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| São Paulo Local Reference INFOrmation
Contact information for English-speaking support groups and meetings for 12-step programmes including AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), drug aid, cancer support meetings, AIDS support and more.
Below find information on the various support organisations and help lines in São Paulo. While some have English-speaking staff and volunteers, there is no guarantee that English will be spoken.
Alcohol AbuseAlcoholics AnonymousAlcoholics Anonymous (Alcoólicos Anônimos) in Brazil has a website (in Portuguese) that includes information on AA Brazil and local meetings. It is also possible to buy books and DVDs on the site. There are no meetings in English in São Paulo (as of February 2009).
Al-AnonAl-Anon is an organisation for friends and family members of alcoholics. Regular Al-Anon meetings are held in the state of São Paulo (in Portuguese).
Drug AbuseThe Brazilian Association Narcotics Anonymous (Narcóticos Anônimos) provides addicts with both support groups and recovery programmes in the São Paulo region. There are no meetings in English in São Paulo (as of February 2009).
They also have a help line for drug addicts and their families.
HIV/AIDS
The Brazilian Ministry of Health has a website with information about Brazil's national prevention programme, living with HIV and AIDS and treatments available in Brazil.
Brazil's social policies have enabled it to have one of the highest success rates among developing countries for confronting the AIDS problem. Among the initiatives undertaken by The Brazilian Ministry of Health is delivering 3.3 million HIV Fast Test Kits to Brazilian states in 2009. The object of the initiative is to expand early diagnosis of infection by the HIV virus. They can be requested at public and private hospitals and clinics. The Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo is a large government-funded public hospital in São Paulo where the HIV fast test can be taken.
Smoking Cessation SupportINCA is the body of the Brazilian Ministry of Health that coordinates the National Tobacco Control Programme. This programme is mainly funded by the Brazilian government. The specific objective is to reduce smoking initiation, particularly among the youth.
Cancer SupportThe Brazilian Ministry of Health Cancer Institute (Instituto Nacional de Câncer) campaigns for the prevention and cure of cancer in Brazil. Their programmes are handled by CONPREV, Cancer Prevention and Surveillance Coordination Unit.
Mental HealthThe Mental Health department of the Brazilian Ministry of Health makes therapeutic residences available, responsible for the integration of patients who have been in psychiatric hospitals. There are more than 470 therapeutic residences throughout Brazil. Many walk-in public health clinics (Pronto Socorro) in Brazil have 24-hour emergency psychiatric services, which include support and counselling.
There are a number of organisations throughout Brazil that offer support and counselling. Samaritans The Samaritans offer crisis counselling over the telephone for those in need.
GASM (Grupo de Apoio em Saúde Mental) is a support group for people with mental health problems.
ABRATA (Brazilian Association of Families and Friends of People With Mental Disorders) is an association for those suffering from depression as well as their families and friends. AFDM (Brazilian Association of Mental Care Patients, Friends, and Family) was created to provide assistance to those suffering from mental illness.
ASTOC (Brazilian Association for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders) is for sufferers and families of Tourettes, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.
FENIX is a mental health support group in Sao Paulo.
Family SupportThe Brazilian government makes teams of family health advisors available in public hospitals and clinics (Equipes de Saúde da Família). The teams are equipped with a family doctor, one nurse, a nursing auxiliary and six community health agents. These professionals are available for all aspects of family health and support.
The Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva e Família is an organisation whose mission it is to provide information and advice on family health matters. Children's SupportThe Brazilian children and adolescents organisation Centro de Referência, Estudos e Ações sobre Crianças e Adolescentes - CECRIA provides help and advice for children in need and can assist with legal matters and with contacting the relevant social services.
SOS Children is a non-profit organisation working to care for orphans throughout the world.
Elderly SupportAssociação Brasileira de Alzheimer, Doenças Similares e Idosos de Alta Dependência/ABRAZ is an association providing help and support to those suffering from Alzheimers, other similar illnesses and to those who are highly dependent on support from others.
Women's SupportAmigas do Parto (Childbirth Friends) is an association based in São Paulo promoting natural childbirth and providing information about childbirth in Brazil, including doctor, midwife, doula, childbirth educator and hospital referrals. The Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher is a support group for woman who have been victims of violence. They have a number of offices throughout the São Paulo region.
The Sao Paulo’s Women’s Union (União de Mulheres) is a São Paulo based non-government organisation defending women's rights and promoting justice and social equality for women.
The Brazilian government provides support centres (Delegacias Especializadas de Atendimento à Mulher - DEAM) for women who have been victims of any sort of crime.
Victim SupportTo report any sort of crime or for those that have been victim of a crime in São Paulo there is a dedicated phone number (Disque Denúncia).
Newcomers GroupsThe São Paulo International Newcomers Group is a multicultural social organisation providing information and support to newcomers in São Paulo. They organise regular events and activities and help new arrivals to integrate into the community.
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