Company and university provide responsible sexual knowledge to youths from public schools in Capivari de Baixo (SC). Votorantim Cimentos, always mindful of the needs of the communities where it is present, is entering a partnership with Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (UNISUL) to implement the Sexualidade Saudável (Healthy Sexuality) Project in the municipality of Capivari de Baixo (Santa Catarina). Intended for adolescents from municipal schools, the project aims at transmitting knowledge to allow these youths to have a mature and responsible sexual life. Carolina Viana Corrêa, the company’s Human Resource Analyst in Capivari de Baixo, states that this project stands out from among other sexual education proposals, as it privileges the participative process of its members by means of thematic group work. "The program is educational and targeted at citizenship, for this reason lecturers and students of UNISUL’s Psychology course and elementary public school students discuss topics such as sexually transmissible diseases, prostitution, contraceptive methods and pregnancy in adolescence", concludes Carolina. A series of steps is being followed for the rollout of the project at public schools from the city. These include: selection of Psychology course intern students; technical education of the students; planning of activities to be developed; diagnosis and choice of the schools and formation of groups of students and teachers. Students from the schools Dom Anselmo Pietrula, Santo André, Stanislau Gaidzinski, Vitório Marcom and Pequeno Polegar, will take part in weekly training meetings lasting for one hour. There will be an evaluation of the work performed at the end of the discussion meetings. About Votorantim Cimentos Votorantim Cimentos is one of the top ten global cement, concrete and mortar companies. With 25 production units in Brazil and seven in North America, where over eight thousand collaborators work, Votorantim Cimentos invests heavily in innovation, technology and quality. It was a pioneer in the co-processing of waste, contributing towards the sustainability of the manufacturing activity, and is involved in important social projects, in partnership with Instituto Votorantim. The company markets more than 40 products in Brazil in the areas of constructive solutions. Its main brands include Votoran, Itau, Poty, Tocantins and Aratu. In the mortar line, it operates under the Votomassa trademark. In the lime line, it sells the Itau and Votoran brands. In 2004, Votorantim Cimentos attained the threshold of R$ 4.7 billion in net income, maintaining the leadership of the cement and concrete markets, in which it operates through Engemix. Founded in 1936, the company is part of the Votorantim Group, one of the largest corporations controlled by domestic investors, which operates in the sectors of cement, mining and metallurgy, paper and pulp, chemicals, agribusiness and finance.
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