This project offers art workshops (theater, music and dance) for children and teenagers aged between 6 and 18 living in Rio de Janeiro communities. It also provides the families of participants with lectures on health, citizenship, environmental awareness, self-esteem and law. In 2014, 940 people from Rio’s Água Santa neighborhood took part.

On October 31, 2014, the project was recognized by the UN and was chosen as one of the Brazilian representatives at its World Cities Day event in NewYork.

Eco Rede – Rede Comunitária de Desenvolvimento Socioambiental da Cidade de Deus e da Maré (Eco Network) – Community Network for the Environmental Development of Cidade de Deus and Maré

This project is sponsored by LAMSA through the Invepar Institute’s Project Selection Notice and is supported by the Institute. It is intended to promote the social, economic and environmental development of the Cidade de Deus and Maré neighborhoods through an extensive and integrated environmental education and income and job creation project. In 2014, approximately 7,200 people benefited from the initiative, which developed several educational activities with children in public schools in these communities. In addition, six garbage collectors from Cidade de Deus were sponsored and trained as environmental promotion agents to collect recyclable waste from the Eco Pontos (selective garbage collection stations) installed in the institutions making up the local partner network (NGOs, churches, companies etc.), thereby generating income.

This workshop aims to train young people in music and percussion in order to prepare them for the job market in this segment and benefited 30 youngsters from the Vila do João community in Maré in 2014. The classes were held on the premises of Ação Comunitária do Brasil, an NGO. In addition to providing training, the project is designed to awaken the playful side that music can bring, instilling a new language of communication and social integration.

The workshop’s pedagogical coordinator is Guto Goffi, drummer of the band Barão Vermelho, while its general coordinator is Abel Dueré, a renowned Angolan musician. The initiative has gained an increasing presence in the community thanks to the social and musical development of the youngsters involved.

This initiative extends the work of the Associação Real Maré Futebol Clube, providing 120 children and adolescents with free soccer training in five age categories: toddlers, kids, children, youth and junior. Activities take place at the Maré Complex, which arose from the need to provide after-school activities. The Club is affiliated to the Rio de Janeiro Soccer Federation and takes part in local tournaments, state championships and other competitions in Brazil.

For around ten years, the initiative was part of the Sport and Citizenship Project, which was designed to train sports instructors from the Linha Amarela communities in incentive laws, technical knowledge (classroom and  warm-up) and first aid, as well as the children and adolescents’ law. Today, LAMSA supports Real Maré through the Federal Sports Law. In 2014, 1,819 people benefited directly from the initiative.

Fortalecendo uma Rede de Economia Solidária na Costa dos Coqueiros (Community Development Bank Project: strengthening a Solidarity Economy Network in Costa dos Coqueiros)

Installed in the Vila de Abrantes community in Camaçari (BA), this project is designed to promote local development by means of a solidarity economy and involves the generation of jobs and income through the establishment of a Community Bank to finance the local economy through microcredit lines.

The Community Bank can also help manage new ventures whose impact is crucial for the sustainability of the initiatives and promote other forms of solidarity practices, such as the exchange of services as a means of prioritizing a non-monetary circuit of relationships that play a key role in strengthening local sociability. In addition, the introduction of a local social currency, backed by the real, proved to be a highly educational social technology with a profound impact on local communities, both in economic terms, through its ability to prevent evasion of the community’s financial resources, and in social, political and cultural terms, by strengthening residents’ identification with their neighborhood.

CLN has held the Cool Traffic Project since 2000 in partnership with the Invepar Institute. It consists of traffic educational activities aimed at encouraging safe behavior and respect for life. The focus is on combating the most frequent causes of accidents on the BA-099 highway through preventive measures.

The 2014 edition included interventions in overpasses along the BA-099, with tips and guidance on traffic education for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as educational lectures, activities, games and "educommunication" workshops in schools in Camaçari, Mata de São João, Esplanada, Entre Rios, Conde and Jandaíra.

