![Vera Cordeiro](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SITE-VERA-150x150.jpg)
Vera Cordeiro
Founder and Chairwoman
![Candace Albertal Lessa](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cindy-150x150.jpg)
Candace Albertal Lessa
Vice-President
![Carlos Roberto de Lima](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Lima-150x150.jpg)
Carlos Roberto de Lima
Member
![Flavio Siniscalchi](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Flavio-150x150.jpg)
Flavio Siniscalchi
Member
![Laura Gaensly Cordeiro](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Laura-Gaensly-150x150.jpg)
Laura Gaensly Cordeiro
Member
![Paulo Roberto Ayala Cordeiro](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Paulo-Roberto-Ayala-Cordeiro-150x150.jpg)
Paulo Roberto Ayala Cordeiro
Member
![Sylvia Lordello](https://dara.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_3670-scaled-e1660140550478-150x150.jpg)
Sylvia Lordello
Member
Para implementar sua missão, o instituto trabalha com o atendimento direto de famílias vulneráveis, disseminação de conhecimento sobre desenvolvimento humano, influência em políticas públicas e mobilização da sociedade civil.
O objetivo do Instituto Dara é contribuir para a mudança do paradigma da saúde e do desenvolvimento humano na sociedade, incorporando uma abordagem multisetorial integrada de combate à pobreza.
To promote health and human development through the implementation and dissemination of an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to fighting poverty.
A healthy and sustainable world in which everyone has equal opportunities and rights and has the leading role in their own development.
Social justice, autonomy, integrity, empathy and transparency.
Carried out through the Family Action Plan (PAF), its own methodology was co-created in partnership with the public served. It aims to empower the families served to become protagonists of their own development by providing them with knowledge, tools and opportunities to develop their skills in the areas of health, education, housing, citizenship, and revenue generation.
Based on its experience, Dara seeks to influence the creation of public poverty fighting and human development policies. Some results in these areas include: the “Citizen Family” public policy in Belo Horizonte; the partnership with the Ministry of Citizenship in consulting to improve the monitoring methodologies of the Social Assistance Reference Center (Cras); and the implementation of the PAF methodology in the municipality of Itu/SP, in partnership with the City Government and Instituto Cuidar Itu.
To expand its work, Instituto Dara understands that it is essential to share its integrated multidimensional approach with the Academia, governments, media, civil society, companies, and social entrepreneurs. In partnership with other social organizations, Dara launched the Poverty Eradication Hub – HubEP, a multisectoral, 100% collaborative initiative for poverty eradication.
The Institute has joined forces with national and international partners into a network that encourages volunteering as a way to engage civil society in the challenges and solutions to fight poverty. More than 1,600 volunteers have enabled and been impacted by Dara’s work over more than 30 years. In addition, through its own communication channels, the Institute seeks to mobilize society for the cause of fighting poverty.
Instituto Dara’s work contributes to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals that address key development challenges people face around the world.
Instituto Dara’s contribution to this fight was recognized in 2018 through an honorable mention in the SDG Brazil Award, offered by the United Nations Organization.
