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Dear Friends,
It is with pride and enthusiasm that we share this newsletter with you, which tells of the many achievements of the Foundation and of our grantees. We are happy to announce that 26 organizations will receive grants this year thanks to the funds raised at the BrazilFoundation X Annual Gala, held in New York, and the II BrazilFoundation Gala Miami. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners, supporters and volunteers for making these events possible.
We also have exciting news to share about our Annual Project Selection: a fund has been created to support early childhood projects and five organizations in this area will receive support this year.
This is the first year that an Excellence Prize will be awarded to five exemplary organizations previously supported by BrazilFoundation. The prize was designed by the Foundation as a way to recognize the scarcity of support for institutional development, and at the same time, to strengthen the technical and organizational capacity of civil society organizations.
BrazilFoundation continues to improve its programmatic activities. We are proud to walk hand-in-hand with our partners—our donors and grantees—toward positive and concrete changes in Brazil.
Finally, please mark your calendars: our Festa Junina will take place June 2 in New York and our XI Gala will be held at the MoMA on September 18. We hope to see all of you at both events!
Enjoy!
Patricia Lobaccaro & Susane Worcman
President and CEO Vice President
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BrazilFoundation Hosted Its II Annual Gala in Miami
BrazilFoundation hosted its 2nd annual gala in Miami at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens on March 26th. The more than 400 guests in attendance were hosted by the co-chairs Daniela Fonseca and Maria Carolina Tavares de Melo and the Honorary Chair Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, Consul General of Brazil in Miami. The funds raised at the event will support eight projects in Brazil.
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SAVE THE DATE
Festa Junina in New York - June 2, 2013
BrazilFoundation and Brazil Child Health will come together once again to host the III Festa Junina Benefit Children Helping Children, which will take place on June 2, 2013 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. Typical dishes, games, shows and square dancing promise to make the event a memorable one. To buy tickets please click here
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XI New York Gala September 18, 2013
Save the Date: the BrazilFoundation XI Gala New York will be held at the MoMA on September 18, 2013. It will be chaired by Will Landers, who is himself a member of the BrazilFoundation board. Those interested in becoming sponsors or in purchasing tables should write to events@brazilfoundation.org or call (212) 244-3663.
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Annual Project Selection
BrazilFoundation’s XII Annual Project Selection has been completed, and after 6 months of careful review and analysis, we are happy to announce that 26 projects will receive grants in 2013. The funds for these projects were raised at the X Annual Gala held in New York in September of last year and at the II BrazilFoundation Gala Miami that took place recently in March.
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BrazilFoundation Awards First Ever Excellence Prize
In 2013, for the first time, the Foundation was able to offer an Excellence Award for institutional support to five of our past grantees with proven track-records of excellence. This vital type of support is often hard to come by, but can make all the difference when scaling-up successful projects and leveraging past investments to achieve an even greater social impact.
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BrazilFoundation participates in seminar on the confidence in the institutions of society.
On March 7, BrazilFoundation’s vice president, Susane Worcman, participated in the seminar, “Society’s Confindence in Businesses, Governments, NGOs, and Media Companies,” hosted by Edelman Significa, the parent company of the largest public relations conglomerate in the world. The seminar presented the results of Trust Barometer 2013, an analysis the company developed to measure the confidence people have in government, media, business, and organizations of civil society.
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Partnership between Fundo Carioca and Tyco prepares young adults for labor force
Put forward by the Fundo Carioca, an initiative of BrazilFoundation, the vocational course in electronic surveillance can already boast two graduating classes with a third one on the way. The course is helping the young graduates enter an industry that suffers from a lack of trained professionals. The Electronic Security course is promoted by the Carioca Fund in partnership with Tyco, the Marquês de Salamanca Institute, and the Secretary of State of Education in Rio de Janeiro.
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Fundo Carioca brings together Cariocas for an exchange of ideas
With unique experiences of the city but a common interest in the future of youths who seek accreditation opportunities and work, eight cariocas met on March 19th to exchange ideas about the Carioca Fund’s performance and the possibility of joining forces.
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EPC Paramoti inaugurates school built funds from BrazilFoundation
Paramoti, a small city in rural Ceará, now has a new schoolhouse for students preparing for the “vestibular” university entrance exam. The vice-president of BrazilFoundation, Susane Worcman, attended the inauguration of the building on March 19; she was very moved when she learned that the Escola Popular Cooperative (Popular Cooperative School), EPC Paramoti was able to use the resources allocated for building only one classroom toward constructing the entire building.
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CEPFS wins award from the Brazilian Government
CEPFS (Center for Popular Education and Social Formation) received the Mandacarau Prize from the Brazilian Federal government for developing an ingenious system for recycling rainwater. The prize recognizes organizations that develop “innovative projects and practices for the access of water in semiarid regions of the country.” CEPFS, which operates in the sertão in the state of Paraiba, won the prize for projects that “scale innovative practices.”
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The Network of Women Producers of Pajeú wins an award from the Brazilian Government.
The Network of Women Producers of Pajeú (The Rede de Mulheres Produtoras do Pajeú)–a 2010 grantee–won 3rd place in the competition for the Award for Rural Women for a Sustainable Brazil (Prêmio Mulheres Rurais que Produzem o Brasil Sustentável) given by the Brazilian Government. The initiative, supported by the Special Secretary of Policies for Women of the Republic (Secretária Especial de Políticas para as Mulheres da Presidência da República), selected 10 organizations started by women who live in rural areas. The award granted R$20,000 to each organization.
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Oscar Romero Cultural Center provides simultaneous translation for the hearing impaired
Located in the Baixada Fluminese neighborhood of Rio, the Oscar Romero Cultural Center offers the hearing impaired a venue for cultural experience and social inclusion. The play, Urucuia – O Grande Sertão,was presented with live translation in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS). The show is part of the project entitled “Inclusion through the Arts,” an initiative supported by BrazilFoundation to include the hearing impaired in cultural projects.
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David Hertz speaks about Gastromotiva in Miami
On the eve of the Miami Gala, the honoree David Hertz gave a talk at the home of Maria Carolina Tavares de Melo. He told the story of how he founded Gastromotiva, a culinary school for underprivileged young adults. After spending more than seven years travelling the world, David returned to São Paulo to start Gastromotiva, which uses the theory and practice of gastronomy to promote the social integration of disenfranchised individuals.
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Editorial: Lívia Duarte, Miguel Santos, Tássia Di Carvalho.
Translation: Francesca Carson, Melinda Kreuser, Miguel Santos-Neves. |
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