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CARPE DIEM

Art Education Opens new Future for Young Citizens.
The ICA (Instituição de Incentivo à Criança e ao Adolescente de Mogi Mirim), founded in 1997 by Sofia Idalina Mazon, an executive in the transportation sector, to instill dignity and self-respect in underprivileged children and teenagers in Mogi, a small town in the interior of São Paulo state. read more...


PEAS

Educating Adolescents in Bahia About Health and Sexuality.
PEAS (Projeto de Educação Afetivo-Sexual) promotes sexual education in schools, in community and health care centers in order to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancy, preserve dignity and raise self-esteem among adolescents in southern Bahia. read more...


POPULAR PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Promoting Justice and Transforming Lives.
Geledés, the Institute for Black Women, was founded 14 years ago based on the belief that something needed to be done to protect poor, black women in Brazil from social alienation, discrimination and violence. The non-governmental organization has been transforming the lives of thousands of families in São Paulo's outskirts by offering these women education, culture, work preparation, health, leisure, and above all justice. read more...


COMMUNITY GARI

Initiative Award
A Cleaner Community Restores Dignity.
Dreamed-up by Edson Cardoso, 20, president of the neighborhood association in Três Corações, the Community Gari (Trash Collector) project aims to stimulate community involvement, resolve the problems of trash collection and preservation of the urban environment. read more...


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