Community Empowerment | Votorantim Institute


Community empowerment through social mobilization.
Simões (Piauí), Araripina (Pernambuco) and Divinolândia (São Paulo) | 2019 and
2020.
▪ Application of dialogue, integration and planning tools for social mobilization and establishing rapport with the communities;
▪ Mobilization of people for developing socio-environmental actions that impact the territory;
2019: actions and in-person monitoring in the territories.
2020: social mobilization and remote monitoring of communities, with local, in-person actions following the health security measures against COVID-19. The remote social mobilization relied on graphic design resources and video production to share content and engage the community.
Outcomes:
▪ 7 communities involved
▪ 502 families served
▪ 1,506 people served
▪ 74 volunteers mobilized in 2019 and 38 in 2020