1We - One World Experience for a Better World -

In the 1,400 slums within Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is raging an endless war on drugs without winners. In the professionally set up weapon and drug firms thousands of youngsters are involved. In about fifty favellas the police has totally lost its grip on the heavily armed drug gangs.

Death squadrons

As an antithesis the authorities set out specially military units known as 'War Dogs'. Practically every day they are active, with as a result more than 60,000 murders by the death squadrons of the military, police and drug cartels.

At a very young age children are recruited by the cartels. At first they are functioning as the crow's nest. Gradually they are cooperating as full-fledged 'soldados'.

In most cases there is no way back. They are often addicted to drugs and don't have any hope for the future. Only 1 on 100 youngsters has a chance for a normal job.

The Brazilian organization IBISS is trying its very best to keep these child soldiers out of the hands of the drug mafia. So far the organization has put back on the right track almost 1,200 soldados intotal.

Means of integration

Together with IBISS 1We will realize the ‘1We-IBISS Football Playgrounds’, football playgrounds in the favellas as a weapon in the war on drugs. As the sport of Brazil football is the best way of integration. In this field IBISS developed a special education method which teaches the children how to read, write and calculate using the rules of football.

Help us to realise the first 1We-IBISS Football Playground in the slums of Gringolandia! For this an amount of € 16,500 is required. Thanks to the initiative ‘Work a day for Someone Else’ in June a considerable amount already has been collected. Moreover entrepreneur Marianne Spoor has been participating in amongst others the International Four Day Marches Nijmegen to raise funds for this project. Read more about this special initiative