Partners connects people and institutions across and within the Americas to create lasting solutions to the hemisphere’s toughest challenges through its Chapters, development programs, and exchange programs.
Explore our map below to learn about Partners’ current Chapters and programs by country.
Regions
Brazil
Partners has been working in Brazil since 1965, when our first Brazil chapter was founded. Since then, our Brazil chapters have been integral in helping pass important disability rights legislation in the country. In addition, we’ve implemented world-renowned sport-for-development programs including Vencedoras, a sports-based employment and entrepreneurship training for adolescent girls. For over a decade, Partners worked to combat trafficking of children and youth in Brazil, and in 2013, hosted the Girls Empowerment Seminar in Rio de Janeiro to promote the rights of girls and young women to participate in all spaces of public life. Since 100,000 Strong in the Americas launched in 2014, the Innovation Fund has awarded 24 grants to 157 higher education institutions working in teams in 43 U.S states and 13 Brazilian states. In 2014, Partners celebrated 50 years of service in the Americas in Florianopolis, Brazil, in a joint event with the Association of Binational Centers (ABLA) under the theme of “Going Further and Faster.”
Chapters
- Comitê de Brasília, D.F.
Overview
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* President Flavio Cruz Contact Vice President Antonia Matos Contact Secretary Hosana Cecília Fagundes Contact Online Administrator Veruska Greff Teixeira Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Espírito Santo
Overview
For nearly four decades the primary leadership has come from the legal and higher education arenas. Organizing two major Congresses of Judges from the U.S. and Espírito Santo and signing a new agreement between the Federal University in Vitoria and the University of Charleston, WV will strengthen academic and student exchanges.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* Vice President Paulino Lourenco Jr. Contact Financial Coordinator Rubem Landeiro Filho Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Goiás
Overview
The Goiás, Brazil Chapter has focused on projects in agriculture, including environment, indigenous populations, and special education.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* Executive Director Lucas D'Nillo Silva Sousa Contact President Elisa D. Dal Molin Machado Contact Vice President Andre Luis d. Hedlund Contact First Secretary Daianne Castilho Silva Contact First Treasurer Waldeir Eterno da Silva Contact Second Treasurer Maria Claudia Loures Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Pará
Overview
The Pará Chapter, founded on May 5, 1966, is a non-profit, open-ended civil society based in Belém, Pará, Brazil. Now in its 37th year, the Pará Chapter has developed activities that have had an impact on improving the quality of life of our people, by carrying out projects aimed at the pressing needs of the local community. On the other hand, the Chapter runs university liaison programs offering scholarships, exchange cooperation with local universities with a view to strengthening training actions, continuing education, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, as well as extension and research activities, strengthening the educational ties between the partnerships. Our sister state, Missouri, is located in the Midwest of the United States, with Jefferson City as its capital, making up the Pará-Missouri Chapter partnership.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* Executive Director Alberto Rogerio B. da Silva Contact President Marcia Maria Menezes Dias Contact Secretary Monica Lorena d. Moreira Contact Secretary Terezinha de Lisieux Miranda da Silva Contact Treasurer Jose R. Ribamar Trabulo de Souza Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Paraíba
Overview
We are an NGO working in local communities in and around the city of João Pessoa to address needs of disabilities, health, and primary education. Our focus is on youth, using arts to give youth a form of expression of social issues.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* President Jose Antonio da Silva Contact Vice President Maria das Graças Albuquerque Toscano Secretary Maria de Fatima Lira de Farias Amorim Contact
Treasurer Gloria de Maria M. Obermark Contact Program Coordinator Denise Belarmino de Farias Amorim Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Pernambuco
Overview
The Pernambuco Chapter is a volunteer organization, created in 1968 within non-profit status in Brazil. We connect, serve, and change lives.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* Executive Director Tiberio Paula Pedrosa Monteiro Contact President Aurora Maria M. Vaz de Oliveira Araujo Vice President Maria Adelia A. Cunha Bandeira de Mello Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Rio Grande do Norte
Overview
The Rio Grande do Norte (RN) Chapter is an association of people with a common interest in serving society through international cooperation activities, specially with the State of Maine. Traditionally we have focused on exchanges of students, artists, professionals of various areas, and we strongly cherish the personal relationships that develop from all exchanges. We are excited about the new possibilities that will arise from the network. One of our most successful projects addresses the Domestic Violence issue. Since 2004, we´ve had strong experience exchanges with Maine specialists in this field and we´re currently developing a new phase that will deal with the consequences of domestic violence in the workplace.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* President Luiz Henrique Moreira Guedes Contact Vice President Regina Maria Moreira Guedes Contact Secretary Frederico Nicolau Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Rio Grande do Sul
Overview
Partners of the Americas Rio Grande do Sul Chapter develops all the projects based on the Partners of the Americas philosophy.
We are a strong network of volunteers and we develop our partnerships with our sister state, Indiana. We are interested in a wide range of activities- general culture, education, sports, government programs, youth, leadership, environment, general sciences (social and applied), etc.
