About Us - Instituto Rizomas

Our Story

Rizoma was set up in 2017, at Base Colaborativa, to develop social and emotional skills for children and adolescents in Capão Redondo, São Paulo, Brazil. Unlike national statistics, our work has continued to grow.

We started with weekly Voluntary Actions with activities based on Design for Change, a Project Based Learning methodology that, with real projects thought and carried out by children, leads to changes in their communities. We expanded our work with Literacy classes, using contemporary education to assist the literacy process of our little ones.

Now, we work tirelessly to offer quality Extracurricular shift so that, in the conterperiod contrary to school, students can continue to learn Portuguese, mathematics and English and develop their socio-emotional skills.
We are sure it is just the beginning!

root that grows in a network, horizontally, and is strengthened with true connections.

Our Mission

Promote quality education so that every child is an agent for transforming their environment.

Our Values

Collaboration, connection, ethics, respect, and autonomy.

It is in relating that we learn and practice life skills and, thus, build a true connection with the other and our surroundings;
Respect for individuals is essential, with which learning is enriched;
In collaboration, we can build the world we want to live in.

Dreams…

Our goal is to serve from early childhood to youth, participating in the integral training of citizens with important skills and tools for building their life projects, ensuring that at least 80% of young people who graduate after school have defined their dreams for life adult and start taking the first steps to conquer them (higher education, technical course, entrepreneurship, internship…).