Crianças em situação de vulnerabilidade: o trabalho de Henrique e Frieda Leibich como referência inspiradora para o cuidado social

Abstract

This research describes the story of the Henrique Liebich Children´s Home since the foundation, in February 11th, 1961, until the present day. Also it´s implications with the actual legislation. The main role is lived by Henrique Liebich, the founder, his wife Frieda Liebish and children, as well as the orphan children recovered at the time. Starting from the description a bracket opened for the research and brief analisis of the orphans situation, the children and teenagers in vulnerable situations in Brazil. From the available statistics evaluated, the main reasons that goes from social enequality to the destructuration of the family. The research envolves the religion field due to the insertion of the researcher on the Pioneer Baptist Convention of the South of Brazil. He counts with the theologycal foundamentation for the childhood from the Bible, that points to the family as a place for protection of the childhood. In conclusion the researcher used historical data recovered to apply to the childhood reality, presenting alternatives to the problem of the children and teenagers in vulnerable situations.