Our action will be in Serra do Inácio, in the municipalities of Betânia do Piauí and Barro Vermelho, in Paulistana-PI. The region has for years concentrated some of the worst human development indices (HDI) in the country. An example of this is the city of Acauã, where two VV expeditions have already been carried out. Emancipated from Paulistana 25 years ago, the city was the second poorest in Brazil. According to IBGE data from 2018, only 4.3% of the Acauãnense population has a formal occupation.
The entire region is marked by sertaneja, quilombola and indigenous culture, a fact evidenced and proven by most of its population, mostly rural, spread across villages and quilombos without basic infrastructure. In the last seven years, the international organization Iris Global, a reference in human and social development work in Africa and Asia, arrived in Piauí and established itself there.
Currently, in partnership with Instituto Água Viva, an organization from Espírito Santo focused on the social transformation of the Brazilian hinterland, complementary education, art, sports and income generation projects are carried out, in addition to the occasional offer of a medical-dental van, which circulates between municipalities in the states of Bahia, Pernambuco and Piauí.
On this expedition, for 9 days we will take specialized care and the most advanced medicine to places of extreme need.
In the VV – Dharma Expedition you will be able to act and be a participatory volunteer in our mission that begins on June 16, 2021, and still receive a certificate of completion.
DHARMA MANIFEST
Above all, we believe. That each and every person is a transforming agent of their surroundings, conscious or not of this fact. That everyone has to make themselves available for constant learning and the search for individual existential truth, so that we can collectively evolve in a harmonious, responsible and ethical way. That by making people's access to decent conditions of existence possible, we contribute to our own existence, to that of ours and of generations to come. For we are all “ONE” with the universe, inextricably united by the same energy that permeates everything, whether matter, thought or action. That promoting the independence and self-sustainability of disadvantaged communities is the only way to guarantee the abundance and prosperity of human beings, generating material and immaterial resources, essential for their development and their long-term subsistence. That reconnecting man to nature, to the environment, is the most effective way to ensure care for the planet, its fragile systems and finite resources, while contributing to the physical and mental health of individuals. That access to education is a right for all and an essential driving force for building an egalitarian and fairer society. That contact with different cultures contributes to a more pluralistic view of the world, inclusive of differences in social class, age, gender, disability or ethnicity. That kindness and the common good must be at the forefront of every intention, of every action. Above all, we believe that we can actually be the change we want to see in the world. Believing that we share the same purposes, we await your response, hoping that we can be together on this path, of new and great challenges.
hugs from us,
ANDREI POLESSI Chief Executive Officer
KARINA OLIANI Director Vice President