SDGs covered by Dara:
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Vera Cordeiro
Founder and Chairwoman
Candace Albertal Lessa
Vice-President
Carlos Roberto de Lima
Member
Flavio Siniscalchi
Member
Laura Gaensly Cordeiro
Member
Paulo Roberto Ayala Cordeiro
Member
Sylvia Lordello
Member
Alvaro Estima
Member
Ana Paula Ferreira Antonio
Member
Armínio Fraga Neto
Member
Claire Marie Fallender
Member
Cristiane de Oliveira dos Santos
Member
Eduardo Eugênio Gouvêa Vieira
Member
Gloria Marques da Silva Costa
Member
Hans Hickler
Member
Lucyna Felix da Nobrega Fraga
Member
Maria Luisa Marquez
Member
Maria Pia Mussnich
Member
Mônica de Roure
Member
Raphael Carneiro da Rocha
Member
Rui Lemos Marroig
Member
Sergio Scodro
Member
Sylvia Maria da Glória de Mello Franco Nabuco
Member
Tania Maria Vidigal Limeira
Member
Tomás Ko Freitag de Lara
Member
Vandré Luiz Menezes Brilhante
Member
Andrea Rangel de Azeredo
Member
José Ferreira Monteiro
Member
Marcelo Rezende Chicralla
Member
José Land Neto
Executive Director
Renata Banharo
PMO
Vera Cordeiro
Founder and Chairwoman
Candace Albertal Lessa
Vice-President
José Land Neto
Executive Director
Marta Gonçalves
Executive secretary
Jussara Korngold
President
Vera Cordeiro
Vice-President
Candace Albertal Lessa
Treasurer
Adriana Machado
Member
Hans Hickler
Member
Sandra Coutinho
Member
Cristina Pereira
Leader
Isabel Assis
Planning and analysis specialist
Ana Paula Ferreira Antonio
Service trainee
Camila Pardo Dala Riva
Physician
Cátia Alina Bauer
Social worker
Danillo Gonçalves
Physician
Edilaine Felix
Pedagogue
Elisangela Barros
Social worker
Fabiana Pádua
Psychology coordinator
Gabriela Parente
Nutrition coordinator
Jean-Paul Michelski
Administrative auxiliary
Kevin Silveira
Administrative auxiliary
Lara Martins
Service assistant
Laura Motta
Social worker
Neige Gromniski
Income and entrepreneurship coordinator
Raquel Cordeiro
Housing coordinator
Raysa Nakano
Psychologist
Sheila Suzane
Education coordinator
Sylvia Lordello
Health coordinator
Taís Gulpilhares
Service trainee
Thaisa Medina
Administrative assistant
Yuri Souza
Medicine trainee
Roberta Leventhal
Leader
Alba Rodrigues Coelho
Human resources analyst
Bruna Regazzi Teixeira
Human resources assistant
Fabiana Paiva
Administrative auxiliary
Hugo Souza
General services auxiliary
Josefa da Silva
General services auxiliary
Josué Amorim
Caretaker
Robson Dias
Administrative-finantial assistant
Ronaldo Costa
Driver
Sandra Palha
General services auxiliary
Fabiano Gonçalves
Leader
Dollor Mendes Barboza
Writer
Thais Campelo
Designer
Flávia Peixoto de Azevedo
Leader
Adriane Gazzola
Content producer
Amanda Lemos
Researcher
Filipe Xavier
Systems analyst
Sabrina Porcher
Leader
Ana Beatriz Amorim
Administrative assistant
Ane Caroline Nunes
Project coordinator in Psychology
Jacqueline Melo
Social articulator
Caroline Valentin
Administrative assistant
Debora Garcia
Social worker
Flavia Moreira
Project coordinator in Nursing
Geane Paz Veiga
Project coordinator in Education
Janaina Serqueira
Social worker
Katiane Lima
Social worker
Luana Alves
Expansion analyst
Maysa Barbosa
Project coordinator in Housing
Pamela Brito
Project coordinator in Nutrition
Priscila Castro
Expansion analyst
Rafaela Provensano
Social worker
Rivania Alves de Lima
General services auxiliary
Roberta Castro
Social projects specialist
Sandra Eimert
Systems analyst
Andrea Rangel
Leader
Livia Teixeira
Institutional relations analyst
Maria Luiza Abelardo
Institutional relations assistant
