Projects

The Vale Foundation, with its extensive experience in strengthening public policies, established a partnership with Vale in the company’s commitment to support the movement of 500,000 people out of situations of extreme poverty by 2030. 

To this end, the Vale Foundation leads the implementation of initiatives at the Marabá, Tucumã, Arari and Serra Knowledge Stations that use the Multidimensional Family Monitoring (AFM) methodology to help vulnerable families access essential rights and develop their autonomy. The actions consider five areas for approach (education, income, health, nutrition and infrastructure) and have as investment partners Wheaton Precious Metals (Marabá) and Hatch (Tucumã).

The Vale Foundation, with its extensive experience in strengthening public policies, established a partnership with Vale in the company’s commitment to support the movement of 500,000 people out of situations of extreme poverty by 2030. 

The Babassu Coconut Breakers Project is one of the initiatives promoted with this objective. It is an initiative of the Vale Foundation in partnership with Mandú Inovação Social which has resources from the BNDES via the Socio-Environmental Fund. The project focuses on Multidimensional Family Monitoring and community entrepreneurship with the aim of contributing to improving the living conditions and to valuing the craft of babassu coconut breakers in the state of Maranhão.  

It involves groups of coconut breakers from seven municipalities in Maranhão: Alto Alegre do Pindaré, Vitória do Mearim, Santa Inês, Igarapé do Meio, Pindaré Mirim, Tufilândia and Monção. 

The Vale Foundation, with its extensive experience in strengthening public policies, established a partnership with Vale in the company’s commitment to support the movement of 500,000 people out of situations of extreme poverty by 2030. 

The Citizenship Networks project is one of the initiatives promoted with this objective. It’s developed in Marabá (PA) and takes advantage of the experience of actions that already had a connection with the communities and families of the municipality to help guarantee the rights of vulnerable children and adolescents, through the application of the Multidimensional Family Monitoring methodology, which considers five fields for approach: education, income, health, nutrition and infrastructure. 

The Marabá Knowledge Station and Cidade Escola Aprendiz are executing partners of the the project, which has investments from Wheaton Precious Metals and BNDES through the Childhood and Adolescence Fund.  

The Councils Strengthening program is an initiative of the Vale Foundation that encourages better use of Vale’s incentivized resources for the Children and Adolescents´ Rights Fund and the Elderly Fund. Its main objective is to contribute to strengthening the management and performance of the Rights Councils in public policies, addressing issues such as regularization processes, planning, use of funds’ resources, transfers to civil society organizations, monitoring of resource execution, transparency and accountability. 

The Doing Science project is an initiative of the Vale Foundation, in partnership with the Educational Community (Cedac) and complementary investments from the company DHHI. It aims to reflect new ways of teaching and learning Science and Mathematics in the municipal school system of Itabira (MG), allowing students to be protagonists of their learning and to discover pleasure throughout this process, by giving Science and Mathematics a real meaning. 

To achieve this goal, the project provides for the systematic training of elementary school teachers and other professionals, such as the staff of the Municipal Department of Education, school managers, and pedagogical coordinators. Besides the educators’ training, it is equally important that the students have access to situations and materials so that they can investigate, think, and systematize new knowledge. In this way, the project also provides content and materials so that schools can develop activities with the students on real problem situations in the areas of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. 

The Vale Foundation, with its extensive experience in strengthening public policies, established a partnership with Vale in the company’s commitment to support the movement of 500,000 people out of situations of extreme poverty by 2030. 

The Family Circle project is one of the initiatives developed with this objective. It is carried out in the municipality of Canaã dos Carajás (PA), based upon the action of the Health and Social Cycle project, and has a partnership with the municipal city hall to implement the Multidimensional Family Monitoring methodology at the local CRAS (Social Assistance Reference Center). 

The Banco do Brasil Foundation is an investor partner in the project, and the Municipal Department of Social Assistance and the Health Promotion Center (Cedaps) are executing partners. 

Carried out in Governador Valadares (MG), the Future Maker project helps vulnerable young people develop socio-emotional and professional skills in the area of ​​Technology. In addition to technical training, the project offers psychosocial support and seeks to promote the personal development of the participants, so that they can understand their potential and adequately get prepared for the professional journey. The initiative is the result of a partnership among the Vale Foundation, the Social Service of Industry (Sesi) and the National Service for Industrial Training (Senai). 

The Health and Social Protection Cycle aims to strengthen disease prevention actions and promote primary health care as a cross-cutting policy of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS). The actions are organized based on the experience accumulated by the Health Cycle project in the territories, with an emphasis on participatory methodologies that are recognized and produce effective results. 

In partnership with the Health Promotion Center (Cedaps) and municipal departments, the project seeks to develop capacities and foster the ongoing education of managers and professionals in the areas of Health and Social Assistance, encourage a culture of intersectoral action, expand the performance of Primary Health Care and Social Assistance, provide better technical and material conditions for actions that make a difference in the territories and, thus, improve social and health indicators. 

The Knowledge Stations are spaces maintained by the Vale Foundation that offer educational, cultural, and sports activities in after-school hours, having children and teenagers from 6 to 17 years old as the main target audiences. Through their programs, they contribute to the social development of the communities, fostering creativity, innovation, partnerships articulation, participation and sharing of actions among public entities, organized civil society and communities, valuing the characteristics of each region.    

There are five Knowledge Stations in operation, located in the municipalities of Arari (MA), Brumadinho (MG), Serra (ES), Marabá and Tucumã (PA). They are independent institutions, maintained mainly with direct resources from the Vale Foundation, in addition to incentivized resources from Vale and resources from investment partners. The incentivized resources come from the Childhood and Adolescence Fund (Municipal Councils for the Defense of Children and Adolescents) and the Sports Incentive Law (Special Secretariat for Sports).