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To make the social inclusion of visually impaired people easier by respecting individual and social needs, through specialized products and services

Promote the active, full and dignified participation of children, youth and adults with cerebral palsy or neuromotor disability in all areas of society, through Conductive Education whose objective is the upbringing, training and development of a person with autonomy and self determination

We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures, and we share in the development of their communities.

Crossing Borders (CB) is a non-profit, non-partisan civil society organisation. The vision of CB is a world in peace with itself in which diversity is celebrated. The mission is to create dialogue space toward such a world and to build the capacity of youth, media workers and educators to realise the above vision. The overall goal is to enable people with different backgrounds to learn to live together on equal terms. Crossing Borders started as a project in 1999 in Denmark in support of meaningful dialogue between the conflict parties in the Middle East. In response to increased activities and demands for the CB concept and services, it was transformed, in 2004, into a dynamic organization with activities in Denmark and abroad.

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.

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.

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.

Levar amor, diversao, informacao e referencia para criancas carentes.

Promote conditions for the integral development of children, adolescents and young people in situations of social vulnerability, based on cultural, social, sporting and educational experiences.

In the case of the APAE of Santa Maria, it was founded on March 30, 1966, also structured by a movement of parents who fought for the inclusion of their children, and who identified the need to create a space that would promote the improvement of the quality of life of People with Disabilities, through actions that generated the development of skills and potential, as well as, a place of struggle for the citizenship of these people. Its mission is to promote and articulate actions of defense of rights, directed to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, be it children, adolescents, adults or the elderly.