annual DPI/ NGO Conference. Along the same lines, the President of the National Association of Attorneys and Prosecuting Attorneys of Foundations and Entities of Social Interest, Dr. Tomaz de A. Resende Tomaz de Aquino Resende stated: “I have insisted on the need for organizations from the first, second and third sectors to join forces for a common cause: the environment”. Still on this theme, the General Commander of the Firemen Corps José H. Ameno of Minas Gerais, José Honorato Ameno, spoke about the problem with forest fires: “We counsel communities that are located within preservation areas so that they can educate themselves and pass this information on to their children”. For the Public Defender Gustavo Cargocinho Alves de Meira, “the goals defined by the LGW have great affinity with the action that Public Defense also intends to do. The Organization (LGW) is essential in the recovery of citizen’s rights of those people who are in need of inclusion to a greater degree”. Also present at the event was Fernando Leite, from the State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development of Minas. Carla Mônica Mendes tural manifestations took turns to present their work addressing the theme, attracting passers-by and those interested to see the booths. Sustainable development in Latin America Archive BV Buenos Aires was also part of the LGW’s 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair calendar, an event which took place on March 18th. From the Argentinean capital, the Legion of Good Will took its experience built throughout decades to Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay, nations that face difficulties that are similar to those in Brazil. The LGW, of all these countries, works with local organizations and develops a series of socioeducational programs that promote environmental awareness in communities in a social vulnerability situation. For this reason, Buenos Aires could not be left out of this meeting’s calendar of events. On the agenda, themes such as social awareness in face of consumer habits, technological advancements and the economic development in relation to human needs. The Innovation Fair was held in 60 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE association with the Forum of the Social Sector, the Know-How Foundation and the University of Morón. The activity was initiated by the Secretary of the Government of Morón, Lucas Hemán Ghi, representing the City’s Mayor, Martín Sabatella, and by the Director of the Law School of the University of Morón, Bruno Corvo. The program included an exhibition of the Director of the School of Architecture, Drawing, Art and Urbanism, Oscar Borrachia; of the Director of the School of Agronomy and Agro-alimentary Sciences, Antonio Ramón Angrisani; of the PostGraduation Professor for Human Development Management of the Unida Foundation, Eva Cojigas; and of a group of technicians from the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) who is specialized in development, among other notables. United Nations The challenge of sustainability LGW speaks to Heads of State in UN High-Level Segment Meeting about sustainable development I f on one side we celebrate a larger number of people with an environmental awareness that are joining the cause, on the other, we face challenging facts: glaciers are melting faster, forests are becoming gray, the water is scarce for billions… For these and other reasons, increasing the level of Human Beings’ ecological awareness in order to minimize global warming effects has been a tough task undertaken by those who believe that it is possible to have development based on sustainable pillars. With this awareness, the United Nations hosted from 30 June to 3 July the 2008 High-Level Segment, of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at its headquarters in New York, USA. With the theme “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and Danilo Parmegiani and Rodrigo de Oliveira Photos: Adriana Rocha, Daniela Duarte and Eduardo Lemos commitments in regard to sustainable development”, the meeting brought together delegations of the member countries, representatives of organizations of the UN System and civil society, including companies, NGOs and research institutions. Participating in the opening panel were specialists of international renown, such as 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Rajendra Pachauri, President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and former World Bank Chief Economist, Nicholas Stern, author of an important study of the theme. LGW represents Brazil and Latin America The good practices of the Latin American society were represented on the occasion by the Legion of Good Will (LGW), which prepared and forwarded GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 61 United nations At the LGW’s booth, from left to right: Saida Agrebi, Vice President for Communication and Public Relations Affairs of the World Family Organization in Tunisia; Ms. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of the NGO Section - UN/DESA; Maria de Albuquerque and Danilo Parmegiani, from the LGW; Dr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; and Dr. Michele Fedoroff, Deputy of the NGO Section - UN/DESA. “It is an excellent document produced by the Legion of Good Will that all of the delegates in the Economic and Social Council will read; it’s a visionary document. (…) It stresses the Solidary Society Network, in the vision of José de Paiva Netto.” Dr. Richard Jordan 60th DPI/NGO Conference Chairman a statement with the opinion of 1,600 organizations that belong to the Solidary Society Network. The Organization’s recommendations were translated to the six UN official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and delivered to the delegations who took part in the event with the seal of the UN. Dr. Richard Jordan, Chairman of the UN 60th DPI/NGO Conference on the impacts of climate 62 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE change, evaluated the material prepared by the LGW: “It’s an excellent document produced by the Legion of Good Will that all of the delegates in the Economic and Social Council will read; it’s a visionary document. I say this because it stresses the Solidary Society Network, in the vision of José de Paiva Netto. I experienced this Solidary Society myself with the children who are very ecologically aware”. In an interview to the Good Will Communication Network, Jordan mentioned two mottos created by the LGW’s leader that drew his attention: “I began quoting Paiva Netto — and I will end my words highlighting his: ‘To Promote Education and Culture with Spirituality so there may be Food, Health and Work for everyone to form the Ecumenical Citizen’. In the words of Paiva Netto himself: ‘The destruction of Nature means the extinction of the Human Race’. We are one community: the Human Being and Earth. That’s solidarity!”. Richard also recalled the good practices he saw in the meetings of the LGW’s 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair. “I was thrilled to have reeducated myself in ideas of recycling which the students shared with me in Belo Horizonte. Recycling is a very innovative entrepreneurial activity. And this is truly sustainable development. And when I say this, I mean it very sincerely and honestly. I have never seen programs anywhere in the world that are as finely crafted as these by the LGW in Brazil”. Those who participated in the event were able to listen to the speech given by the LGW’s representative in the UN, Danilo Parmegiani, who spoke at the Economic and Social Council Chamber. His participation was announced by the Vice President of ECOSOC, the Ambassador of Cape Verde, Antônio Pedro Monteiro Lima. The Chamber is intended for interventions of high representatives of the governments and of the main UN agencies about the theme at issue, during the Council’s High-Level Segment Meeting. The LGW was among the five international representatives of civil society selected to voice their opinions during the event. After listening to the speech given by the LGW’s representative, several authorities received a copy Representatives of the LGW, Danilo Parmegiani (on the left) and Paulo Duarte Mr. Hani Helal, Minister of Education (on the right), with Professor Paulo Kramer, Political Scientist; Senator Jefferson of Egypt with Danilo Parmegiani, Praia; Ambassador Graça Lima, Consul General of Brazil in New York City; and from the LGW. Federal Congressman Beto Albuquerque. of the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love, which brought its main message through the article “Eight Millennium Goals — Responsibility of all those endowed with common sense”, written by the Legion of Good Will’s President, José de Paiva Netto. The publication is available in English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. A pamphlet entitled “The destruction of Nature means the extinction of the Human Race”, an article authored by the LGW’s president, and the Solidary Society Network Newsletter, special edition in Portuguese and English, which sums up the activities of the 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Dr. Michele Fedoroff and Mr. MarcAndre Dorel, of the UN, receive the LGW’s message. Innovation Fair hosted by the LGW in eight cities of Latin America in the month of March, were also available at the event. Innovation Fair at the UN Parallel to the High-Level Segment program, the Innovation Fair hosted by the ECOSOC, attracted foundations and other organizations of civil society and of the UN System to share project models, approaches and innovative practices aligned with the theme of “sustainable development”. Brazil’s civil society was represented by the Legion of Good Will. In its multimedia booth, the LGW is invited by UNESCO to speak at Ministerial Roundtable Breakfast at UN headquarters in New York Several events integrated the High-Level Segment program. Among them, the Ministerial Roundtable Breakfast on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: Key to Sustainable Development, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Conducted by the DirectorGeneral of UNESCO, Dr. Koichiro Matsuura, the event brought together Koichiro Matsuura ministers of several countries associated to the areas of education, communication, science and technology. Among the three thousand organizations with consultative status at ECOSOC, the LGW was designated to represent civil society. On behalf of the Legion of Good Will, Maria de Albuquerque, Master in Education, expounded on aspects belonging to the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy — the Pedagogy of Affection — an educational line proclaimed by the LGW’s president and adopted at the Organization’s schools. The Director of the UNESCO Office in New York, Hélène-Marie Gosselin, who was present at the Ministerial Roundtable Breakfast, invited the Entity to become a partner in the actions of this UN Agency. United nations Minister Maria Teresa Mesquita, of Brazil’s Mission in the UN, also participated in the themed panel hosted by the LGW Hosted by the LGW, the themed panel integrated with the ECOSOC High-Level Segment program counted on the illustrious presence of Minister Maria Teresa Mesquita Pessoa, representing Brazil’s Mission in the United Nations. In an interview to the UN Radio, the diplomat summarized the approach she employed in the talk: “I began my intervenMinister Maria tion in the debate quoting a recent article Teresa Mesquita Pessoa (on the by the Economist Paulo Nogueira Batista right) at the LGW’s Filho, in which he narrates a conference he booth with Adriana attended while still a student, in which a genRocha. eral began saying that the Amazon doesn’t belong to Brazil, the Amazon is Brazil. And this phrase sums up very well how these two aspects harmonize. The primary responsibility towards the conservation of the Amazon is Brazil’s; as a popular representation it’s a challenge, without a doubt”. Following this line of reasoning, Ms. Maria Teresa offered her greetings: “It is important, within this meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the UN, that the civil society, represented by the Legion of Good Will, and Brazil’s Legislative Power speak about the Amazon and what the Brazilian government is doing Organization presented through banners, themed paintings, panels, publications and videos, the mobilization it promoted in Latin America during the 2nd Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, aside from the work of environmental education that it develops in several means of communication, and at its educational units, encouraging students towards ecological awareness and experiencing ecumenical spiritual values. UN Under-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs, Dr. Sha Zukang, representing UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, after receiving a copy of the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love, visited the Organization’s booth, where he congratulated the LGW for its work. On an exclusive interview to the LGW’s TV (Boa Vontade TV, channel 27 on SKY cable network in Brazil), he spoke about the importance of civil society fomenting sustainable 64 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE 1 2 (1) Partial view of the themed panel organized by the LGW at the United Nations. Highlighted, the electronic notice indicating the beginning of the debate. (2) A representative of the LGW fraternizes with Ambassador Piragibe Tarragô, Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations. to create the conditions to implement legislation, through the adoption of measures addressing rules, monitoring actions and encouragement measures towards productive and sustainable activity in the Amazon”. development: “I thank the LGW very much for participating in this ECOSOC conference, with its excellent exhibition. I’m sure that the participants will learn a lot with it”. Among the authorities that were present at the Organization’s booth are Marc-Andre Dorel, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, and Joseph Owondo, Doctor in International Rights and Member of the Delegation of Gabon, who took the initiative to distribute the invitation for the LGW’s panel in strategic locations of the UN. “I wish to take my hat off for the LGW. I remember hearing of the Legion of Good Will when I took my doctorate at USP in the beginning of the 1980’s. LGW can always count on me!”, declared Owondo. Dr. Michele Fedoroff, Deputy of the NGO Section of the Depart- Joseph Owondo Panel “From Awareness to Action” To preserve the Amazon rainforest is Brazil’s main commitment in fighting against the spread of global warming. Towards this, the Legion of Good Will conducted on July 3rd a themed panel, integrated with the ECOSOC High-Level Segment program, called: “From Awareness to Action: Bra- Speakers at the Panel organized by the LGW grant interview to Mônica Villela (in white), of the UN Radio, and speak about Brazilian strategies to protect the environment and the Amazon. zilian strategies to protect the environment and the Amazon”. Took part in the roundtable Danilo Parmegiani, from the LGW; Federal Congressman Beto Albuquerque; Senator Jefferson Praia; and Minister Maria Teresa Mesquita Pessoa, representing Brazil’s Mission in the UN. The panel received special mention on the UN Radio, broadcasted by its website and by more than 50 partner radio stations, which reach the eight Portuguesespeaking countries. Beto Albuquerque celebrated the victories achieved in Brazil: “In this one year and a half of application in Brazil of the law Jefferson Praia that created the management of public forests in the country, we have advanced in a very determined manner to face deforestation. We are registering each square foot of public forest; 210 million hectares have already been registered. The LGW, here at the UN, is our entrance door. It’s through the LGW that we are able to show to the rest of the world all the good things we are doing, as well as our difficulties”. After watching the panel, the District Congressman Charles Roberto de Lima declared: “I wish to greet our great Paiva Netto, who has been doing a tireless job heading the Legion of Good Will. This is an event within the United Nations in which Brazil takes part through the LGW; it is very important that the world knows what we are doing in Charles de Lima GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 65 Moreira Mariz/Agência Estado ment of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN, who took part in the 2nd Forum-Fair in Brazil, visited the booth of the Legion of Good Will in New York. The UN representative, who had The Ambassador of Madagascar, Sina Adrianarivelo, and Maria de Albuquerque, attended the Latin American edition of at the UNESCO Ministerial Roundtable Breakfast. the Innovation Fair, under official mission for the UN, declared: “I think that you from the LGW should congratulate yourselves, as well as the several members of your organization, for having accomplished such a good work throughout the events you organized in Brazil in March. I’m really glad with what you brought to this important meeting of the UN addressing the issue of protecting forests. When I was in Manaus, I was amazed with the number of education programs that the government and NGOs, in partnership, have developed to educate the population and also the indigenous people so that they can live in the forest while protecting it. I thank Paiva Netto for organizing and building a wonderful Organization, and for having such a beautiful army of volunteers around him who are as efficient as they are dedicated”. Employees and trainees from Brazil that work at the UN went to the booth to show their support for the Legion of Good Will’s actions in the United Nations. One of these encouragements came from the trainee Lara Vaccari, who took the initiative to send the LGW’s agenda to UN/New York trainees (in all, 250 from several nationalities). The same was done by the Public Relations professional Igor Gomes, who divulged the LGW’s action to news media of four North American states. United nations LGW’s address to the Chiefs of State at the UN Read below an extract of the speech given by the representative of the Legion of Good Will at the UN, Danilo Parmegiani, to Heads of State at the ECOSOC Chamber: “The LGW’s recommendations are based on three axles applied in our schools, Community and Educational Centers, itinerant programs and projects in seven countries, to promote this collective awareness: “Education: Development of strategies to educate and reeducate people, especially, children, teaching them that ‘To Love the Earth is to protect the future’. Offering job training to youths and adults towards the responsible use of natural resources and the generation of income from recycling products. “Media: Promotion of public awareness campaigns. The LGW’s motto: ‘The destruction of Nature means the extinction of the Human Race’, created by the Organization’s President, José de Paiva Netto, reaches daily millions of people through TV, radio, the Internet and Arabic magazines, aside from generating public activities such as thematic forums, parades and educational and cultural programs. “Network: Mobilization of multistakeholder cooperation. Through the Solidary Society Network, the Legion of Good Will brings together hundreds of civil society entities, academia, private sectors, the media and local authorities to share information and take joint actions to promote human rights and sustainability. “Finally, I would like to recommend for further information the reading of the LGW’s statement under the symbol E/2008/NGO/16, and also the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love, which is available at the LGW’s booth at the ECOSOC Innovation Fair, 1st floor, from where I quote this summary by Paiva Netto about the need for all people to unite. He says: ‘Either we integrate or we disintegrate’”. Chinese English French Russian Spanish This speech summed up the LGW’s statement, translated by the UN in its six official languages. To read it, please go to documents.un.org, and search for the symbol E/2008/NGO/16. Brazil. The LGW must be really commended on my part and by everyone here who participated in this event. When it proposes that we act in favor of the environment and invites national and international authorities to participate in a debate of this nature, it is essentially contributing to the improvement of the lives of the people in this Planet. I wish to congratulate once again our great Paiva Netto for the LGW’s work in the whole world and in Brazil, saving people, the most humble children, and building a project that helps everyone”. Political Scientist Paulo Kramer, Professor of the University of Brasília (UnB), also evaluated the debate: “Listening to the expositions in this panel, which was so skillfully organized by the LGW, I Paulo Kramer learned a lot and this will support 66 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE my classes, talks and articles from now on, aside from giving me an excellent pretext for speaking well of the Legion of Good Will wherever I go. (…) Paiva Netto is a world-class communicator! I had the opportunity to meet some and follow the lives of many other world leaders for study or reading material and Paiva Netto is for me a great world champion of communication”. Back to Brazil, Senator Jefferson Praia read, during a plenary session at the National Congress in Brasília/DF, the speech he gave at the United Nations headquarters. To his colleagues, he stated: “I wish to manifest to this honorable house the statement I made in a meeting I took part in New York about sustainable development, promoted by the LGW, as a contribution to the High-Level Segment 2008. I wish to express my gratitude to the LGW, that is presided by José de Paiva Netto”. PhotoDisc United Nations In defense of the environment Brazilian proposals stand out at the UN Conference on global warming Adriana Rocha T he unprecedented appearance of a hurricane in Brazil, in March 2004, is one of the many evidences, registered over the last few years, of a phenomenon that worries the whole world: global warming. The increase in the emission of polluting gases, that aggravates the greenhouse effect pattern, is among the causes that explain these surprising reactions that have occurred all over the Planet. Recent research shows that Brazil has great relevance in this issue: the destruction of the Amazon is seen as one of the causes that are responsible for the Brazilian emission of CO2 in the atmosphere. In order to discuss means and present good practices to appease and reverse these sad effects, the United Nations (UN) promoted the 60thAnnual Conference of the Public Information Department, under the theme “Climate Change: how it impacts us all”. The event occurred from September 5 to 7, at the from New York/USA UN headquarters in New York, in the United States, and counted on the presence of over two thousand representatives from civil society. The UN invited the Legion of Good Will (LGW) that has general consultative status in the organism to contribute in the organization and show how Brazil has faced this challenge. In the words of Dr. Juan Carlos Brandt, Chief of the NGO Section of the UN/DPI, “One of the reasons that this theme was chosen is to stimulate thought as to what we, Human Beings, can do to reverse this panorama”. Lecturers and authorities, like the Head of the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests, Pekka Patossaari, were able to confirm in the first edition of the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love the good practices of the LGW on behalf of the environment and of other urgent humanitarian problems. One of the highlights GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 67 1 – Messenger of Peace, the Jordanian Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, beside the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Mrs. Ban Soon-taek. 2 - Danilo Parmegiani, from the LGW, with the actor Michael Douglas. 