Project leaders and BrazilFoundation supporters convened at Bloomberg in São Paulo for the 2015 BrazilFoundation Awards Ceremony. Leaders from the 45 organizations selected to receive support in 2015 presented their projects and held discussions with BrazilFoundation partners, sponsors, donors and volunteers from around the world.
After 18 years of working in a makeshift space donated by the community association of Mandassaia II, women in the region now have a place to produce sweets and pastries for income generation. The new center was built from a collective effort.
Instituto de Fiscalização e Controle (IFC) led audits at 26 health centers in April with participation from the community. The audits sought to encourage more direct civic involvement in the control of services and in monitoring public spending.
Pimp My Carroça launched a crowdfunding campaign to help “pimp” (improve) the carts of three independent waste collectors in São Paulo.
Cidade Democrática, a BrazilFoundation partner since 2014, holds contests to encourage people to create and share proposals. Their newest initiative is Sorocaba Colaborativa, which focuses on education.
IPEDI launched the textbook KALIVONO – the first bilingual textbook ever in the Terena indigenous language and Portuguese – to help value and save Terena language and culture.
Rodrigo Simas visited BrazilFoundation partner Projeto Quixote, located in Sao Paulo, who helps more than 2500 people, 400 of which are children living on the street.
Building bridges and encouraging collaboration – Ana Beatriz Barros, friend and supporter of BrazilFoundation, visited Associação Cultural Filhos da Corrente in Parelheiros, São Paulo, last Friday. After several years of supporting BrazilFoundation’s efforts through galas, this was the first time that Ana Beatriz had the opportunity to take a site visit to a BrazilFoundation grantee and witness their work firsthand. […]
The project provides guidance to families in product development and commercialization and the construction of productive farms, along with leading other activities in Cansanção, Bahia, a city with few employment opportunities.
International Women’s Day was the day chosen by Casa do Rio to officially open their center for the women artisans of Rio Tupana, the very first space of their own for these artisans from the Santa Isabel community in the Amazon.