Avante candidate Augusto Cury visits Assembly of God in São Paulo and proposes partnership with churches to welcome homeless people
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Avante's presidential candidate, Augusto Cury, visited the headquarters of the Assembly of God in the East Zone of São Paulo, where he met with church representatives for an hour and a half and proposed partnerships with religious institutions to offer shelter, psychiatric treatment and professional training to homeless people in large cities.
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Why It Matters
Augusto Cury is the Avante party's candidate for President of the Republic and has held a campaign agenda in several Brazilian states, including meetings with religious leaders.
Avante candidate, Augusto Cury, campaigned in São Paulo.
Augusto Cury visited the headquarters of the Assembly of God, in the East Zone, late in the morning. The Avante candidate met with church representatives behind closed doors for an hour and a half. Afterwards, he spoke to journalists and presented proposals to welcome homeless people. Augusto Cury defends a partnership with churches to offer quality of life to this population:
“Call all the churches, there are all the institutions that care for vulnerable homeless people, so that we can, in big cities, have shelters, but not just to remove them from the streets, to provide psychiatric treatment and provide dignified conditions so that they can have a profession to continue their journey”.
After his commitment at the Assembly of God, Augusto Cury continued his campaign agenda in the interior of São Paulo. In Ribeirão Preto, the candidate participated in an event for couples promoted by an evangelical church.
Augusto Cury, Avante's presidential candidate, visits the headquarters of the Assembly of God in São Paulo — Photo: Jornal Nacional/ Reproduction
Open Questions
- What are the estimated costs to implement the proposed shelters?
- Which specific churches have already expressed support for the partnership?
- How will the psychiatric treatment plan be integrated into the Unified Health System?







