This October, the results of the Best NGOs 2024 will be announced, the biggest award in the third sector in Brazil, and one of the candidates to win 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 Casa Arte Vida, which has been part of the group of the best NGOs in the country for five years.(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Best NGOs Award The Best NGOs Award is awarded annually by the social certifier Instituto Doar and Instituto O Mundo Que Quero to evaluate the best NGOs in Brazil. Currently, the eighth edition of the award allows the free participation of Brazilian non-profit associations and foundations – around 800 thousand entities operate in the country in this model.
By 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 are distinguished by the quality and transparency of management are evaluated based on the technical and objective selection of five main themes: cause and action strategy, representation and responsibility, management and planning, financial and communication strategy and accountability .
For example, the financial sustainability of NGOs is an important evaluation criterion for organizations selected for the list of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil. According to data released by the awards, 98% of the organizations that stand out have a system or button for collecting donations and have hired at least one employee dedicated exclusively to fundraising. Casa Arte Vida, for example, in addition to having an employee dedicated exclusively to this cause, has a donation button and a “how to help” page on its website where citizens can find ways to contribute to the organization.
Award categories The awards for the best NGOs are divided into several categories. The broadest category is Best NGOs, which awards 100 outstanding organizations among the participants. The Best Small NGOs category awards up to 10 small organizations – that is, those with annual revenue of up to R$500,000. In addition to being in the Best NGOs category for five years, Casa Arte Vida, an organization led by Ana Carolina Affonso, also entered the list of Best Small NGOs.
Other award categories are the best NGO, the best in each theme and the best in each region/state.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) NGO Casa Arte Vida, Ana Carolina Affonso Artist and lawyer founded Casa Arte Vida (CAV) in 2007, which serves residents of the Pedra de Guaratiba neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro. Ana Carolina Affonso. CAV's objective is to provide inclusive and interdisciplinary education to young people and children, both on a daily basis, in the post-school period, and through complementary educational projects and initiatives in the areas of technology, finance, art and entrepreneurship.
CAV projects aimed at socially vulnerable young people combine innovation and creativity to provide a safe and welcoming environment that allows integration between the community and social actors. For example, CAV's continuing education program promotes extracurricular socio-pedagogical activities, which use active methods and take multiple intelligences into account.
CAV's most important 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 bonds based on an integrated service model, which has a technical team in psychology, social assistance and pedagogy.
These initiatives have already received several CAV awards, including the Best NGO Award and the Itaú-UNICEF Award for the Itaú Social UNICEF Program.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Winner of the Best NGO Award, Ana Carolina Affonson's CAV has long been awarded for the services provided to the community in the Guaratiba region in recent years. As of 2019, it was considered one of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil, receiving the award in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
In 2020, the Best NGOs Award debuted a new category that honors the ten best small organizations – and Casa Arte Vida was also recognized on this list. In addition to being part of the prestigious list of the 100 largest NGOs in Brazil, CAV has already been considered among the 10 largest 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 NGOs Award website and said that the award “where standing out among the ten small companies brought us visibility and even more. work performed. […] Once again recognition for this, 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 activities of the award-winning organization are based on the Millennium Development Goals defined by 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 situations of social vulnerability through education.
(Photo: Casa Arte Vida) Ana Carolina Affonso, currently dedicated to painting tiles and ceramics in her studio in Cascais, Portugal, decided to create 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 renowned awards, such as the Best NGOs Award. Furthermore, CAV has established important partnerships with the government and other bodies and institutions that have already given it initiatives related to the Citizen Woman Project. and education and training programs with Senac.