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Vaga Lume Association

Org #16472
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2001
year founded
$448,318
raised on GlobalGiving
11
years fundraising
1
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Vaga Lume (firefly, in Portuguese) is a Brazilian nonprofit organization created in 2001 to empower children within rural communities of the Amazon by fostering literacy and operating community libraries as knowledge sharing spaces. Over this 23 years, we have helped over 110,592 children to pursue bigger dreams, respect cultural diversity and treasure their own identity. Our work takes place in the Amazon, one of the most important regions of the world, not only in terms of cultural and environmental diversity, but also in terms of area and population. It encompasses 9 countries, 33 million inhabitants and it is the home of 385 different indigenous ethnic groups. However, in the region li... read more

Projects (2)

Project Leaders
Info Info
Info Info
Lia Jamra
Lia Jamra
Aline Novakoski
Aline Novakoski
Team
Andre Nascimento, Cristiana Leao, Lia Jamra, Lohana Gomes, Priscila Fonseca, Neide Rocha, Debora Manzano, Sylvia Guimaraes, Fernanda Prado, Pamella Pierna, Jean Antony, Felipe Cincinato, Severina Soares, Lucas Brito, Michelle Soares, Sara Silas, Nathalia Flores, Bianca Fasano, Denise Crescentino, Gabriela Faustino, Itaciara Dias, Suelen Araujo, Lohana Gomes
Organization Information
R. Aspicuelta, 678
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05433-011
Brazil
+55 11 93284-5720
Organization Information
R. Aspicuelta, 678
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05433-011
Brazil
+55 11 93284-5720

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

Together We Made History: Vaga Lume 2024 Journey!

By Aline Novakoski | Project Leader of Relationship

Vaga Lume Retrospective 2024 Do you know what a forest of books is? That's what we’re going to show in the Vaga Lume 2024 Retrospective! Network ActivitiesThroughout the year, we participated in... Read the full report ›

Report - Vaga Lume Association

By Bianca de Riccio | Institutional Relations Manager

Vaga Lume's mission is to empower children and young people from rural communities in the Amazon by promoting access to books and reading. Established in 2001 as a one-off project, the initiative has... Read the full report ›

23 years empowering those who protect the Amazon

By Debora Manzano | Relationship Responsible

To date, Vaga Lume has 95 community libraries and 4 more reading spaces in the implementation process across the Amazon. There are eight libraries in Castanhal by itself. Since 2001, Vaga Lume has... Read the full report ›
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