Experts point out that there is a direct relationship There is a correlation between economic inequality and inequality in education. Children from poorer families face shorter school trajectories with fewer resources, while those from higher-income families have access to longer and better-quality education.
With the goal of addressing this scenario, the Navigate Institute is dedicated to training and comprehensive development of low-income youth in Rio de Janeiro, with the purpose of promoting empowerment, broadening visions of the future, and guaranteeing access to educational and professional opportunities, contributing to breaking the cycle of poverty and violence.
Expanding the project's impact
For diversify your funding sources and strengthen its institutional sustainability, The Institute structured a Philanthropic Fund, with financial management of Sitawi Finanças do Bem. The initiative focuses on ensuring the transparent, agile, and efficient management of resources received from donors and partners.
For Cristiane de Marsillac, founder of Navigate Institute, The partnership represents an important step forward in the program's ability to expand.
“"The Fund was created out of the need to support and expand initiatives that are already generating results in the territory. Its objective is to enable projects, strengthen local actions, and broaden the reach of social impact, ensuring that more people benefit in a continuous and structured way," he states.
Financial mechanisms at the service of philanthropy
THE Sitawi Finanças do Bem acts as fiscal sponsor of initiatives with a positive impact, such as Navigate Institute. In this model, the organization assumes fiscal and administrative representation. of projects, movements and philanthropic initiatives, allowing the centralization and structured management of resources destined for socio-environmental causes.
With the partnership, the Operational activities cease to be part of the institute's team's routine., which will now focus its efforts on strategic planning and mobilizing new participants for the program.
According to Fernanda Pessoa, Senior Philanthropy Management Manager at Sitawi, The partnership with the Navegar Institute reinforces the importance of financial structures to support and expand social initiatives.
“Projects like this demonstrate, in practice, how access to opportunities can transform lives. By structuring a Philanthropic Fund, we are able to support the growth of the initiative with qualified financial management, ensuring greater sustainability for the project and supporting the expansion of its impact,” he states.
