AÇÕES DE RESGATE DA CIDADANIA DOS DEPENDENTES QUÍMICOS PROMOVIDAS PELA CONVENÇÃO BATISTA BRASILEIRA: PROJETO CRISTOLÂNDIA

Abstract

This dissertation, of both bibliographical and documental approach, is about the caring, sheltering and treatment institution for drug addicts called Cristolândia. This institution is bonded to the baptist religious denomination, and organized with the support of Brazilian Baptist Convention and National Missions Board. Our approach is limited specifically to the Cracolândia of São Paulo, outlining its origin history and its most importante traces, since it not only is the first Cracolândia to ever exist in Brazil, but also is the place in which the Projeto Cristolândia was created. The question to be answered is: how does Cristolândia treatment program approach social readaptation and the reinsertion of drug addicts, aiming their retrieval? It’s defended here that the actions promoted along the retrieval program not only seek to treat physical health but also recover the conditions for citizenship exercise and regenerate the social person, offering fundamental rights for the definition of a citizen himself, as the right to stydy, living, social relationships and work. The main objective is to offer an analysis of Projeto Cristolândia’s actions through the concepts of estigm, hope and social person, as used by Robert Castel, Erving Goffman, Thomas H. Marshall, Roberto Dutra amd Brand Arenari. The conclusion shows the role of hope and future possibilities brought by Projeto Cristolândia to drug addicts in the region of Cracolândia as fundamental elements to the rescue of citizenship.