Dara Institute is a civil society organization that works to promote health and human development by implementing and promoting an integrated multidisciplinary approach to fight poverty. A world pioneer in intersectoral work with social determinants of health, it was founded by Dr. Vera Cordeiro, in 1991, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our objective is to contribute to changing the health and human development framework in society, incorporating an integrated multisectoral approach to fight poverty. For the 8th consecutive year, SC ranked best NGO in Latin America and 21st in the world, according to NGO Advisor, a Swiss publication.
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:
By Gabriela Veras | Team Dara
Dear donor, Thank you for your help! Without you we wouldn’t be able to update any of our family’s houses. Our health is intimately tied to the state of the houses we live in.... Read the full report ›By Gabriela Veras | Team Dara
Dear donor, We thank you for your generosity in continuing to help us. With your donation, we are able to help 300 families every month, a total of 1,600 people directly impacted! We’d like for... Read the full report ›By Gabriela Veras | Team Dara
Dear donor, Your donation has been extremely important to keep our project up and running. We’d like to introduce Juliana. She’s a single mother of four, her eldest daughter is a... Read the full report ›