By Emmanuelle Grisez and Mayara Evangelista | Project leaders
We believe that education is the way, and to achieve our mission we always seek to improve our performance, offering the necessary conditions for our children and teenagers to develop.
ARCA's work is based on the principle of integral development of its beneficiaries, including the development of socio-emotional skills, physical and mental health care, offering guided activities and a balanced diet. For 2022, it includes the introduction of organic products, the result of a partnership with the Kairós Institute and Urban Farm Ipiranga. An important step to improve health and contribute to the environmental preservation. After a wonderful visit of Ipiranga urban farm by ARCA's staff, fresh organic products are now delivered each week to ARCA's kitchen and the children have been introduced to the principles and good usage of turning wastes into compost.
We are very happy to offer 260 meals a day at Arca do Saber with organic products, as well as snacks for the students of the Arca do Crescer courses.
During the first half of 2022, ARCA resumed full operations but also began implementing projects to address the aftermath of the COVID 19 crisis.
Special emphasis has been placed on reading and math. Thanks to your support, we were able to purchase tablets and computers. All ARCA children now have access to digital literacy and online educational games - which is very motivating for them.
In addition, Arca do Saber ‘s educators are working on a new pedagogical plan. The staff is visiting other CCAs (Center for Children and Adolescents, just like Arca do Saber) in the Sao Paulo region to share experiences and knowledge. Last month, our team visited CCA São Patrício and CCA Paulo Freire. The managers of the spaces welcomed us very well and we were able to visit the facilities and observe a little bit of the range of activities developed. When we returned to Arca, we also had a round of conversation to share what each of us learned from these visits and how we can improve our work even more. It was a great experience!
About Arca do Crescer, we now have a partnership with the SENAC Vila Prudente (national organism for commercial apprenticeship), which will allow us to offer our students the course "sales and marketing assistant" starting from the second half of 2022 with a nation-wide recognized diploma.
Moreover, at the end of June, we celebrated the end of Arca do Crescer’s semester with the graduation of our three long term courses: baking, logistics and sales.
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By Emmanuelle Grisez | Vice President
By Emmanuelle Grisez | Vice President
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