This October, it announced the results of the Best NGOs 2024 award, which won the top prize in the Brazilian third sector, in addition to the sixth consecutive winner from Casa Arte Vida, an organization from Rio. the artist and philanthropist Ana Carolina Affonso. Next, Brazil won the biggest NGO award and Casa Arte Vida was recognized as one of the best groups of non-governmental organizations in the country in the last five years.(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Best NGO Award The Best NGO Award is awarded annually through social certification from Instituto Doar and Instituto O Mundo Que Quero, which evaluate the best NGOs in Brazil. Now in its eighth generation, the award recognizes the independent participation of Brazilian charities and foundations — a model used by almost 800,000 organizations across the country.
Recognizing the best non-governmental organizations in Brazil, the Best NGOs Award recognizes the best in the Brazilian third sector. To this end, organizations that defend the quality and transparency of their governance must consider technical and objective selection from five main pillars: Reason and Action Strategy, Agency and Responsibility, Management and Planning, Financial and Communication Strategy and Accountability.
The financial performance of NGOs, for example, is one of the main tests that an organization needs to rank among the top 100 NGOs. According to data released by the awards, 98% of organizations have a system or team to track donations and have at least one employee responsible for showing the money. Instead of just volunteering at the event, Casa Arte Vida, for example, has a donation group on its website and a “how to help” section where citizens can find ways to help the organization.
Award Categories The Best NGO Awards are divided into a few categories. A broad category for the best NGOs, which rewards 100 outstanding participating organizations. The best small NGOs award up to 10 small organizations — that is, with annual revenue of up to R$500,000. Casa Arte Vida, voted the Best NGO in the last five years, was recognized as one of the best small NGOs in the world by Ana Carolina Affonso.
Other categories were also awarded for Best NGO, winner in each category and winner in each province/state.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) NGO Casa Arte Vida Ana Carolina Affonso Pedra de Guaratiba Region, a non-profit organization that serves the population of Rio de Janeiro, Casa Arte Vida (CAV) was founded in 2007 by an artist and lawyer. Ana Carolina Affonson. CAV's goal is to provide adults and children with holistic education about finance, finance and entrepreneurship throughout their everyday lives, through school and technology.
CAV projects combine innovation and creativity for socially disadvantaged youth to provide a safe and welcoming environment for community and social interaction. CAV's educational programs, for example, promote extracurricular socio-educational activities and use hybrid and multi-method approaches.
The most popular CAV projects and programs are the CRIA project (Creativity, Robotics, Innovation and Art), Maker Lab and Expresso do Futuro. Ana Carolina Affonso believes in the power of school activities and is committed to helping CAV promote more diversity and inclusion among schools, families and communities. One example is the organization's family promotion program, which incorporates multiple actions aimed at strengthening family relationships based on a holistic service model, including psychological technical teams, social assistance and mentoring.
These initiatives earned CAV several awards, including the Itaú Social UNICEF program of the Itaú-UNICEF Award.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Winner of the Best NGO Award, Ana Carolina Affonso CAV, has an award-winning record of services provided to the community in the state of Guaratiba. Since 2019, it has been among the 100 best NGOs in Brazil, having received awards in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date.
In 2020, the Best NGOs Award launched a new category — and Casa Arte Vida also made the list. Thus, despite being part of the 100 best non-governmental organizations in Brazil, CAV is already among the 10 best small NGOs, winning the award, which recognizes the work of those who do a lot, with little work. .
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) At the time, Roberta Macedo, director of Escola CAV, said in a statement on the Best NGOs Awards website that the award “recognizes the 10 best young people who work for sustainability and inclusion, it will be a successful business” , she says. truth in the work done. […] Yet another confirmation that we are on the right path, despite all the challenges.”
CAV works with independent teaching, active listening and STEAM approaches to promote more knowledge. The work of all award-winning organizations is based on the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals as designated by the United Nations.
Who is Ana Carolina Affonso, non-profit organizer and Brazilian CAV lawyer, Ana Carolina Borges Torrealba Affonso is the founder of Casa Arte Vida for the year 2017, which provides educational opportunities for young people in socially challenging situations.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) He currently works in his studio in Cascais, Portugal, using tiles and ceramics to build a CAV that democratizes educational opportunities.
The organization, created by Ana Carolina Affonso, was recently awarded the Best NGOs Award and was also recognized for its important partnerships with the government and other institutions and organizations that CAV recently developed to promote activities related to the Citizen Woman Project. and training and coaching programs with Senac.