3 - Mrs. Ban Soon-taek beside the LGW representative 2 3 UN Photo UN celebrates the International Day of Peace Celebrated worldwide on September 21, the International Day of Peace was marked by an event promoted by the Department of Public Information (DPI), in partnership with the institutions Pathways to Peace, United Religions Initiative (URI) and the World Peace Prayer Society, at the headquarters of the United Nations. Over two thousand students were present, in addition to international leaders that develop relevant activities in favor of Peace. The Legion of Good Will (LGW) participated in the meeting bringing to those present the message of its President José de Paiva Netto, who defends: “(...) Ecumenism is Education open to Peace”. Among several personalities who received the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love was the North American actor Michael Douglas, UN Messenger of Peace. He once again met the LGW team and thanked them for the publication, in which he saw a highlighted recent interview that he gave to BOA VONTADE magazine. Another manifestation of affection for Brazil was made by Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, wife of the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. “Congratulations, LGW, for the defense of Love”, she said. In the same way the British primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall and the Jordanian Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, UN Messengers of Peace, thanked for the participation and for the Jane Goodall magazine. 68 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE The President of the 60th Conference, Richard Jordan (L), in dialogue with Danilo Parmegiani, from the LGW, and the Federal Deputy of Brazil Beto Albuquerque. of the publication (available in English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish) is the message “Eight Millennium Goals — Responsibility of all those endowed with common sense”, by the writer Paiva Netto. At the meeting, the Legion of Good Will was represented by Danilo Parmegiani, who expounded the educational line used by the LGW for the formation of individuals aware of their role, in order to establish a Solidary Altruistic Ecumenical Society. In order to fulfill this intention, one of the activities of greatest success is the achievement, for decades, of the Campaign The destruction of Nature means the extinction of the Human Race, inspired in a thesis of the President of the LGW. The care with the Amazon in the focus of the debates The Vice-Leader of the Government in the Chamber and member of the Mercosur Parliament, the Federal Deputy Beto Albuquerque participated in the panel to speak about the sustainable management of the public forests and of the preservation of the Amazon (with the new law of protection of the Brazilian forests). The debate about Brazil was distinguished by the presence of Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, Deputy of the NGO Section of the UN/DESA, and by Leslie Wright, representative of the Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund at the United Nations and by the social scientist James Hurtak. The President of the 60th Conference, Richard Jordan, made a point of opening the panel personally; the Legion of Good Will also participated in this panel. Professor Dianne Davis, President-Founder of the International Dianne Davis UN Photo 1 Photos: Adriana Rocha UN Photo United nations Reproduction BV Photos: Adriana Rocha Archive BV 1 4 1 - Paul Hoeffel, ex-Chief of the DPI/NGO, Beto Albuquerque, Joan Kirby, President of the Executive Committee of the DPI/NGO Conference, and Danilo Parmegiani. 2 – The speaker Marcos Terena with the legionnaire Alziro de Paiva, representative of the president of the LGW. 3 - Dr. Juan Carlos Brandt, Chief of UN/DPI-NGO Section. 4 - Dr. Pekka Patossaari, Head of the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests, with Adriana Rocha, from the LGW. Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) and mediator of the panel on Brazil, also exalted the event. Another Brazilian lecturer present at the event, Marcos Terena, who teaches spiritual tradition and knowledge of the native peoples, also made his appeal. Member of the Council of the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity (ParlaMundi of the LGW), Terena complimented the representatives of the Institution and completed his lecture affirming that, “These forces [of the Indians and of modern civilization] cannot live in opposite fields”. And completed: “We have to join forces to establish Peace, the equilibrium between people and, mainly, the commitment — as the LGW has done by means of its programs, its actions — of generating mutual and individual respect by means of protecting the common good and collective rights. That each and every person may understand that this work really is not directed to personal interests, but to generate Peace, freedom and the respect that we hope to sow in our future”. Upon making an evaluation of the event, the Deputy Beto Albuquerque mentioned the status that the Legion of Good Will has in the United Nations, 2 3 “The Legion of Good Will carries out fantastic work, making important reflection possible for worldwide organizations as to the meaning of the heart and Love in Humanity. I feel that Brazil will always be, as it already is, the heart of the world. A heart that beats for a new knowledge, for a new science, in the spirit of Da union between all the people.” James Hurtak North American social scientist and lecturer at the World Forum Spirit and Science, of the LGW, in 2000. due to its performance in the international organism. To him, this recognition “demonstrates the extent, the capacity and the excellence of the work that the LGW carries out throughout Brazil”. He also pointed out that he appreciates the action of the Entity throughout the State. “I know the work that is held in Porto Alegre, in Glorinha, and throughout the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil is very well represented with the LGW having seats in this important space where themes of the greatest seriousness to the citizens are discussed. It is very good that others can follow the example of the LGW”, he emphasizes. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 69 rte ua aD l nie Global Danilo Pa rmegian i André Fernandes united nations Partnerships Leila Marco and Danilo Parmegiani General view of hall 19, in the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva, where the 2007 High-Level Segment was held. The UN Conference in Geneva gathers civil society and government representatives to combat hunger and misery. The LGW’s participation, a Brazilian entity with general consultative status in the United Nations, was highlighted as the model from the American continent. 70 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE LGW representatives, from left to right: Noys Rocha (Portugal), Maria de Albuquerque (USA) and Rosana Bertolin (Brazil) with the LGW magazine. In the center, the UN Secretary-General and on the right side of the photo Mrs. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of the UN/DESA NGO Section. “The LGW’s message is powerful. Only through the globalization of Love in all its meaning we will have Peace, progress and prosperity for Humanity.” rda ua Ed T ira re Pe he first half of the fifteen years stipulated for the fulfillment of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted by 191 member countries in the summit of rulers promoted by the United Nations in 2000 has gone by, and the planet still bitterly suffers challenging figures. Suffice it to say, for example, the result of the recent study of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), upon presenting the report “The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2006”, which makes it evident that 854 million people in the world suffer from hunger, that is, approximately 17% of the Earth’s population. Of these, 820 million live in developing countries, 25 million in the nations of the now extinct Soviet Union and 9 million in the richest States. The reduction of 50% of extreme poverty and hunger and the universal reach of elementary education— the first two objectives — have deserved a highlight on the UN agenda. As part of the measures to make this megaproject a reality, more efficient mechanisms are being used by the Organization for the complex analysis of the information. One of them is the Ministerial Review of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), created in 2005, whose conclusions were presented in its inaugural session, in the Council’s most important annual meeting: the High-Level Segment 2007, held from July 2 Eduarda Pereira Danilo Parmegiani The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, manifested his support to the LGW’s work and signed the cover of the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love. Dr. Hilario (L), with the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love, and Danilo, from the LGW. Hilario Davide Vice President of the UN Economic and Social Council. to 5, in the Palais des Nations, the UN office in Geneva/Switzerland. The LGW represents Brazil and Latin America This review is carried out on several levels, including the civil society’s considerations. Upon invitation by the UN, the Legion of Good Will (LGW), as the GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 71 Maria de Albuquerque delivers the LGW document to the President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Changes (IPCC), Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, elected in 2002, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, Deputy of the NGO Section of the UN/DESA, with the version of the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love in French. organization with general consultative status in the ECOSOC since 1999, represented Latin America in the event. At the time, the Organization brought the experience of its socioeducational work carried out for almost 60 years, which started in Brazil, as well as the result of the 1st Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, organized by the LGW with the support of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) and the United Nations Information Center in Brazil (UNIC-Rio). The event occurred in March, in several cities of the Country and of Latin America, with the participation of 1.200 entities of these regions, and approached the theme “Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through the global partnerships for development”. The Brazilian presence was highlighted in dozens of communication media, like for example the program A Voz do Brasil – The Voice of Brazil (Agência Brasil), on the Portuguese language edition of the UN Radio, apart from being remembered, on July 10, by the Federal Deputy Luiz Bassuma, in a pronouncement made in the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília/DF, Brazil. The purpose of the meeting in Geneva was to share good practices that can be replicated, new social technologies and multistakeholder strategies with civil society and the Heads of State, Ministerial Officials and the UN High Commissioners. The United Nations Secretary-General visits the Brazilian booth The opening ceremony, conducted by the UN 72 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Eduarda Pereira Eduarda Pereira Rosana Bertolin United nations The Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic in the United Nations, Mr. Francis Lorenzo (R), with the LGW magazine. Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, counted on representatives of the ECOSOC member countries. Immediately afterwards, the secretary-general visited the exhibits of the works of the institutions present. At the LGW’s booth, he closely observed the Brazilian Organization’s panels with photographs and success stories, appreciated the thematic paintings and received the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love (initially edited in Portuguese, English, French and Esperanto), which brings Paiva Netto’s message with recommendations of good practices in fulfilling the MDGs and was the focus of the participants’ special attention. Ban Ki-moon registered his meeting with the LGW by signing the publication’s cover. Dr. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of the UN/DESA NGO Section, accompanied the secretary-general on his visit. Good Will, highlight of the American continent The United Nations NGO Section of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs made a blog available on the Internet (www.amrif.blogspot. com), in which it points out the LGW’s actions as the representation of the American Continent in the worldwide conference of the ECOSOC HighLevel Segment 2007. On that page, it is possible to watch a video on the Brazilian organization’s work, see over two hundred photographs of its operations at the Meeting and even download the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love in English and French. Eduarda Pereira Eduarda Pereira LGW presents its actions in the 2007 High-Level Segment Meeting. The declaration was simultaneously translated to the UN’s six official languages. On July 4, Maria de Albuquerque, Master in Education from Gratz College, in the State of Pennsylvania, made a speech, on behalf of the LGW, at the High-Level Segment 2007Assembly, conducted by the Vice President of the Economic and Social Council, Dr. Hilario Davide. This presentation made to the Heads of State summed up the report that the LGW sent to the UN as a recommendation that the Organism itself translated into its six official languages, containing the result of the 1st Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair (the complete report can be found at the website www.redesocidadesolidaria.org.br). Following the speech by Maria, from the LGW, received with enthusiasm by the audience, Dr. Hilario commented: “The LGW’s message is powerful. Only with the globalization of Love in all its meaning we will have Peace, progress and prosperity for Humanity”. Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, Deputy of the NGO Section of the ECOSOC, left her incentive to the Organization: “I am glad that the secretarygeneral of the United Nations visited the LGW’s booth and congratulated the job well done and encouraged them to do even better in the future”. And she completed: “For us at the United Nations it is very important that we develop this partnership between the UN, NGOs and civil society. The Legion of Good Will is one of these arms of the civil society world, especially in Latin America. The LGW carries out incredible work by promoting the Innovation Fair”. Noys Rocha (LGW of Portugal) delivers the magazine Globalization of Fraternal Love to members of the International Ontopsychology Association, also present at the 1st UN Innovation Fair. Education to eradicate poverty The following morning, July 5, the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), promoted a roundtable under the theme “Development of the role of Education in eradicating poverty — Challenges of quality, access and equality”. To this high summit meeting were invited the Heads of State of Japan, England, the United States, Russia, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, besides the Legion of Good Will, who represented civil society. The debate was mediated by UNESCO’s Director-General, Koichiro Matsuura, and Maria The LGW’s booth at the 1st UN Innovation Fair, in Geneva, Switzerland. Maria de Albuquerque Danilo Parmegiani Dr. Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labor Organization (ILO), next to Maria de Albuquerque, highlighting the Globalization of Fraternal Love magazine. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 73 Maria de Albuquerque Noys Rocha United nations de Albuquerque presented to the audience the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, the Pedagogy of Affection, the educational line proclaimed by Paiva Netto that allies intellect, feeling and Spirituality. Maria explained, in her speech, that the Organization’s educators have achieved great success in the learning process through the application of this pedagogy, not only in Brazil, but in several LGW units abroad (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Portugal and the United States). She commented her own experience as a volunteer in the Peace and Good Will Garden program, developed in the United States, and pointed out that, more than receiving a diploma; the pupils who benefit from this educational line are transformed into citizens who are committed to agreements between nations, Peace-building agents, concerned in disseminating Fraternal Love. After her explanation, many people went to give their incentive to the cause, like Dr. Koichiro Matsuura, who also demonstrated UNESCO’s interest in fomenting citizenship and ethical and moral values on the child’s character based on Education with universal principles. Dr. Matsuura furthermore thanked the LGW’s presence at the meeting and its concern in promoting Education with quality and citizenship values. Anna Mwasha, Director of the Poverty Eradication Division, from the Ministry of Planning, 74 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Meena Sur, from the UN/DESA, and Ekaterina Zagladina, Permanent Secretary of the Prizewinners Nobel Peace Prize Summit, in Rome, and the LGW representative. “The Legion of Good Will fights mainly to mold the children’s character with Eduarda Pereira Ricardo Espinosa (R), Coordinator of the UN NGO Section in Geneva, with Danilo, from the Legion of Good Will. values like Love and making them calm and aware. An Education founded In the center, Anna Mwasha, from Tanzania, with Rosana and Maria, from the LGW. on these values can completely change a society, make people live in Peace, and, in this way, improve the whole world.” Anna Mwasha Director of the Poverty Eradication Division, from the Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment of the United Republic of Tanzania Economy and Empowerment of the United Republic of Tanzania, was impressed by the proposals presented and made a point of joining the LGW committee, highlighting the value of the Ecumeni- Representatives from other countries support the initiative At the LGW’s booth, representatives of several segments got in touch with the Organization. Some were surprised at its participation in so many activities, as for example of Serge Perez, Secretary-General of the Droit à l’énergie SOS Futur association: “I am greatly pleased to see the Legion of Good Will everywhere. This is very important to us”. He believes that Noys Rocha The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, sheik Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, compliments the LGW representative. He received homage in the opening ceremony from the UN Secretary-General with a plaque for his work on behalf of the eradication of hunger and poverty in his country. Noys Rocha cal Citizen Pedagogy: “The LGW is doing a very wonderful job, particularly in making sure that the children are getting quality Education with values. Different values which develop their brains and hearts. In the future, these children will make the difference in society and change it completely, making Peace dominate everywhere. I was very much touched. In the more developed countries, much is said about improving the quality of Education, but I understand that the Legion of Good Will fights mainly to mold the children’s character with values like Love and making them calm and aware. An Education founded on these values can completely change a society, make people live in Peace, and, in this way, improve the whole world”. Anna encouraged the continuity of the work and made a special request: “I would like the LGW to visit us so that we can introduce this line of education for the children of Tanzania”. And she concluded, commenting the lofty meaning of the LGW’s pin, in the shape of a blue heart: “This logo means a lot, it means Love; it’s a global symbol. And if someone has Love, we know that Peace will be there, that