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Investindo em pessoas que transformam realidades

Canoas trabalhando juntas são melhores do que um barco com apenas um capitão; assim também é a filantropia

Diane Pereira Sousa
Investindo Em Pessoas Que Transformam RealidadesInvestindo Em Pessoas Que Transformam Realidades
Nossa visão para a Proximate Brasil

Uma investigação sobre a abordagem participativa ao buscar soluções para desafios do Brasil, por brasileiros

Joana Ribeiro Mortari
Nossa visão para a Proximate BrasilNossa visão para a Proximate Brasil
After the Dam Broke, Fundo Brumadinho Is Rethinking Philanthropy

A community-led fund has a unique, trust-based model for distributing grants can be an example for Rio Grande do Sul

Joana Ribeiro Mortari
After the Dam Broke, Fundo Brumadinho Is Rethinking PhilanthropyAfter the Dam Broke, Fundo Brumadinho Is Rethinking Philanthropy
The Story of the Half-Built Road

Three lessons from a human-based approach to development

Isabelle Clérié
Magic Cabinet
The Story of the Half-Built RoadThe Story of the Half-Built Road
Marlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune

Guter Rat is an experiment that merges participatory grantmaking and citizens assemblies

Proximate
Magic Cabinet
Marlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune – here's how it worksMarlene Engelhorn is paying 50 strangers to give away her fortune – here's how it works
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Five Memorable Films by Sex Workers

Grab some popcorn and check out these films that screened at Whorehouse Cinema and the Red Umbrella Film Festival

Chloe Marshall
Red Insight
Five Memorable Recent Films by Sex WorkersFive Memorable Recent Films by Sex Workers
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