The group Meninas de Sinhá formed by 21 people almost all of them women aged between 61 and 87 years old living in the Vera Cruz Taquaril and Alto Vera Cruz neighborhoods on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte. Well known culturally and for its social commitment the group was born out of social meetings in 1996 created by Dona Valdete Cordeiro who was concerned about the self-esteem of her neighbors who were users of strong medications for depression. Thus Meninas de Sinhá comes from the desire to share experiences and raise self-esteem currently being a national reference when it comes to social and psychological transformation through culture. The art of singing dancing and remembering old nursery rhymes cirandas and childrens games bore fruit and brought important prizes. To maintain activities and value the elderly the entity promotes projects that produce CDs DVDs books and tours where women singers perform shows and workshops having already toured more than 30 cities in Brazil and twice in Wroclaw Poland being recognized wherever they go as an example to be followed by all the elderly in the world!

The project will promote an exchange for cultural enrichment between the Meninas de Sinhá and the Women of Jequitinhonha Group*. The meetings will be to exchange experiences of traditional practices and knowledge that inspire give new meaning and enhance our ways of existing and resisting.

Musical enrichment workshops improvement in social networks finance and guidance for the care of non-institutionalized elderly people will be held at the headquarters of the institution in the Alta Vera Cruz neighborhood and in 05 other locations in the Eastern Region of BH.

With the COVID-19 pandemic elderly people benefiting from the Meninas de Sinhá Cultural Group showed interest in learning how to correctly use the internet social media and in topics related to financial education instruction to save money avoid abuse and make better use of available resources. The project will also offer workshops for elderly people in the community benefiting from Meninas de Sinhá which will allow learning and the exchange of knowledge between participants.