The Odebrecht Foundation (
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''Fundação Odebrecht'') is a private
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian institution created in 1965. It was launched by
Norberto Odebrecht
Norberto Odebrecht () (October 9, 1920 – July 19, 2014) was a Brazilian engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of Odebrecht.
Early life
Norberto Odebrecht was born on October 9, 1920 in Recife, Brazil. He was the son of th ...
, a Brazilian engineer and businessman, who in 1944 founded the
Odebrecht
Odebrecht S.A. (), officially known as Novonor, is a Brazilian conglomerate, headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, consisting of diversified businesses in the fields of engineering, construction, chemicals and petrochemicals. The company w ...
company, in order to provide company members benefits that the Brazilian
Social Security
Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...
system either did not provide, or only could cover partially.
In 1988 the Odebrecht Foundation began focusing on preparing and grooming adolescents for life due to the realization that adolescence is the period when people consolidate the values and ideas that shape their character.
By 2000, the Odebrecht Foundation’s work in this area had benefited 500,000 adolescents and 12,000 educators in several Brazilian states. That year, while maintaining its focus on the objectives established in 1988, the Foundation began concentrating its efforts on the Brazilian Northeast – more precisely on areas with low human development indexes that were outside the dynamic hubs of the nation’s economy.
The Odebrecht Foundation works in the Southern
Bahia
Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...
lowlands,
Integrated and Sustainable Development Program
retrieved 28 July 2011 a region with some of the worst human development indexes and lowest social investments in Brazil. The Foundation concentrates on the program for the Integrated and Sustainable Regional Development of the Southern Bahia lowlands, with a focus on developing its productive, human, social and environmental capital while valuing the concept of the family unit and prioritizing adolescents and their interaction with their families.
The foundation’s actions are focused on the existence of four capitals in communities of any socioeconomic profile:
* Human Capital – quality rural education;
* Social Capital – construction of a more just and unified society;
* Environmental Capital – conservation of natural resources;
* Productive Capital – generation of work and income.
References
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External links
Official Site Odebrecht Foundation
Foundations based in Brazil
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