Instituto DARA
Instituto Dara believes that it is possible to promote social inclusion and fight against structural poverty in an integrated and effective way. And we know how to do it!
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Instituto Dara (formerly Saúde Criança Renascer) is a civil society organization that works to promote health and human development through the implementation and dissemination of an integrated approach to fighting against poverty.
Pioneer in the world in intersectoral work with social determinants of health, it was founded by Dr. Vera Cordeiro, in 1991, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The Family Action Plan is the social technology created by Instituto Dara.
It consists on a participatory creation of goals and integrated actions in the areas of health, housing, income, citizenship and education, in a way that each family becomes the protagonist of its own development, gets access to its rights and improves quality of life and health conditions.
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The activities of Instituto Dara consist of:
. direct assistance to vulnerable families;
. influence on public policies;
. production and dissemination of knowledge;
. social mobilization in the fight against poverty.
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“After being accompanied by Instituto Dara, I became the master of my own destiny. My family has improved their living conditions a lot.”
Rita de Cássia, mother assisted by Instituto Dara between 2017 and 2019
Family Stories
The work of Instituto Dara depends on volunteers, partners, individual donors, foundations, institutions, companies and the government.
Get involved with our work and be part of this civil society movement that has already transformed the lives of more than 100,000 people in Brazil and hundreds of thousands of people on four continents!
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Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize 2006
Armínio Fraga Economist and President of the Endowment Fund of Instituto Dara
Bill Drayton President of Ashoka
“Instituto Dara is a social technology. It’s powerful”
David Bornstein Journalist and author of the book How to Change the World
Herbert de Souza (Betinho)
Sociologist and leader of the NGO Ação da Cidadania Contra a Miséria e Pela Vida
Graça Machel
Human rights activist and Nelson Mandela’s widow
A psychopedagogical recreational project aimed at children’s mental health, promoted by Dara Institute with the support of Queen Silvia’s Foundation – Care About the Children, […]
On November 6th, Dara Institute hosted its first international event: Overcoming Poverty: Making Change Happen at the Idea Center of Miami Dade College in Miami, […]
On October 17th, the date that marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, women representatives from various Brazilian NGOs will come together to […]
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