History The Professor Estevão Pinto Educational Center was founded in 1956, from the Christian spirit of Professor Estevão Pinto's family, who, sensitive to social causes, donated part of the farm where he lived to establish an institution to support children from the Serra neighborhood in Belo Horizonte/MG. The inauguration took place on August 3, 1961. The institution serves 340 children aged between nursery and 4 years old, of both sexes, full-time. CEPEP is a non-profit civil entity and holder of the Certificate of Entity for Philanthropic Purposes.