Mount Carmel Association, Brazil

About Mount Carmel Association

Mona Partner Since 2021

For over 30 years, Monte Carmelo Association (MCA) has pursued its mission of supporting the material, human, and spiritual education of children and junior youth living in situations of social vulnerability in Porto Feliz. Its programs include educational enrichment and empowerment classes that incorporate the arts and care for the environment. All students attend public school in the morning or afternoon and go to Monte Carmelo either before or after school. The institute currently serves 90 students, ages 6-14

The Challenge

Brazil has been severely impacted by COVID19. Although MCA has diverse sources of funding, 45% of their income was from the federal government. These monies have not been able as usual due to the economic impacts of the ongoing global health crisis.

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The Solution: Mount Carmel Programs

School of Virtues

Living virtues and human values are an integral part of Monte Carmelo's educational material. This includes study, reflection, and practice of human virtues and values related to the life and development of children and youth, covering: my life, my city, environment, citizenship, and work. On a daily basis, students participate in activities as an opportunity to experience the virtues so they may become upright, conscientious citizens with a spirit of service and determined to develop their own talents and abilities and to contribute to the betterment of their community.

Other programs include Digital Inclusion (computer literacy), Planting with Affection (vegetable gardening), and Uniao faz a vida (collaborative citizenship).

How we help

Mona Foundation stepped in to support this organization as it goes through financial difficulty brought by the pandemic. This has enabled the continuing education of its students.

2024 Achievements

95 students provided with after-school programming
73 parents engaged in the cultural development of their children
14 teachers trained

2025 Plans, $17,575

Provide students with nutritious daily meals

Support MCA's 2025 Plans

Impact Story

Dance as Peace and Joy

Lucas Otávio is 14 years old and has been attending MCA's activities since 2017, when he was 6 years old. Lucas was recently honored by the Porto Feliz City Council with the "Young Talent" award for standing out in the artistic field. It was through the MCA art workshops offered to him since he was 8 years old that he discovered his gift for dance.

Today, he is part of a dance company and participates in festivals and workshops, where he has had the opportunity to improve his technique in urban dance. "When I dance, I feel peace and joy, and I know that my art inspires other children and young people both inside and outside Monte Carmelo. In one of the presentations at schools, approximately thirty children stopped me and asked me to teach them the dance steps I had performed. I was very happy."