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 intersectoral 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 social technology 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, Revenue Generation, Housing and Citizenship.
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 intersectoral 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:
Margaret Mead, Anthropologist
Vera Cordeiro
Founder and Chairwoman
Candace Albertal Lessa
Vice-President
Flavio Siniscalchi
Member
Laura Gaensly Cordeiro
Member
Paulo Roberto Ayala Cordeiro
Member
Rogério C. Campos
Member
Marta Gonçalves
Executive Secretary
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
Sabrina Porcher
Executive Director
Jussara Korngold
President
Vera Cordeiro
Vice-President
Candace Albertal Lessa
Treasurer
Adriana Machado
Member
Hans Hickler
Member
Sandra Coutinho
Member
Cristina Pereira
Leader
Camila Pardo Dala Riva
Physician
Cátia Alina Bauer
Social worker
Elisangela Barros
Social worker
Ane Caroline Nunes
Psychology coordinator
Gabriela Parente
Nutrition coordinator
Jean-Paul Michelski
Administrative auxiliary
João Alexandre Canedo
Driver
Rayza de Oliveira
Project Coordinator
Laura Motta
Citzenship coordinator
Neige Gromniski Motta
Income and entrepreneurship coordinator
Raquel Menezes Cordeiro
Housing coordinator
Raysa Nakano
Psychologist
Sheila Suzane
Education coordinator
Sylvia Lordello
Health coordinator
Thaisa Medina
Administrative assistant
Claudia Palmieri
Leader
Alba Rodrigues Coelho
Human resources analyst
Fabiana Paiva
Administrative auxiliary
Hugo Souza
General services auxiliary
Josefa da Silva
General services auxiliary
Igor Oliveira
Administrative auxiliary
Kevin Silveira
Administrative auxiliary
Robson Dias
Administrative-finantial assistant
Sandra Palha
General services auxiliary
Arthur Matassoli
Systems assistant
Filipe Xavier
Systems analyst
Paulo Roberto Monteiro Teixeira Júnior
IT Consultant
Renata Gorges Rocha Guimarães
Leader
Aron Gallart
Communication Specialist
Geovanna Silva
Communication Specialist
Maria José Santiago
Cultural producer
Priscila Rodrigues de Castro
Leader
Roberta Castro
Social projects specialist
Anderson Corrêa da Silva Lima
Monitoring and Evaluation analyst
Jacqueline Melo
Social articulator
Taísa Mourão
Administrative assistant
Ravinne Melo
Administrative assistant
Dandara França
Psychology Coordinator
Flavia Moreira
Project coordinator in Nursing
Bruna Regazzi
Social worker
Janaina Serqueira
Social worker
Jaysa Herculino Targino
Social worker
César Murillo
Caretaker
Lara Martins
Expansion Analyst
Renata Banharo
Leader
Adriane Cipriani Gazzola
Social projects specialist
Isabel Assis
Social Project Manager
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
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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