This initiative is aimed at meeting the Accident Reduction Program and consists of raising public awareness through lectures, campaigns and practical activities. In 2014, 5,404 people living in 21 municipalities adjoining the Raposo Tavares highway took part in the project, 200,000 leaflets and educational booklets were distributed and nine billboards featuring road safety issues were installed.

CARTmóvel is a specially adapted truck trailer designed for user comfort and to provide social and environmental projects with mobility. In 2014, 2,840 people participated in preventive health tests as part of the Health and Citizenship Project. Another 3,274 participated in traffic and environmental education activities, through which they were able to learn more about CART’s social and environmental projects. 

A partnership between CART, Invepar’s Environmental Institute and Geoambiental Junior (a junior enterprise of the São Paulo State University’s Presidente Prudente campus), which aims to monitor, diagnose and improve the internal organizational processes of the Álvares Machado and Presidente Venceslau Municipal Recycling Associations and train its members. It also aims to increase the quality and quantity of recyclable materials by raising public awareness and supporting local businesses. As a result, the weight of recyclable materials received by one of the associations increased by 327% between June 2013 and November 2014, in turn raising income by 210%.

This project contributes to an integrated process of collecting, storing, analyzing and proposing mitigation measures related to protecting animals from being run over on the highways.

Promotes the social inclusion of teenagers at risk through sport, art and vocational training. Selected by the Invepar Institute’s second project selection process, it  benefited 340 youngsters on probation in 2014. The executing NGO is the Associação Nosso Lar de Assis/SP.

This environmental education project is executed in municipal schools in the communities surrounding Line 2 of the Rio de Janeiro subway and is designed to train sustainable practice replicators, strengthen the educational area and enhance students’ creativity through drama and music workshops and activities. In 2014, there were 48 such activities, in which 216 students, 17 teachers, 1 pedagogical coordinator, 6 interns and other professionals participated.

This project aims to train community residents and leaders in social management with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship, in order to encourage their participation in the management of social policies, programs and projects together with government, business and civil society organizations, always seeking the further development of the communities. In 2014, during a 10-month period, 58 people from 15 north side neighborhoods adjoining Line 2 were qualified. All workshops are free, including learning materials.

This project promotes dance, music and capoeira workshops in the Jacarezinho, Engenho da Rainha, Coelho Neto, Colégio and Pavuna communities. In 2014, 576 children participated.

This project aims to raise awareness of human rights in schools through workshops on painting tiles in order to reflect the issues related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2014, 150 students were involved in the project.

Conducted in partnership with Fecierj (the Rio de Janeiro State Cycling Federation), this project aims to promote the social inclusion of children and teenagers in the surroundings of the Acari subway station by teaching and encouraging them to cycle, making them aware of the correct and safe use of bicycles and providing them with information on cyclists’ rights and duties in accordance with the Brazilian Traffic Code. It includes educational and recreational activities and aims to instill a sense of citizenship. Initially, 30 children took part, but due to high demand and community interest, the number has been expanded to 73.

This traffic education project consists of systematic educational program work in municipal schools in Camaçari, Dias D'Ávila, Pojuca, Mata de São João, Simões Filho, Candeias, Lauro de Freitas and Salvador (BA), involving teachers and elementary school students. In 2014, 2,298 students and 78 teachers benefited.

The aim of this program is to bring the cinematic language to children and teenagers in the communities adjoining the BA-093 highway system in the metropolitan region of Salvador through educational activities that promote citizenship through access to culture and initiatives to enhance national identity. In 2014, 40 teachers and 2,195 spectators benefited.

This program is designed to develop children and teenagers’ motor skills and physical abilities and promote the adoption of positive sporting values, thereby furthering human and social development. In 2014, 550 children and teenagers participated in the project.

This project is intended to improve the professional qualifications and job and income generating capacity of 100 young Afro-descendant women in the Fazenda Cassange, Nova Esperança, Jardim Campo Verde, Bosque das Bromélias and Areia Branca communities in the metropolitan area of Salvador. One hundred people took part in 2014.

