The Pastoral da Criança´s approach bases on the idea that the solution of social problems needs human solidarity, organized and promoted in a network and having defined goals. Also, it sees the leadership in poor and miserable communities as the main change agents. Within Pastoral da Criança, more than 90% of the volunteers are poor women a fact that reinforces the relevance of women participation in social change. When changing their own families and communities, they accomplish a true revolution, rescuing values and practices of life praising.

          Linking teamwork to faith and social commitment, the Pastoral da Criança organizes the communities around a work of human promotion in the fight against infant mortality, malnutrition, domestic violence and social marginality. Thus, it helps the education for a peace culture and life quality improvement for more than one million families that are assisted every month. The essential work is the community organization and training volunteer leaders that live there and take the task of guiding and assisting neighbor families. These families learn how to become the subjects of their own personal and social change.

          The experience of 19 years of work demonstrates that ensuring life quality and equal opportunities for all people depend on the transformation of the social network and the public policies intended to the most needed. This is a task that must be shared with the government, the private corporations and the society, and where the key for the success is the active role played by the excluded. Thus, the partnership among these sectors is the most relevant aspect in the search for accomplishing an effective work, which truly helps the family and the communities, involving them into playing the main role in their own social change.