Instituto DARA
Dara Institute believes in promoting social inclusion and fighting poverty in an integrated and effective way. And knows how to do it.
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Dara Institute (former Saúde Criança Renascer) is a civil society organization that works to promote health and human development by implementing and fostering an integrated approach to fight poverty. A world pioneer in cross-sector work with social determinants of health, it was founded by Dr. Vera Cordeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1991.
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The Family Action Plan is a social technology created by Dara Institute.
It consists in the participatory creation of goals and integrated actions in the areas of health, housing, income, citizenship and education so the families can play the main role in their development, have access to their rights, improve their quality of life and their health conditions.
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The work of Dara Institute is based on:
. Direct assistance to families in social vulnerability ;
. Influencing integrated cross-sector public policies;
. Enabling the production and promotion of knowledge in health and human development;
. Promoting social mobilization in the fight against poverty.
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“After being assisted by the Dara Institute, I took charge of my own destiny and the living conditions of my family have greatly improved”
Rita de Cássia, mother assisted by Dara Institute between 2017 and 2019.
Stories of the families
The work of Dara Institute depends on volunteers, partners, donors, foundations, institutions, companies and the government. Get involved with our work and be part of this civil society movement that has directly changed the lives of 75,000 people and of thousands of others on 4 continents!
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Muhammad Yunus
2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Armínio Fraga
Economist and President of the Dara Institute Trust Fund
Bill Drayton
President of Ashoka
David Bornstein
Journalist, author of How to Change the World
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