Increasing social projects impact in communities

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It is a pleasure to bring news about our last quarter. Take a look :) 

Launch of new acceleration programs:

The climate is changing, the planet is giving more and more frequent alerts that we need to rethink our relationship with nature. All over the world, the scientific community confirms this warning with quite frightening data. Here in Brazil, we have an abundant nature throughout the country, but it has been suffering enormous threats. And we know that the impacts of environmental changes strongly affect the most vulnerable population that cannot protect themselves from floods, periods of intense drought and scarcity, and many other natural disasters.

Is that you? How many organizations do you know near your location that act directly against the effects of changes in nature?

With the aim of supporting these organizations, we launched a new acceleration program: “Impactô Verde”

We are looking for new managers of NGOs and Social Businesses who work to reduce social inequalities, but now with something new! We are going to open up a new area, seeking 13 initiatives with actions for the preservation and restoration of mountain ecosystems and reduction of climate change to follow for 9 months and help them to further expand their ability to transform the socio-environmental scenario of our planet.

In addition to “Impactô Verde”, we also launched two other acceleration programs. The "Impactô – SOCIAL" and the "Impulso".

In all, there will be 23 more organizations, from six different states, which will undergo training, with nine months of individual meetings and training to deepen knowledge about strategic management, business and innovation in the social area.

We believe that knowledge is a bridge to the realization of dreams and important achievements. The social area needs real managers willing to train themselves more and more, increase the quality and viability of their work. We are together in this dream, helping them to make them real achievements of social change.

“Impactô Mulheres” Closure:

Throughout our experience and contact with social organizations, we have always noticed the presence and strength of women in social management. According to our data, about 53% of the leaders who have gone through our training are women.

They make all the difference in their territories and for that reason, we dedicate an exclusive acceleration program to them, accompanying them for 9 months, with a lot of exchange of knowledge and a desire to transform social reality. The result could not have been different: A success!

10 organizations led by the female force participated in investment banking and were able to present the projects developed during the program's mentoring meetings.

In all, the organizations were awarded the amount of R$ 90 thousand so that they can expand even more impact in the south, northeast, southeast and central-west regions of Brazil.

One of these amazing organizations is Phototherapy.

The ease of recording images has become greater with today's digital cameras on cell phones. We take a lot of photos and videos, but we don't always give due value to the moment or the scene that is happening.

Phototherapy staff realized the power of photography when they gathered to take pictures, which had a therapeutic effect on the group. In order to expand the reach of this effect in the city of Governador Valadares, in the interior of Brazil, and to strengthen the cultural scene in the region, they decided to expand their operations.

They found the mission to “Transform the local cultural scene, including excluded people, by stimulating the artistic eye and entrepreneurship in the creative economy”.

Phototherapy has already transformed the focus of many people and they increasingly want to take the lens of good around!

Congratulations to these women from Phototerapia and all other impact organizations who are always the basis and power of social development.

Dear friends, we start 2022 with all the excitement and we want to tell you what we have already achieved with your support.

Launch of Artificial Intelligence:
We had the pleasure and great challenge of launching the first artificial intelligence platform to exponentially serve everyone who works with social impact!
Through the Guia, it is possible to ask questions about management, business, projects, technology and marketing. Guia is a platform that uses artificial intelligence to clarify the questions of those on the front lines of social businesses and organizations.
Our social impact digital coordinator, Kiara, the Artificial Intelligence behind Guia, is always on and ready to answer questions about the social sector, but if she doesn't know the best answer to the question, our human team will be on hand and to answer!
We want the platform to be collaborative, allowing other organizations to contribute their expertise to feed the Guia knowledge base. We believe in the strength of collaborative work and we want to bring information and impact to more and more people and places.

Know our manifest here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7PmyjDo_s/

Co.Impacto closure:
After 8 months of mentoring and support in the organization's management, 7 accelerated initiatives participated in the investment banking scheduled for the end of the impact managers development program. Organizations had the opportunity to receive a total investment of 140 thousand Brazilian Reais to improve the development of their projects and bring even more impact to their beneficiaries.

Among the organizations that presented themselves, we can highlight the social business Água Camelo, which is a startup that combines innovation and design to create solutions that fight social inequality and promote access to treated water for people in situations of vulnerability.
The Camelo Kit consists of a backpack that holds up to 15L of unsafe water at a time, a portable filter attached to it that eliminates up to 99.99% of all bacteria, protozoa and solid particles floating in the water, a wall support to hang the backpack at home and a product use manual for the final beneficiary.
To date, the initiative has impacted more than 4,000 people directly with the distribution of 610 Camelo kits, in nine Brazilian states, and with the investment received through Co.Impacto's investment bank, the organization intends to expand its operations to villages underserved indigenous peoples in the northern region of the country.

Vamos.Rio investment bank:
20 NGOs, impact businesses and cultural groups that generate an impact on the creative economy of the state of Rio de Janeiro were selected for the Vamos.Rio acceleration program. It was 9 months of mentoring with the Ekloos Institute team in the areas of strategic management, business and innovation, in addition to 6 training courses with specialists open to managers selected in the program and other managers in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
After structuring their projects during mentoring and training, managers were able to present their initiatives to an investment bank, with the opportunity to receive a financial benefit of up to 540 thousand Brazilian Reais to expand the social impact of their initiatives.
To give you an example of how the initiatives work to generate impact, we are going to tell you about Mantiquira Mercado Local. Mantiquira is a social impact business based in Rio de Janeiro, whose focus is the sale of organic and artisanal products from small local producers, close to their consumers.
The Mantiquira virtual market makes it possible for local producers to better sell their products and for consumers to be able to find quality products with greater ease and confidence. In addition to facilitating sales, Mantiquira is also a training hub for producers and entrepreneurs
So far, they have impacted 20 family farms and around 70 entrepreneurs and have 150 registered customers.

Be around and see what's next.

Links:

• Guia Video
• Guia Site