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Banco da Providência is a not-for-profit social organization that has been contributing for 59 years with reducing social inequality and collaborating with defending the rights of young people, adults and families that live in extreme poverty in Rio de Janeiro through job training projects and income generating projects. The strategic action is concentrated in five neighborhoods that cover 60 communities with the lowest Human Development Index (HDI) of Rio de Janeiro.
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Our Story
Created in 1959 by Don Hélder Câmara the Institution was named "Bank" because at that time the population was in a vulnerable situation and did not have access to the banks of the financial system. Banco da Providência was born with the mission to contribute to an egalitarian society, in which even the less fortunate had "a bank" to call their own! For more than half a century, it has been a reference in meeting social demands.
Faced with so much demand, there was a rising concern to raise enough resources to meet the needs of those served. From this need the first action took place in December 1959 that would result two years later in the traditional “Providência Fair”. This traditional event eagerly anticipated by Brazilian people remains to this day the main source of funds for Banco da Providência.
Download the 50th year comemoration publication.
OUR MISSION
To contribute collectively to reduce social inequality and promote the human development of young people, adults and families living in the communities of the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro through care giving, job training, income generating programs, and empowering
local leaders.
OUR VISION
To be recognized as an institution that promotes access to human and social rights in an articulated way to local population, contributing to the formulation of public policies and propagates cultural management.
OUR VALUES
Acknowledgment of human dignity.
Acceptance of diversity.
Belief in the human ability to progress.
Personal and social solidarity
Ethics and transparency in relationships.
Sustainable Development Objectives
The 17 Sustainable Development Objectives (SDO) were established by the UN in 2015, and were adopted as a global agenda for the implementation of public policies for human development. It is a State commitment, but it will only be effectively enforced if controlled by civil-society.
Banco da Providência works to contribute with public policies in 3 SDO:
Only with massive investment in education we will achieve these goals. The Social Inclusion Program of Banco da Providência offers job training for 420 families per year, covers about 1,680 children, young people and adults and contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Objectives.
Dom Helder Câmara
Founder of Banco da Providência
Born in Fortaleza, Ceará (Northeast of Brazil), he was ordained priest at the age of 22. Transferred to Rio de Janeiro in 1936, he adopted the challenge of creating pastoral solutions for those living in poverty and indigence. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 7 times, Don Hélder had a great concern for overcoming poverty. He believed in the importance of the militancy of small groups, in the militancy of the laity and in their role of transforming the exclusionary and inequitable reality. When he created Banco da Providência in 1959, he thought of a "bank" whose capital is human capital and the greatest profit is solidarity.
"True peace can only be achieved when there is courage
to create real conditions for justice”

Organizational Structure
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
General Director:
Cônego Manoel de Oliveira Manangão
Social Director:
Ana Cecília Costa Carvalho Melo
Legal Officer:
Daltro de Campos Borges Filho
CFO:
Cândido Feliciano da Ponte Neto
CURATOR COUNCIL
President:
Dom Orani João Tempesta
FISCAL COUNCIL
Manuel Luiz da Silva Araújo
Lorena Asuncion Carvalho Fernandes
Paulo de Moraes Penalva Santos
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Maria Christina Noronha de Sá
Roberto Castilho
ADVISERS
Ana Cecília Costa Carvalho Melo
Ana Cecília Nabuco Magalhães Lins
Ângela Maria Machado da Costa
Cecília de Paula Machado Sicupira
Eduardo Eugênio Gouveia Vieira
Eliane Furtado de Mendonça
Ferdinando Valle Magalhães
Gilberto Morand Paixão
Glória Severiano Ribeiro
Gustavo Miguez de Mello
Heitor Cordeiro Chagas de Oliveira
Isabel Gouveia Vieira
Jomar Pereira da Silva
José Thomaz Nabuco de Araújo Filho
Maria da Glória Archer
Raphael Carneiro da Rocha Filho
Sérgio Pereira da Silva
Técio Lins e Silva
OPERACIONAL TEAM
Superintendent:
Clarice Linhares
Social Coordinator:
Terezinha Nascimento
Funding Coordinator:
Fernanda Oliveira
PROJECT COORDINATORS
Agências de Famílias:
Ana Paula Figueiredo, Gleide Mattos, Neige Motta, e Wilma Santiago
Agência de Capacitação:
Jocilene S. de Assis Julião
Agência de Empreendedorismo:
Simone Neves
Agência de Emprego:
Emanoel Gomes
Agência Jovem:
Vanúbia Barros
Awards
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Peace Limited Edition "ILARIA ALPI Award” - XII Edizione.
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Leopoldo Kunsechak Prize: Awarded to the Ambulatory of Providence, by the Austrian Government, in recognition of entities and personalities that stood out in researching for the well-being of humanity.
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São Sebastião Prize for Culture: granted to Ambulatório da Providência by the Cultural Association of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, Social Work Category.
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Paulo Freire Award - Granted to the Center of Providence, by the Ministry of Labor and FIRJAN, in recognition of the comprehensiveness in the area of worker training.
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Tribute to the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and 25 years Master's Degree in Social Service.
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Social Action Award - Granted by the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro
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Bem Eficiente Award - Awarded to Banco da Providência by Kanitz & Associado, in recognition of the 50 Best Beneficial and Non-For-Profit Entities of the country.
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CBCISS - Certificate of the National Seminar on Welfare - Terezinha Arnaut
1982
1994
1997
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
2010
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Jacaré de Ouro Award - Awarded by Caio Award 2004 in the category of Social Responsibility Event.
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Lions Club Roma Host - Ambassador of Peace Award given by the City Hall of Rome
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Merit Medal Pedro Ernesto - Câmara Municipal RJ - Alderman Marcio Pacheco - 46 years Banco da Providência Foundation
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International Women's Day Women's Trophy 2006 - Women's Merit Medal - Delivered by Governor Rosinha Garotinho
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UNESCO - Citizenship Personalities for Marina Araújo, General Director
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Women for Peace Award (Renewal Program - Radio Catedral) Deputy Hugo Leal
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Personalities Citizenship - Awarded by the Brazilian newspaper Folha Dirigida "The Bank of Providence in volunteering, confirms the rights of equal citizenship"
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São Sebastião Award 100 years of Mister Helder Câmara
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MOTION OF APPLAUSE - Sustainable Practices at the Providência Fair - INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS - IEVA
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"Top 100 NGOs Award in Brazil" initiative of the Doar Institute and Época Magazine
2014
2017
2018
Banco da Providência
Rua dos Arcos, 54
Lapa 20230-060 - Rio de Janeiro/RJ
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