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Learn more about Instituto Promundo in Brazil, JohnSnowBrasil and World Education.

Instituto Promundo

Promundo Institute logo. Visit the Promundo Institute Web site.Promundo Institute was founded in Brasilia in 1997. At the time, Promundo's objective was to carry out initiatives under "The Global Orphan Project," administered by JSI Research & Training Institute.

Serious gaps were observed in social services as well as abuses of human rights that contributed to children becoming displaced from their families. The Global Orphan Project, created in 1992, aimed to identify and support innovative programs throughout the world that contributed to avoid displacement and diminish the negative impacts it had on infant/child development.

In 1997 Promundo carried out a research study commissioned by UNICEF that estimated the number of children affected by AIDS in Brazil. Since then, the Brazilian government has successfully implemented public policies for AIDS treatment which have positively altered the livelihood of children affected by AIDS.

As AIDS was no longer represented the principal threat to the life of Brazilian children, Promundo decided to focus on encouraging and strengthening the positive aspects and potentials of all children and adolescents living in urban low income communities.

In 1999, Promundo began implementing a project to strengthen community-based organizations (CBOs) that support children and adolescents, as well as investigating how gender equality could positively contribute to the health of children, adolescents, and their families.

Due to the fact that numerous works and/or research were carried out in Rio de Janeiro, Promundo opened an office in the city in 2000 which would later become its headquarters.

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John Snow Brasil Consulting

John Snow Brasil Consulting logo. Visit the John Snow Brasil Consulting Web site.Since 1995, JSI affiliate JohnSnowBrasil (JSB) has collaborated with governmental, private sector, and civil society entities working in the civic and health spheres through its participation in over 100 projects. JSB provides capacity building, technical assistance, and monitoring and evaluation expertise primarily in the areas of Childhood/Youth Development, HIV and AIDS Prevention, and Health Sector Reform and Sustainability.

JSB is best known for its development of Social Technologies, a broad assortment of tools that includes methodologies, courses, and publications intended to help improve the effectiveness of interventions implemented by diverse professionals working primarily in Brazil.

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World Education, Inc.

World Education logo. Visit the World Education Web site. World Education is dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through economic and social development programs.

World Education uses education to help people and communities take charge of their own development. Rooted in basic education and literacy, World Education links education with economic, health, environmental, and civic development. World Education's programs promote individual and collective change by equipping people and organizations with the knowledge and ability to develop their skills through community-based learning activities.

World Education builds the skills, talents, and resources of local organizations and strengthens effective partnerships with private, public and nongovernmental organizations to ensure that benefits to individuals-and entire communities-continue and increase over time.

All World Education projects are designed to strengthen the capacity of local partner institutions, catalyze community and national development, and contribute to individual growth. World Education supports the development of many types of indigenous nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) to achieve long-term results.

WEI provides training and technical assistance in nonformal education for adults and children, with special emphasis on:

  • Basic Education
  • Capacity Building
  • Child Labor and Trafficking
  • Civil Society development
  • Girls' and Women's Education
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Literacy and Health
  • Microenterprise
  • Skills Training for Youth
  • Societies in Transition
  • Support for Refugees and Displaced Persons
  • Sustainable Agriculture

For more information on current projects and activities, contact WEI by e-mail at wei@worlded.org or call 617-482-9485.

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