development will be there; it is for these small things that you will be able to, spiritually — and even academically —, share with others. So, with the few resources that a person may have, if Love is there, it is possible to share and bring development to many”. Other authorities were touched by the LGW’s ideals, among them Victor Manuel Barbosa Borges, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Communities of the Cape Verde Republic; George Saitoti, Minister of Education of Kenya; and Nicholas Burnett, Director of UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The North American Economist Jeffrey Sachs receives the LGW publication. the problem of poverty and hunger cannot remain only “in the hand of the rulers. All of us have to hurry the States for them to go beyond the Millennium Development Goals”. Serge praised the fact that the publication Globalization of Fraternal Love is also available in his native tongue: “It is very good to have this message of the LGW in French. Fraternity, Peace and Love are important sentiments for everybody. It is marvelous to see Yasser Arafat and so many Nobel Prizewinners speaking about the Temple of Good Will (in Brasília/DF, Brazil). We can build a world without wars, a better world”. Others who also visited the LGW booth and received the magazine with the recommendations of good practices in the fulfillment of the MDGs GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 75 Eduarda Pereira Archive BV Nicholas Burnett, Director of UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report, with Maria, from the LGW. The Secretary-General of Droit à l’énergie SOS Futur, the French Serge Perez, with Danilo Parmegiani. Noys Rocha Mr. Amitava Tripathi, Indian Ambassador in Switzerland and in the Vatican, flanked by Danilo and Rosana, from the LGW. Danilo Parmegiani United nations Maria de Albuquerque with Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, UNESCO’s DirectorGeneral. He mediated a debate between heads of State on the aid of Education to eradicate poverty and hunger. At the meeting, the LGW represented civil society. were Ali Cherif, Councilor of the Tunisian Mission; Abha Bahadur, International Relations of the International Sulabh Organization; and Mr. Amitava Tripathi, Ambassador of India in Switzerland and in the Vatican State, who came especially from Palais des Nations (Geneva/Switzerland) — Considered the second most important place of the United Nations and the general European headquarters of the Organization for matters of development and humanitarian aid. The building, built during the period 1920 to 1930, served primarily the League of Nations, dissolved on April 18, 1946, soon after the end of World War II. Later on, the monument officially became the headquarters of the UN. 76 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE the city in which he resides, Bern (the capital of Switzerland), to meet with the Organization’s members. “I have great sympathy and respect for the marvelous work that the Legion of Good Will performs in Brazil and abroad. In Mr. Paiva Netto’s article, which I’m reading, he attributes an enormous importance to the success of the Millennium Development Goals, which will result in the general improvement of Humanity. The more this message is divulged around the Planet, the greater will the chances be for the Millennium Goals to be reached”, the Ambassador declared. The Executive Secretary of the Ministry for Social Development and Combat of Hunger, Márcia Lopes, who headed the Brazilian delegation in the High-Level Segment, commented the actions of the “Zero Hunger” (Fome Zero) program, of the federal government, and the constant concern of President Lula in demanding greater cooperation for the MDGs from the richer nations. Márcia asThe fact that this office is located in Switzerland was relevant in several moments, as of the earthquake of December 26, 2004 and the tsunami which followed it, when in its wake were left more than 232 thousand dead and/or missing people when it struck 13 countries in Asia and Africa. At the time, the Palais des Nations served as a strategic base for the UN due to the shorter distance and slight time zone difference of the devastated areas. Eduarda Pereira In front of the UN office in Geneva, the LGW team, with the blue heart, the Organization’s symbol, after saying the Our Father ecumenical prayer, mentalizing the success of the meeting, which discusses the advances of two of the eight Millennium Development Goals, which foresee a reduction of 50% in extreme poverty and hunger and the universal reach of basic education. The Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development and Combat of Hunger Márcia Lopes, who headed the Brazilian delegation, in Geneva, next to Maria de Albuquerque. According to the study of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 854 million people go hungry in the world, around 17% of the planet’s population. serted the relevance of the civil organizations, like the example of the LGW, in this undertaking: “All this opening, the intelligence of the Legion of Good Will in the service of the communities, of the population and of the learning of the Government itself is of indisputable merit. The presence of the Organization throughout the world with its example of persistence, of continuity, of a daily construction, which keeps gaining and achieving the results that it had proposed, is admirable. We congratulate (the LGW) for its initiatives and results, for being here at this event, in which hundreds of countries are present, and the LGW is sharing this process, this collective construction. It is an example for innumerable other international entities and organisms”. Collaboration: Rosana Bertolin, Maria de Albuquerque, Noys Rocha and Eduarda Pereira. LGW presents the Millennium Development Goals on canvas The Legion of Good Will, whose work is comprehensive and universalistic, has also taken its fraternal message by means of art. A good example occurred during the UN HighLevel Segment meeting in Geneva/Switzerland, when authorities and civil society representatives were able to appreciate three of the eight works, presented first in Brazil at the “Make a Difference” exhibition, which integrated the 1st Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, organized by the LGW, with the support of the UN/ DESA and UNIC-Rio, at the Temple of Good Will, in Brasília/DF. See below, the canvases chosen by the United Nations to illustrate the theme highlighted at the Geneva conference: Goal 1 — Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Work: Love, the principle of life — Artist: Hermínia Metzler. Goal 2 — Achieve universal primary education. Work: Quality education for all — Artist: Adauto Pereira. Goal 8 — Everybody working for development. Work: Everybody working — Artist: Nazaré Martins. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 77 TGW and lgw’s parlamundi For a Culture of Peace André Fernandes in the world 78 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE T he motto of the Legion of Good Will, Education and Culture, Health and Work with Ecumenical Spirituality, shows Paiva Netto’s all-encompassing view as he states: “We must experience unity in diversity to overcome adversity”. It was under this inspiration that the leader of the LGW conceived and built the Temple of Good Will (TGW), inaugurated in 1989, and the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity (ParlaMundi), opened in 1994, both in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, announcing them as being the symbols of fraternization among all ethnic origins, cultures and religious beliefs. Shortly after its opening, the TGW became Brasília’s most visited monument, with over 18 million tourists coming to see it in these last 19 years of existence, according to data provided by Brasília’s Tourism Office (Secretaria de Desen volv imento Econômico e Turismo do Distrito Federal – SDET). The increasing pilgrimage to the LGW’s Temple is due to the fact that it is an environment inspired by Ecumenical Spirituality that should shine in Culture, in Arts, in Philosophy, in Politics, in Economics, in Science, in Sports, in Ecology, and in all fields of human activity. TEMPLE OF GOOD WILL ACCLAIMED ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF BRASÍLIA/DF, BRAZIL. Acclaimed by the People as one of the Seven Wonders of Brasília/DF, Brazil, the Temple of Good Will (TGW), since it was inaugurated by Paiva Netto, on 10/21/1989, has already received over 18 million tourists and pilgrims. According to official data from Brasília’s Tourism Office (SDET), it is the most visited monument of the Brazilian capital. Next to the ParlaMundi (L), and its administration offices (C), the Temple of Peace (R) forms the Legion of Good Will’s Ecumenical Complex. Come and visit! Address: SGAS 915, lotes 75/76 More information: (+5561) 3245-1070 www.tbv.com.br João Periotto TGW and lgw’s parlamundi Since its doors were opened to Humanity, in 1989, the Temple of Good Will has always paid homage to its native Indian brothers. This space dedicated to the indigenous culture gains an even greater relevance on April 19, a date dedicated to the first dwellers of Brazilian lands. On this festive date, they give a presentation of their traditions, dances, folklore and rituals in the main hall of the Temple, to the tourists who visit Brasília. 80 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Domingos Tadeu/PR Gifts from the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and his wife, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, to the LGW’s president: an elephant carved out of wood (on the left) and a hand-made clock with marble pieces and pure gold leaves. The gifts are on exhibition in the Paiva Netto Memorial, inside the TGW. Archive BV João Preda The architecture of this Monument was conceived in a unique manner. The main nave is shaped as a seven-sided pyramid. The complex also comprises several rooms which favor meditation and cultural activities, like the Art Gallery, the Egyptian Room, the Nobel Hall and the Alziro Zarur Memorial (dedicated to the memory of the late founder of the LGW), besides the Fountain of Energized Water and the underground gardens. Fernando Franco Mrs. Gursharan Kaur (in light blue clothing) with the children of the LGW’s Ecumenical Children Choir. Upon visiting the Temple, India’s prime minister’s wife, expressed her satisfaction for being there: “I find myself lucky to be visiting the Temple of Good Will, built by Paiva Netto. It has been a beautiful experience listening to the children sing. The surrounding and the atmosphere is so peaceful. All we want now is Peace around the world. I hope this message of Peace is spread all over the world. When there is so much of unrest and all kind of things that are happening like several types of violence all around us. Peace is one thing which can really conquer all the ills of the world. (...) Thank you for the honor and your respect and such a nice warm feeling that I have received from you. I am very grateful to all of you”. Archive BV Archive BV The Ambassador Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim, Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, received from the legionnaire of Good Will Rosana Bertolin the LGW magazines Solidary Society and Peace for the Millennium, in English, on the occasion of a dinner offered by the Minister for Commerce and Industry from the Government of India, Mr. Kamal Nath, to the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his visit to Brazil, in September of 2006. Arun Gandhi and Peace at the Temple of Good Will “I am very happy for the Temple of the Legion of Good Will and its volunteers, because they are taking the Ecumenism to the world. I am sure that my grandfather would also be very proud of this. I wish much success to Mr. Paiva Netto.” Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, and his wife, Sunanda, participated in an homage to the Indian leader, at the Temple of Good Will. At the back, the panel The Evolution of Humanity in which Paiva Netto asked to include the image of the Mahatma and other great scholars of History. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 81 Leilla Tonin TGW and lgw’s parlamundi Armando Kitamura The famous Brazilian composer and conductor Tom Jobim (1927-1994), Frank Sinatra’s friend (1915-1998), while recording a video clip in one of his last public appearance, manifested his support towards the construction of the LGW’s ParlaMundi: “The World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity is the Symphony of Universal Solidarity”. 82 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Next to the Temple of Good Will, Paiva Netto built the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity (the LGW’s ParlaMundi) a forum for debates aimed at fraternizing all creatures and institutions in Brazil and from all over the world which work on behalf of world Peace. The president of the Legion of Good Will affirms: “The World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity keeps its doors open to all Beings of Good Will. It proposes the universal reconciliation of all human and spiritual knowledge, in a powerful force at the service of nations. Discord, radicalisms, hostilities of all shades should stay away from religious, philosophical, political, scientific, economic, art, sports and all other debates and propositions, for the Human Being is born on Earth to live in society, in a Solidary Society”. Trophy awarded to the winners of the Commendation of the Order of Merit of Ecumenical Fraternity, of the LGW’s ParlaMundi. Leila Marco Gilberto Bertolin Archive BV Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General, and Maria de Albuquerque, from the LGW. Archive BV Sueli Bonaparte, Executive Director of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, was also condecorated with the award, which is given annually in the traditional Brazilian Day Festival, in New York/USA. Archive BV Paiva Netto instituted the Commendation of the Order of Merit of Ecumenical Fraternity, a prize that, since 1996, is awarded yearly by the ParlaMundi of the LGW to those with outstanding achievements in their field of activity, with Solidarity without borders as a basic principle in the activities accomplished. Famous personalities have already been awarded with the LGW Medal (World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity), for their work on behalf of the dissemination of Peace and Solidarity in Brazil and in the world. Among them are the statesmen Mário Soares (former President of Portugal) and Nelson Mandela (former President of South Africa); the Tibetan leader Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso; the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and Pelé, the Athlete of the Century, besides other major names from different areas of the Brazilian and international society. Archive BV The statesman Mário Soares (former President of Portugal), the President of the LGW, José de Paiva Netto, and the Athlete of the Century, Pelé, at the award ceremony, in 1997. The former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, his wife Graça Machel and Enaildo Viana, representative of the president of the LGW, on the occasion Mandela received the Commendation of the ParlaMundi, in 1998. The North American Professor Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to step on the moon, was in Brazil, in October of 2000, lecturing at the 1st World Forum Spirit and Science, promoted by the LGW. On that occasion, Mitchell was decorated with the Commendation of the Order of Merit of Ecumenical Fraternity and with the diploma of Honorary Good Will Ambassador. “I feel honored, very happy with this nomination because my way of thinking, of interpreting things, is very similar to that of the LGW”, he stated at the time. The master of soul and blues, Billy Paul, with the LGW representative Maria de Albuquerque, at the award giving ceremony of the Commendation of the Order of Merit of Ecumenical Fraternity, during the 2006 edition of the Brazilian Day Festival, in New York City. “I am moved with this award of the ParlaMundi since the LGW is intimate in this work of helping those who are hungry and the children all over the world”, he stated. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 83 opinions Nine Nobel Peace Prize Winners Archive BV talk about the LGW “Dear Mr. José de Paiva Netto, I entrust you with my prayers for all people. May God’s blessings be with all of you of the Legion of Good Will, and may many get to know the Love of Jesus through the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity, of the LGW, and keep alive the Good News of His Love in the world, loving one another as He has loved us. May God bless you.” Mother Teresa of Calcutta (in memoriam) Archive BV Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 “I feel very happy and honored with this homage given by the ParlaMundi of the Legion of Good Will.” Nelson Mandela Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, considered one of the greatest personalities of the 20th century, was awarded in the Hors Concours category with the Order of Merit of Ecumenical Fraternity in 1997. 84 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Archive BV “Thank you for the kind invitation regarding the inauguration of this monument for Peace, the Temple of Good Will. I appreciated very much your gift. My sincere compliments. I wish the LGW much success at this time. (...)” Jimmy Carter J. A. Parmegiani “It is marvelous to talk about the Temple of Good Will and the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity of the LGW. They represent something I have always believed in, which is that all persons and all religions have the same potential to help Humanity. All of them bear in themselves the message of compassion, Love and spiritual forgiving. What the Legion of Good Will does is marvelous. I entirely support this work and hope that my Spirit and Soul may always be with you.” Dalai-Lama Tenzin Gyatso Religious Tibetan leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and the Commendation of the Order of Merit of Ecumenical Fraternity of the LGW, in 1999, ParlaMundi, in the Hors Concours category. Archive BV Close to the inauguration of the Temple of Good Will, the former President of the United States (Nobel Peace Prize in 2002) expressed, by letter, his admiration for the memorable date. “(…) In my name, and on behalf of my Brothers of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization — PLO — and on behalf of the Palestinian people, I would like to thank you for the kind invitation for the inauguration of the LGW’s Temple of Good Will (1989). My congratulations for the activities performed to help the poor and in defense of Humankind, Justice and oppressed people. (…)” Yasser Arafat (in memoriam) President of the Palestine Authority and Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 85 “My sincere votes that the LGW may contribute so that the Brazilian people may live in Peace, free from fear and intimidation that the paths of violence impose.” Shirin Ebadi International Human Rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, after receiving from the LGW’s representatives the magazine Solidary Society, during an event at the UN. Fernando Franco “The LGW’s project is truly unique, concrete, creative, gathering all those who want Peace, tranquility for religions, for ethnic groups. By means of this project, the Legion of Good Will receives outcast boys and gives them a shelter, affection, Education. In short, it is an extraordinary program that should inspire governments and organizations from other countries of the world to do the same. The culture of Peace, of tolerance, of living together with other ethnic groups is what leads to a true and lasting peace and to social progress. (...) I am touched by this chance to visit the LGW. I am deeply dazzled by this opportunity to see so many expressions of art, of spiritual value, an appeal for Peace, for concord among peoples, among nations. I believe it would be useful and good if countries at war would come here (Temple of Good Will) and meditate, to realize the complete uselessness of their conflicts. There is so much human and spiritual beauty being destroyed in the world. And the Temple of the Legion of Good Will is really unique. I think that the most important aspect of the Organization in this project, in this architecture, is the spirit of ethnic, cultural, religious brotherhood, where there are no social or economic differences. Everything is represented here; from all over, people can maintain a dialogue. It is really very, very interesting.” Dr. José Ramos Horta East Timor President, Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, when visiting the Legion of Good Will in Brazil. 86 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Divulgation opinions Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Argentinean writer and Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 Lucian Fagundes Lucian Fagundes “To be here at the Temple of Good Will is very moving and also important, since you carry out a work on behalf of the Peoples. And I think that everything is aimed at making the youngsters aware, at preparing them for life. And with a very important thing: Spirituality. (…) I would also like to greet Paiva Netto for his 50 years of strength and struggles for the Good of Humanity, for the good of the peoples. A fraternal solidary hug of congratulations and may he continue on his path building Hope and Solidarity among people.” Desmond Tutu, before boarding to Brazil, as registered by the newspaper Correio Braziliense of the Federal District, on May 1987, stated to a diplomat of the Foreign Ministry: “Arriving at your country, I would like to meet with my Brothers in Faith and I want to see again two great friends: Dom Hélder Câmara and the President of the Legion of Good Will, José de Paiva Netto”. In the same year, talking to representatives of the LGW, he affirmed: “I wish to praise the worldwide president of the Legion of Good Will for his article ‘Apartheid there and Apartheids here’ [published on March 30, 1986 in the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo], where he attempts to make peoples aware of the fact that there are different forms of racism going on in many parts of the world, even in Brazil. (...) I would like to convey him my thanks for his work. May God bless him and the dear legionnaires of Good Will. You have become, in the course of your beneficial activity, esteemed workers of God. (...)” In 2006, year that the LGW’s President celebrated his Golden Jubilee of work in the Organization, the Anglican Archbishop stated: “In these 50 years, God has used Paiva Netto powerfully. May He bless and strengthen him so he may continue his divine work in the world, for the Love of God’s Children”. Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 87 André Fernandes Solidary Society Network Strategic Alliances to eradicate poverty and hunger The LGW organizes the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, with support of the United Nations. Support: st 1 FORUM OF THE SOLIDARY SOCIETY NETWORK INNOVATION FAIR 88 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE K eeping the Peace and safety in the world, promoting social progress, improving living standards and taking care of human rights are some of the functions of the United Nations. In order to make Hosted by: Alziro Braga Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of the NGO Section of the UN/DESA. tives of hundreds of class entities, universities, religious and youth movements, foundations, public organs and international organizations. The series of events in March were held in Brasília/DF, São Paulo/SP, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, and in the regional workshops in Porto Alegre/RS, Belo Horizonte/MG, Aracaju/SE, Santos/SP and in Buenos Aires/Argentina. This was considered a pioneer action by Ms. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief of the NGO Section/DESA of the ECOSOC. “I wish to congratulate you because you are making Brazil the first country to promote the Innovation Fair in a national level. (…) I would also like to take the result of this Innovation Fair you are hosting, to the ECOSOC High-Level Segment Meeting in July 2007, in Geneva (Switzerland), and show it to the Heads of 2 1 In picture 1, the LGW’s participation at the Innovation Fair in February. Pictures 2 and 3 are of the meeting in May. Adriana Rocha In the months of March and May 2007, the Legion of Good Will was present at the ECOSOC Innovation Fair preparatory meetings, at the United Nations headquarters in New York/USA. On the occasion, the participants followed the results of the LGW’s 1st Forum-Fair organized in March in Brazil, through the Solidary Society Network, which mobilization among multisteakholders gathered around 1,200 leaderships in Latin America. The President of the Session in May, Shamina de Gonzaga, announced the work of the LGW as an example to be followed. Adriana Rocha LGW at the Innovation Fair in NY Alziro B raga these actions feasible, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which, in addition to acting parallel to the governments of the countries, has brought civil society closer to its activities, especially in the last 10 years, when it was verified that only in this way the fulfillment of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be guaranteed. To make this support a reality beyond the government level, it required new UN parameters. In fulfilling these reforms in the organism, which were discussed in the last General Assembly, the ECOSOC was given the function of the Annual Ministerial Review — AMR, which among the new activities brought the Innovation Fair. The Legion of Good Will, in the vanguard of this change, promoted the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair in several cities with the support of the United Nations Information Center in Brazil (UNIC-Rio) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/ DESA), from the UN headquarters in New York. The goal was to share good practices that may be multiplied as new social technologies and stimulate strategic alliances among multistakeholders that optimize the impacts of transformation in society. Launched in Porto Alegre on March 13, 2007, the initiative obtained the adhesion of representa- GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 3 89 Solidary Society Network Solidary Society Network Extending its own network of socioeducational actions, the LGW, in order to better contribute to the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals proposed by the UN, promotes the Solidary Society Network, an initiative that seeks to converge the work of organizations of varied segments under the banner of Solidarity, starting with actions among multistake- 90 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE out a tremendous work and I wish to thank you for having participated in an event of this size. In several presentations here, today, I have learned a great deal from the lecturers. I was impressed by the projects”. This edition of the Fair was highlighted on the national network by the A Voz do Brasil (distributed by Agência Brasil for TV, internet and radio) and internationally by the UN Radio (New York/USA), in addition to Folha On-line, Correio Braziliense, O Sul, O Globo On-line, the ABI Portal, Jornal do Brasil (Column of the journalist Hildegard Angel), JB On-line, O Estado do Paraná and O Dia; the TV stations Nacional, Bandeirantes and Band News; the radio stations Nacional, Bandeirantes AM and News FM, CBN (Brasília), Tupi, Eldorado AM and Manchete and thousands of other important means of communication (see the reproduction of some articles on page 93), as for example of the Super Good Will Communication Network (Boa Vontade TV, Rede Mundial TV, Super Good Will Radio Network, magazine BOA VONTADE and Boa Vontade.com Portal). The LGW’s Ecumenical Children Choir presented itself in all the events, as a breath of Alziro de Paiva hope, example of a generation that grows up already with the awareness of planetary Fraternity. In all these occasions, the legionnaire Alziro de Paiva, represented the President of the Organization, José de Paiva Netto, bringing the message of the director of the Legion of Good Will especially written for the event. João Preda State, ministerial people and other participants. They wish to see what has been done on an international level. And here is the LGW, with general consultative status since 1999, bringing all this for the member states.” The document to which Ms. Mezoui refers to was closed with the contribution of 1,124 leaderships participating in the Solidary Society Network (see list of organizations starting on the next page) during the 1st Forum-Fair. The list is also published in the following websites: www.lbv.org.br, www. boavontade.com and www.redesociedadesolidaria. com.br. Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff officially represented the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations in these series of events. In her lectures, she provided a panorama of the Organization and how civil society can interact with the UN. To her, “the regional practices, as this one organized by the Legion of Good Will, will identify the successful policies that shall compose the repertory of good practices in the implementation of the Millennium Goals”. According to Fedoroff, “the march against extreme poverty in Brazil has advanced considerably and the country is on its way to reducing by half the quantity of people who live on less than a dollar per day by 2015”. Despite this, she pointed out that the social differences are still very big. When interviewed, she pointed out the relevance of the undertaking which was being carried out: “I congratulate Mr. José de Paiva Netto and the Legion of Good Will for the organization of the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair. The LGW has carried holders, involving the joint effort and cooperation of the government, of socially responsible companies and of civil society. It acts on a regional scale in order to make possible the inclusion of the local communities in the sustainable socioeconomic development. For this, it promotes meetings, develops relationships and motivates conjugated and collaborative actions around common and broader causes. João Preda A partial view of the Austregésilo de Athayde auditorium, in the LGW’s ParlaMundi, during the opening of the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, in the Brazilian capital. B ras í lia / D F Multistakeholders and Ecumenical Solidarity I Partners of the event held by the LGW The Legion of Good Will thanks all the multistakeholders that together contributed for the success of the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair: Solidar y Society Network n Brazil’s federal capital, the event occurred on March 20, 2007, in the different rooms of the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity (the LGW’s ParlaMundi), overcrowding the space. Militants and leaders of the most varied sectors and representatives of the Brazilian government — the Federal Senate, the Chamber of Deputies and the Executive — discussed the theme “Strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty and hunger, including through A Turma da Bahiana — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Abrigo Cristo Redentor — Aracaju/SE; Abrigo dos Idosos São Vicente de Paulo — Goiânia/GO; Abrigo Lar São José — Brasília/DF; Abrigo Maria Imaculada (IPPC) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Abrigo Provisório Municipal Antonio de Carvalho — Franca/SP; Ação Brasil — São Paulo/SP; Ação Comunitária do Brasil — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Ação Comunitária do Loteamento Jardim Santa Madalena (Acoljam) — Aracaju/SE; Ação Cristã Vicente Moretti — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Ação Esperança (Aesp) — Brasília/DF; Ação Social São Lourenço — Aracaju/SE; Ação Solidária contra o Câncer Infantil — São Paulo/SP; Ação Voluntária Emergente (AVE) — Campinas/SP; Agência de Mobilização Social (Aracati) — São Paulo/SP; Agência de Notícias Esperança (Anote) — Fortaleza/CE; Albergue Domingos Zahluth — Belém/PA; Albergue Noturno “Protetor dos Pobres” — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Aliança Beneficente Universitária (Abeuni) — São Paulo/SP; Amigos da Paz — Brasília/DF; Amigos Mãos Abertas — Juiz de Fora/MG; Apaco — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Apoio à Mulher, à Criança e ao Adolescente (Amca) — Teófilo Otoni/MG; Arca do Amor — Brasília/DF; Asilo Same — Aracaju/SE; Asilo São Vicente de Paulo — Maringá/PR; Asociación Conciencia Nacional — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Asociación de Padrinos de Alumnos y Escuelas Rurales (Apaer) — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Asociación Indígena de la República Argentina (Aira) — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Assembléia de Deus Ministério Planalto (ADMP) — São Paulo/SP; Assessoria ao Movimento Popular (Ispac) — Salvador/BA; Assistência à Família, Saúde e Cidadania — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação “Os Garotos do Brooklin” — São Paulo/SP; Associação 11 de Abril do Bairro de Roma — Salvador/BA; Associação ABA — Movimento Artístico e Cultural — São Paulo/SP; Associação Ação Social pela Vida — Ipatinga/ GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 91 Solidary Society Network MG; Associação Amigos Carentes do Jardim São Carlos — São Paulo/SP; Associação Amigos das Crianças Geração do Amanhã — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação Amigos de Bairro do Conjunto Paulistano — São Paulo/SP; Associação Amigos do Bairro Jardim Farah — São Paulo/SP; Associação Amigos do Jardim Paraná — São Paulo/SP; Associação Amigos Parque Raposo Tavares — São Paulo/SP; Associação Anti-Alcoólica de Paranaíba — Paranaíba/MS; Associação Apoio — São Paulo/SP; Associação Arca da Vitória — São Paulo/ SP; Associação Arte e Vida — Recife/PE; Associação Arte Natureza — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Asas na Ação Mulheres Evangélicas de Londrina — Londrina/PR; Associação Assistencial dos Moradores Jardim das Graças — São Paulo/SP; Associação Atlética Caldense — Poços de Caldas/MG; Associação Baiana de Bordadeira e Rendeira de Itapagipe (Abbori) — Salvador/BA; Associação Beneficente (Abadeus) — Criciúma/ SC; Associação Beneficente 8 de Setembro — Uberaba/MG; Associação Beneficente Afro Sabor da Vitória — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Amigos da Criança da Vila — Londrina/PR; Associação Beneficente AOZC — Abaça de Oxum e Zé do Coco — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Arte e Cidadania — Salvador/BA; Associação Beneficente Assistencial São Gabriel — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Bate Coração — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Beneficente Batista Independente de Brasília (Abbib) — Ceilândia Sul/DF; Associação Beneficente Bela — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Bravas Guerreiras — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Casa de Caridade Vovó Catarina — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Centro de Cultura Afro-Brasileira Axé Hoozoane — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Clube de Mães de São Miguel (ABC) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Clube de Mães Maria Cândida — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Comunitária Aurora — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Comunitária BemQuerer — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Comunitária Educar para Vida — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Comunitária Praça Onze — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Creche Tia Com — São Paulo/SP ; Associação Beneficente Cristã (Paiva) — Bauru/SP; Associação Beneficente das Famílias Carentes da Vila Santa Catarina (Abevisc) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente de Assistência Social Anjos da Guarda — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente de Criança Ermelino Matarazzo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente de Mães Ordem e Progresso — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente de Moradores da Vila Brasilândia e Adjacências — São Paulo/SP ; Associação Beneficente de Mulheres de Vila Espanhola — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente dos Moradores da Vila Gustavo e Bairros Adjacentes — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente e Clube de Mães de São Miguel — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente e Cultural São Jerônimo — Uberaba/MG; Associação Beneficente Educacional Nova Esperança (Abene) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Beneficente Espírita Nave da Saudade — Ribeirão Preto/SP; Associação Beneficente Flor do Maia — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Kadoshi — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Metamorfose — Goiânia/GO; Associação Beneficente O Pequeno Nazareno — Fortaleza/CE; Associação Beneficente Parceiros do Amanhã — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente São João (ABSJ) — Foz do Iguaçu/PR; Associação Beneficente São Pedro — Centro de Educação Infantil São Gabriel — Cascavel/PR; Associação Beneficente Social Estrela Guia — São Paulo/SP; Associação Beneficente Verdade que Liberta — Salvador/BA; Associação Beneficente Vila Araguaia e Adjacências — São Paulo/SP; Associação Benefi- Solidar y Society Network | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE João Preda Sérgio Zambiasi João Preda Beto Albuquerque Lylia Galetti João Preda João Preda 92 João Preda out throughout its history”. Senator Sérgio Zambiasi (Rio Grande do Sul State) stated: “We need great institutions with credibility, as it is the case of the LGW, to assume this leadership and propose the use of modern means so that the arms of Solidarity can really cover the spaces that are uncovered, reaching the neediest members of the population. The LGW is the house of all of us, it is democratic, Christian, ample, offers us this great horizon of Solidarity”. Federal Congressman Beto Albuquerque (Rio Grande do Sul State) said: “It is time to globalize Solidarity, the concern for the other. The LGW’s experience of many years shows that it is possible for all of us — each one in his own way, manner, belief — to do something”. During the morning session, thematic panels were exhibited with representation of multistakeholders that counted on the moderation of Lylia Galetti, from the João Preda the global partnerships for development”, following the orientation of the ECOSOC of sharing good practices that can be replicated. Many authorities were pre sent, such as the first lady of the Marianne Vicenthini Federal District, Mrs. Marianne Vicenthini Arruda, who pointed out the opportunity that is created even for those people who have not organized themselves in associations: “I would really like to thank the director of the LGW. Fifteen years ago, when I started a work to help the artisan women cottage industry, you were the first to open your doors to offer this space, so that they could have the first possibility of presenting their products”. In the same way, Senator Mozarildo Cavalcanti (Roraima State) during the Jornal do Senado (Senate Journal), distributed by Radiobrás, praised: “This inclusion draws the eyes of the United Nations to Latin America. The UN has, today, in the LGW, a priority, a primordial partner, in this fight against poverty”. And later, he completed in another interview: “The LGW is the precursor in the Civil Society Sector; it is a champion at this. I congratulate the LGW, in the person of Paiva Netto, for this and for all the other Mozarildo Cavalcanti events it has been carrying Alzira Vieira REPERCUSSION LGW’s 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair in the press: There were approximately 21 thousand insertions in the Brazilian and foreign media, emphasizing the event with the multistakeholders, broadcasted in several radio and TV stations, besides newspapers, magazines and websites. Here are some of those who supported the initiative. cente Vila Esperança e Adjacências — São Paulo/SP; Associação Brasileira de Assistência às Famílias de Crianças Portadoras de Câncer (Abrace) — Brasília/DF; Associação Brasileira dos Organizadores de Festivais de Folclore e Artesanato (ABrasOFFA) — Santos/SP ; Associação Brasiliense de Esperanto — Brasília/DF; Associação Caridade, Humildade e Compaixão Jardim Elisa Maria — São Paulo/SP; Associação Casa de Apoio Esperança de Viver (Caesvi) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Casa Intumbençara Ilê Doia Mamerta Guelerj — São Paulo/SP ; Associação Cearense Pró Idoso (Acepi) — Fortaleza/CE; Associação Centro de Cultura Os Girassóis do Brasil — São Paulo/SP; Associação Civil Carmelitas da Caridade — Maringá/PR; Associação Civil Sociedade Alternativa — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube das Mães Unidas — Londrina/PR; Associação Clube de Mães Brilho da Noite — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Caminho do Amanhã — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Coração de Jesus — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Coração de Jesus Jardim das Oliveiras — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães do Jardim São Carlos Segundo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Flor do Oriente — Centro Educacional Infantil (CEI) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Jesus é o Caminho — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Luana Neta — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Raio de Sol — São Paulo/SP; Associação Clube de Mães Raios de Luar — São Paulo/SP; Associação Colégio Santa Inês — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Alfredo Lúcio — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Beneficente de Vila Buenos Aires — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Beneficente Poder e Querer — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Campo da Tuca — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação Comunitária Casa Brisa de Nazaré — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comu- nitária Cidade Pedra Branca do Bairro Frei Damião — Palhoça/SC; Associação Comunitária da Região Centro e Adjacências (ACRC) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária da Vila Biquinha — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação Comunitária da Vila Clóris e Adjacências — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação Comunitária de Apoio de Aracaju — Aracaju/SE; Associação Comunitária de Artes José Antonio de Araújo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária de Moradores Parque do Gato — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária do Bairro São Thomás — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação Comunitária do Conjunto Mariquinhas — Belo Horizonte/ MG; Associação Comunitária do Loteamento do Dendê — Aracaju/SE; Associação Comunitária do Setor Faiçal Vili — Goiânia/GO; Associação Comunitária dos Solidários de Vila Terezinha — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária e Ação Social da Vila Princesa Isabel (Acasvpi) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária e Beneficente Padre José Augusto Machado Moreira — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Fazenda do Carmo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária HAABI — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária José Antonio de Araújo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Mensageiros da Paz e Alegria — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Nova Esperança Jardim Carumbé — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária O Sol Brilhou no Vale — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Pequenos Valentes — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Pró Moradia e Social Divina Flor — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Raios