Associação Comunitária Monte Azul

Associação Comunitária Monte Azul is a non-governmental organisation based in São Paulo, Brazil working on community development, education, health +3 more.

Associação Comunitária Monte Azul is a non-governmental community organisation working in three favelas in the south zone of São Paulo, Brazil. It runs educational, health, cultural and social assistance projects, including early childhood, youth and adult programmes, a health centre and a birth centre, together with residents and the city administration. Its approach draws on Waldorf pedagogy, integrative medicine and social pedagogy, and it includes environmental work and political engagement in public bodies. The organisation states that around 20,000 people benefit directly from its work. A German support association, Monte Azul International e.V., and a German office in Hagen support its work.