The preparations for the BrazilFoundation Gala in New York are already underway. The Organizing Committee has already chosen the honorees for the night, and this year the Foundation will recognize the important work of Itaú Unibanco, which includes Fundação Itaú Social, Itaú Cultural and Instituto Unibanco. Alfredo Setúbal, Executive Vice President of Itaú Unibanco, will […]
BrazilFoundation held its first Hamptons Art Soiree. Karin Dauch, a board member at the Foundation, opened the doors of her beach house for an auction of art by Brazilian artists. Paintings by Brazilian artists Kenny Sharf, Francesco Clemente, Nelson Leirner, Cleverson, and Cristina Canale were auctioned off. The collection of works was curated by […]
Sonia Kenna, a Brazilian living in the United States, founded the “A Heart for Kids Ministry” to help children in Brazil who live in poor communities and suffer from malnutrition. During a recent trip to Arapiraca, Alagoas, to oversee construction of a daycare center, Sonia witnessed several cases of child labor, with many of the […]
The BrazilFoundation Carioca Fund launched the competition “I, a young carioca, have a story to tell” that will select student writers from public high schools in Rio de Janeiro, located in areas currently undergoing pacification, to write a story that will be illustrated by graphic artists, who were also selected through the competition. Entries will be […]
In 1987, when he was 19 years old, Christiano Ramos discovered that he had been infected with HIV. A fact that could have led him to despair actually turned into his life mission: in 2000, this native of Paraíba and law school graduate, founded ONG Amigos da Vida, which works in Brasília and is a […]
What does it mean to be a child? How does one define a child in the social sphere? What does Brazilian legislation state about childhood? To find ways to answer these questions, BrazilFoundation brought the five projects on early childhood education to its offices in Rio de Janeiro to discuss the questions and for training […]
Located in the Vila Aliança favela, in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, “Núcleo Sócio Cultural Semente do Amanhã” teaches art to the children of current and former prison inmates. The organization participated in the capacity development workshops offered by BrazilFoundation in May, and it’s already spreading the knowledge it learned to its team. […]
BrazilFoundation and Brazil Child Health, the American office for the NGO Saúde Criança, held the III Festa Junina: Children Helping Children on June 3rd at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York. The organizations joined forces once again to raise funds for social projects in health and early childhood education in Brazil. The party highlights included […]
The weekend event hosted by BrazilFoundation brought together 26 organizations selected to receive support in 2013, as well as 3 organizations supported by the Carioca Fund. 58 project leaders, the BrazilFoundation teams from both New York and Rio, and BrazilFoundation board members participated in the event in Itaipava, a city in the interior of Rio […]
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.