The NPI Expand Fund, which was financially managed by Sitawi, came to an end after 3 years of operations in 9 states in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil — Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, Mato Grosso and Maranhão. The project, conceived by Palladium and financed by USAID, aimed to, together with local institutions, mitigate the effects of the pandemic among indigenous, quilombola, riverside and urban communities in the Amazon.
Second phase of the Fund
The second phase, which began in May 2022, promoted risk communication and community engagement campaigns to encourage and increase demand and vaccination coverage to prevent Covid-19, and combat misinformation and fake news against the vaccine.
One of the most successful campaigns was “Spread Health, Not Covid”. With six interactive videos, in an educational and informative way, they answer questions and demystify the main fake news linked to the vaccines developed to combat Covid-19, in addition to providing data on cases of the disease and the effectiveness of the vaccines.
Fund Activities
- Vaccine Promotion: NPI Expand promoted broad, effective and equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccine, as well as its safe and effective application. This occurred both in urban centers and in isolated communities.
- Combating disinformation: The damage caused by fake news during the pandemic was diverse. The fund aimed to combat this problem through awareness campaigns for the Amazon population.
- Mitigating the effects of the virus: by expanding the provision of services and training professionals, they strengthened the health system.
All of these goals were achieved, generating a positive impact for the regions. Check out some of the results over the years of the Fund's operations:
- +209 thousand doses of vaccine administered
- 323 municipalities served
- +25 thousand people trained
- R$ 25 million mobilized
In addition to the numerical results, NPI Expand has enabled great moments in the fight against the Coronavirus. One of the initiatives of the projects contemplated by the Fund carried out a river expedition to the region of the Negro and Solimões rivers, which brought health professionals and supplies to riverside communities, in addition to training professionals and indigenous community members.
These results — in numbers and stories — were made possible by the collective mobilization between institutions and civil society, such as professionals and community leaders. “These actions reveal the great potential of strategic philanthropy to fill social gaps and generate positive impact!” highlights Joana Eisenstadter, Philanthropy Management Coordinator at Sitawi.
