The “Girls in science: experiences and reflections” webinar, held at the end of June on Youtube, brought together educators from Itabira, Minas Gerais, with the objective of sensitizing participants about the importance of promoting gender equity in science. The event was organized by the Doing Science project, maintained by the Vale Foundation in partnership with […]
A series of actions against school dropouts occupied the stations and wagons of the Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas (EFVM) in June. The Networked Territories project carried out, on the National and International Day to Fight Against Child Labor, on June 12, a campaign as an opportunity to raise awareness, inform, debate, and highlight […]
The inauguration of reading rooms in Açailândia, Maranhão, benefited about 1,800 students from three schools in the municipality, two in the village of Pequiá and one in the district of Plano da Serra. To compose the collection of the new spaces, were donated about 1,000 children’s and youth literature books and 40 furniture designed according […]
The Vale Foundation launched the Sports Incentive Law Course, free and online, with the objective of contributing to the training of those who work in the preparation, monitoring, and management of sports projects financed through the Federal Sports Incentive Law (Lei Federal de Incentivo ao Esporte – LIE) throughout the country. With simple and direct […]
The Literacy Trails project, in partnership with the Education Secretariat of the Municipality of Santa Rita, held an event that appreciated quilombola culture, mostly, in the literacy process. The “Web, identity and culture” meeting took place at the Heráclito Nina Municipal School, a quilombola community of Recurso. In the occasion, experts and consultants from Maranhão […]
The Pequiá Street Fair, promoted by the Pequiá Association of Marketers and Producers, in Açailândia, Maranhão, was launched in April. With a large participation of residents of the neighborhood, the visitors took advantage of the novelty brough from 26 traders. Fruits, vegetables, legumes and greens, spices, handicrafts, snacks and ornamental plants were avaible for buying […]
Indigenous communities in the regions of Alto Turiaçu and Pindaré, in the municipalities of Santa Inês, Bom Jardim and Zé Doca (MA), benefited from the Health Cycle, a program that contributes to the strengthening of Basic Health Care through donations of equipment and furniture and training of professionals in the area. Eight indigenous basic health […]
The Knowledge Stations of Serra (ES), Marabá (PA) and Arari (MA) carry out the project “Scientific and Technological Education”. This initiative aims to boost the inclusion of scientific and technological education in the learning of children and adolescents enrolled in the Stations. In addition, the project also looks to build guidelines for this area, as […]
In 2021, The Vale Foundation expanded efforts to strengthen social initiatives. The main objective was to collaborate in the areas of education, health and fighting hunger. The actions were carried out, mainly, in the search to reduce the impacts of the pandemic. This period reached its second year, not only removing students from schools, but […]
The “Literary Routes and Networks” Program, which contributes to the training of educators, held in 2021 as its first stage, virtual training. To continue the project, a group of twenty educators from the public network of Corumbá and Ladário (MS) collectively built the “literary little train”. The object will serve as a reading space in […]