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Rosana Grinberg

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ADECCON
Aug 2003
Brazil

Rosana Grinberg has been developing an effective way to contact, inform, and empower excluded people in Recife, making them aware of their rights and explaining current government programs and services for consumer defense and promotion of civil rights.

Simone Berti

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Instituto Chefs Especiais
Aug 2012
Brazil

By teaching practical culinary and social skills, Simone Berti is preparing individuals with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities to assimilate into society and be self-sufficient.

Rodrigo Baggio Barreto

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CDI-Committee for Democracy in Information Technology
Dec 1996
Brazil

Rodrigo Baggio spearheads a rapidly growing movement to equip young people in low-income communities with computer skills and thus to expand their job opportunities and their access to modern society.

Sergio Haddad

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Acao Educativa
Aug 2009
Brazil

Valdênia Paulino

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Centro de Direitos Humanos de Sapopemba
Mar 2006
Brazil

In the vast peripheries of Sao Paulo, the poor suffer human rights violations, such as police violence, every day. Valdênia Paulino defends their rights by providing them with education and access to legal mechanisms of protection. Courses on legal rights identify patterns of systematic abuse while...

Pablo Santiago Capilé Mendes

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Espaço Cubo
Aug 2007
Brazil

Pablo Capilé has created a model for a successful professional livelihood in music, art, and other cultural arenas based on collaboration and collective work as a viable alternative to the often-false hope of individual fame and fortune.

Maria do Socorro Mendonça

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Instituto Nossa Ilhéus
Aug 2015
Brazil

Maria do Socorro created Instituto Nossa Ilhéus to cultivate citizenship in municipalities, addressing both population and politicians. On one hand, she connects citizens with their civic role, engaging them through radio, social media, theatre, and workshops. On the other, she monitors politicians...

Reinaldo Pamponet

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Eletrocooperativa
Aug 2009
Brazil

Reinaldo fosters the development of citizens as collaborators, entrepreneurs and knowledge producers. Through a methodology that creates new opportunities for cooperative learning, he is helping youth in Salvador and Sao Paulo create their own socially responsible enterprises, products and services...

6 Insights Into Creating a School Culture of Empathy

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A convening of five schools in 2012 yielded these tips on cultivating empathy in your school. The StartEmpathy team gathered together educators from Mission Hill School,Lake Forest Park School, the Center for Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, Georgetown Day School, and Prospect Sierra School -...
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Breaking Poverty by Providing Access to Free Higher Education in South Africa

Taddy Blecher, an Ashoka fellow, founded the Maharishi Institute to try and revive a lost generation. Every day in South Africa, 4 million youths wake up with nothing to do and it pushes them on to the streets and into crime. Taddy dreamed of a way to unlocking the genius within these young people...
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