AECCI

The AECCI (Associação de Ex-Conselheiros e Conselheiros da Infância) is intended to promote, protect, research and develop activities of social control of the Human Rights of Children and Adolescents through the militancy of its associates, counselors and former counselors of rights and tutelary.

Our partnership with AECCI provides us with legal charity status in Brazil. As we are registered through them, we can receive our fundings in Brazil.

BRAYCE

BRAYCE (BRazilian and American Youth Cultural Exchange) is an organisation enlisting US and Brazilian resources to provide intercultural exchanges, educational and leadership opportunities for the advancement of marginalized Brazilian youth.

Due to our partnership, EduMais can offer some of its students the chance to go abroad on our exchange program. This helps to develop their English, personal, and leadership skills.

Books Hostel

Books is a hostel based in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro. As well as a hostel service, they are also connected with artisans and skilled artists from Rio and are interested in supporting social projects.

Thanks to Books, EduMais is able to offer special conditions to host arriving long-term volunteers. This enables our volunteers to settle in and find their way around Rio de Janeiro, before looking for a place to stay in the long-term.

El Misti Hostels

El Misti is a chain of five hostels based in the Copacabana and Ipanema neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro. 

They provide support to EduMais in two ways. Firstly, the hostel owners come and share their knowledge with students on our entrepreneurship program. Secondly, they provide invaluable internship opportunities to our 3rd grade Ensino Medio students. This gives them the chance to get their first work experience.

Samba360

A non-profit organisation based in New York, United States, Samba 360’s mission is to provide relief to disadvantaged children, both domestically and abroad, through the collection of donated sporting and other recreational equipment.

Thanks to Samba 360, the children on our Education-Based Football Program have received countless shirts, shoes, and footballs. Everything they need to best participate in the program.

Projeto UERÊ

The UERÊ Project is a differentiated school with its own teaching methodology: UERÊ-MELLO Pedagogy. This is designed for children and young people with cognitive and emotional blocks due to constant exposure to trauma and violence.

EduMais has implemented many of the findings of the UERÊ Project’s research in its teaching methods. We are in dialogue with them to continue finding the best ways to serve our at-risk students’ needs.

Novos Líderes Empreendedores

Novos Líderes Empreendedores is an NGO based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their aim is to awaken and strengthen the entrepreneur in adolescents and adults, generating impact on the communities around them and creating an alternative path to success.

During the planning of our Entrepreneurship Program, EduMais approached Novos Líderes Empreendedores, who kindly provided us with a course template. We were then able to adapt this to best meet our students’ needs.

Level Up Village

Level Up Village is a social impact company based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Their mission is to globalize the classroom and facilitate seamless collaboration between students from around the world via pioneering Global STEAM (STEM + Arts) enrichment courses.

With the support of Level Up Village, EduMais is able to provide a Web Design course that develops our students’ technological literacy. They supplied a course template which we were then able to adapt to the specific needs of our students.

Mais Caminhos

Mais Caminhos is a non-governmental organisation focussed on addressing the social inequalities that affect the lives of Brazilians everyday. Their mission is to transform the lives of underprivileged children and adolescents living in socially vulnerable conditions in Rio de Janeiro.

Our partnership with Mais Caminhos ensures that both organisations are working together to provide the disadvantaged children and teenagers of the Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo favelas with the educational opportunities to realise their dreams.

Caminhos Language Centre

An offshoot of Mais Caminhos, The Caminhos Language Centre is a very good Portuguese school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They offer high-quality Portuguese courses in a relaxed and fun environment. Their methodology is based on the communicative approach and they offer unique course material for all levels of Portuguese.

Caminhos Language Centre enables EduMais volunteers to receive high-quality, affordable Portuguese classes close to where EduMais works.

Voys

Voys is a company based in The Netherlands that provides telecommunication in the cloud.

Thanks to them, EduMais now has a stable internet connection. This helps us to better support the kids on our programs, especially Web and Game Design.

Positive Discipline

Positive Discipline is a program developed by Dr. Jane Nelsen. It is designed to teach young people to become responsible, respectful and resourceful members of their communities.

Positive Discipline forms a central part of EduMais’s teaching methodology.

WINGS Foundation

WINGS Foundation is a non-profit based in Sweden that aims to make a long-term difference on a global scale. Their “Children of the World” project supports initiatives across the world, with the main purpose of making a lasting difference for children and youngsters.

Thanks to WINGS Foundation, 45 children on EduMais’s Education-Based Football Program each received a backpack containing: 10 pencils, 1 notebook, 1 pencil case, 1 pencil sharpener, 3 erasers, 1 pen and a translated letter in Portuguese. The donation also included 7 footballs, 50 water bottles, and a football net. These materials are all vital for the program and the children’s schooling too.

Boskalis

Boskalis is a renowned dredging company from The Netherlands. In 2017, Boskalis Rio de Janeiro supported EduMais by making a financial donation to help to develop educational programs for our children. In 2019, we also received laptops to support our Web and Game Design Programs, as well as the general management of EduMais.