Vaga Lume (firefly, in Portuguese) is a Brazilian nonprofit organization created in 2001 to empower children within rural communities of the Amazon by fostering literacy and operating community libraries as knowledge sharing spaces. Over this 20 years, we have helped over 25,000 children to pursue bigger dreams, respect cultural diversity and treasure their own identity. Our work takes place in the Amazon, one of the most important regions of the world, not only in terms of cultural and environmental diversity, but also in terms of area and population. It encompasses 9 countries, 33 million inhabitants and it is the home of 385 different indigenous ethnic groups. However, in the region lie... read more Vaga Lume (firefly, in Portuguese) is a Brazilian nonprofit organization created in 2001 to empower children within rural communities of the Amazon by fostering literacy and operating community libraries as knowledge sharing spaces. Over this 20 years, we have helped over 25,000 children to pursue bigger dreams, respect cultural diversity and treasure their own identity. Our work takes place in the Amazon, one of the most important regions of the world, not only in terms of cultural and environmental diversity, but also in terms of area and population. It encompasses 9 countries, 33 million inhabitants and it is the home of 385 different indigenous ethnic groups. However, in the region lies one of the lowest Human Development Index in the country and 20% of its population is functional illiterate. Vaga Lume operates in 86 rural communities (indigenous, riverside, roadside, rural settlement people or quilombolas - Brazilian with African descent) of 22 municipalities in the Brazilian Legal Amazon region, which encompasses nine federal states (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Roraima and Tocantins), occupies 59% of the Brazilian territory and has 20 million people (12% of the Brazilian population).
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By Debora Manzano | Relationship Analyst
- Vaga Lume association attends international event in Washington, DC Our colleagues from Vaga Lume attended REACH to Forest, an international festival that took place from February 20 to March 3 at... Read the full report ›By Debora Manzano and Manoj Gupta | Partnership
Vaga Lume does admirable work empowering kids through education in remote corners of Brazil's Amazon region. Our focus on enriching rural kids with knowledge in isolated communities resonated... Read the full report ›By Debora Manzano | Institutional relationships
Vaga Lume was elected the Best Education NGO in Brazil for the third time by Instituto Doar The initiative rewards organizations with excellence in management, governance, financial... Read the full report ›