Salvador, Brazil
Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, is known for its Portuguese colonial architecture, Afro-Brazilian culture and a tropical coastline. The Pelourinho neighborhood is its historic heart, with cobblestone alleys opening onto large squares, colorful buildings and baroque churches such as São Francisco, featuring gilt woodwork.
By 2030, Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.
PROGRAMS
Planet Heroes: The global situation on climate and environmental preservation is urgent. Our actions, our lifestyle and everything we don’t improve life in land has assaulted and put in risk our existence. Inspired by the hero’s journey, we propose a longterm change by developing in kids the understanding that they are the heroes of the planet and they have the needed powers to transform their education national environment, house and neighborhood.
Main Activities:
Work with social engagement through the SDG 13 Lesson planning and executing;
Empowering kids to the development of actions of change in environments;
Development of facilitation and educational skills
Create sustainable habits with kids
Thorough lesson planning and execution;
Dates: TBD
X4Change: X4Change is a project designed to teach the basics of a foreign language (English/Spanish) to kids and teenagers who might not have the chance to learn a second language otherwise. It is intrinsically connected to UN’s fourth Global Goal (Quality Education). The trainees will work on the NGO by teaching either English or Spanish (or both!) through constant multicultural dialogue.
Main Activities:
Work with social engagement through the SDGs;
By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
Learning a new language (English and/or Spanish);
Live the experience of teaching a foreign language through classes planned by yourself;
Living a new social and educational reality;
Understanding of global citizenship;
Thorough lesson planning and execution
Dates: TBD
GiraMundo: We dream of a world that is fair for everyone. A world that is built through what the world really needs. Because of that, together we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, created by the UN, generating AWARENESS, ENGAGEMENT and ACTION in children, teenagers or university students. The intern will work inside the NGO doing sessions, classes, dynamics and workshops with children and youth, approaching 4 Global Goals picked from the different strenghts, weaknesses and of the NGO.
Main Activities:
Work with social engagement through the SDGs;
Live the experience of teaching a foreign language through classes planned by yourself;
Living a new social and educational reality;
Understanding of global citizenship;
Learning a new language;
Thorough lesson planning and execution.
Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
Smart: The project works with the main needs of NGOs: marketing and business administration. The Smart - developed to reestablish and assist through consultancies – promote an international environment to the NGO, enlarging concepts and establishing an operational planning of 6 weeks that is capable to contribute to improve needs and enlarge social promotion by creating strategies for finance, human resources and marketing.
Main Activities
Work with social engagement through the SDG 17;
Development of differentiated frameworks;
Comprehensiveness of learning about movements and international projects on social development;
Technical and specific skills through the Dream 'NGO platform;
Managing digital media in order to promote the NGO and socially promote it;
Promoting events that may be pertinent for the NGO's brand positioning;
Working directly with a 3rd sector organization's management and reality;
Living a new social and educational reality.
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
Nós: The project Nós (WE) promotes the change on education of children in our city, so one day, they can be the leadership our world needs. Changing is possible when we get to learn about local issues and work it out together, so education and social mindsets can be effectively transformed. The truth is that inequalities in our world cause deaths everyday, so project Nós works for changing the mentality of people inside NGOs around Salvador so they then act for the respect and good of minorities.
Main Activities:
Create action and debates on inequalities inside the NGOs and neighboring communities.
Work with social engagement through the SDG 10
Explore and understand the organization
Analyze local reality and identify main issues and inequalities.
Live a new social and education reality
Create and execute change strategies
Create activities and spaces for reflection about the inequalities lived by each one.
Attend to weekly meetings and events.
Dates: TBD