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Collaborate with the development of children and adolescents with foster care and sheltering experiences in order to empower them to take ownership and transform their stories.

Vaga Lume Association is a Brazilian non-profit organization founded in 2001 grounded in the belief that investing in people is the best way to transform a reality. Its mission is to create opportunities for cultural exchange by reading, writing and orality, valuing the empowerment of people and rural communities of the Brazilian Legal Amazon region. Vaga Lume works in 160 rural communities (indigenous, riverside, roadside, rural settlement people or quilombolas - Brazilian with African descent) of 23 municipalities in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region, which encompasses nine federal states (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Roraima and Tocantins), occupies 59% of the Brazilian territory and has 20 million people (12% of the Brazilian population). Despite the fact that education and culture are basic social rights, protected by the Brazilian Constitution and under human rights international treaties ratified by Brazil, its access and implementation in the Amazon region are very limited. It is one of the poverty zones in Brazil - with a GDP per capita 30% lower than the national value - where 42% of the population survives with less than US$ 5.00 a day. Due to the outstanding impact of Vaga Lume's work in the region, the organization is recognized by many international and national awards such as the Juscelino Kubitschek Award of Merit for Regional Development in Latin America and the Caribbean given by the Inter-American Development Bank (2009); the Millennium Development Goals Award, conferred by the United Nations and the Brazilian government (2005); the Vivaleitura Award, from the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education (2008); and the Chico Mendes Environment Award, given by the Ministry of Environment (2006 and 2008). In 2011, Vaga Lume received its most important recognition: the 4th place at the Intercultural Innovation Award, conferred by United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group. As an awardee, in 2012, Vaga Lume was welcomed to the World Intercultural Facility for Innovation (WIFI), a network formed by the UNAOC, the BMW Group and the ten 2011 winners. Through this network, the UNAOC and the BMW Group challenged all winners to replicate and scale up their actions to promote intercultural dialogue and offered training, consultancy and institutional support to assist organizations to accomplish such results.

Educate children, adolescents, youth and their families to social leadership, using sports as a main driving tool in the construction of values for social development.

REDEEM THE DIGNITY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH PROMOTING THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY

Associacao Viva a Vida's mission is the empowerment of adolescents and young people within a context of social risk so that they can make healthy choices and develop self-esteem, autonomy and control over their lives; the work focuses on educational, artistic, cultural, socio-environmental, sport and leisure activities, and community mobilization for the prevention of drug abuse, to combat violence and guarantee Human Rights.

Give youth from less developed areas opportunities for a better future through education and employment.

The Institute has social goals related to the provision of aid, advice, the defense and guarantee of the rights of adolescents, youth and their families, and it also: I Promotes labor market integration, by improving the quality of professional education and training; II Offers social safety actions that enable the promotion of protagonism, citizen participation, the mediation of access to the labor world and social mobilization for building collective strategies; III Provides aid to adolescents and to professional education in carrying out apprenticeship programs; IV Provides methodical technical and professional training for adolescents, compatible with their physical, moral and psychological development; V Promotes work by means of apprenticeship, acting as an integration agent between apprentices and companies, according to applicable legislation; VI Liaison with other public policies related to labor market integration; VII Works together with groups focused on strengthening bonds and developing behavior and skills for entering the labor world; monitoring is carried out throughout the process; VIII Promotes political and citizenship training, developing, rescuing and/or strengthening protagonism by means of permanent critical thinking as a condition of personal growth and construction of autonomy, for social interaction; IX Promotes the required support for youth with disabilities and their families aimed at acknowledging and strengthening their potentials and skills for labor world integration; X Coordination of social aid benefits and services in promoting integration into the labor world, the defense and dissemination of ethics, citizenship, human rights and other universal values.

Nossa missao e alcancar as criancas em vulnerabilidade e risco social , tira las das ruas e da osciosidade , fortalecer os vinculos familiares e traze las a valorizacao , ao conhecimento de seus Direitos como: lazer, alimentacao balanceada, acesso a cultura, arte, acesso a tecnologia entre outros..

Our mission is to work to transform the world through Love, Good, Peace and Solidarity, making people better an more conscious.

1) Promote activities and care of citizenship, culture, art and environment for children, adolescents and families; 2) Provide Basic Social Assistance Service, free of charge, according to the Unified System of Social Assistance (SUAS), to children, family members and the community, through the Service of Coexistence and Strengthening of Bonds (SCFV), preventing the occurrence of situations of social exclusion. The services are organized in groups, through meetings, actions and activities, with preventive, protective and proactive function, in relation to the rights of users, with a view to strengthening their family and community bonds; 3) Implement and execute self-commince methods of mediation and conciliation, assisting in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, building public policies focused on the culture of Peace. Contribute in a differentiated way to the development of the human being in its entirety, thus establishing greater social justice through the education and integral formation of children and adolescents, helping them to feel able to transform society into a better place.

We create generative enviorments that allow people to be their best version and discover their unique way of becoming agents of change. In practice, we have social projects and an education foundation that develops leaders to face the great challenges of humanity.

Our International Mission: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Our Mission in the United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland: Called to be disciples of Jesus Christ, The Salvation Army United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland exists to save souls, grow saints and serve suffering humanity. Our Vision: As disciples of Jesus Christ, we will be a Spirit-filled, radical, growing movement, with a burning desire to lead people into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, actively serve the community, and fight for social justice. Our Values: Our identity and God-given mission as disciples of Jesus Christ are shaped by the values of the Kingdom of God. We love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind, and we love our neighbour as Ourselves. We have Integrity in everything we do, being reliable, trustworthy, transparent and honest in our personal and business relationships. We are Accountable to God in every area of our lives and to others in all our dealings. We have Compassion for all people. We are Passionate about unconditionally demonstrating God's love to everyone. We have Respect for people and planet, seeing the God-given potential in every person and being stewards of the environment. We are Bold in proclaiming the gospel in everything that we do and in fighting for social justice.