We welcome any volunteers who share our philosophy and who are eager to sharing their experience in their fields of knowledge/interests (social medias, administration, general knowledge, arts and all other possible areas). We connect. We serve. We change lives.Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* President Lucia Helena d. Ferreira de Araujo Contact Vice President Mariza Carpes Contact Vice President Sofia Costa Lucca Contact Secretary Cristina Zarif Severo Contact Second Secretary Rosymarie Terra Lucas Contact Third Secretary Maite Siebel Contact First Treasurer Marlene M. Marodin Lomando Contact Second Treasurer Rodrigo Prestes Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de Santa Catarina
Overview
The Santa Catarina, Brazil Chapter forms a partnership with the Virginia, United States Chapter. The two Chapters draw up a Biannual Plan, revised annually, to establish priority projects in the partnership's areas of activity. The Santa Catarina Chapter is made up of volunteers who dedicate their time and skills to promoting good and spreading action in favor of people and communities. Volunteers are involved in the various exchange and cooperation projects and activities, offer accommodation and logistical support to visitors from the partner committee, take part in the established program and get directly involved in community work. The Chapter also has the support of public bodies and institutions, especially universities in the state of Santa Catarina. Throughout its history, the Santa Catarina Chapter has developed projects and exchanges in the areas of education and technology, character education, drug prevention and combating violence, arts and artist exchanges, culture, music and choir exchanges, health, civil defense, community development, agriculture (viticulture, fish farming and mariculture), the environment and natural resources, rural tourism and hospitality, recreation and sports, and university exchanges. Projects in the area of education have received priority attention in recent years, albeit with limited resources. The exchange and sharing of experiences between professionals and volunteers from both countries and the partnership between public and private organizations can contribute to a fairer, better and more developed society.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* Executive Director Wilson Schuelter Contact President Gustavo Andrade Contact Vice President Fabiano Zoldan Contact Director of Programs Patrick A. Almeida Cavalheiro Contact Treasurer Mozara K. Lenzi Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê de São Paulo
Overview
Our Chapter is composed of members who worked and or have been developing their own social-cultural and environmental/architecture project and seek in our Chapter the support they need. We have projects involving environment, youth, people with disabilities, maternal child healthcare, architecture creating 'green" communities, and cinema. One of our ongoing projects is designing a number of activities for Global Youth Volunteer Day, “O Dia Global de Voluntario Jovem”. The activities are: fóruns, palestras, workshops nas escolas e curso nas escolas publicas para Jovens Empreendedores junto com SEBRAE.
We promote this program on the internet, radio, television and newspapers which are intended to make the public aware of the importance of volunteerism and engaging youth in these activities. Activities are related to the 8 Millennium goals, such as: (1) combating hunger; (2) basic quality of education for all; (3) reduce infant mortality;(4) improve child health; (5) combat malaria, AIDS, and other diseases; and(6) address issues of environment and its relation to quality of life. Our Chapter works closely with the Illinois Chapter on the Film Fest - a ten day festival of Brazilian films focused on social issues. Directors travel to Chicago to discuss Brazilian cinema and documentaries, animation, full length, and shorts are shown at a number of venues throughout the State of Illinois. In addition to expanding into other U.S. states a festival of American films on these issues is planned for São Paulo.
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* President Luiz Alberto de Oliveira Contact Vice President Rudinaldo Gonçalves Contact Treasurer Italo Anderson A. Lopes Pinheiro Clarindo Contact *(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Comitê do Estado do Rio
Overview
The greatest interest of the Chapter is to strengthen partnership between the states of Rio de Janeiro and Maryland through exchanges of students, professionals, Universities and Institutions dedicated to social work and the environment work
Leadership
Chapter Email: [email protected]
Position Name Contact Information* Executive Director Ronald Hees Contact President Katherine Azevedo Contact Vice President José R. Martins Romêo Contact Treasurer Dora H. Hees Negreiros Contact Online Administrator Silvia Regina Goi Contact (Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!)Useful Links
(Users must have a PartnersConnect account to access - log in or create one today!) - Partners Brasil
Partners Brasil is the national association of Chapters and representation in Brazil, operating under the umbrella of Partners of the Americas. It serves as a unifying platform for the various Partners chapters located throughout the country. Partners of the Americas is an international network that promotes social and economic development, cultural understanding, and citizen diplomacy in the Americas.
Partners Brasil plays a crucial role in fostering collaboration and coordination among the Brazilian Chapters, which are spread across different states and regions. By bringing together these Chapters, Partners Brasil enables the sharing of resources, knowledge, and best practices, creating a strong network of individuals, organizations, and communities committed to advancing social progress in Brazil.
The association works towards the vision of a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable society in Brazil. It collaborates with local partners, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and businesses to implement projects and programs that address critical issues in areas such as education, health, entrepreneurship, environmental conservation, and cultural exchange.
- PartnersCampus Universidade de Gurupi
- PartnersCampus Goiânia
100,000 Strong in the Americas
The 100,000 Strong in the Americas (100K) Innovation Fund expands opportunities for higher education institutions to create partnerships and launch innovative student exchange and training programs. This opens access to underrepresented student populations, improves workforce development training, increases public-private investment, and strengthens people-to-people ties between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Education exchanges have long been used as a tool to foster international cooperation and promote technical, linguistic, and intercultural skills development for students to operate in an increasingly globalized world. Created in 2013 by the White House’s National Security Council, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the 100K Innovation Fund is an impactful hemisphere-wide education initiative that creates dynamic regional collaboration across the private sector, foundations, government entities, NGOs, and academia to support higher education partnerships and increase the number and diversity of students in the Americas who have access to innovative training and exchange programs.
Unlike traditional scholarship programs, which support individual students or faculty, the 100K Innovation Fund stimulates innovation at the institutional level and provides critical funding on a competitive basis to higher education institutions across the Americas to build partnerships that result in innovative student exchange and training programs that are scalable and sustainable. To learn more about 100K Innovation Fund grants and other opportunities, visit https://www.100kstrongamericas.org.
$9.8Million in grants awarded25Countries and 49 U.S. states and territories benefited from grant programs572Higher education institutions formed partnerships for international collaboration7,100+Student and faculty beneficiaries
