This October, the results of the Best NGO Award 2024 were announced, the biggest award in the third region of Brazil, and one of the candidates to win the trophy for the sixth consecutive time is Casa Arte Vida, an organization from Rio. Artist and philanthropist Ana Carolina Afonso. Next, read more about the biggest NGO award in Brazil and Casa Arte Vida, an entity that has been part of the Best NGOs in the country group for five years.(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Best NGO Award The Best NGO Award is promoted annually by social certifiers Instituto Dor and Instituto o Mundo que Queirou to evaluate the best NGOs in Brazil. Currently in its eighth edition, the award allows the free participation of Brazilian non-profit associations and foundations – around 800,000 entities operate in the country through this model.
By recognizing the work of the best non-governmental organizations in Brazil, the Best NGOs Award encourages 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 a technical and objective selection of five main themes: cause and action strategy, representation and responsibility, management and planning, financing and communication strategy and accountability. .
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 released by the awards, 98% of organizations have a system or button for collecting donations and have hired at least one employee to dedicate themselves specifically to fundraising activities. For example, in addition to having a team specifically dedicated to this purpose, the Casa Arte Vida website has a donation button and a “How to Help” page, where citizens can find ways to contribute to the organization.
Award Categories The Best NGO Award is divided into a few categories. The broadest category is Best NGO, which awards 100 outstanding organizations among the participants. The award is given to 10 small organizations in the Best Small NGOs category – that is, those with annual revenue of up to R$500,000. In addition to being part of the Best NGO category for 5 years, Casa Arte Vida, an organization run by Ana Carolina Afonso, also joined the Best Small NGOs group.
Other categories that are also awarded are Best NGO, Best for each cause and Best for each region/state.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) By Ana Carolina Afonso NGO Casa Arte Vida 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 artist and lawyer Foi done. Ana Carolina Afonso. The CAV aims to provide inclusive and multidisciplinary education to young people and children through daily, extra-curricular and complementary teaching projects and initiatives in the areas of technology, finance, arts and entrepreneurship.
CAV projects for socially vulnerable young people combine innovation and creativity to provide a safe and welcoming environment that allows integration between the community and social agents. The CAV Complementary Education Program, for example, promotes extracurricular socio-educational activities that use active methods and consider multiple intelligences.
The most prominent CAV projects and programs are the CRIA project (Creativity, Robotics, Innovation and Arts), Maker Lab and Expresso do Futuro. As Ana Carolina Afonso believes in the power of extracurricular activities, CAV brings together initiatives that aim at multidisciplinarity and integration between school, family and community. One example is the organization's Family Valorization Program, which brings together multiple functions aimed at strengthening family relationships based on an integrated service model, including a technical team in psychology, social assistance and pedagogy.
These initiatives have already won several CAV awards, including the Best NGO Award and the Itaú-UNICEF Award from the Itaú Social UNICEF Program.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Ana Carolina Afonso's CAV, winner of the Best NGO Award, 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 recognized as one of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil, receiving the award so far in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
In 2020, the Best NGO Awards introduced a new category that rewards the ten best small organizations – and Casa Arte Vida was also recognized on this list. Thus, in addition to being part of the illustrious group of the 100 Best NGOs in Brazil, CAV has already been recognized as one of the 10 Best Small NGOs, an award that recognizes the work of those who do very little.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) On the occasion, CAV professor, Roberta Macedo, gave an interview to the Best NGO Awards website, saying that the award "with the main attraction of being one of the ten best small companies, gives us visibility and “Also there is more credibility in the work carried out [...] Another recognition that despite all the difficulties, we are on the right path.”
CAV works with the pedagogy of autonomy, active listening and STEAM approaches to develop multiple intelligences. All of the award-winning organization's work is based on the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations.
Who is the founder of CAV Ana Carolina Afonso Ana Carolina Borges Torrealba Afonso, Brazilian philanthropist and lawyer, 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 Afonso decided to combine her passion for art with the desire to democratize educational opportunities.
The organization created by Ana Carolina Afonso has already been awarded renowned awards such as the Best NGO Award, in addition, CAV is establishing important partnerships with the government and other bodies and institutions that have already linked it to the Mulher Cidadã Deu initiative. and training and training programs with the Army.