The babies! One of the new kittens Cat friendships Feeding time

Instituto Sinal do Vale

Org #466
Vetted since 2007 Project of the Month Site Visit Verified
1990
year founded
$168,391
raised on GlobalGiving
17
years fundraising
1
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

The Instituto Sinal do Vale evolved from CEMINA ( Communication, Education, Information and Adaptation), a not- for- profit organization founded in 1990 to empower women and communities through the use of the radio. In 2007, CEMINA shifted its focus from radio to the capacity building for social start ups and education for adaptation to climate change. One of its main projects was Adapta Sertao, which developed a social technology that benefits the population of small underserved towns in the semi-arid region of Brazil, articulating a group of social technologies that use scare resources such as water and arable land to guarantee the livelihoods of the local farming communities. The project... read more

Project Leaders
Thais Corral
Thais Corral
Katie Weintraub
Katie Weintraub
Brian Sas
Brian Sas
Johanna Barba
Johanna Barba
Team
Kathleen Weintraub, Vicente Esteves, Michael O'Sullivan, Johanna Barba, Mari Chiba, Thais Corral
Organization Information
Rua Alvaro Alvim, 21/16 Andar Centro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP 20031-
Brazil
55-21-22621704
Organization Information
Rua Alvaro Alvim, 21/16 Andar Centro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP 20031-
Brazil
55-21-22621704

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:

May 8, 2023
Meet Wednesday
Hello friends! For this report, we are presenting Wednesday. Her mother, Pitaya (dragonfruit in English), was abandoned here at SINAL pregnant and starving. Wednesday and her siblings were born here,...
Feb 14, 2023
Monitoring and replanting
Over this rainy season, we have switched to phase two of monitoring of our large scale 30-hectare reforestation effort. As you may know by our previous reports, reforestation is not just planting...
Feb 10, 2023
Public health at the Community Center
We are finishing another summer period full of activities for children including computer lab "camp", games and capoeira classes. As the school period started this week, we will kickstart our...
 
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