This October, the results of the 2024 Best NGOs Award, the biggest award in the Brazilian third sector, were announced, and one of the candidates to win the award for the sixth consecutive time is Casa Arte Vida, a Rio organization founded by artist and philanthropist Ana Carolina Affonso. Next, read more about the biggest NGO award in Brazil and about Casa Arte Vida, an organization that has been part of the best non-governmental organizations in the country for five years.(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Best NGOs Award The Best NGOs Award is promoted annually by social certifiers Instituto Doar and Instituto O Mundo Que Quero to evaluate the best NGOs in Brazil. Currently in its 8th edition, the award allows the participation of Brazilian non-profit associations and non-profit foundations – there are around 800 thousand entities that operate in the country through this model.
By recognizing the work of the best non-governmental institutions in Brazil, the Best NGOs Award promotes good practices in the Brazilian third sector. To this end, organizations that stand out for the quality of their management and transparency are evaluated based on the technical and objective selection of five main themes: strategic foundation and implementation, representation and responsibility, management and planning, strategy and financial and communication responsibility.
For example, the financial sustainability of NGOs is an important evaluation criterion for organizations to be selected on the list of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil. According to data revealed by the awards, 98% of prominent organizations have systems or buttons for collecting donations and have hired at least one employee to dedicate themselves exclusively to fundraising activities. In addition to having employees dedicated to this purpose, for example Casa Arte Vida, it has a donation button on its website and a “how to help” page, where citizens can find ways to contribute to the organization.
Awards Categories The Best NGO Awards are divided into several categories. The broadest category is Best NGO, which awards the 100 best organizations among participants. The category of best small NGOs awards up to 10 small organizations – that is, those with revenues of up to R$500,000 per year. In addition to being part of the best group of NGOs in the last 5 years, Casa Arte Vida, an organization run by Ana Carolina Affonso, also joined the best group of small NGOs.
Other award categories are the best NGO, the best for each cause and the best for each region/state.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) NGO Casa Arte Vida by Ana Carolina Affonso Non-profit organization that serves the population of Pedra de Guaratiba, in Rio de Janeiro, Casa Arte Vida (CAV) was founded in 2007 by an artist and a lawyer . Ana Carolina Affonso. CAV's mission is to provide holistic and multidisciplinary education for young people and children, both daily, after school, and through educational programs and initiatives in the areas of technology, finance, arts and entrepreneurship.
The CAV program for socially vulnerable young people combines innovation and creativity to offer a safe and welcoming environment that allows integration between communities and social agents. For example, CAV's complementary education program promotes after-school social education activities that utilize an active, multi-intellectual approach.
The most prominent CAV programs and projects are the CRIA program (Creativity, Robotics, Innovation and Art), Maker Lab and Expresso do Futuro. As Ana Carolina Affonso believes in the power of extracurricular activities, CAV brings initiatives that aim at multidisciplinary and integration between schools, families and communities. One example is the organization's family promotion program, which includes several actions that aim to strengthen family relationships based on an integrated service model, which includes technical teams, social support and pedagogy.
These initiatives have already won several CAV awards, including the Best NGOs Award and the Itaú-UNICEF Award from the Itaú Social UNICEF Project.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Winner of the Best CAV NGOs Award by Ana Carolina Affonso has a long history of receiving awards for services provided to the community in the Guaratiba region in recent years. Since 2019, it has been considered one of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil, awarded in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date.
In 2020, the Best NGOs Award launched a new category rewarding the 10 best small organizations – and Casa Arte Vida was also recognized on this list. Therefore, in addition to being part of the prestigious group of the 100 best non-governmental organizations in Brazil, CAV has already been considered one of the 10 best small NGOs, an award that recognizes the work of those who do more, with less. .
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) On the occasion, CAV educator, Roberta Macedo, gave an interview to the best NGOs award website, saying that the award “by virtue of being the ten best small companies, gives us visibility and much more. Credibility in the work carried out [...] But yet another recognition that we are on the right path, despite all the difficulties.”
CAV works with the pedagogy of independence, active listening and STEAM methods to develop multiple intelligences. All the work of the award-winning organizations is based on the Sustainable Development Goals for the Millennium, defined by the UN.
Who is Ana Carolina Affonso, founder of CAV Philanthropist and Brazilian lawyer, Ana Carolina Borges Torrealba Affonso founded Casa Arte Vida in 2017 to offer opportunities to young people in situations of social vulnerability through education.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Currently dedicated to painting on tiles and ceramics in her studio in Cascais, Portugal, Ana Carolina Affonso decided to found CAV to combine her passion for art with the desire to democratize educational opportunities.
The organization created by Ana Carolina Affonso has already been awarded prestigious awards such as the Best NGOs Award. Furthermore, the CAV has established important partnerships with the government and other organizations and institutions, which have given it initiatives linked to women's citizen projects. and training and training programs with Senac.