Instituto EDP announces support for new social projects in São Paulo in 2018

Friday 09, February 2018

Entity initiatives were selected by means of an evaluation and include actions in the regions where the Company operates in the State

S‹o Paulo, February XX of 2018 - In 2018, six new projects: educational, health and sport-oriented and income-generating EDP Institute, an organization that for 10 years manages the actions of the EDP Group, in S‹o Paulo. The programs will add to nine others who remain at full steam in the state.

"We want to support more and more initiatives that promote human and social development. That is why, this year, we focus on our partnership in actions and people that make society better and the opportunity for the balanced and sustainable growth of communities in which we operate, "explains Paulo Ramicelli, an advisor of the EDP Institute.

Check out some projects:

Held in Po‡, in the energy distribution area of EDP S‹o Paulo, the Manobra do Bem, idealized by the NGO Social Skate, offers a workshop that provides free skateboarding for 130 children and adolescents in social vulnerability, educational and sports inclusion.

Jokes and safety will be together again in another year of the Playing with Kites, a program that, in 2018, also arrives in Guarulhos. Developed in partnership with Evoluir, the initiative uses the popular pastime to raise children awareness of the risks and impact that kite occurrences can generate in the distribution network of energy.

In S‹o Sebasti‹o, the partnership with the Instituto Verdescola in the Socio-educational and Generating Tomorrow will promote the education of more than 700 children and adolescents, stimulating socio-environmental awareness, cultural inclusion, professional qualification and as citizens in the community.

Get to know the projects approved in the EDP Edict 2018 in S‹o Paulo:

Project / NGO ** ** Description ** ** Area of activity


Association for Children and Adolescents with Cancer (TUCCA) Provides excellence treatment to children and adolescents with cancer S‹o Paulo / S‹o Paulo Basketball Guarulhos / Association of Parents Guarulhense Esportiva de Basket Provides sports and social inclusion of children and adolescents through basketball Guarulhos / s‹o Paulo Support Group for Adolescent and Child with Cancer (GRAACC) Reference in the treatment of child cancers S‹o Paulo / S‹o Paulo Maneuvering the Well / Social Skate NGO Promotes social, sports, cultural and educational activities for children and adolescents Po‡ / S‹o Paulo Socio-educational and Generating Tomorrow Center / Instituto Verdescola Promotes the education of children and adolescents, stimulating socio-environmental awareness S‹o Sebasti‹o / S‹o Paulo Red Carpet / City Hall of Canas Teacher training through the valuation of children literature as an important curricular component Canas / S‹o Paulo

Get to know the IEDP projects in progress in S‹o Paulo:

Project / NGO ** ** Description ** ** Area of activity


Playing with Kites / Evolve Awakens the awareness of students and teachers about the risks of playing with kites Suzano and Guarulhos / S‹o Paulo Cancer Assistance Group works to increase life expectancy and guarantee quality of treatment for children and young people with cancer S‹o JosŽ dos Campos / S‹o Paulo Community Gardens / NGO City Without Hunger and Social Skate Implementation of vegetable gardens under transmission lines through urban agriculture projects Mogi das Cruzes, Suzano and Po‡ / S‹o Paulo Jacare’ Rugby / Jacare’ Rugby III Sports Association Form conscientious citizens, putting into practice the social values present in the Jacare’ / S‹o Paulo Rugby Lance do Futuro / Associa‹o Cultural e Esportiva Gotas de Cidadania Educates and develops the young through the TaubatŽ and Caapava / S‹o Paulo sports activities Vale Knowledge: Culture and Education in Vale do Para’ba/Fotocontexto Preserves and disseminates traditional knowledge and practices of the Para’ba Valley TremembŽ, Canas, Monteiro Lobato and Lorena/S‹o Paulo Caravana do Esporte e Artes/Instituto Esporte & Educa‹o contributes to the formation of children and adolescents through reflection on the importance of the practices of the sport AP, SP and ES EDP in the Schools/EDP Institute Improvement of the student life quality of primary school students in public schools SP, ES, AP, BA, CE, RN, RS, SC and TO Entrepreneurial Education / Dreamshaper Promotes entrepreneurship in the classroom SP and ES

Participants in the selection process were initiatives approved by the Laws of Federal Incentive in the areas of Culture (Rouanet Law / Culture - No. 8,133 / 91), Sport (Sport - N¼ 11.438 / 06) and Health (PRONON / Saœde - N.¼ Law 12.715 / 12, for Oncology).

To learn more about the EDP Institute, visit: www.institutoedp.org.br