Ashoka builds and cultivates a community of change leaders who see that the world now requires everyone to be a changemaker. Together, we collaborate to transform institutions and cultures worldwide so they support changemaking for the good of society. We do so by recognizing and supporting social entrepreneurs.

Portuguese Level

Fluent Portuguese preferred

Preferred Student Field of Study

Communication, Social Sciences, International Relations, Administration

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Cidadão Pró-Mundo is a non-profit organization that promotes, for more than 20 years now, equal opportunities and social integration through voluntary English Teaching. Currently, more than 1,200 volunteers impact the lives of more than 2,400 low-income students in 14 communities in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. With a highly organized administrative, operational and governance structure, CPM is considered the biggest and most efficient English teaching...

We are Gerando Falcões, a social organization which operates within network strategy, in ghettos and favelas. Our projects are focused on sports and culture for children and teenagers and vocational training for youth and adults, with an income-generation engine for families. We have a management model inspired by the management mechanisms of Ambev, with goals and performance indicators. Last but not least, we have a focus on balancing a purpose that truly drives us and moves us forward, with management capacity and searching for long-term results in our children and families.

The Igarapé Institute is an independent think and do tank devoted to evidence-based policy and action on complex security, justice and development challenges in Brazil, Latin America, and Africa. The Institute’s goal is to stimulate debate, foster connections and trigger action. Based in the South, the Igarapé Institute undertakes diagnostics, generates awareness, and co-designs solutions with public and private partners, often with the use of new technologies.
Key areas of focus include:

• Weather and safety (focus on the Amazon Forest...

We are a VC-backed digital health company focused on educating and monitoring under-served populations in Brazil using AI-powered virtual health assistants. While we've previously worked in the areas of maternity and chronic diseases, we are now focusing almost exclusively on our new product for Mental Health called Vitalk. Vitalk consists of a virtual health assistant that converses with users on a variety of topics, such as depression, anxiety, stress, sleep, relationships and other issues. Vitalk also counts on a team of psychotherapists who provide chat-based therapy to users. The...