de Sol — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Recomeçar — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Recreativa e Esportiva Bom Fim Novo — Guaíba/RS; Associação Comunitária Regina Santos — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Renascer do Jardim Maravilha — São Paulo/SP; Associação Comunitária Um Novo Amanhecer GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 93 Solidary Society Network Maringá/PR; Associação de Apoio aos Portadores do Vírus HIV (AAPV) — Volta Redonda/RJ; Associação de Lucian Fagundes Apoio às Famílias, ao Grupo e à Sociedade (Afago-DF) — Brasília/DF; Associação de Apoio às Meninas e Meninos da Sé — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Apoio e Desenvolvimento Comunitário (Aadesc) — Uberaba/MG; Associação de Assistência à Pessoa com Deficiência de Araxá (Fada) — Araxá/MG; Associação de Assistência ao Canto da Criança do Jardim Lucélia II — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Assistência ao Educando Creche-Escola Municipal Professora Marília de Teves Moreno — Cabo Frio/RJ; Associação de Assistência Social do Instituto Yolanda Duarte — Petrópolis/RJ; Associação de Auxílio aos Necessitados de Santa Cruz do Sul — Santa Cruz do Sul/RS; Associação de Capoeira Filhos do Sol Nascente — Salvador/BA; Associação de Cegos do Rio Grande do Sul (Acergs) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação de Crianças Especiais de Santos (Aces) — Santos/SP; Associação de Defesa Homossexual de Sergipe (Adhons) — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Deficientes Físicos de Goiás — Goiânia/GO; Associação de Doceiras, Cozinheiras e Confeiteiras de Itapagipe (Adocci) — Salvador/BA; Associação de Educação Católica do Brasil (AEC do Brasil) — Brasília/DF; Associação de Educação do Homem de Amanhã (Habra) — Brasília/DF; Associação de Entidades de Longa Permanência para Idosos — Uberlândia/MG; Associação de Equoterapia — Maceió/AL; Associação de Fiéis da Paróquia Santa Joana D’Arc (Afijodarc) — Teresina/PI; Associação de Formação e Reeducação Lua Nova — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Grupo de Mães da Vila Tabajara — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação de Juventude Construindo Sonhos — Natal/RN; Associação de Lideranças Femininas de Nova Friburgo “Anastácia” — Nova Friburgo/RJ; Associação de Mães Boa Nova — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Mães Trabalhadoras na João Preda João Preda — São Paulo/SP; Associação Cosmética Beleza & Cidadania — São Paulo/SP ; Associação Creche de Lívia — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Associação Cristã Beneficente O Filho Pródigo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Cristã de Moços do Rio de Janeiro (ACM) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Cristã Paz e Esperança Adjacente — São Paulo/SP; Associação Cultural e Ambientalista Prometeu Acorrentado (Acampa) — Glorinha/RS; Associação Cultural e Beneficente Ilê Mulher — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação Cultural Resistência Afro-Brasileira (Acrab) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Cultural Ylê Nito Padejá — Rio de Janeiro/RJ ; Associação da Criança Excepcional (Ascep) — Brasília/DF; Associação da Juventude do Estado do Piauí — Teresina/PI; Associação da Mulher Mastectomizada (Amma) — Nova Friburgo/RJ; Associaçãodas Abelhinhas de Santa Rita de Cássia — Curitiba/PR; Associação das Creches Beneficentes do Rio Grande do Sul (Acebergs) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação das Famílias Carentes da Vila Brasilândia (Afacabras) — São Paulo/SP; Associação das Famílias Sem-Teto do Barro Branco II — São Paulo/SP; Associação das Irmãs Beneficente do Ministério Nova Canaã Jardim Leni Adibenminc — São Paulo/SP; Associação das Mulheres do Conjunto Habitacional Carvalho Pinto — São Paulo/SP; Associação das Obras Pavonianas de Assistência — Brasília/DF; Associação das Obras Pavonianas de Assistência — Patos de Minas/MG; Associação das Obras Pavonianas de Assistência — Vitória/ES; Associação das Pessoas Portadoras de Deficiência Visual e Amigos de Gravataí (ADVA) — Gravataí/RS; Associação de Amigos e Moradores do Bairro do Uruguai — Salvador/BA; Associação de Apoio à Família, ao Grupo e à Comunidade (Afago-DF) — Gama/DF; Associação de Apoio à Renda e/ou Emprego do Cidadão — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação de Apoio ao Fissurado Lábio-Palatal de Maringá (Afim) — João Preda At the Pastoral da Criança booth, from left to right, Dayane Mônica da Silva (Pastoral da Criança volunteer), Dr. Michele Fedoroff, Eliane Maria (from the LGW) and Vânia Lúcia Ferreira Leite, International Advisor of Pastoral da Criança/Brazilian National Board of Bishops (CNBB) and Counselor of CNAS. Ministry of Environment; Alzira Vieira, from Sebrae; and Arlete Sampaio, from the Ministry of Social Development (MDS). In them were presented the works of each organization in relation to the theme of the Innovation Arlete Sampaio Fair. In the afternoon, the event was transferred to the second underground floor of the LGW’s ParlaMundi, where 20 booths from different segments showed their projects. The Fair also had a cultural Perly Cipriano presentation and then the participants went on to the workshops, which were divided into three sub-themes: “Education”, “Environment” and “Employment and Income”. At the end of the day the exhibition “Make the Difference” was opened. It presented eight esteemed artists residing in the federal capital who used diffe rent techniques to instigate the observers, leading them to reflections on the eight MillenAylton Gomes nium Development Goals. This itinerant exhibition was taken to several Brazilian cities and Abroad. Solidary Society Network João Preda João Preda A partial view of the booths that presented social technology projects and solutions 94 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Mônica Mendes Archive BV argentina argentina In Buenos Aires/Argentina, on March 14, 2007, with the support of the Social Sector Forum, at the Navarro Viola Foundation, the event had the participation of dozens of civil society, governmental and entrepreneurial organizations, and was structured with presentations of panels and workshops of reflection and exchange. Highlight for the presence of the Vice Minister for Social Development, Dr. Daniel Arroyo. Inclusão (Amat) — Campo Grande/MS; Associação de Misericórdia Divina Filantropia Assistencial e Educacional (Amidifae) — Belém/PA; Associação de Moradia Mulheres Unidas — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores Beneficente, Recreativa e Cultural João Paulo II — Salvador/BA; Associação de Moradores da Bela Vista — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores da Favela dos Operários da Zona Norte — São Paulo/ SP; Associação de Moradores da Favela dos Operários Jardim Vista Alegre — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores da Ponta do Leal — Florianópolis/SC; Associação de Moradores da Vila Tecnológica — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação de Moradores do Bairro Jardim Guanabara — Brasília/DF; Associação de Moradores do Bairro Vista Alegre — Juiz de Fora/MG; Associação de Moradores do Conjunto Residencial Santa Rita — Londrina/PR; Associação de Moradores do Conjunto Santa Luzia — Salvador/BA; Associação de Moradores do Japãozinho (Amorjap) — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Moradores do Jardim Aero Rancho II — Campo Grande/MS; Associação de Moradores do Jardim Flores Astrais — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores do Jardim Nova Esperança — Goiânia/GO; Associação de Moradores do Jardim Paulistano — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores e Amigos da Nova Brasília (Amanb) — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Moradores e Amigos de Itapagipe (Amai) — Salvador/BA; Associação de Moradores e Amigos do Bairro Nova Veneza — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Moradores e Amigos do Loteamento Marivan (Amovam) — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Moradores Francisco Nunes (AMFN) — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores Jardim Vista Alegre em Ação Social (Avas) — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores Mães e Senhoras do Parque Panamericano — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores Nova Esperança — Goiânia/GO; Associação de Mora- B elo B elo horizonte / M G horizonte The capital city of the state of Minas Gerais was the stage for the Forum-Fair on March 14, 2007. The event had the special participation of Dr. Tomáz de Aquino Resende, Justice Attorney and Coordinator of the Operational Support Center for the Third Sector (CAOTS) of the Public Ministry of Minas Gerais; Dr. Anfilófio Salles, President of the Acesita Foundation; Dr. Márcio José Ferreira, President of the Association of the Physically Handicapped of Betim/MG and member of the National Board of Social Assistance. dores Núcleo Residencial Jardim Paulistano — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Moradores Vale Verde — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Movimento Estrela Dourada de São Paulo — Assistência e Desenvolvimento Social — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Mulheres da Vila Brasilândia — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Mulheres do Conjunto Rouxinóis — Campo Grande/MS; Associação de Mulheres do Jardim Bandeirantes — Londrina/PR; Associação de Mulheres do Sol Nascente — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Mulheres em Ação da Vila Queiroz II — São Paulo/SP ; Associação de Mulheres Jardim Princesa — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Mulheres Raça e Coragem — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Mulheres Rosa de Saron — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação de Mutirão Vencedores em Cristo — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Deficientes Auditivos de Sergipe (Apada) — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Deficientes da Audição (Apada) — Volta Redonda/RJ; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Anápolis/GO; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Aracaju/SE; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Cascavel/PR; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Gravataí/RS; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — José Bonifácio/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Paranaíba/MS; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Patos de Minas/MG; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Santos/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — São Vicente/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Socorro/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais (Apae) — Torrinha/SP; Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais do Distrito Federal (Apae) GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 95 Solidary Society Network são P aulo / S P T Solidar y Society Network Daniel Tr evisan he works of the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair were carried out in the city of São Paulo in the LGW’s Educational Center, on March 22, 2007. In addition to the main theme, another issue was highlighted: Education, considered the main key to diminish inequalities. In this regard, Dr. Michele Fedoroff, the United Nations representative affirmed that the Brazilian government resources had “resulted in improving the literacy rate across the country, moving towards universal levels, with an increase from 91.8% in 1990 to 96.6% in 2003. Other good news is that the net primary enrollment rate has grown as well, from 86% in 1990/91 to 97% in 2002/3. However, only 35% of young people in Brazil graduate from high school, resulting in a considerable skills gap in the work- Daniel Trevisan Schools as tools of inclusion — Brasília/DF; Associação de Pais, Amigos e Educadores de Autistas (Apaea) — Santos/SP; Associação de Pais, Amigos e Pessoas com Deficiência, de Funcionários do Banco do Brasil e da Comunidade (Apabb) — Curitiba/PR; Associação de Pais, Amigos e Pessoas com Deficiência, de Funcionários do Banco do Brasil e da Comunidade (Apabb) — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Parentes e Amigos das Vítimas de Acidentes de Trânsito (Apavat) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação de Portadores de Deficiências Físicas de Gravataí (APDF) — Gravataí/RS; Associação de Prevenção e Combate ao Câncer de Teófilo Otoni — Teófilo Otoni/MG; Associação de Promoção e Assistência Social Estrela do Mar — Santos/SP; Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Condenados — Teófilo Otoni/MG; Associação de Serviço à Criança Excepcional de Goiânia — Goiânia/GO; Associação de Solidariedade aos Moradores do Jardim Icaraí — São Paulo/SP; Associação de Transformação Social Cristo Jesus — São Paulo/SP; Associação Democrática de União e Valor da Mulher Cristã — Centro de Educação Infantil Josefina da Cruz — Londrina/PR; Associação Despertar da Família — Projeto Gênesis — São Paulo/SP; Associação do Amigo Aposentável — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação do Bem-Estar (Abem) — Botucatu/SP; Associação do Corpo de Representação e Ação Comunitária do Jardim Lapena — São Paulo/SP; Associação do Grupo Comunitário Limoeiro — Belém/PA; Associação do Movimento de Mulheres do Sol Nascente — São Paulo/SP; Associação do Parque Everest — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação do Voluntariado e da Solidariedade (Avesol) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação dos Amigos do Parque Raposo Tavares — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Amigos e Pais de Pessoas Especiais (Aappe) — Maceió/AL; Associação dos Aposentados e Pensionistas de Volta Redonda — Volta Redonda/RJ; Associação dos Artesãos de Frei Paulo — 96 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE force”, showing that there still is a lot to be done. The ceremony, quite crowded, gathered a great number of authorities and a varied audience, from all the fields of thought and action to discuss these scenarios. Aracaju/SE; Associação dos Artesãos dos Alagados de Salvador — Salvador/BA; Associação dos Artesãos e Culinaristas de Sobradinho — Brasília/DF ; Associação dos Catadores de Papel, Papelão e Materiais Recicláveis — Araçatuba/SP; Associação dos Catadores de Resíduos Sólidos (Reciclar) — Volta Redonda/RJ; Associação dos Curadores dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (Acudicria) — Aracaju/SE; Associação dos Deficientes Físicos de Betim — Betim/MG; Associação dos Deficientes Físicos de Cascavel (Adefica) — Cascavel/PR; Associação dos Deficientes Físicos de Uberaba (Adefu) — Uberaba/MG; Associação dos Diabéticos de Americana — Americana/SP; Associação dos Diabéticos de Nova Friburgo (Adinf) — Nova Friburgo/RJ; Associação dos Ex-Alunos do Colégio Stella Maris — Santos/SP; Associação dos Idosos da Zona Sul Rosa de Saron — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Idosos de Lins (Asdil) — Lins/SP; Associação dos Idosos do Setor dos Funcionários — Goiânia/GO; Associação dos Moradores da Favela Santa Luiza — Jardim Nordeste — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores da Vila Esperança (Amoviespe) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação dos Moradores da Vila Liberdade (Amovil) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação dos Moradores de Bairro Vivendo e Aprendendo — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores de Irecê Santo Inácio — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores do Bairro Monte Cristo — Florianópolis/SC; Associação dos Moradores do Bairro Taquaril — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação dos Moradores do Centro Comunidade Novo Mundo — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Associação dos Moradores do Jardim das Graças — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores do Jardim Flores Astrais — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores do Jardim Guanabara — Centro de Educação Infantil Menino Jesus — Goiânia/GO; Associação dos Moradores do Jardim Pantanal I — São Paulo/ Verônica Alexandre Daniel Trevisan my days in Brasília, in the government’s difficult moments, to visit our friends at the Legion of Good Will at least once every six months. And once again I am here to renew my respect and my support to this movement’s work that is really constructive in Brazil. And especially today we were able to see SP; Associação dos Moradores do Núcleo Habitacional Joanes Leste — Salvador/BA; Associação dos Moradores do Parque do Gato — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores do Portal das Laranjeiras — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores do Rio Verde — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores dos Condomínios do Parque do Gato — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores dos Jardins Vila Nova e Adjacências — São Paulo/SP; Associação dos Moradores e Amigos do Bairro 18 do Forte (Amaforte) — Aracaju/SE; Associação dos Moradores e Amigos do Loteamento Estrela do Oriente — Aracaju/SE; Associação dos Moradores e Amigos do Loteamento São Francisco — Nossa Senhora Socorro/SE; Associação dos Pais e Amigos dos Leucêmicos de Alagoas — Maceió/AL; Associação dos Recicladores de Belo Horizonte — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação dos Renais de Brasília (Arebra) — Ceilândia Norte/DF; Associação dos Surdos de Goiânia — Goiânia/GO; Associação dos Voluntários a Serviço da Oncologia em Sergipe (Avosos) — Aracaju/SE; Associação e Centro Recreativo Luz para Brilhar — São Paulo/SP; Associação Educacional Boa Vontade — São Paulo/SP; Associação Educacional Evangélica Luterana (AEEL) — Teófilo Otoni/MG; Associação Espaço Criança e Juventude da Melhor Idade dos Moradores de Capão Redondo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Espaço da Criança e Juventude — São Paulo/SP; Associação Espírita Casa do Caminho — Inhumas/GO; Associação Espírita Irmandade de Jesus — Cascavel/PR; Associação Espírita Yvonne Amaral Pereira — Cuiabá/MT; Associação Essência de Vida — Joinville/SC; Associação Estrela (Amleo) — Aracaju/SE; Associação Estrela Brilhante — São Paulo/SP; Associação Estrela do Oriente — Aracaju/SE ; Associação Evangélica Assistencial — Campinas/SP; Associação Evangélica El Shaddai — Goiânia/GO; Associação Evangélica Lar de Betânia — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Associação Família Brasil — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Família Fiel (Acre) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Federativa de Entidades e Clubes de Mães — São Paulo/SP; Associação Feminina de Assistência à Criança — Londrina/PR; Associação Filantrópica dos Moradores dos Bairros Laranjeiras e Portal — São Paulo/SP; Associação Fraternal Jardim Santa Terezinha — São Paulo/SP; Associação Grupo Aids Apoio Vida e Esperança — Goiânia/GO; Associação Grupo Missão Divina — São Paulo/SP; Associação Habitat para Humanidade — Goiânia/GO; Associação Igreja Evangélica Pentecostal Vencendo em Jesus — São Paulo/SP; Associação Jamais Abortar “Somos Vida” — João Pessoa/PB; Associação Jardim São Carlos Segundo — São Paulo/SP; Associação João Paulo II — Salvador/BA; Associação Joinvilense de Obras Sociais — Joinville/SC; Associação Jovem Barroca City — São Paulo/SP; Associação Lar Criançarteira — Curitiba/PR; Associação Lar de Menores (Alarme) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Associação Lar dos Idosos Dona Inês Maria de Jesus — Uberaba/MG; Associação Leão de Judá — São Paulo/SP; Associação Liga de Amparo ao Necessitado (Asan) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação Luz do Mundo — Jardim Felicidade — São Paulo/SP; Associação Luz do Sol — Aracaju/SE; Associação Mãe Mara — São Paulo/SP; Associação Maringaense de Apoio e Reintegração de Adolescentes (Amaras — Recanto Mundo Jovem) — Maringá/PR; Associação Meu Lar — Inhumas/GO; Associação Missionária (Agape) Internacional — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Moradores da Vila Esperança — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação Moradores, Mães e Senhoras do Parque Panamericano — São Paulo/SP; Associação Moriá — São Paulo/SP; Associação Mulheres Empreendedoras Arrodeando o DF — Brasília/DF; Associação Mulheres Força e Coragem — São Paulo/SP; Associação Mulheres Fortes Daniel Trevisan The representative of the LGW’s president, Alziro de Paiva, explained in his welcoming speech how that teaching place was apt for this debate: “My father, in these more than 50 years of work in the LGW, has always been a great and untiring fighter for Education, with the Ecumenical Citizen Pedagogy, a proposal of his applied with success in all the Organization’s teaching establishments, under the theme ‘Here we study. Mind and Heart are formed’ — a methodology whose goal is to develop the students as a whole, so that human relations may be improved based on ethical, social and spiritual values”. Combating social inequality, Dr. José Gregori which can spare many people from being forced into criminal activities, was the target of comment of the President of the Municipal Human Rights Commission, the ex-Minister of Justice, Dr. José Gregori. “I am greatly moved to be here. I have already become accustomed, since aracaju / S E In Aracaju/SE, the workshop was held in the Auditorium of the Legislative School, on March 15, 2007, with lectures from Maria Luci Silva, President of the Recriando Institute and representative of the State Forum of the Defense of Children’s and Adolescent’s Rights (Fórum DCA-SE), and from the Professor Magaly Nunes de Gois, of the Tiradentes University (Unit). Also present at the meeting were Mariana Sarmento Netto da Silva, Representative of the GBarbosa Entrepreneurial Group, and Sônia Meire Santos de Jesus, Adjunct Secretary for the State Office of Social Assistance, Work and Combat of Poverty. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 97 Solidary Society Network Renovar Saúde Criança — Petrópolis/RJ; Associação Ressurgir — Escola de Família — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Reviver de Assistência ao Portador do Vírus HIV — Ponta Grossa/PR; Associação Riopretense de Promoção do Menor (Arprom) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Associação Roça de Candomblé Caboclo Sete Flechas e Ylê de Iansã — São Paulo/SP; Associação Santa Catarina de Sena — São Paulo/SP; Associação Santa Luzia do Uruguai — Aracaju/SE; Associação Santa Rosa (MSTC) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Santa Zita — São Paulo/SP; Associação Sergipana de Equoterapia — Aracaju/SE; Associação Social Beneficente Vila Bancária — São Paulo/SP; Associação Social e Cultural Letras Mágicas — São Paulo/SP; Associação Sonhar e Acreditar — São Paulo/SP; Associação Tia Nilma — São Paulo/SP; Associação Une Ação Cidadania Paulistana — São Paulo/SP; Associação União Farol do Alvorecer da Zona Leste — São Paulo/SP; Associação Unidos de Santo Expedito — São Paulo/SP; Associação Unidos do Conjunto Habitacional Garagem — São Paulo/SP; Associação Zona Norte de Porto Alegre — Porto Alegre/RS; Atendimento Social Regional Pampulha de Belo Horizonte — Belo Horizonte/MG; Auta Caminit — Brasília/DF; Banco de Alimentos — Guaíba/ RS; Banco Municipal de Alimentos — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Bom Samaritano — Brasília/DF; Brasil Soka Gakkai Internacional (BSGI) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ ; Brigada Nacional de Defesa Civil — São Paulo/SP; Brilho do Sol Energia Solar — Brasília/DF; Brinquedoteca Brinca Santa — Faculdade de Pedagogia (Unisanta) — Santos/SP; Café Três Corações S/A — Belo Horizonte/MG; Caixa Cultural — Caixa Econômica Federal — Brasília/DF; Cámara de Comercio Argentino Brasileña — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cámara de Comercio de Escobar y Foro de Seguridad de Escobar — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Câmara Legislativa — Brasília/DF; Câ- santos / S P Solidar y Society Network The LGW invited several civil society representatives to the workshop in Santos/SP, on March 17, 2007, seeking to obtain suggestions and ideas for the AMR Innovation Fair. The lecturers on that occasion were: the psychologist Juliana Assef Pierotti, coordinator of the Social Mobilization Agency; Patrícia Limeres, of Usiminas Cultural Institute (Usicultura); Célio Nori, Coordinator of the Citizenship Forum; and Márcio Lara, Secretary of the Municipal Government of Santos. 98 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Daniel Trevisan do Jaraguá — São Paulo/SP; Associação Mulheres Unidas do Jardim Zaíra — São Paulo/SP ; Associação Mulheres: Artes Palmeiras — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação na Luta por Benefícios e Melhoramentos Cravo Amarelo — São Paulo/SP; Associação Nacional Portadores de Psoríase (Psorisul) — Porto Alegre/RS; Associação Não-Governamental Projeto Integração Comunitária — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Nossa Senhora de Fátima — Franco da Rocha/SP; Associação Nossa Senhora de Fátima — Ribeirão Preto/SP; Associação Nove de Julho (MSTC) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Pão com Sopão — Nova Friburgo/RJ; Associação para a Saúde (Salus) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Associação para Desenvolvimento Local Co-Produzido (Adelco) — Fortaleza/CE; Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Ser Humano — Taguatinga/DF; Associação para Valorização e Promoção de Excepcionais (Avape) — São Paulo/SP; Associação Paranaense de Combate ao Câncer de Mama (Apacam) — Belém/PA; Associação Paulista de Amparo à Mulher (Apam) — São Paulo/SP; Associação pela Cidadania e Cooperação Vigiense (Acicopv) — Vigia/PA; Associação Pestalozzi de Maricá — Maricá/RJ; Associação Peter Pan — Fortaleza/CE; Associação Prestes Maia — São Paulo/SP; Associação Projeto Cidadão do Futuro — Vitória/ES; Associação Projeto Psicopedagógico Mosaico — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Projeto Videiras — Ipatinga/MG; Associação Pró-Moradia Esperança — São Paulo/SP; Associação Prudentina para Prevenção dos Vícios e Recuperação de Vidas — Esquadrão da Vida — Presidente Prudente/SP; Associação Recanto Garra Feminina do Conjunto José Bonifácio — São Paulo/SP; Associação Rede Criança — Campo Grande/MS; Associação Regional do Movimento Amor-Exigente — Londrina/PR; Associação Reiki com Você — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Associação Religiosa Oomoto do Brasil — Brasília/DF; Associação Clayton Ferreira and prove with our own eyes and ears, we could almost grasp what this movement concretely does, not only through prayer, through the best that we have, which is the possibility of conducting our thoughts, which already would be a lot. But also in terms of facts, on a concrete plan of action. These finely tuned choir children, so happy to have found a possibility of progress and of integration in life, are a demonstration of this other part of the Legion of Good Will’s action. “I was very happy to know of the efforts, of the Legion of Good Will’s work, bringing to the awareness of everybody one of the most important programs of the United Nations: the millennium goals. The UN watches them echo in Latin America, in a city like São Paulo, because the LGW is engaged so that Brazil may give its contribution, above all in a country like ours which is going through an extremely serious and worrying crisis of violence. The way to get out of a crisis like this is exactly by developing programs of social reach such as the millennium goals and continuing the prayers and elevation of thought that the LGW carries out. And we must not forget that children have to be everybody’s priority. As the LGW’s leader Paiva Netto very rightly put: ‘Children are a boon to our eyes. Children are a boon to the heart!’”, he concluded. To the First-Secretary of the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo, the Alderman and journalist José Américo Dias, the undertaking only deserves praise: “It is a pleasure to give my testimony on the importance of the LGW to lead this fight. I feel happy that the LGW, with its tradition, with this competence, can assume this role of combating poverty José Américo Dias Lucian Fagundes Daniel Trevisan and misery in our city and in our Country. Because the LGW has an excellent reputation of service, a passion that can be seen it its work, that it does not only tend to the basic needs, but also works for the person’s entire preparation. Nowadays we need to do this so that the youth may find a healthy path, without violence and crime”. The State Deputy Aparecido Sério da Silva (São Paulo) agreed: “The Fair is so marvelous and worthy that it could only have happened first in this House, the LGW, that I know and frequent. Professor Paiva Netto effectively helps to change the world, to transform it into someAparecido Sério da Silva thing better; I am fully convinced of this. The work that is carried out here — from an ecumenical point of view, of elevating the Spirit, of bringing the Word of Jesus with an effective action of saving lives, educating children — is absolutely necessary”. In addition to lectures and successful stories, with a great exchange of experience of projects that have been successful in the Civil Society, the event in São Paulo had the special participation of the students of International Relations of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) and the pupils of the José de Paiva Netto Educational Institute (IEJPN), who elaborated a cultural show on the eight Millennium Development Goals, demonstrated in photos, videos, collages, models, newspaper clippings, and songs. mara Municipal de Maricá — Maricá/RJ; Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre — Porto Alegre/RS; Câmara Municipal de Santos — Santos/SP; Cantinho do Girassol Centro Social Luterano — Brasília/DF; Cáritas da Diocese de Estância — Estância/SE; Casa da Acolhida Amor e Alegria — Pastoral do Menor — Araxá/MG; Casa da Criança Meimei — Campinas/SP; Casa da Sopa — Associação Beneficente N. R. Jardim Paraíso — Campinas/SP; Casa da Visão — Associação de Amigos dos Cegos de Santos — Santos/SP; Casa de Apoio aos Portadores de HIV/Aids — Cuiabá/MT; Casa de Apoio da Criança com Câncer Vida Divina (Cavid) — São Paulo/SP; Casa de Apoio Esperança de Viver — São Paulo/SP; Casa de Assistência Social e Espiritual Irmão Fritz — Brasília/DF; Casa de Eurípedes — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Casa de Oração Mariazinha — Salvador/ BA; Casa do Bom Samaritano — Londrina/PR; Casa do Caminho — Londrina/PR; Casa do Caminho — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Casa do Menino Jesus de Praga — Porto Alegre/RS; Casa do Paraplégico de Santos — Santos/SP; Casa do Pequeno Polegar — Brasília/DF; Casa do Pobre de Maceió — Maceió/AL; Casa Menina Mulher (CMM) — Recife/PE; Casa Menino Jesus de Praga — Porto Alegre/RS; Casa Renê Pessa — Cabo Frio/RJ; Casa República Amai — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Casa Santa Zita — Aracaju/SE; Casa São Camilo de Lelis — Franca/SP; Cata-Ventos Juventude e Cidadania — Sobradinho II/DF; Célia Regina Scherdien M.E. — Brasília/DF; Central Única de Favelas (Cufa) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Acadêmico de Relações Internacionais Barão do Rio Branco (Cari) — PUC-SP — São Paulo/SP; Centro Camará de Pesquisas e Apoio à Infância e Adolescência — Santos/SP; Centro Comunitário Assistencial e Educacional Aníbal Difrância — Bauru/SP; Centro Comunitário Assistente Social Terezinha Meira — Aracaju/SE; Centro Comunitário da Criança — porto alegre / R S In the southern city of Porto Alegre, which was the first Brazilian city to host the Forum-Fair, on March 13, 2007, the meeting occurred at the LGW Community and Educational Center, with the participation of the following lecturers: Dr. Carlos Manoel Farias, Superintendent of the National Supply Company (ConabRS); Clódis Xavier Silva, Executive of the Gerdau Institute — Manager of the Pro-Children Fund of the Gerdau Brazil Professionals; and Paulo Albuquerque, doctor in Sociology, specialist in Civil Society and professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Brasília/DF; Centro Comunitário de Apoio (Cecap) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Comunitário de Bela Vista — Vitória/ES; Centro Comunitário de Vila Penteado — São Paulo/SP; Centro Comunitário do Lobato — Salvador/BA; Centro Comunitário e Educacional da LBV — Aracaju/SE ; Centro Comunitário e Educacional da LBV — Belo Horizonte/MG; Centro Comunitário e Educacional da LBV — Brasília/DF; Centro Comunitário e Educacional da LBV — Porto Alegre/RS; Centro Comunitário e Educacional da LBV — Santos/SP; Centro Comunitário, Educacional e Cultural Dr. Osmar Carvalho e Silva — São Paulo/SP; Centro Cultural e Social Nova Era — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro da Juventude da Zona Noroeste (Seas-PMS) — Santos/SP; Centro de Alianças de Saberes e Ações Solidárias da Leopoldina (Casasol) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro de Apoio ao Doente de Aids — Aparecida de Goiânia/GO; Centro de Apoio ao Menor e ao Adolescente Carente — Salvador/BA; Centro de Apoio Social à Adolescência — Cáritas — Vitória/ES; Centro de Artes e Meio Ambiente (Cama) — Salvador/BA; Centro de Articulação Retome sua Vida — Recife/PE; Centro de Atenção Psicossocial para Álcool e outras Drogas (Caps-Ad) — Prefeitura Municipal de Florianópolis — Florianópolis/SC; Centro de Convivência Ômega (CCO) — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Cultura “Os Girassóis do Brasil” — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Cultura e Desenvolvimento de Paranoá (Cedep) — Paranoá/DF; Centro de Cultura Negra do Maranhão (CCN) — São Luís/MA; Centro de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente (Cedeca) — Fortaleza/ CE; Centro de Defesa da Vida Herbert de Souza (CDVHS) — Fortaleza/CE; Centro de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos — Petrópolis/RJ; Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (UNB) — Brasília/DF; Centro de Educação Infantil Boa Esperança — Londrina/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Criança Cidadã — Porto Alegre/RS; GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 99 Clayton Ferreira Clayton Ferreira rio de janeiro / R J Collective work groups on citizenzhip and health 100 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE and Nature, Association of the Beauty Institute professionals of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Apiberj), Community in Action, Sister Idalina Cecília de Paiva Hall (coordinator Valdete Trotta), Superintendency of Policies for the Prevention of Chemical Dependency/CEAD — Municipal Health Office (SMS) Vector Control, besides Volunteers of the LGW. Mr. Carlos dos Santos, of the United Nations Solidar y Society Network T wo days later, it was the turn of LGW’s Educational, Cultural and Community Center in Rio de Janeiro to bring together leaderships from various sectors, focusing on community actions by means of socioeconomic partners. Citizenship and Health collective work groups opened the activities of the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, with various types of health assistance. The action also offered beauty services (hair cuts, manicures and pedicures), income generation workshops; legal and environmental orientations, besides several educational lectures. For the children, a show with a magician and fluorine application. The collective work received support from the University Center Augusto Motta (Unisuam), Celso Lisboa University, Inhaúma Beneficial Rehabilitation and Orientation Center (Corbi), Brazilian Community Action, Vector Control Coordination, Family Assistance Health and Citizenship, CEAD, National Service of Commercial Apprenticeship (Senac), Art Centro de Educação Infantil Emanuel (Nuselon) — Londrina/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil José de Paiva Netto — Curitiba/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Josefina da Cruz — Londrina/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Passionista João Paulo II — Cascavel/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Pequeno Príncipe — Londrina/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Pindorama (Nuselon) — Londrina/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Tia Lana — Londrina/PR; Centro de Educação Infantil Victória Mazetti Dinardi — Londrina/PR; Centro de Ensino Desportivo (CED) Folha Verde — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro de Estudos do Menor e Integração na Comunidade Renato Festugatto (Cemic) — Cascavel/PR; Centro de Estudos e Ação Cultural Quilombo — Aracaju/SE; Centro de Formação para a Cidadania Akoni — São Luís/ MA; Centro de Formação Profissional Alzira de Aleluia — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro de Integração da Cidadania (CIC) — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Integração dos Amigos da Terceira Idade do Damasceno — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Integração Social Cidadania para Todos — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Medicina da Floresta — Brasília/DF; Centro de Orientação e Reabilitação Beneficente de Inhaúma (Corbi) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro de Recuperação de Vidas e Apoio à Criança e Adolescente (Cervir) — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Recuperação Renovo — São Paulo/SP; Centro de Recursos Integrados de Atendimento ao Menor Santa Cruz (Departamento Geral de Ações Socioeducativas) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro de Referência à Discriminação Religiosa (CRDR) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro de Referência da Assistência Social (Cras) — Niterói/RJ; Centro de Referência de Assistência Social (Cras) — São Luís/ MA; Centro de Referência Especializada de Assistência Social do Novo Gama — Novo Gama/GO; Centro de Trabalho e Renda de Cabo Frio — Cabo Frio/RJ; Centro de Valorização da Criança (CVC) — Belém/ PA; Centro de Valorização da Mulher Consuelo Nasser — Goiânia/GO; Centro de Voluntários do Recife — Recife/PE; Centro Dom José Brandão de Castro (CDJBC) — Aracaju/SE; Centro Educacional e Cultural de Produções Artísticas de Brasília (Prodartes) — Brasília/DF; Centro Educacional Infantil Cantinho do Progresso — São Paulo/SP; Centro Educacional Infantil Coração de Jesus — São Paulo/SP; Centro Educacional Profissional Coroadinho — São Luís/MA; Centro Educacional Terra Santa — Petrópolis/RJ; Centro Educacional, Cultural e Comunitário José de Paiva Netto — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Especializado em Reabilitação (CER) — Recife/PE; Centro Especializado Neuro-Psicológico — Recife/PE; Centro Espírita “Ismênia de Jesus” — Casa dos Pobres — Santos/SP; Centro Espírita Alfredo Júlio Fernandes — Uberlândia/MG; Centro Espírita Amor e Caridade — Bauru/SP; Centro Espírita Dr. Bezerra de Menezes — Poços de Caldas/MG; Centro Espírita Esperança e Fé — Franca/SP; Centro Espírita Jésus Gonçalves — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Centro Esportivo e Educacional Jorginho — Bola pra Frente — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Infantil Renascer da Esperança — Porto Alegre/RS; Centro Integrado de Ação Social Comunitária (Ciasc) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Centro Integrado de Ação Social em Comunidade Carente (Ciasec) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Marista Circuito Jovem — Brasília/DF; Centro Ocupacional dos Familiares, Amigos e Deficientes Mentais de Gravataí (Cofameg) — Gravataí/RS; Centro Sergipano de Educação Popular (Cesep) — Aracaju/SE; Centro Social Batista Nova Esperança — Belém/PA; Centro Social Luterano Cantinho do Girassol — Brasília/DF; Centro Social Novo Amanhecer — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Social Padre Arnaldo Jansen — São José dos Pinhais/ PR; Centro Social Parque Estoril — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Centro Social Santa Cruz — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Centro Universitário Celso Lisboa — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Centro Universitário Lusíada — Santos/SP; CIEP Brizolão 150 — Professora Amélia Ferreira dos Santos Gabina — Cabo Frio/RJ; Círculo de Amigos do Menor Patrulheiro (Camp-VR) — Volta Redonda/RJ; Círculo Operário Porto-Alegrense (Copa) — Porto Alegre/RS; Clube Cooperativista das Mães da Camboa (Comacam) — São Luís/MA; Clube de Mães Brilho da Noite — São Paulo/SP; Clube de Mães Caminho do Amanhã — São Paulo/SP; Clube de Mães Flor do Oriente — CEI (Centro Educacional Infantil) — São Paulo/SP; Clube de Mães Jesus é o Caminho — São Paulo/SP; Clube de Mães Raio de Luar — São Paulo/SP; Clube de Mães Unidos da Ilha Grande dos Marinheiros — Porto Alegre/RS; Clube de Reciclagem Morro da Cruz — Porto Alegre/RS; Clube Soroptimista Internacional de Santos — Santos/SP; Colégio São Francisco de Sales (Diocesano) — Teresina/PI; Coletivo Jovem de Meio Ambiente de Goiás — Goiânia/GO; Coletivo Jovem do Litoral — Santos/SP; Coletivo Jovem do Meio Ambiente — Brasília/DF; Comissão Jovem Gente como a Gente — Planaltina/DF; Comissão Municipal de Emprego de Porto Alegre — Porto Alegre/RS; Comitê Estadual de Enfrentamento Tráfico de Seres Humanos — Campo Grande/MS; Comitê Jardim Bom Retiro — São Gonçalo/RJ; Comitê para Democratização da Informática (CDI) — Salvador/BA; Comitê Paraibano Brasil Sem Aborto — João Pessoa/PB; Companhia Vale do Rio Doce — Aracaju/SE; Comunicação e Cultura — Fortaleza/CE; Comunidade Arca do Amor — Aopa — Brasília/DF; Comunidade Assistencial Espírita Lar Veneranda — Santos/SP; Comunidade dos Herdeiros da Luz — Goiânia/GO; Comunidade em Ação — Uma Nova Visão — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Comunidade Evangéli- Clayton Ferreira Dr. Carlos dos Santos, former Director of the United Nations Information Center in Brazil. Clayton Ferreira Clayton Ferreira Adriana Xavier new Humanity: “When the LGW and the UN promote a meeting like this, it meets precisely with those aspirations that we all have, whether of the first, second or third sector”. The Coordinator of the ReliDeise Gravina gious Diversity Reference Center (CRDR), César Bastos, made a similar reference: “It is a pleasure to repeat this commitment with the LGW. The Millennium Goals are a way for the organizations, the religious traditions and all the people interested in living in a better world to organize themselves. This initiative could not have come from any other entity, because it is only through the LGW that we have Ecumenism, with its late founder Alziro Zarur (1914-1979). (...) The LGW consolidates this Network of Solidarity”. César Bastos Clayton Ferreira Information Center in Brazil (UNIC-Rio), talked about the greater meaning of the event: “This Social Fair is of extreme importance since it is directly attuned to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and will have many practical tips as on how to advance in social inclusion. This work of the LGW is highly relevant, because the State, on its own, cannot do everything, and the citizens have to increasingly get involved in concerning themselves with their Country’s day-today progress”. The representative of Oi Futuro — Telemar, Pedro Prata, confirmed the thought of social responsibility that has been growing in the companies: “It is a great satisfaction to participate in a LGW event, since it is an extremely serious organization that, before us, already carried out recognized work of great force for the Country. (...) We believe that development and Pedro Prata social justice will only occur when different people and organizations get together”. Deise Gravina, President of the Federation of Beneficent Institutions (FIB), affirmed that this dialogue that is being established is the aspiration of a GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 101 Solidary Society Network Itinerary of Peace and Fraternity U sed to traveling around the world serving the United Nations, Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, who officially represented the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the UN at the 1st Forum of the Solidary Society Network Innovation Fair, promoted by the