A partnership between CRT, the Ministry of Culture and Apae-Magé (the Magé Association for the Parents and Friends of People with Special Needs), this project offers theater workshops to 80 residents of Magé and the surrounding areas and activities related to the costumes, sets and instruments to be used in the presentations to another 30. It also serves around 100 parents and guardians of those involved.

This program provides vocational training and educational content to Pestalozzi Institute students through dynamic methods focused on day-to-day life.

A partnership between CRT, the Ministry of Culture and Lar Tia Anastácia (an NGO geared towards children and teenagers at risk), this project offers photography classes to teenagers, as well as lectures on general topics and social support. Focusing on rescuing local history, it provides participants with the basics of photographic technique, encourages community action and holds a public exhibition of the pictures taken by the participants at the end of each edition.

Conducted in partnership with Criativa, Grêmio Recreativo Musical Guapiense (a musical group) and the Ministry of Culture, this project provides artistic and educational activities for teenagers using popular music as the main educational medium. It also includes lectures and other initiatives. 

This project benefited around 1,500 young children in the Vila de Massangana community by providing the means of planning and renovating the local soccer field in a participatory manner.

This project involves the redevelopment of the internal and external spaces of two public schools in Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Jaboatão dos Guararapes by using a participatory methodology that benefited over 1,200 people, including students, managers, parents and employees.

This project is designed to improve the market’s infrastructure and encourage its economic occupation through the qualification of local businesses, the idea being to increase competitiveness through service excellence. The market is now a tourist attraction and a cultural, culinary and handcraft benchmark. Around 200 permit holders benefited.

This initiative promotes activities related to encouraging, educating, integrating and raising the awareness of road users and residents of CRA’s surrounding communities in regard to safety, health and traffic and environmental education issues. The activities are developed through a series of special campaigns, mainly on commemorative dates, including Maio Amarelo (a traffic education program held in May), Carnival, Driver's Day, Environment Week, National Traffic Week, Trucker’s Day, etc.

Developed in association with the Apoyo Institute, this program is designed to overhaul the teaching of mathematics and seeks to create a love of the subject among the students by adopting a learning method that is more attuned to their reality and which raises their individual ability to make decisions.

Since 2011, the program has been implemented progressively from first to fifth grade in schools in the Rímac, San Martín de Porres, Cercado de Lima, El Agustino, Santa Anita, Ate and San Juan de Lurigancho districts.

It has proved to be a great success, achieving sustainable results in terms of performance, with students recording scores above the local and national average in evaluations by Peru’s Ministry of Education. In 2014, 12 schools participated in the initiative, totaling 1,354 students, 65 teachers and 12 principals.

This program, implemented in partnership with Cayetano Heredia University and the Businessmen’s Association, seeks to improve the comprehension and production of texts by primary level students, actively involving the entire educational community in its development. The program has been in place since 2013 in schools in the Cercado de Lima, Rímac, San Martín de Porres, San Juan de Lurigancho, El Agustino and Santa Anita districts. At the end of 2014, 13 schools were taking part in the initiative, totaling 1,377 students, 61 teachers, 18 principals and 555 family members, The results were excellent:

Students
48% have completed their own literary output
69% have improved their reading and comprehension skills

Teachers
84% have applied new strategies for the preparation of their classes
83% provide feedback and encourage their students

This project seeks to promote the development and specialization of productive and social skills among women from vulnerable communities, in order to give them the opportunity to generate income, thereby improving the quality of family life. This is the policy of the Metropolitan Lima Municipality and has been sponsored by LAMSAC since 2012 in the Cercado de Lima, Rímac and Ate Vitarte districts, including Daniel Alcides Carrión, Agnoli, Primero de Mayo, Dos de Mayo, Mirones Bajo, Huascarán, Virgen de Guadalupe and Cantagallo neighborhoods, among others. It also involves women from the Acomayo and Pátio União Multifamily Complexes, built by the company for the resettlement of families that had been evicted due to the Línea Amarilla works.

