This October, the results of the award for the best NGOs 2024 were announced, the biggest competition of the fourth edition in Brazil, and one of the candidates for the award for the first time was Casa Arte Vida, an organization from Rio that starts with the artist and philanthropist Ana Karolina Affonso . Next, read more about the massive loss of NGOs in Brazil and about Casa Arte Vida, an organization that has been part of the consolidation of non-governmental organizations in the country for five years.(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Best NGO Award The Best NGO Award is awarded annually by the best social organization and the best social science organization in Brazil. Now in its eighth edition, the award allows the participation of Brazilian non-profit organizations and foundations — there are around 800,000 organizations operating in the country through this process.
To recognize the work of the best Brazilian non-governmental organizations, the Best NGO Award encourages best practices in the Brazilian beauty sector. To this end, organizations that stand out for the quality of their governance and integrity are evaluated based on a technical and objective selection of five major principles: Purpose and Process, Transparency and Responsibility, Management and Planning, Finance and Communication and Accountability.
The financial sustainability of NGOs, for example, is an important criterion for organizations to be selected for the list of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil. According to the figures provided by the Prize, 98% of candidate organizations have a fundraising system or button and have recruited at least one employee to dedicate themselves exclusively to fundraising. In addition to having a team dedicated exclusively to this cause, Casa Arte Vida, for example, has a donation center on its website and a “how to help” page, where citizens can find ways to donate to the community.
Award categories The Best NGOs Award is divided into several categories. The largest category is Best NGOs, which rewards the 100 organizations with the best performance among participants. The Best Small NGOs category awards 10 small organizations — that is, those with annual revenue of up to R$500,000. In addition to participating in the Best NGOs category 5 years ago, Casa Arte Vida, an organization run by Ana Carolina Affonso, was also included in the Best Small NGOs category.
Other categories that also received awards were Best NGO, best for each cause and best for each district/state.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) NGO Casa Arte Vida by Ana Carolina Affonso Non-profit organization that serves residents of the Pedra de Guaratiba region, in Rio de Janeiro, Casa Arte Vida (CAV) was founded in 2007 by the photographer and lawyer founder Ana Carolina Affonso. CAV's mission is to provide inclusive and multidisciplinary education to young people and children, daily, after school, through educational programs and initiatives in technology, finance, arts and entrepreneurship.
CAV programs for socially vulnerable youth combine innovation and creativity to provide a safe and supportive environment that enables connections between the community and social workers. The CAV-based learning program, for example, promotes after-school social learning activities that utilize strategies that actively consider and account for multiple intelligences.
The most popular CAV projects and programs are the CRIA project (Creativity, Robotics, Design and Art), Maker Lab and the upcoming Expresso project. As Ana Carolina Affonso believes in the power of extracurricular activities, CAV brings initiatives aimed at the most diverse activities and partnerships between schools, families and communities. One example is the organization's family empowerment program, which integrates a set of practices that aim to strengthen family cohesion based on an integrated approach, which includes a team of psychologists, social support and education.
These initiatives received several CAV awards, including the NGOs of Excellence Award and the Itaú-UNICEF Award from the UNICEF Itaú Program.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Winner of the Best NGOs Award Ana Carolina Affonso's CAV has been recognized for the services provided to the population of the province of Guaratiba in recent years. Since 2019, it has been considered one of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil, receiving the award in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date.
In 2020, the Best NGOs launched a new category rewarding the ten best small organizations — and Casa Arte Vida was also honored on this list. Thus, in addition to appearing on the prestigious list of the 100 best non-governmental organizations in Brazil, CAV was recognized as one of the 10 best small NGOs, a symbolic award for the work of those who do a lot, but pay a lot. small . .
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Meanwhile, CAV coach Roberta Macedo released a statement to the best-of-breed website, saying that the award was “with the celebration of being among the ten small companies that, best of all , leads us to see and even transcend. confidence in the work performed. […] Another sign that we are on the right path, despite all the difficulties.”
CAV works with the pedagogy of self-regulation, attentive listening and the STEAM approach to develop multiple perspectives. All activities of the award-winning organization are based on the sustainable development goals for the millennium, highlights the UN.
Who is Ana Carolina Affonso, founder of CAV Brazilian philanthropist and lawyer, Ana Carolina Borges Torrealba Affonso founded Casa Arte Vida in 2017 to offer opportunities to young people in crisis situations through education.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Now focused on painting tiles and surfaces in her studio in Cascais, Portugal, Ana Carolina Affonso decided to create CAV to combine her passion for painting with making access to education accessible to everyone.
Since then, the organization founded by Ana Carolina Affonso has received prestigious awards such as the Best Award, CAV has established valuable relationships with the government and other public bodies and institutions, which have set goals related to the Indigenous Women's Program. and Senac education and training programs.