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BRAZIL

our story

AVSI started working in Brazil in the ’80s, implementing urban development projects in low-income areas in the suburbs of Belo Horizonte. During these years we have grown and today we are present in 9 federal states (Roraima, Goias, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Piaui, Recife, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará) with 34 projects. Today we have 437 partners, around 390,000 direct beneficiaries and a budget of US$ 9 million.

our project

PROMOTING INTEGRATION THROUGH EMPLOYMENT OF VENEZUELAN REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PERSONS IN BRAZIL

AVSI Foundation with AVSI Brasil and the Institute of Migrants and Human Rights (Instituto Migração e Direitos Humanos - IMHR) implements the project “Promoting Integration through Employment of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and Other Vulnerable Persons” (2019-2021) with funding from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) for the Response to the Venezuela Crisis.

our partners

CREN

The Centre for Nutritional Recovery and Education is an international reference in the area of nutritional education and treatment of primary nutritional disorders (malnutrition, meaning undernutrition and obesity).

other resources

local Contact

FABRIZIO PELLICELLI | REGIONAL MANAGER 
Rua Frederico Simões, N 98, Edf. Advanced Trade, 13º andar
Caminho das Árvores, CEP 41820-774, Salvador-Bahia
+55 71 3555 3355
salvador@avsi.org

US Contact

EMAIL COLIN MURPHY @ Colin.Murphy@avsi.org