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Problem: A associação Gafrob é uma entidade civil sem fins lucrativos de caráter filantrópico e de apoio comuniátrio no estado do Rio de Janeiro,que identifica mercados e necessidades, informa, orienta e capacita,viabilizando oportunidades e priorizando as áreas comunitárias e os projetos sociais. O que oferecemos: Cursos de alfabetização para jovens e adultos, campanhas beneficientes, cursos de educação social cultural, qualificação profissional; Balco de Serviços com parcerias com associações e ins...

Action: Melhorar a qualidade de vida dos beneficiários; dar acesso à informação em um sentido amplo; fortalecer a auto estima de cada participante. Serviços oferecidos pelo Projeto:   Distribuição de cestas básicas reforço escolar encaminhamento para trabalho, serviços sociais e para Posto de Saúde, biblioteca Comunitária.

Problem: There are several perceived barriers– social, economical, political, and physical– enviromental that contribute to individuals inaction on social issues that smite our planet Earth. The DoGooder attempts to help break down some of those barriers by allowing anyone with an Internet connection to support causes, in both tangible and intangible ways, simply by browsing the Internet. Donate money to green initiatives and charitable causes without spending a dime– on a the surface level, a paradox...

Action: Simply download and install (takes literally about 10 seconds) the browser plug-in for free. It is available for Firefox (recommended), Internet Explorer, and Safari (with some limitations). The plug-in allows end users to opt-in to see campaigns related to environmental issues, charitable causes, health and wellness, and green and cause related tips.

Problem: The fractured social enterprise sector with a focus on accessibility to those the social enterprise sector intends to help. 

Action: To formalize a network of organizations and individuals that constitute the institutions and players within the field that have a sector wide perspective. To develop a strategic plan of action and working relationships to foster the sector wide development of avenues and paths available to social innovators at all levels and entry points.

Problem: Calle was created to provide educational and social support to the residents of the favela Tabajaras located in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Managed primarily by international volunteers, the idea of Calle provided a learning environment for the residents in a public space. Sadness, fear, and the lack of education negatively affect the residents of low income communities. In order to induce a non-violent revolution, the unique skills of international volunteers, combined with a safe place for ...

Action: - Teaching English, Spanish, and art - Hosting community parties and barbecues - Providing a safe environment for children and adults

Problem: In the expansion of infrastructure and development to sustain the coal industry, local interests and concerns with the effects of this expansion tend to be seen as being less important than corporate, state and economic interests. The expansion of the coal industry will have significant environmental, social and economic impacts on these regions, particularly those in which the mining industry is in an exploratory phase and is yet to be developed. Increasingly, however, such expansion occurs ...

Action: The Coal Communities Listening Tour is an engagement and consultation project with members of coal dependant and affected communities to ground future campaigning on coal expansion in a thorough and robust knowledge of the concerns, issues and needs of the these communities.   Above all, this project starts with listening.   A team of researchers and students from Six Degrees, Review Group: Conservation Review

Problem: Government is the organizing instrument of society and to make sure that it is acting in the best interests of its citizens, it is managed and controlled by representatives of the citizens who are directly accountable for their performance to the citizens: Representative Government.How to create and structure such a representative government hasn't totally eluded people to date but it could do with some improving.Many of the existing structures carry burdens of historical trappings, most ofte...

Action: Small groups in every constituency, in every nation, must organize now around a standard, new, simple platform and present themselves for election on that platform at every opportunity.The consistent platform will enable and speed the education of the citizenry of all nations, regions and communities. Those who do not wish to stand for office can be powerful in demanding that anyone they vote for adopt the Standards of LIFE as part of their own agenda and commit to promoting them in any way t...

Problem: At the Special Session on HIV/AIDS at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) in 2001, countries unanimously endorsed the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, which set forth time-bound targets to strengthen the response at the global, regional and national levels. HIV/AIDS affects us all, regardless of gender, racial or ethnic identity, income, or even where we live.STD’s, and the deadliest of them all, HIV/AIDS, continually advances humanity on a path to extinction. Anew form of co...

Action: Overcoming such obstacles – and strengthening global resolve to achieve universal access – will requiresignificant, long-term financing, in addition to sustained political support, increased national capacity, and reliance on strategies that have proven to be effective in addressing HIV and AIDS. Even though these challenges appear daunting, the movement towards universal access must begin now with a 21st century S.A.V.I.O.R.© “Responsibility Awareness” campaign!   “S.A.V.I.O.R.© ” is a new F...