By Andrea Gomides | Founder
We start another year with all the energy and desire to make the world a better place for everyone. And we can't wait to tell you what's already happened.
Just in the first quarter of 2024, we supported more than 76 organizations and 181 impact managers, totalizing around 750 activities and more than 3,700 hours of mentoring, in addition to 2 courses and training to 192 managers of sociocultural organizations in Rio de Janeiro.
It is always an honor to be able to connect, get to know people closely and contribute to the development of organizations and initiatives that make a difference in the lives of so many other people. One of these organizations that perform essential work today, with so many technologies and modernities, is the School of Absurdity.
If you have children and teenagers around, you must have noticed how kids have become very connected to their screens, showing some degree of lack of concentration; stress and other worrying behavioral aspects.
The School of Absurdity appears as a safe space for education and social technologies that operates in schools and organizations in Rio de Janeiro, provoking new socio-emotional approaches to the challenges of the hyperconnected world.
Workshops are offered to children and teenagers on 3 axes: 1. Fake news, misinformation and ethics; 2. cyberbullying and hate speech; and 3. Image and privacy.
The focus is primarily socio-emotional, in other words, to work on the relationship with technology, seeking to develop students' autonomy and awareness, using artistic and creative tools.
By 2023, the project directly reached 40 students and 10 teachers at a school in Rio de Janeiro, obtaining a tangible positive return from testimonies from the entire school community about the positive impacts of the workshops.
It was demonstrated how it is possible to make the internet environment a healthier and more transformative place, spreading its critical and responsible use, especially from an early age.
Soon, we will tell you more impact stories that we are learning about and building with your help.
See you!
By Andrea Gomides | Founder
By Andrea Gomides | Founder
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