These three charitable organisations, which centre their activities on aid for minors with problems, in situations of poverty or isolation, are the winners of the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord 1994.

Brazil´s "Movimiento Nacional de Meninos e Meninas da Rua", is the most important Brazilian association of this kind and the one which enjoys greatest prestige. It was created in 1985 by a group of educators, through a meeting promoted by UNICEF. Co-ordinated by the journalist Mario Volpi, it has more than 3,000 educators, working in twenty Brazilian states. According to the latest statistics, 58 million children and adolescents live in Brazil, of whom 45 million suffer some kind of need. Some 17 million are abandoned, and another 7 million have no kind of family links, living in the streets. This movement bases its work on detecting the children, forming them into teams and carrying out teaching activities which will help them to make a future for themselves and to free themselves from the world of violence and persecution which they often suffer. The Movement works habitually with Amnesty International and other organisations which focus on the struggle from human rights and for the welfare of children.