Impact · Cases
The stories we’re proud of.
Places that have been transformed, people who have flourished. Each one told from the beginning to the present day, by those who lived through it.
Dique da Vila Gilda
The Dique da Vila Gilda: a story spanning three generations of the ‘Warriors Without Weapons’.
Jardim São Manoel
São Manoel, a territory that symbolises the Elos Methodology, the Oasis Game in 2010 and the GSA in 2014, and which has helped to strengthen a powerful network of community organisations working towards the comprehensive urban regeneration of the neighbourhood.
Paquetá
Downtown Santos · where the Oasis Game was created and played for the first time in 2003, and where the Warriors Without Weapons returned in 2026.
Educational Centre in Guinea-Bissau
Cooperation between Brazil and Guinea-Bissau, with ABC and UNESCO · the toughest test: the approach championed by those other than Elos.
Priscilla Pereira
Sítio Conceiçãozinha, Guarujá · a former participant in the Warriors Without Weapons programme who now leads the programme in her own community.
To Yvoty
Tekoa Pyau, Pico do Jaraguá (São Paulo) · Guarani Mbya leader, participant in Warriors Without Weapons 2024.
Léo Santos
Between Vila dos Criadores (Santos) and Vila dos Pescadores (Cubatão) · Elos and Geração GSA 2023, GSA 2025 connection.
HASCO · Lynnwood
Lynnwood, Washington · how genuine listening and co-creation with the community led the town council to approve, by 6 votes to 1, the zoning plan that paved the way for the regeneration of two housing estates.
Rumo
Baixada Santista, 2023 to 2025 · Movimenta Baixada has transformed the relationship with the railway by giving residents a voice and providing them with a framework.
Project archive
Other projects that form part of this story, briefly outlined.
The Future of the Rio Doce
A programme for young people aged 18 to 29 from the municipalities in the Rio Doce basin, following the Fundão dam collapse in Mariana. Over two years of experiential training in activism and social entrepreneurship, using the Elos Methodology, the young people created and led social, cultural and environmental initiatives in their own towns.
90 young people in the first cohort · 22 projects completed
Hand in Hand
Social work was carried out at the Emílio Bosco and Jardim das Estâncias housing estates, which are Federal Government housing developments. The School of Transformation introduced the Elos Methodology to the estates, with residents playing an active role in adapting the programme to the lives of those who live there.
Semear Call for Applications
A call for proposals to support community initiatives in the Campo Belo region, based on an assessment of the area’s potential carried out with local residents. It formed part of the Plantar Project, which brings together people from the region who are committed to local initiatives for social, economic, cultural and environmental development.
That’s fine
A management training programme for social enterprises that are either formally registered or in the process of becoming so. The course simplified administrative, financial and legal procedures, with a focus on certifications and tax incentives for the third sector.