COVID19 & ADCAM

When the government in Amazonas suspended in-person classes in mid-March 2020, ADCAM immediately got to work and transitioned its students to online classes in just one week.




Steps that ADCAM has taken to meet the challenges of operating in a pandemic include:


  • Increased partial scholarships to 50 families from 46.
  • Transitioned extracurricular activities for Spiritual Empowerment of 100 students to an online platform.
  • Held virtual Family Festival in June for children to present what they were learning to their parents.
  • Held a “Solidarity Action Campaign” in lieu of the annual Citizen Health Fair. 
  • Continued workshops for families on WhatsApp to help families deal with social isolation, assisting them in both the educational and emotional process.
  • Striving for the well-being of families, ADCAM provided a series of thematic lectures and conversation circles with various professionals in the field of health, psychologists and advisors, were invited to guide families through the challenges are facing in times of social distancing.
  • Transitioned the Young Apprenticeship Program online, serving 136 youth
  • Arts, music, capoeira and sports activities have continued online through recorded videos. 
  • Teacher training is continuing and has increased in intensity.  ADCAM is providing courses and lectures with professionals on themes that assist the teachers in the implementation and use of new digital tools to teach online.


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