Buying Accent Designs products you will be contributing to a better world.

Accent Designs supports social business and the possibility to make the difference in people's life.
Social engagement is a very important pillar of our philosophy.

For this reason, we donate part of our profits to sponsor a Swiss project in São Paulo, developed by Casa dos Curumins, which assist Brazilian children in need and their families.

Pease visit www.casadoscurumins.org to learn more about them.

The "Casa dos Curumins" (Children’s House) Project at Santa Terezinha (a "favela"), is located on the outskirts of San Paolo in Brazil. The project, which began in 2003, now hosts 120 children and 5 adolescents between the ages of 6 and 18.  The "Casa" provides job training and support for integration into the work force, and it offers a viable alternative to the hunger, degradation and violence typical to the kids’ local environment.

The "Casa dos Curumins" provides breakfast, a hot meal and a snack, and teaches kids basic principles of hygiene and other activities that will be beneficial in their adult life. The after-school program proposes courses in Portuguese, civics, art, theatre, communication skills and computer training. Since children who attend local public schools suffer from a high illiteracy rate, the "Casa" offers solutions by teaching basic reading and writing skills as well.  Teachers and assistants place special emphasis on imparting values like respect, altruism, and non-violence, which in turn extends to the surrounding communities.

The "Casa dos Curumins" also reaches out to help kids’ families (most single-parent families) and proposes medical visits by volunteer doctors including pediatricians, gynecologists, and psychologists.The "Casa dos Curumins" is supervised by two professional, local coordinators, Fatima and Marina. They are assisted by three paid and three teachers, and three local women who help with cooking.

During the month of June we have developed a project called " The wheel of Wisdom", which has as an objective to contribute to the alphabetization of kids and teenagers that participate at the project at Casa dos Curumins. This project reinforces certain  subjects, such as Portuguese language and mathematics, through an office of book production and other related activities.
 
The project does not intend to  substitute the role of public schools but to become active in the guarantee of child & teenager rights.
Kids and teenagers that participate at "Casa dos Curumins" must attend a public school and their parents must also be present for monthly meetings.