As inscrições para o Edital 2016 estão encerradas. As organizações SELECIONADAS para receber o apoio serão divulgadas no site da BrazilFoundation no dia 11 de maio de 2016. EDITAL 2016 – REGULAMENTO I – Apresentação A BrazilFoundation investe em organizações da sociedade civil sem fins lucrativos, alinhadas com sua missão de apoiar iniciativas que contribuam […]
The gala kicked off with a lively performance by upcoming carioca funk phenomenon Dream Team do Passinho, composed of five youths from the favelas of Rio itself.
The Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival (LABRFF) promotes Brazilian cinema since 2008, creating a showcase for Brazilian visual arts in the “Mecca of Filmmaking”, enabling the exchange of experiences between Brazilian and American film and media professionals, and encouraging new talent. Over this period LABRFF has shown hundreds of films that won critical recognition and received commercial […]
After 15 years of Chairman of the Board, founder Leona Forman will hand over her position to Roberta Mazzariol, who has been a BrazilFoundation board member since its inception.
Movimento de Mulheres de São Gonçalo received a visit from Claudia D’Orey, a chair of the Women for Women project, a campaign for the BrazilFoundation Women’s Fund which aims to connect women from different sectors of society to promote women’s rights and gender equality.
The project to promote cultural and environmental education in Corumbá, MS, by providing continuing education for 25 teachers in 10 school units in the region.
Deep in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, a network of women farmers and artisans called Rede de Mulheres Produtoras do Pajeú are working to strengthen and empower women.
In what São Paulo do we live? What kind of São Paulo do we want? What can we do to change the city? These were the questions that the Escola do Governo de São Paulo posed for 300 public council advisors through the project “Seminários para os conselheiros participativos – São Paulo”.
The “artivist” Mundano visited New York to give talks and hold an event about Pimp My Carroça, a movement to promote dignity for independent waste collectors in Brazil and around the world.
The site “OnLaje” was launched this week, aiming to connect youth from the favelas and low-income neighborhoods across Brazil. A capstone project created by the students at ESPOCC, the site is designed to”give voice to the low-income areas of Rio de Janeiro.” ESPOCC is a project of Observatorio de Favelas, an organization supported by BrazilFoundation since […]
Located at Tauá, in the state of Ceará, ADETT offers courses in IT as a means of digial inclusion, training youths and adults to enter the workforce in its growing tech sector.
Ricardo Martiniski, a member of the BrazilFoundation Young Fellows in New York, recently visited the headquarters of Associação Fênix, an organization that fights sexual and domestic violence in Curitiba, Paraná.
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.
“Change can happen through our own hands, and that is what we believe,” said young entrepreneur Lilian do Prado, founder of ACREDITAR, upon accepting her award at the II Gala Sao Paulo. This spirit was contagious on Monday night, resulting in more than R$1 million being raised to fund projects in the areas of Education […]
Luigi Caldeira, a BrazilFoundation volunteer active in the Miami chapter, organized a “jeans day” at the Miami Law firm Shutts & Bowen – the day raised funds for BrazilFoundation.
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. […]
Hosted by BrazilFoundation supporter Ricardo Sirigatti, the event brought together locals and two project finalists from this year’s Annual Selection.
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.
Associação de Estudantes de Paramoti (EPC Paramoti) is reviving and preserving the rich culture and history of the city of Paramoti. The project’s first initiatives involved an exhibition to celebrate the city’s 57th birthday.
Gisela Millian, member of the BrazilFoundation Miami Chapter Advisory Council, visited grantee Associação Cultural Filhos da Corrente in Parelheiros, São Paulo.
Mulher em Construção held its first classes this week through its project “Cimento & Batom – Reparos Domesticos” (Cement and Lipstick – House Repairs).
Preparations for the II BrazilFoundation Gala São Paulo are already underway, with nearly 2 months until the event. We are thrilled to announce that CHANEL will be the presenting sponsor of the gala, to be held May 25th at Sala São Paulo. With the theme “Youth Transforming Brazil”, this edition of the gala will honor four young Brazilians […]
More than 130 supporters from the BrazilFoundation Miami Chapter came together at Palm Court in the Design District, Miami on Tuesday to celebrate the success of the IV BrazilFoundation Gala Miami that took place on January 31st.
Cidade Democratica launched their competition “Sorocaba Colaborativa” and invites all residents of Sorocoba, especially youth, to propose ideas on how to improve the quality of life in the city of Sorocaba.
The event brought together Brazilian women from the greater Greenwich community to spur dialogue and collaboration behind ideas and actions that transform Brazil.
BrazilFoundation launched its Young Fellows program in New York, with the goal of engaging youth and young professionals to collaborate on initiatives for ideas and actions that transform Brazil.
Social entrepreneurship – that was the theme of the night for a talk organized by BrazilFoundation on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro. Held at the residence of BrazilFoundation founder Leona Forman, partners and supporters came together to hear from two prominent social leaders: Anderson France, “Dinho”, of Universidade da Correria, and Rene Silva, of the newspaper Voz […]
BrazilFoundation held the IV Gala Miami last night at the beautiful Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). Presented by Park Grove, the event brought together hundreds in support of a better Brazil.