2018 Annual Report 2018 Annual Report Rodapé - 2018 Annual Report ÍNDICE 3. Message from the CEO 41. Efficiency / Co-investment Letter from the chairman 5. of the Board of Trustees 42. Endowment 7. The Foundation 43. Balance Sheet 9. Map of Results 44. Income Statement 10. Projects 45. In the news 35. Support for the cause 47. Our History 38. Transparency 48. Governance and Team 39. Financial Management 49. Partners 2018 Annual Report Rodapé - 2018 Annual Report Letter from the CEO of Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation ransforming Brazil's early chil- Mariana Luz dhood development scenario po- T sitively and systemically is an ins- piring challenge, which we have been working on since 2007, and which ser- ved as our guide for 2018. It was a year pela Primeira Infância (Municipal Plan for Early Childhood of completing cycles, moving forward Development) or PMPI, aligned with the Legal Framework of on high-impact projects, and fostering Early Childhood Development. We offered technical advice du- new practices that empower children ring the whole document creation process, which depended upon and their families. a collaborative (intersectoral and participatory) process both in- side city council and externally, involving organized civil socie- After ten years, the São Paulo pela ty. Following our continued public support for the construction Primeiríssima Infância Program, which of early childhood development policies and programs, we sig- encourages towns to create care servi- ned a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the São Paulo City ces for pregnant families and children Council, to develop actions to put the PMPI into use. up to three years of age, is no longer an agreement between the Foundation Still, in the public sphere, we made advancements implementing and the State Department of Health but the home visiting project in Boa Vista, Roraima. By the end of the a public policy. This achievement will year, about 700 families in vulnerable situations were receiving vi- attribute a greater reach and longevi- sits or access to groups focused on parenting and child develop- ty for the program, structured in four ment. This is only the beginning of a project that, in three years, pillars: governance, formation, societal will reach 9,600 families. Programs of this nature focus on hel- mobilization, and evaluation. ping build affectional bonds between adults and children, reinfor- cing the role of this parent or caregiver in guaranteeing the care, In the city of São Paulo, we contribu- protection, emotional support and the stimuli that children need ted to launching the Plano Municipal to achieve integral development. Message from the CEO 3 2018 Annual Report Another highlight of the preschools in Boa Vista was the trans- priceless undertaking of promoting lation, adaptation, and validation of the Measuring Early real social impact. Learning Quality Outcomes (MELQO) in Brazil. The instrument was created for evaluating early childhood education in deve- Finally, 2018 was also a year of pro- loping countries, within the framework of the United Nations bing. We revisited the strategic Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and validated by inter- planning and reflected on the future national organizations. that we want as a team and that we want to see the cause set in stone. In the private sector, we have established a partnership with We are on the right path to streng- Great Place to Work Brazil, thening an organization that values which, will award the Best its essence while ensuring the cons- Companies to Work for in the truction of new, contemporary and area of Early Childhood Care avant-garde spaces, enabling us to starting in 2019. One way to dare, experiment, make mistakes, inspire the private sector to em- move forward, and thus achieve our brace the cause is by demons- goals. trating that good corporate practices – such as extending We ended the year taking great pri- parental leave – bring benefits de in everything we have done so far. to families and businesses alike, We are energized for 2019, convic- impacting productivity and em- ted to strengthening coalitions and ployee retention. thus, propelling early childhood de- velopment in Brazil. It remains a gre- While leveraging the needle of at challenge, but we have the genui- early childhood development, it is ne commitment of the team, all the fundamental to involve the most governing bodies, the Souto Vidigal diverse components of society – family, and the partners. We know public and private sectors, press, that together, we will guarantee the academia, social organizations, desired results and achieve our goal etc. Therefore, we are incredibly of "developing the child to develop grateful to have a strong roster society." of partners in all of these spheres. They are committed to creating Happy reading. connections, collaborating techni- cally and strategically, joining for- Mariana Luz ces, efforts, and resources for this CEO of Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation Message from the CEO 4 2018 Annual Report Letter from the chairman of the Board of Trustees ince 2007, Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Dario Guarita Neto Foundation has dedicated its efforts to Searly childhood development, collabo- rating so that Brazilian children are incre- asingly prepared to become adults full of possibilities. In 2018, we consolidated our per- Being able to monitor and evaluate the transformations in our formance, and our projects are more robust country is just as necessary as it is urgent. After all, surveys point and integrated and have gained prominence to sad statistics. According to UNICEF, 175 million children in the from the municipal to the federal level. world do not have access to daycare and preschool, and one in five children under the age of 5 are neglected by their parents In this process, we counted on Eduardo or caregivers. Queiroz's commitment, who led the Foundation for almost eight years and whom These numbers show the importance of countries having their at- we thank immensely for the fundamental role tention and investments focused on early childhood development that he played in placing early childhood de- and the most vulnerable part of the population. In this sense, in velopment on the national and international 2018, for the first time, the G20 countries put the cause whi- agenda. thin the agenda of the world's leading economies by launching an initiative to promote quality programs for young children, the To move forward with our purpose in 2018, we goal is to break the cycle of poverty between generations. welcomed Mariana Luz. Since October, she has been at the forefront of the Foundation This goal is also a necessity in Brazil, where estimates show that guiding this new cycle, in which we reitera- there are around 20 million children up to 6 years old, one of te the focus on early childhood development every three of them living in poverty or extreme poverty, ac- and the importance of evaluating our practi- cording to the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística ce even more bluntly investing in projects that (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) or IBGE. Given can create real impact on society. this context, it is society's mission to elect representatives who Letter from the chairman of the Board of Trustees 5 2018 Annual Report act to move the needle of early childhood development in a po- sitive direction. In turn, it is the governments' responsibility to enable concrete actions to meet this demand. That is why we worked to include this cause as a topic in the 2018 election debates. The Primeira Infância Primeiro (Early Childhood First) material, with recommendations to propel chil- dhood development, was designed to inspire the candidates in building their plans for governing. As a result, throughout the electoral process, presidential can- didates, and those running for par- liament have recurrently tackled the issue. In order to move forward on the path of change in the Brazilian reality, it is essential that policies and programs for education and family care are prioritized – and that they are reflected in the pu- blic budget for the development of boys and girls from pregnancy to the first years of life. After all, in- vesting in this stage of life is inves- ting in the future of the country. strong partners, the commitment of the Board of Trustees, the Fiscal Board, the Investment and Communication Committees, The Foundation will continue on and the support and encouragement of the Souto Vidigal family this endeavor, working with the pu- to design a more lively and promising future for Brazil. blic and private sectors, the press, academia, and other social organi- Let's do this, zations to contribute to the formu- lation and improvement of innova- tive measures to strengthen child Dario Guarita Neto care. We have a dedicated team, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Letter from the chairman of the Board of Trustees 6 2018 Annual Report The Foundation In the world of early childhood development, we have chosen 4 priorities: 1. To mobilize leaders To convince public, social and private leaders that if they prioritize policies and practices that promote early childhood development, our society will have better prepared and more industrious citizens. 2. To improve the quality of early Child Education To improve the policies of daycares and prescho- ols with the implementation of good practices that emphasize an intersectoral approach. 3. To strengthen childcare To bring more information for parents and care- Early childhood development has been our cause of choice sin- givers into the homes of young children through ce 2007. Comprising the phase from birth to six years of age, programs and parenting services that teach the early childhood is a real window of opportunity: it is when the value of stimulation, interaction and bonding.