The Centro de Recuperação Vida Nova - CRVN was born 20 years ago and has been active since June 2001. Headquartered in Jardim Guanabara, it emerged as a response to the cries of hundreds of people who had nowhere else to turn in the face of the pain and despair of having a drug addict in their family.

It is a non-profit organization for drug addicts, whose purpose is to provide social, cultural, moral and civic, artistic, educational, psychological and health assistance to all those who need it, to the best of their ability, without distinction of race, color, sex, social status, origin, nationality or ideological or religious positions.

With a space of more than two thousand square meters, with more than twelve hundred square meters of built area, this institution has made a difference in the lives of families who lived with the problem of drugs and alcohol and who suffered from seeing the future of loved ones compromised because of addiction.

The Vida Nova Recovery Center works with men over the age of 18 who suffer from drug addiction and is committed to social reintegration.