Maria José Santiago
Cultural producer
Júnior Amaro
Leader
Alvaro Estima
Volunteer
Amanda Dudenhoeffel Braga
Volunteer
Ana Odette Ferreira Cardoso
Volunteer
Ana Paula Novellino de Novaes
Volunteer
Arthur Fernando do Rosário Gomes
Volunteer
Bianca Paiva Tisi
Volunteer
Caio Prado
Volunteer
Carmen Thompson
Volunteer
Concha Resende
Volunteer
Daniella Munhoz da Costa Lima
Volunteer
Elisa Goulart Machado Muradas
Volunteer
Elizabeth Cristina da Rocha Lima
Volunteer
Elizabeth de Oliveira Afonso
Volunteer
Elizabeth Rosa
Volunteer
Evelyn Ribeiro Cury
Volunteer
Favio Akiyoshi Toda
Volunteer
Fernanda Lins Nemer
Volunteer
Fernanda Miranda
Volunteer
Fernando Medeiros Rodrigues da Cunha
Volunteer
Flavia Figueiredo Brandão
Volunteer
Gabriela Regner Dib
Volunteer
Gilda Bouch
Volunteer
Gilda Martins Marques
Volunteer
Giovanna Gandolfo
Volunteer
Giulia Caldas Moreira
Volunteer
Gloria Elizabeth Ircalindo Paixão
Volunteer
Gloria Marques da Silva Costa
Volunteer
Ivan Firmino Santiago da Silva
Volunteer
Izolete Raisson
Volunteer
John Christian Bayne-Jardine
Volunteer
Julia Aranha
Volunteer
Leticia Drago Ferreira Braga
Volunteer
Lívia Miné Christalles
Volunteer
Lucia Ribeiro Guimarães da Silva
Volunteer
Luciana Cunha Sampaio
Volunteer
Luciana Velloso
Volunteer
Luísa Canedo Figueiredo
Volunteer
Luisa Fontes
Volunteer
Luiz Guilherme Migliora
Volunteer
Luiz Henrique Areno Gonçalves
Volunteer
Luna Gomberg
Volunteer
Manuela Bispo
Volunteer
Márcia Castilho Taveira
Volunteer
Marcia Cunha Araujo de Carvalho
Volunteer
Marcia Cunha Silva
Volunteer
Marcia Luiza Tostes Mascarenhas
Volunteer
Marco Aurelio Marques de Souza
Volunteer
Maria Cely Zarur Guarisa
Volunteer
Maria das Graças Calhau
Volunteer
Maria de Fatima Carrada Firmo
Volunteer
Maria Eduarda Pintado
Volunteer
Maria Helena Lemos Mossé
Volunteer
Maria Isabel Tavares Barbosa
Volunteer
Marina Corrêa da Silva
Volunteer
Marisa da Silva Santos
Volunteer
Marisa Ribeiro Guimarães da Silva
Volunteer
Messody Lancry
Volunteer
Patricia Castilho Alves
Volunteer
Raquel Bokermann de Sá Pister Martins
Volunteer
Rita Peixoto Migliora
Volunteer
Rosa Maria Zanker
Volunteer
Rosana Pinheiro da Fonseca
Volunteer
Rosangela Rodrigues Magalhães
Volunteer
Sandra Villanueva
Volunteer
Sara Vaisman
Volunteer
Silvia Braga de Oliveira
Volunteer
Sylvia Ruth Rochlin
Volunteer
Tania Regina de Miranda Freire
Volunteer
Valéria Wakim
Volunteer
Vera Maria de Salles
Volunteer
Vera Lopes Vianna
Volunteer
Vera Marina Herrmann
Volunteer
Vilma Gedey
Volunteer
Wandira Campos Moreira
Volunteer
Welington Gomes de Araujo
Volunteer
Instituto Dara (formerly Saúde Criança Renascer) was founded in 1991 by physician Vera Cordeiro and a group of professionals from Hospital da Lagoa, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Over decades of operation, Dara has been perfecting an innovative social methodology to fight poverty: the Family Action Plan (PAF), a multidimensional and customizable tool, based on five pillars - health, education, housing, revenue and citizenship.
Our positive impact on families has proven successful over the years. Research from Georgetown University/USA (2013) proved that, three to five years after discharge from our program, family revenue virtually doubles and hospital readmissions drop by 86%.
Instituto Dara has shown that making social inclusion a reality and fighting structural poverty in an integrated and effective way is possible.
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