This October, the results of the Best NGOs 2024, the biggest third sector award in Brazil, will be announced, and one of the candidates to win the trophy for the sixth consecutive time is Casa Arte Vida, an organization from Rio founded by the artist and philanthropist Ana Carolina Affonso . Next, read more about the biggest NGO award in Brazil and Casa Arte Vida, which has been among the best NGOs in the country for five years.(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Best NGO Award The Best NGO Award is promoted annually by the social certification Instituto Doar and Instituto O Mundo Que Quero to evaluate the best NGOs in Brazil. The award, which is now in its eighth edition, allows the free participation of Brazilian non-profit organizations and foundations – around 800,000 entities operate in the country through this model.
Recognizing the work carried out by the best NGOs in Brazil, the Best NGOs Award encourages good practices in the Brazilian third sector. To this end, organizations that stand out for the quality and transparency of their management are judged based on a technical and objective selection of five major themes: cause and action strategy, representation and accountability, management and planning, financial and communication strategy, and responsibility.
For example, the financial sustainability of NGOs is an important evaluation criterion for organizations selected for the list of the top 100 NGOs in Brazil. According to data released by the award, 98% of the highlighted organizations have a fundraising system or button and employed at least one employee dedicated exclusively to fundraising. In addition to an employee dedicating himself solely to this cause, the Casa Arte Vida website, for example, 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 several categories. The broadest category is Best NGOs, which honors 100 outstanding organizations among the participants. The Best Small NGOs category honors up to 10 small organizations, that is, those with annual revenue of up to R$500,000. In addition to being in the category of the best NGOs of the last five years, Casa Arte Vida, an organization led by Ana Carolina Affonso, also became part of the group of best small NGOs.
Other categories that are also awarded are Best NGO, Best for Each Purpose and Best for Each Region/State.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) NGO Casa Arte Vida by Ana Carolina Affonso Non-profit organization that serves residents of the Pedra de Guaratiba neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Casa Arte Vida (CAV) was founded in 2007 by an artist and a lawyer . Ana Carolina Affonso. CAV aims to provide young people and children with an inclusive and multidisciplinary education, both on a daily basis, after school, and through additional educational projects and initiatives in the areas of technology, finance, arts and business.
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. For example, CAV's continuing education program promotes extracurricular socio-educational activities that use active methodologies and consider multiple intelligences.
The most prominent CAV projects and programs are the CRIA project (Creativity, Robotics, Innovation and Art), Maker Lab and Expresso do Futuro. Because Ana Carolina Affonso believes in the power of extracurricular activities, CAV brings initiatives that aim at multidisciplinary and integration between school, family and community. One example is the organization's family promotion program, which brings together various activities aimed at strengthening family ties based on an integrated service model, which has 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) Winner of the Best NGO Award, Ana Carolina Affonso CAV has long been awarded for the 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, having so far received the award in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
In 2020, the Best NGOs Award debuted a new category honoring ten small organizations, a list that also recognized Casa Arte Vida. Thus, in addition to being part of the illustrious group of the 100 largest NGOs in Brazil, CAV has already been considered one of the 10 small NGOs, an award that recognizes the work of those who do a lot with little. .
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) On the occasion, CAV trainer Roberta Macedo gave an interview to the Best Non-Governmental Organizations Award website, saying that the award “along with the highlight of being one of the ten best small companies brought us visibility and, more Furthermore, credibility of the work carried out [...] Another recognition that we are on the right path despite all the difficulties.
CAV works with autonomy, active listening and a STEAM approach to develop multiple intelligences. All of the award-winning organization's work is based on the Millennium Development Goals defined by the United Nations.
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 through education to young people in situations of social vulnerability.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Ana Carolina Affonso, currently dedicated to painting tiles and ceramics in her studio in Cascais, Portugal, decided to found CAV to combine her passion for art with the desire to democratize educational opportunities.
Founded by Ana Carolina Affonso, the organization has already been awarded prestigious awards, such as the Best NGO Award. Furthermore, CAV has established important partnerships with the government and other bodies and institutions that have already provided it with initiatives related to the Citizen Woman project. and training and education programs with Senac.