Activities include handicrafts, sewing and clothing manufacture, chocolate goods, confectionery and food. After the training period, productive groups and workshops are created, which are monitored and receive technical advice. Professional development and business management training workshops are also held, along with participation in meetings, exhibitions and trade fairs. Up to the date of this report, project participants had earned around 20,000 Peruvian solos from sales, equivalent to approximately R$19,000. Currently, 200 women are taking part.

The company’s highway education campaigns are implemented around the concession’s most critical stretch in order to encourage pedestrians to change their habits regarding the use of overpasses as in relation to the Traffic laws. Since 2011, LAMSAC has been sponsoring the Cuidemos da Vida (Preserving Life) Annual Drawing and Painting Contest for students attending schools in the Cercado de Lima, Rímac, San Martín de Porres, San Juan de Lurigancho, El Agustino and Ate Vitarte districts of the Lima Metropolitan Region.

As of 2013, in partnership with the NGO Luz Âmbar, LAMSAC also began to promote interventions in the overpasses themselves, including the painting of silhouettes, to encourage children and students to use them. In 2014, there was a radio spot on the issue and graphic and audiovisual materials were created to raise awareness. In association with the Jarabe de Clown Association, the company also promoted playful performances in schools in the El Agustino district. In 2014, 2,200 students from ten schools were involved. The spot was also broadcast on five radio stations, with a monthly audience of around 330,000.

LAMSAC has installed an organic waste treatment plan in association with the Santa Rosa Flower Market, located in the Rímac district, marking the first time that a social organization and a private company have joined forces in the Lima Metropolitan Region to promote an initiative that will help reduce environmental pollution and the disposal on public roads. The plant is equipped with an 8.5 cubic meter closed, hermetically sealed and waterproof biodigestor, in which organic waste is deposited for the production of natural fertilizer, which can be sold to generate income.

In 2014, 18 tons of organic waste were recycled.

This is a social and educational project for children and teenagers in the airport surroundings, managed by Agam (Guarulhos Association for the Support of Minors), an organization with more than 30 years of experience, which currently benefits 120 youngsters aged between 6 and 18.

During classes, students perform activities that strengthen family ties and social relations, distancing them from child labor. The workshops are dedicated to music, tutoring, digital inclusion, life skills, the arts, English and sport. The project also offers social assistance with home visits.

In 2014, a partnership with the Guarulhos Municipal Government Social Fund added further value to the project, bringing families and the community closer to the Improving the Future through Art space. A pattern cutting and sewing workshop was implemented to provide an alternative source of income for women from the surrounding communities, given that many of them are heads of households. In addition to securing an opportunity for professionalization, participants learn how to make accessories and craft custom-made items, including reusing airport uniforms as a raw material.

In 2014, the pattern cutting and sewing workshop provided 13 women with 225 hours of training in basic industrial sewing, modeling and production and more than 100 hours of craftsmanship. At the end of the project, two bazaars were held in which 110 pieces were sold and the revenue was divided among the project’s participants.

This project is aimed at children and teenagers at risk who frequent the airport as beggars or in situations of child labor. With support from the Guarulhos Social Development and Assistance Department, the company maintains a team of social relationship agents who are trained to identify and dialogue with these youngsters. The work is supervised and accompanied by a qualified social worker. The idea is to encourage their inclusion in the social projects conducted by the municipality or by GRU Airport (Improving the Future through Art), or any other entities.

The Active Community project was created in 2013 to provide a channel for dialoguing with local communities in order to identify residents’ perceptions of GRU Airport’s activities on which to base social investment strategies, in addition to presenting the changes to the airport after the concession was granted.

By the end of 2014, 13 meetings had been held with the airport’s areas of direct and indirect influence. Around 450 residents of the Cumbica, Lavras, Bananal, CECAP, Presidente Dutra, Sadokin, Ponte Alta, Haroldo Veloso, Novo Portugal, Taboão, Vila Barros, Fátima, São João, Bom Clima, Paraventi and Bonsucesso neighborhoods took part, including their community leaders. Two meetings were held in Cumbica due to its substantial size.