Legion of Good Will, arrived in Brazil on March 19, 2007, for an enriching tour. In addition to the Forum-Fair’s pre-established commitments, she reserved part of her time to deepen her contact with the LGW actions in Brasília/DF, São Paulo/ SP, Glorinha/RS and Rio de Janeiro/RJ. What she saw and felt is summed up in this article. After completing the agenda of the event that was held in the federal capital on March 20, Dr. Michele visited the Temple of Good Will (TGW), a monument built for Peace and for the understanding of all the nations. She was impressed by the architecture of the place and registered that moment with photos. With great respect and solemnity, she drank the Energized Water and, when she reached the Throne and Altar of God, she read the quote of the President of the LGW, José de Paiva Netto: “Every day is the day to renew our destiny”, exhibited there in several languages. In the Egyptian Room, another noteworthy space of the TGW, the UN representative pointed out the fidelity of the reproductions of the pieces found in the room, for their similarity with the originals of ancient Egypt. Nothing went unperceived through her eyes, even the smallest details, like the fliers distributed in various points of the Temple in different languages, as well as the expressive presence of the embassies in the Art Gallery, where artistic presents from the culture of many countries may be seen. At the TGW’s Fountain, she summed up the feelings that she had experienced, close to the French statue of Jesus, the Ecumenical Christ: “I just had a spiritual walk throughout the Temple and I believe that we have here all the elements of Peace and harmony that could help the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in the world. I was very impressed by the whole structure and not only from the architectural point of view, but also from the Spiritual point of view. It seems very amazing that you ca de Confissão Luterana de Brasília — Centro Social Luterano Cantinho do Girassol — Ceilândia/DF; Comunidade Kolping Bela Vista — Vitória/ES; Comunidade Morro Fazenda das Palmeiras — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Comunidade Terapêutica Ancoradouro — Foz do Iguaçu/PR; Comunidade Transformar — Ribeirão Preto/SP; Conciencia Sin Barreras — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Confederação Nacional das Associações de Moradores (Conam) — Porto Alegre/RS; Congregação das Irmãs de Santa Elisabete (Centro de Convivência de Idosos Casa Santa Ana) — Blumenau/SC; Congregação de Assistência das Irmãs de Nossa Senhora da Glória — Recife/PE; Consciência pela Cidadania (Concidadania) — Santos/SP; Consejo de Paz — Cancillería de la Nación — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Conselho Central de Presidente Prudente — Sociedade São Vicente de Paulo — Presidente Prudente/SP; Conselho Comunitário de Segurança do Bom Retiro (Conseg) — São Paulo/SP; Conselho Comunitário do Centro de Apoio Comunitário Serrano (Concacs) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Conselho Comunitário do Itaum — Centro Social Urbano “Henrique Meyer Júnior” — Joinville/SC; Conselho Cultural Comunitário da Madre Deus — São Luís/MA; Conselho de Assistência Social (CAS) — Brasília/DF; Conselho Escolar da Escola Municipal de Educação Especial Cebolinha — Gravataí/RS; Conselho Estadual de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos — Campo Grande/MS; Conselho Estadual dos Direitos da Mulher — Campo Grande/MS; Conselho Estadual dos Direitos do Negro (Cedine) — Campo Grande/MS; Conselho Municipal Anti-Drogas — Maringá/PR; Conselho Municipal da Juventude — São Vicente/SP; Conselho Municipal das Associações de Moradores de Nova Friburgo (Comamor) — Nova Friburgo/RJ; Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social (CMAS) — Goiânia/GO; Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social (CMAS) — Montes Claros/ MG; Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social (CMAS) — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social (CMAS) — Uberaba/MG; Conselho Municipal de Defesa dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente — Moreno/PE; Conselho Municipal de Defesa dos Direitos da Pessoa Idosa — Campo Grande/ MS; Conselho Municipal de Defesa dos Direitos do Negro (Comdedine) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Conselho Municipal de Saúde (Comusa) — Guaíba/RS; Conselho Municipal do Idoso — Montes Claros/MG; Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CMDCA) — Aracaju/SE; Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CMDCA) — Belém/PA; Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CMDCA) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CMDCA) — Glorinha/RS; Conselho Municipal dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (CMDCA) — Ipatinga/MG; Conselho Nacional de Assistência Social (CNAS) — Brasília/DF; Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar (Consea) — Brasília/DF; Conselho Nacional dos Umbandistas do Brasil (Conub) — Faculdade de Teologia Umbandista (FTU) — Brasília/DF; Conselho Tutelar — Glorinha/RS; Conselho Tutelar — Microrregião 1 — Porto Alegre/RS; Conselho Tutelar — Novo Gama/GO; Conselho Tutelar 4º Distrito — Aracaju/SE; Conselho Tutelar 5º Distrito — Aracaju/SE; Consórcio Social da Juventude — Ministério do Trabalho e Em- Solidary Society Network In the Temple of Good Will, Ecumenical Spirituality 102 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Daniel Trevisan have an organization that has been able to express all the elements of beliefs and principles in one place”. From her point of view, “it takes an incredible man (such as Paiva Netto) to have this very brilliant idea to establish and create such a structure”. With the LGW’s children in São Paulo, the incentive to continue On the afternoon of the following day, Dr. Michele was already in the city of São Paulo visiting the Legion of Good Will’s Educational Center, where she was warmly greeted by the boys and girls of the LGW’s Ecumenical Children Choir. In English, the little singers sang the song Welcome to our school. A child presented her with a special card, made by the children during their activities. “Thank you for your welcome”, she said, and completed: “I thank the beautiful way in which you sang and for singing in such good English”. She then posed for photos hugging the children. “I will keep this image of all of you in my mind and in my heart”, she affirmed. After the presentation, she visited all the rooms and spaces of the Jesus Super Day Care Center and of the LGW’s Educational Institute. At each step she became increasingly enchanted with the Organization’s socioeducational services: “I will take to New York what you have done for me today. I will tell everyone how much you have encouraged me to continue doing my work because of this wonderful image”. Dr. Michele went into the classrooms, the infirmary, cafeterias, the dental clinic, the computer, chemistry, physics and biology labs, in the library, and affirmed: “The children are very lucky to be here in the LGW”. The quality of the facilities and the spacious gardens made her once again repeat: “All of this could only have come from a man of great vision like Paiva Netto”. And she registered in the Book of Opinions: “I was amazed and admirative of the work accomplished by the LGW for the children of the poor suburbs of São Paulo. This Legion of Good Will school turns these underprivileged children in very privileged students giving them the opportunity to receive the best education in the country. I wish them many successes in their lives and their future endeavours and I want to reiterate my deepest respect for the work accomplished by the LGW ”. prego — Brasília/DF; Convención Evangélica Bautista — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cooperativa de Coleta Seletiva e Reciclagem de Resíduos Sólidos com Formação e Educação Ambiental (100 Dimensão) — Riacho Fundo/DF; Cooperativa de Coleta Seletiva, Processamento de Plástico e Proteção Ambiental (Camapet) — Salvador/BA; Cooperativa de Formação Profissional Ltda. (NetCoop) — Porto Alegre/RS; Cooperbrazil — São Paulo/SP; Coordenação de Controle de Vetores — Secretaria Municipal de Saúde — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Coordenação de Projetos do Estado de Minas Gerais — Belo Horizonte/MG; Coração de Maria — Cascavel/ PR; Corpo de Bombeiros Militares do DF (CBM-DF 3º BI) — Brasília/DF; Corpo Voluntário de Socorro e Resgate — Gravataí/RS; Creche Comunitária Criança Cidadã — Porto Alegre/RS; Creche Comunitária do Guará — Guará/DF; Creche Comunitária Dona Marta Carneiro — Uberaba/MG; Creche e Orfanato Minha Vó Flor — Salvador/BA; Creche Espírita Melo Jesus — Uberaba/MG; Creche Eurípedes Barsanulfo — Franca/SP; Creche Imaculada Coração de Maria do Jardim Princesa — São Paulo/SP; Creche Jesus, Maria e José — São Paulo/SP; Creche Lar Meninos São Domingos — Belo Horizonte/MG; Creche Mães Cristina — Campinas/SP; Creche Marista Tia Jussara (Usbee) — Porto Alegre/RS; Creche Pé de Pilão — Porto Alegre/RS; Creche Sagrada Família — Leme/SP; Creche Sagrado Coração de Jesus — Goiânia/GO; Creche Santa Clara de Assis — Araçatuba/SP; Crescer Crédito Solidário — Ribeirão Preto/SP; Criança e Liberdade (Criliber) — Aracaju/ SE; Criança Segura Safe Kids Brasil — Curitiba/PR; Crianças e Adolescentes Esportes Radicais (Caer) — Cam- po Grande/MS; Cruz Vermelha Brasileira — Belém/PA; Cruz Vermelha Brasileira — Volta Redonda/RJ; Delegacia Regional de Trabalho (DRT-DF/TEM) — Brasília/DF; Delegacia Regional do Trabalho (DRT) — Aracaju/ SE ; Dental Line Robodente Ltda. M.E. — Ribeirão Preto/SP; Desenvolvimento de Projetos Comunitários (Devas) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Diocese — Aracaju/SE; Diretoria Regional de Ensino — Santos/SP; Distorção ZN — Santos/SP; Eduardo Coutinho — Belo Horizonte/MG; Educafro — Pré-Vestibular Comunitário — São Paulo/SP; Educandário Menino Jesus de Praga — Uberaba/MG; Educando para a Vida — Taguatinga/DF; Elo Agência de Apoio Social e Ambiental — Curitiba/PR; Em Cena Arte e Cidadania — Recife/PE; Embaixada do Peru — Brasília/DF; Emissoras Riograndenses Ltda. — Pelotas/RS; Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) — Brasília/DF; Entidade Mulher Comunidade (EMC) — Foz do Iguaçu/PR; Escobar — Curso Voluntariado Foro del Sector Social — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Escola Aquarela — Taguatinga Norte/DF; Escola de Aprendizagem e Cidadania de Franca — Guarda-Mirim — Franca/SP; Escola de Educação Infantil Alziro Zarur — Taguatinga/DF; Escola de Educação Infantil Jesus — Belém/PA; Escola Dom Bosco de Artes e Ofícios — Recife/PE; Escola Estadual Dona Luiza Macuco — Santos/SP; Escola Estadual dos Andradas — Santos/SP; Escola Estadual Dr. Antonio Ablas Filho — Santos/SP; Escola Estadual Jaime João Olcese — Santos/SP; Escola Estadual Nova Contagem I — Contagem/MG; Escola Estadual Professor Bolivar de Freitas — Belo Horizonte/MG; Escola Municipal Minervina Augusta — Belo Horizonte/MG; Escola Municipal Profes- Dr. Michele Fedoroff receives the affection from the children assisted at the LGW’s school, in the city of São Paulo/SP, Brazil. GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 103 “I am very much delighted that, through the events you (Paiva Netto) organized and the efforts of your organization, I saw the strengthening of a coherent framework and a platform for continuous development, capacity-building and networking on educational issues particularly in the sector of children affected by poverty and hunger.” Dr. Michele Fedoroff After the UN representative visited the LGW’s Home and Park, in Glorinha/ RS, Brazil, the president of the Legion of Good Will received her to the sound of the French National Anthem, which deeply moved her. The host talked to the illustrious visitor in French, her native language. Crowning these meetings, the main one occurred in Glorinha/RS, on March 23, when the Brazilian southern culture and tradition united themselves with the greatest symbols of France, the visitor’s native country, to greet her. After the UN representative visited the Alziro Zarur Home and Park, the president of the LGW received her to the sound of the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, which deeply moved her. In French, Paiva Netto greeted her and almost instantly they began a casual chat, during which they talked about the experiences of the two countries. Dr. Michele, thanking the kind welcome, made a request to her host: “That you may continue with your great mission here in Brazil and in the world”. On that occasion, she talked to some of the children assisted at the shelter and she was very pleased with the support that they receive at the Organization. “This is the perfect place for family integration.” During the reception, she watched the performance of the dance group Raízes do Rio Grande, composed by youths of the LGW, which presented the dances I am from the South, ‘Chimarrita’, ‘Balaio’, Dance of the Machetes and Chula (a popular local dance step), with the participation of the little Chula dancer Emanuel Wolff Raber (9 years old), who came from Cambará do Sul/RS especially for the ceremony. She also received from the hands of the Little Soldier of God Guilherme Caetano (8), a kit with traditional items of the southern gaucho culture. Dr. Fedoroff was awed by the local nature and by the quality of the professionals that prepare the sora Geni Chaves — Uberaba/MG; Escola Municipal Themira Palmer — Cabo Frio/RJ; Escola Portuguesa — Educação Infantil — Santos/SP; Esfera Agência Social Ltda. — Porto Alegre/RS; Esquadrão da Vida — Presidente Prudente/SP; Faculdade de Educação (UnB) — Brasília/DF; Faculdade de Teologia Umbandista (FTU) — São Paulo/SP; Faculdades Alves Faria (Alfa) — Goiânia/GO; Federação Brasileira Amor Exigente — Campinas/SP; Federação das Cooperativas Habitacionais do Estado de São Paulo (Fecoohesp) — São Paulo/SP; Federação das Mulheres Gaúchas — Porto Alegre/RS; Federação de Instituições Beneficentes (FIB) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Federação Nacional das Apaes — Brasília/DF; Federação Nacional das Associações do Pessoal da Caixa Econômica Federal (Fenae) — Brasília/DF; Federação Nacional de Assistência Pessoal (CEF) — Brasília/DF; Fercal — Brasília/DF; Foro del Sector Social — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fórum da Assistência Social da Cidade de São Paulo (FAS) — São Paulo/SP; Fórum de Cooperativismo de Economia Solidária — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Fórum Goiano de Luta contra Aids — Goiânia/GO; Fórum Habitacional dos Imigrantes do Estado de São Paulo — São Paulo/SP; Fórum Juvenil da Agenda 21 (Forja 21) — Santos/SP; Fraternidade e Assistência a Menores Aprendizes — Goiânia/GO; Frente Comunitária e Cidadania (FCC) — São Paulo/SP; Frente Popular de Assistência a Família — São Paulo/SP; Frente Popular de Habitação de São Paulo — São Paulo/SP; Fundação Barbosa Rodrigues — Campo Grande/MS; Fundação Casa dos Sonhos — Porto Alegre/ RS; Fundação CSN para o Desenvolvimento Social e a Construção da Cidadania — Volta Redonda/RJ; Fun- dação da Infância e Adolescência (FIA) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Fundação de Assistência ao Menor Inhumense — Inhumas/GO; Fundação de Pais Pró-Saúde Mental Infantil (Fupasmi) — Porto Alegre/RS; Fundação Educacional de Montes Claros (Femc) — Montes Claros/MG; Fundação Fé e Alegria do Brasil — Montes Claros/ MG; Fundação Fé e Alegria do Brasil — Porto Alegre/RS; Fundação Gabriel de Campos de Assistência à Criança e Adolescente — Presidente Prudente/SP; Fundação Gota de Leite de Assistência à Criança — Poços de Caldas/MG; Fundação José de Paiva Netto (FJPN) — São Paulo/SP; Fundação Lusíada — Santos/SP; Fundação Nacional de Cultura Negra e Miscigenação Brasileira — São Paulo/SP; Fundação Octacílio Gualberto — Fase-FMP (PSF Boa Vista) — Petrópolis/RJ; Fundação Pauli Madri Pró-Solidariedade e Vida — Joinville/SC; Fundação Riopretense de Assistência Social (Fras) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Fundação Sol — Porto Alegre/RS; Fundação Sônia Ivar — Mulheres Empreendedoras — Brasília/DF; Fundação Uberlandense do Turismo, Esporte e Lazer (Futel) — Uberlândia/MG; Fundação Universitária do Cerrado — Anápolis/GO; Fundación Adelfos — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación Apna — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación de Asistencia Social del Hospital de Clínicas J.S.M. — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación Emanuel — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación Junior Achievement — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundo Social de Solidariedade — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Girassolidário — Agência em Defesa da Infância e Adolescência — Campo Grande/MS; Gota de Leite Sinhá Junqueira Lemos (Galpão de Artes) — Poços de Caldas/MG; Governo do In Rio Grande do Sul, the meeting with the President of the LGW Solidary Society Network Lucian Fagundes Solidary Society Network 104 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE children for social reinsertion. When departing from Glorinha, she made another statement: “I have been visiting the LGW, getting to know the activities and the programs that Mr. Paiva Netto has been developing. Almost at the end of my visit I discovered the source of energy, of this dynamism and the man with the heart and mind that has managed to expand this marvelous Organization and these programs that bring so much happiness to so many children, families and the elderly. I hope that President Paiva Netto may continue with this work for many more decades”. At the last place she visited before returning to New York, occasion in which she was able to see the actions of the Organization’s Educational, Cultural and Community Center, in Rio de Janeiro, she left a message of incentive: “The LGW’s programs are impressive. I hope you may be able to expand this work, knowledge and ability to the other countries, since this is what the UN encourages. I will take this to the United Nations, to the governments and participants of that Fair (AMR — Geneva, Switzerland) to show them what the LGW’s programs are, that deserve to be presented at the Economic and Social Council in July, so that they can influence other organizations in the world with their success stories”. As soon as she arrived in New York (USA), after completing her agenda of visits in Brazil, Dr. Michele Billant-Fedoroff, summarized in a letter to the president of the LGW: “I am very much delighted that, through the events you organized and the efforts of your organization, I saw the strengthening of a coherent framework and a platform for continuous development, capacity-building and networking on educational issues particularly in the sector of children affected by poverty and hunger”. Distrito Federal — Brasília/DF; Grêmio Beneficente Recreativo Jesus e Esperança — São Paulo/SP; Grêmio Recreativo Cultural Bloco Carnavalesco Folha Verde (GRCBC) — São Paulo/SP; Grupo Anew — São Paulo/ SP; Grupo Art’Escama — Coopeixe Z5 — Porto Alegre/RS; Grupo Assistencial Solar do Acalanto — Belém/ PA; Grupo Assistencial SOS Vida — Petrópolis/RJ; Grupo Bailarinos de Cristo Amor e Doações (BCAD) — Fortaleza/CE; Grupo Cuíra do Pará — Belém/PA; Grupo Cultural Bagunçaço — Salvador/BA; Grupo Cultural Cobra Organizado e Banda Os Cobras das Estrelas — São Luís/MA; Grupo Cultural Itapagipe Canta — Salvador/BA; Grupo de Ação Pesquisa e Orientação a Projetos Sociais — Niterói/RJ; Grupo de Apoio aos Soropositivos (Gasp) — Ipatinga/MG; Grupo de Apoio e Prevenção à Aids no Ceará (Gapa-CE) — Fortaleza/CE; Grupo de Aposentados e Pensionistas Unidos Venceremos — Volta Redonda/RJ; Grupo de Estudos e Apoio à Adoção de Goiânia (Geaago) — Goiânia/GO; Grupo de Mães Solidárias Marins Pererê — São Paulo/SP; Grupo de Mulheres Negras Malunga — Goiânia/GO; Grupo de União e Consciência Negra — Salvador/BA; Grupo de Voluntários Arco-Íris — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Grupo Ecológico Guardiões do Verde — Goiânia/GO; Grupo Espírita Fraternidade — Leme/SP; Grupo Evangélico Missionário (Siloe) — Salvador/BA; Grupo Hipupiara — Santos/SP; Grupo Junte-se a Nós — Belém/PA; Grupo para Vida — Integração e Dignificação do Doente de Aids/DST — Belém/PA; Grupo pela Vida — Fórum Goiano de Luta contra Aids — Goiânia/GO; Grupo Voluntário de Socorro e Resgate RGS — Gravataí/RS; Guaianazes Futebol Clube — São Paulo/SP; Habitat para a Humanidade — Brasília/DF; Horta Comunitária Joana D’Angelis — Novo Hamburgo/RS; Hospital Bom Jesus — Ponta Grossa/PR; Hospital de Dermatologia Sanitária Santa Marta (HDS) — Goiânia/GO; Hospital Psiquiátrico Dr. Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes — Paranaíba/MS; Igreja Apostólica Ministerial Templo El Shaddai — São Paulo/SP; Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira — Brasília/DF; Igreja Estrela Dalva Ampla de Deus — São Paulo/SP; Igreja Evangélica Assembléia de Deus — Ministério Jesus Vem — São Paulo/SP; Igreja Evangélica Assembléia de Deus — Ministério Planalto — São Paulo/SP; Igreja Evangélica Pentecostal Vencendo em Jesus — São Paulo/SP; Igreja Operando Deus, Quem Impedirá? — São Paulo/ SP; Igreja Perfect Liberty — Brasília/DF; Iniciativa das Religiões Unidas (URI) — Brasília/DF; Instituição Beneficente Emmanuel — Aracaju/SE; Instituição de Assistência à Criança Professora Edna Souza — Santos/SP; Instituição São Luís Scrosoppi — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Instituto Adventista Sul-Brasileiro de Educação e Assistência Social — São José/SC; Instituto Afonso Toledo — Araçatuba/SP; Instituto Algar de Responsabilidade Social — Uberlândia/MG; Instituto Amigos de Lucas — Porto Alegre/RS; Instituto Arte no Dique — Santos/SP; Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Cooperativistas (Ibec) — Florianópolis/SC; Instituto Brasileiro de Incentivo ao Mérito (Ibim) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Instituto Brasileiro de Inovações Pró-Sociedade Saudável — Campo Grande/MS; Instituto Caliandra — Brasília/DF; Instituto Círculo de Giz — Brasília/DF; Instituto Comércio Ético e Solidário (Ices) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Instituto Cultural e Profissionalizante de Pessoas Portadoras de Deficiência — Brasília/DF; Instituto Cultural Profissionalizante (ICP) — Brasília/DF; Instituto Cultural Usiminas (Usicultura) — Cubatão/SP; Instituto de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Humano — Riacho Fundo/DF; Instituto de Assistência e Proteção à Infância (Iapi) — Porto Alegre/RS; Instituto de Capacitación Docente Educación y Economía — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Cegos do Brasil Central — Uberaba/MG; Instituto de Desenvolvimento Ações Implementares Sociais — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Instituto de Desenvolvimento Social Casa Verde — Vitória/ES; Instituto de Educação José de Paiva Netto — São Paulo/SP; Instituto de Educação Teológico Vida — São Paulo/SP; Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento dos Municípios do Nordeste (IPDN) — Maceió/AL; Instituto de Pesquisa e Ensino da Cultura Espírita (Ipece) — São Paulo/SP; Instituto de Pesquisas e Educação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável — Iguaba Grande/ RJ; Instituto de Saúde Ocular Ltda. (Isoolhos) — Uberlândia/MG; Instituto do Conhecimento e Ciências Aplicadas (ICPA) — Brasília/DF; Instituto Dom Helder Camara (IDHeC) — Recife/PE; Instituto Edna Souza — Santos/SP; Instituto Educacional de Desenvolvimento Humano e Responsabilidade Empresarial do Terceiro Setor (IEDHRE) — Vitória/ES; Instituto Educarte de Educação e Arte — Taguatinga/DF; Instituto Educativo y Cultural José de Paiva Netto — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Espírito-Santense de Direito (Projures) — Sociocomunitário e Assistência Jurídica — Serra/ES; Instituto G. Barbosa — Aracaju/SE; Instituto Indígena Brasileiro para Propriedade Intelectual (Inbrapi) — Brasília/DF; Instituto Lar de Jesus — Pelotas/RS; Instituto Lelia Gonzalez — Aracaju/SE; Instituto Luadrix — Brasília/DF; Instituto Marista de Assistência Social — Brasília/DF; Instituto Marista de Solidariedade — Taguatinga/DF; Instituto Missionário São Francisco de Assis (Icab) — Brasília/DF; Instituto Nacional de Ensino Profissionalizante (Inep) — Brasília/DF; Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Industrial (Inti) — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Nair Valadares — Riacho Fundo II/DF; Instituto Pestalozzi — Goiânia/GO; Instituto Pró-Viver — Nova Iguaçu/RJ; Instituto Reagente — Promoção e Defesa dos Direitos Humanos — Blumenau/SC; Instituto Recriando — Aracaju/SE; Instituto Roberto Naval — Petrópolis/RJ; Instituto Social das Medianeiras da Paz (ISMFP) — Aracaju/SE; Instituto Tecnoart e — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Instituto Vital Brasil — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Instituto Voluntários em Ação — Florianópolis/SC; Instituto Yara Brandizzi de Amparo ao Menor — Brasília/DF; Instituto Zilah Spósito para o Desenvolvimento Humano e Social — Belo Horizonte/MG; Integra — Instituto de Integração Social e de Promoção da Cidadania — Brasília/DF; Integração Comunitária Associação Não-Governamental Projetos — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Interagir — Brasília/DF; Irmandade Nossa Senhora das Mercedes — Montes Claros/MG; Juventude Ecumênica da LBV — Brasília/DF; Juventude Ecumênica da LBV — Santos/SP; Lar Alziro Zarur — Teófilo Otoni/MG; Lar Alziro Zarur — Uberlândia/MG; Lar da Caridade — Uberaba/MG; Lar das Crianças de Tanabi — Tanabi/SP; Lar de São José — Cascavel/PR; Lar dos Meninos São Domingos Obra Social (LMSDOS) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Lar e Escola Recanto Cristão (Lerc) — São Paulo/SP; Lar e Escola Recanto das Crianças — Volta Redonda/RJ; Lar e Parque Alziro Zarur — Glorinha/RS; Lar Escola da Criança de Maringá — Maringá/ PR; Lar Espírita Irmã Zilá — Volta Redonda/RJ; Lar Fabiano de Cristo — Aracaju/SE; Lar Fabiano de Cristo — Florianópolis/SC; Lar Fabiano de Cristo — Porto Alegre/RS; Lar Fabiano de Cristo — Unidade de Proteção Integral (UPI) — Fortaleza/CE; Lar Fabiano de Cristo — Unidade de Proteção Integral (UPI) Joana D’Arc — Curitiba/PR; Lar Infantil Cristo Redentor — Aracaju/SE; Lar Infantil Nossa Senhora Santana — Aracaju/SE; Lar Pedacinho do Céu — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Lar São Domingos — Maceió/AL; Lar São Francisco de Assis — Araraquara/SP; Lar Segovias (Acsur) — Porto Alegre/RS; Lar Vovó Ássima e Vovô Elias Zarur (Terceira Idade) — Volta Redonda/RJ; Legión de la Buena Voluntad (LBV) — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Liga de Amigos e Moradores dos Setores dos Funcionários, Centro-Oeste, Aeroporto e Adjacentes — Goiânia/GO; Liga Guaianazense de Futebol — São Paulo/SP; Lions Clube Patos de Minas Centro — Patos de Minas/MG; Métodos de Apoio a Práticas Ambientais e Sociais (Mapas) — São Paulo/SP; Mil Milenios de Paz — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ministério da Justiça — Brasília/DF; Ministério das Relações Exteriores — Brasília/DF; Ministerio de Salud — Secretaria de Programas Sanitarios — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social e Combate à Fome — Brasília/DF; Ministério do Meio Ambiente — Carteira Indígena — Brasília/DF; Ministério do Meio Ambiente — Secretaria Nacional do Desenvolvimento Sustentável — Brasília/ DF; Mocidade para Cristo do Brasil — Projeto Amar — Goiânia/GO; Movimento Capixaba de Voluntários — Vitória/ES; Movimento Cidadãos pela Vida — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Movimento Cristão de Cidadania e Dignidade da Associação Beneficente Amigos de Santo Antonio — Londrina/PR; Movimento das Mulheres de Ermelino Matarazzo — São Paulo/SP; Movimento de Ação Política e Social (Maps) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Movimento de Amor ao Próximo (MAP) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Movimento de Mulheres Vila Dom Luís — São Luís/MA; MoGLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE | 105 Solidary Society Network vimento do Bem — Ribeirão Preto/SP; Movimento Educacional da Baixada Santista (Movebas) — Santos/ SP; Movimento Inter-Religioso pela Cidadania — Santos/SP; Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos (MNDH) — Aracaju/SE; Movimento Nacional de Meninos e Meninas de Rua (MNMMR) — São Luís/MA; Movimento Negro — Aracaju/SE; Movimento Paz Espírito Santo — Vitória/ES; Movimento pela Libertação de Vidas — Cascavel/PR; Movimento Popular de Saúde (Mops) — Aracaju/SE; Movimento República de Emaús — Belém/PA; Movimento Rosas Negras — Aracaju/SE; Movimento Sem-Teto Centro (MSTC) Barão de Piracicaba — São Paulo/SP; Movimento Social Beneficente (Mosobe) — São Paulo/SP; Mulheres Negras Malunga — Brasília/DF; Mundo Orgânico — Brasília/DF; Núcleo Ação Solidária à Aids (Nasa) — Foz do Iguaçu/PR; Núcleo Educacional Irmãos Menores de Francisco de Assis (Neimfa) — Recife/PE; Núcleo Espírita de Assistência e Profissionalização — Aparecida de Goiânia/GO; Núcleo Social e Evangélico Casa Lar (Nuselon) — Londrina/PR; Núcleo Verde e Amarelo — Franca/SP; Obra Social Nossa Senhora das Graças — Vitória/ES; Obra Social Nossa Senhora Sant’Ana — Paranaíba/MS; Obra Social Wantuil de Freitas — Cuiabá/MT; Obras Sociais do Centro Espírita Sementeira de Luz — Manaus/AM; Oficina Profissionalizante Clube de Mães do Brasil — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Oficina Profissionalizante Clube de Mães do Brasil — São Paulo/SP; Oi Futuro (Centro Cultural da Telemar) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; ONG “Projeto Gusmão” — São Paulo/SP; ONG Brasileira Inter-Religiosa — Brasília/DF; ONG Homeopatia Ação — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; ONG Moradia e Cidadania — Brasília/DF; ONG Moradia e Cidadania — Porto Alegre/RS; ONG Parceiros Voluntários — Pelotas/RS; ONG PróCrianças e Jovens Diabéticos (ONG JD) — Santos/SP; ONG Segurança — Candangolândia/DF; ONG Ser Alzira de Aleluia — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; ONG Via Brasil — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Organização de Auxílio Fraterno (OAF) — Recife/PE; Organização de Serviço Evangélico Internacional de Assistência Social (Oseias) — Rio de Janeiro/ RJ; Organização para Direitos Humanos e Cidadania (Humanitas) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Organização Produção Solidária (Prosol) — Volta Redonda/RJ; Órgão Gestor de Assistência Social Municipal — Anápolis/GO; Pão da Vida — Recife/PE; Parceiros Voluntários — Porto Alegre/RS; Parlamento Mundial da Fraternidade Ecumênica (ParlaMundi) — Brasília/DF; Pastoral da Criança — Araçatuba/SP; Pastoral da Criança — Cascavel/PR; Pastoral da Criança — Paróquia Navegantes — Porto Alegre/RS; Pastoral da Criança — Ponta Grossa/PR; Pastoral da Criança — Porto Alegre/RS; Pastoral da Criança — Taguatinga Norte/DF; Pastoral da Criança (CNBB) — Brasília/DF; Pastoral da Criança da Ilha dos Marinheiros — Porto Alegre/RS; Pequena Casa da Criança — Porto Alegre/RS; Petrobrás — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Policlínica Regional Dr. March — Niterói/RJ; Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte — Gerência de Inserção Especial — Belo Horizonte/MG; Prefeitura de Patos de Minas — Secretaria Municipal de Saúde — Patos de Minas/MG; Prefeitura de Poços de Caldas — Secretaria de Assistência Social — Poços de Caldas/MG; Prefeitura de São Leopoldo — Secretaria Municipal de Assistência, Cidadania e Inclusão Social — São Leopoldo/RS; Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro — Secretaria Municipal da Saúde — CAP 32 — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte (Smaas) — Belo Horizonte/MG; Prefeitura Municipal de Cuiabá — Projeto Centro da Juventude — Cuiabá/MT; Prefeitura Municipal de Dobrada — Dobrada/SP; Prefeitura Municipal de Maricá — Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Social — Programa de Atendimento Integral à Família (Paif) — Maricá/RJ; Prefeitura Municipal de Santos — Seas-Sejuv — 2L/RCH — Santos/SP; Previdência Social INSS — Nova Friburgo/RJ; Pró-Arte Cultural de Capacitação e Cidadania — Cabo Frio/RJ; Pró-Emprego Juiz de Fora — Juiz de Fora/MG; Programa Agente Jovem — Novo Gama/GO; Programa Muriki — Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte — Belo Horizonte/MG; Programa Nacional de Incentivo à Leitura (Proler) — Universidade Santa Cecília (Unisanta) — Baixada Santista — Santos/SP; Programa Picasso Não Pichava — Secretaria de Segurança Pública — Brasília/DF; Programa Plantão Social da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte — Regional Norte — Belo Horizonte/MG; Programa Saúde da Família (PSF) da Ilha da Pintada — Posto de Saúde — Porto Alegre/ RS; Programa Saúde da Família Manoel Corrêa — Cabo Frio/RJ; Programa SOS Família — Serviços de Obras Sociais (Provopar) — Cascavel/PR; Pró-Hab — Associação de Ação Social de Habitação — São Paulo/SP; Projeto Aconchego — Grupo de Apoio à Doação e Apadrinhamento Afetivo — Cruzeiro Velho/DF; Projeto Agente Jovem de Desenvolvimento Social e Humano — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Projeto Brinquedoteca Lugar de Brincar — Cabo Frio/RJ; Projeto Casa do Piá (Abase) — Ponta Grossa/PR; Projeto Centro Camará de Pesquisa e Apoio à Infância e Adolescência — São Vicente/SP; Projeto Cia da Terra — São Paulo/SP; Projeto Crescer — Niterói/RJ; Projeto de Economia Solidária (PPDLES) — Aracaju/SE; Projeto Educacional de Conscientização e Orientação (Proeco) — Santos/SP; Projeto Empreender — Cabo Frio/RJ; Projeto Eu, Você e a Escola — Belém/ PA; Projeto Fala Aí — Santos/SP; Projeto Jovens Avantes com Cristo — Vitória/ES; Projeto Minha Casa — Belo Horizonte/MG; Projeto Mudando a História — Baixada Santista — Santos/SP; Projeto Murialdo — Liberdade Assistida e Prestação de Serviços à Comunidade — Londrina/PR; Projeto Podicrêr! (Buddy X) — Guarujá/SP; Projeto Recicla Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da UnB — Brasília/DF; Projeto Vem-Ser — Programa de Medida Socioeducativa em Meio Aberto — São Sebastião do Paraíso/MG; Projeto Vida Ativa — Secretaria Executiva do Estado de Esporte e Lazer (Seel) — Belém/PA; Projeto Viver Legal — Aracaju/SE; Promotoria Pública — Aracaju/SE; Província Brasileira da Congregação das Irmãs Filhas de Caridade São Vicente de Paulo — Londrina/PR; Província Franciscana da Imaculada Conceição do Brasil — Centro Social Franciscano — Curitiba/PR; Quilombo/Fórum de Mulheres Negras — Aracaju/SE; Recanto dos Velhinhos da Sociedade de São Vicente de Paula — Volta Redonda/RJ; Recuperação e Assistência Cristã (Rasc) — Bauru/SP; Red de Apoyo al Trabajo Popular — Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rede de Tecnologias Sociais — Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia — Brasília/DF; Religião de Deus — São Paulo/SP; Renascer da Esperança — Porto Alegre/RS; RIO — Livre Promoção Artística & Cultural — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Rio Voluntário — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Rotary Club — Santos/SP; Secretaria da Justiça e Segurança Pública do Estado de São Paulo — São Paulo/SP; Secretaria de Ação Cultural do Município de Caieiras — Centro Cultural Izaura Neves — São Paulo/SP; Secretaria de Administração Regional Municipal — Venda Nova de Belo Horizonte — Belo Horizonte/MG; Secretaria de Assistência Social de Santos — Santos/SP; Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Social e Trabalho (GDF Sedest) — Brasília/DF; Secretaria de Educação de Santos — Santos/SP; Secretaria de Estado de Assistência Social e Direitos Humanos — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Secretaria de Estado de Trabalho, Assistência Social e Economia Solidária — Setor do Idoso (Setass) — Campo Grande/MS; Secretaria de Governo de Santos — 106 | GLOBALIZATION OF FRATERNAL LOVE Santos/SP; Secretaria de Inclusão, Assistência e Desenvolvimento Social do Estado — Aracaju/SE; Secretaria de Trabalho do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Setrab) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Secretaria de Turismo do Distrito Federal — Brasília/DF; Secretaria do Meio Ambiente da Prefeitura de Caieiras — São Paulo/SP; Secretaria Especial de Direitos Humanos — Brasília/DF; Secretaria Estadual de Justiça e da Defesa da Cidadania — São Paulo/SP; Secretaria Municipal de Assistência Social — Belo Horizonte/MG; Secretaria Municipal de Assistência Social — Glorinha/RS; Secretaria Municipal de Educação em Glorinha — Glorinha/RS; Secretaria Municipal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia — Diretoria de Esporte — Anápolis/GO; Secretaria Municipal de Esporte, Cultura e Lazer — Patos de Minas/MG; Secretaria Municipal de Planejamento Urbano e Meio Ambiente — Uberlândia/ MG; Secretaria Municipal de Saúde CAP 32 — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Secretaria Municipal do Bem-Estar Social (Sebes) — Bauru/SP; Seminário Maior Padre Júlio Maria — IMSNS — Belo Horizonte/MG; Ser Humano Organização para Eqüidade Social — São Paulo/SP; Servicio Interparroquial de Ayuda Mutua — Hogar Monteagudo — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae-DF) — Brasília/ DF; Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae) — Escritório Regional — Anápolis/GO; Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae) — São Paulo/SP; Serviço Comunitário de Apoio Pedagógico e Social (Secaps) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Serviço de Assistência e Movimento de Educação (Same) — Aracaju/SE; Serviço de Ensino Profissionalizante ao Trabalhador (Sepat) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial (Senac) — Anápolis/GO; Serviço Social da Indústria (Sesi) — Brasília/DF; Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc Ramos) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc Rio) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc Tijuca) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc) — Aracaju/SE; Serviço Social do Comércio (Sesc) — Programa Mesa Brasil — São José/SC; Shekiná Associação Filantrópica de Assistência à Família — São Paulo/SP; Sindicato dos Artistas e Técnicos em Espetáculos de Diversões do Estado de Minas Gerais — Belo Horizonte/MG; Sindicato dos Artistas e Técnicos em Espetáculos de Diversões do Estado de São Paulo — Fundo de Assistência (Faat-Sated) — São Paulo/SP; Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Domésticos, Arrumadores e Camareiros dos Municípios de Belém e Ananindeua (Sintdac) — Belém/PA; Sistema Integrado de Ensino Cassimiro de Amorim Ltda. — Ipatinga/MG; Sociedade Amigos da Água Limpa e do Verde (Saalve) — Viamão/RS; Sociedade Amigos de Vila Portuguesa — São Paulo/SP; Sociedade Amigos do Bom Retiro (Sabre) — São Paulo/SP; Sociedade Beneficente Cultural Baixa do Petróleo — Salvador/BA; Sociedade Beneficente da União Movimento das Mulheres de Ermelino Matarazzo — São Paulo/SP; Sociedade Beneficente dos Cegos do Recife — Recife/PE; Sociedade Beneficente e Recreativa 31 de Dezembro — Salvador/BA; Sociedade Beneficente Sagrada Família — Niterói/RJ; Sociedade Beneficente União Moradores Ermelino Matarazzo — São Paulo/SP; Sociedade Cooperativa Assistência Criança Feliz Ltda. — Bairro Nossa Senhora das Graças — Juiz de Fora/MG; Sociedade Cooperativa Assistencial Criança Feliz Ltda. — Bairro Santo Antonio — Juiz de Fora/MG; Sociedade das Religiões de Matrizes Africanas em Sergipe (Somaes) — Aracaju/SE; Sociedade de Assistência à Criança — Projeto Sancristo — Bauru/SP; Sociedade de Assistência Social, Trabalho e Cidadania — Lages/SC; Sociedade de Educação Integral e de Assistência Social Obra Social Nossa Senhora de Fátima (Seias) — Montes Claros/MG; Sociedade de Esclerose Múltipla de Brasília (Sembra) — Taguatinga/DF; Sociedade de Homeopatia Ação pelo Semelhante — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Sociedade de Melhoramentos do Bairro da Encruzilhada — Santos/SP; Sociedade de Mulheres Aracajuanas (Somara) — Aracaju/SE; Sociedade de Promoção do Humano e das Iniciativas Empreendedoras (Sophie) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Sociedade dos Amigos dos Bairros Tangará, Viena, Alba e São Francisco (SAB-TAVS) — São José do Rio Preto/SP; Sociedade dos Artistas Plásticos — Brasília/DF; Sociedade Educacional Casinha da Emília — Maricá/RJ; Sociedade em Defesa dos Moradores do Bairro Getúlio Vargas — Aracaju/SE; Sociedade Eunice Weaver de Aracaju — Aracaju/SE; Sociedade Fraterna de Estudos Espíritas (Sofee) — São Paulo/SP; Sociedade Humana Despertar — Sumaré/SP; Sociedade Jardim Filho Terra — São Paulo/SP; Sociedade Lar Teresa Spinelli — Paranaíba/MS; Sociedade Literária e Caritativa Santo Agostinho — Centro Infantil Madre Teresa — Porto Alegre/RS; Sociedade Pestalozzi — Goiânia/GO; Sociedade Pestalozzi — Maceió/AL; Sociedade Porto-Alegrense de Auxílio aos Necessitados (Spaan) — Porto Alegre/RS; Sociedade São Vicente de Paulo — Belo Horizonte/MG; Sociedade União de Amigos do Morro da Esperança (Suame) — São Paulo/SP; Subdelegacia do Trabalho (DRT-RJ) — Cabo Frio/RJ; Subdelegacia do Trabalho (DRT-RJ) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Subsecretaria de Estado da Defesa Civil — Cabo Frio/RJ; Subsecretaria de Programas Comunitários (Suproc) — Brasília/DF; Summit Lighthouse do Brasil — Brasília/DF; Superintendência das Políticas de Prevenção a Dependência Química do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Cead-RJ) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Superintendência de Limpeza Urbana — Belo Horizonte/MG; Supervisão Regional do Estado do Rio de Janeiro — Capital III — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Templo Budista Terra Pura — Brasília/DF; Templo da Boa Vontade (TBV) — Brasília/DF; Themis — Assessoria Jurídica e Estudos de Gênero — Porto Alegre/RS; Timing International — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Tina Academia de Natação e Ginástica Ltda. — Uberlândia/MG; Trio e Bloco Papelão — Aracaju/SE; TV Nativa — Pelotas/RS; União Brasileira de Mulheres — Aracaju/SE; União das Associações de Moradores de Guaíba (UAMG) — Guaíba/RS; União de Moradores da Vila dos Frades — São Luís/MA; União dos Escoteiros do Brasil — Região do Distrito Federal — Brasília/DF; União dos Moradores da Vila Nova Cachoeirinha — São Paulo/SP; União dos Paraplégicos de Belo Horizonte — Belo Horizonte/MG; União Municipal dos Estudantes Secundaristas — Santos/SP; União Planetária — Brasília/DF; Unidade de Atendimento ao Trabalho (Sine) — Anápolis/GO; Unidade de Saúde Grande Vitória — Vitória/ES; Unidade Semiliberdade de Progressão (Febem) — São Paulo/SP; Universidade Bandeirante de São Paulo (Uniban) — São Paulo/SP; Universidade da Paz (Unipaz) — Brasília/DF; Universidade de Brasília — Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável — Brasília/DF; Universidade do Distrito Federal (UNIDF) — Brasília/ DF; Universidade do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) — Porto Alegre/RS; Universidade Federal do RJ — Rio de Janeiro/RJ; Universidade Luterana do Brasil (Ulbra) — Porto Alegre/RS; Universidade Tiradentes (Unit) — Aracaju/SE; Valores para Vivir — Buenos Aires, Argentina; Vila Vicentina Abrigo para Velhos — Bauru/SP; Voluntárias Sociais de Franca (Vosf) — Franca/SP. T h e s u c c e s s of yo u r event i s h ere ! P arla m u n d i of t h e L G W Next to the Temple of Good Will is the ParlaMundi of the LGW: with its privileged architecture, it is an international standard place for small, average and large size events. An acclimatized building; five floors, auditoriums for 100 (Tom Jobim), 200 (Austregésilo de Athayde) and 500 people (José de Paiva Netto), a noble hall, rooms for workshops for 30, 60, and 80 people, a library, a wing for studies, specialized buffet service, computer graphic services and state-of-the-art audiovisual resources. SGAS 915 - Lotes 75/76 | 1st floor | Brasília/DF - Brazil | Zip Code 70390-150 | Phones: (+ 5561) 3245-8420 / 3346-1836 Fax: (+ 5561) 3345-1050 | E-mail: [email protected] | www.boavontade.com | www.parlamundi.com.br LEGION OF GOOD WILL – LGW Headquarters: Rua Sérgio Tomás, 740 • Bom Retiro • São Paulo • Brazil Zip Code 01131-010 • Phone: (+5511) 3225-4500 www.lbv.org • www.boavontade.com LGW of Argentina: Av. 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