Social
Technology is understood as "a set of techniques, transformational
methodologies, developed and / or applied in the interaction with the
population and appropriated by it, which represent solutions for social
inclusion and improvement of the conditions of life created to solve some type
of social problem and which meets the requirements of simplicity, low cost,
easy applicability and proven social impact.
This
subject has been approached with great emphasis within the Brazilian
universities. In addition to the creative economy, social entrepreneurism,
voluntary for the activation of the third sector is the set of civil society
entities with public and non-profit purposes, preserved by the emphasis on
voluntary participation in a non-governmental context.
Wow.
Here, 05 (Five) initiatives in the applied ones that they see improving the
quality of life of millions of Brazilians because with versatility, will,
initiative and community participation they see the life transformation
transforming social improving the indices of human development.
1.
People's Bank of Muhammad Yunus - Nobel Peace Prize of 2006.
Here
in Brazil, social currency initiatives inspired by the banker of the poor have
already been implemented. This has been gaining momentum in places where the
Brazilian State has historically been absent. There are already cases in the
region of the islands of the city of Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is
low levels of human development similar to Bangladesh
"He was known as Banker of the Poor.
Bangladesh designing micro credits for the poor. The Grameencredit is based on
the premise that the poor have unused or underutilized occupational skills. It
is definitely not the lack of skills that makes poor people poor. Grameen Bank
believes that poverty is not created by the poor, it is created by the
institutions and policies that surround it. To eliminate poverty, all we have
to do is implement appropriate changes in institutions and policies, and / or
create new institutions and policies ... Grameen Bank has created a methodology
and an institution to meet the financial needs of the poor and created
reasonable conditions of access to credit, enabling the poor to develop their
professional skills to obtain a higher income for each loan cycle"
2 - Ecological toilet
W.C.
Using
a simple technology, Dry Sanitary Ecology transforms human waste into organic
fertilizer, without the use of water, taking advantage of natural biological
cycles. And, not having as a product the sewage, the technology avoids the
contamination of the water of the rivers. The process of change occurs from a
biochemical process of composting, which transforms the waste through the
action of bacteria and microorganisms, converting them into fertile organic
compounds and without disease-causing agents. "We saw in this project
another opportunity to promote the sustainable development of our Region. The
whole community gains, mainly in quality of life, because the diseases
transmitted when consuming contaminated water are avoided ", emphasized
Valmir Rossi, President of the Bank of the Amazon. The ecologically sustainable
initiative of Caritas Belém has been drawing the attention of Banco da Amazônia
since 2009, the year in which the institution began to sponsor the project.
Since then, the Bank has invested R $ 250,000 in the activities of the
Ecological Dry Sanitary, which has already been installed in the islands of
Belém, benefiting 79 families, and Longa, where 35 families attended. Then, the
project reached the Urubuoca Islands, reaching another 78 families, and Nova,
serving 32 families.
3. Water for human
consumption from rainwater harvesting
The
Rainwater Utilization System began its research in 2007 and was first
implemented in 2011 in the islands of Belém. Today it also works on the island
of Murutucu, benefiting nine families, generating financial savings, not losing
days of work due to diseases and no longer need to buy water, fuel and
medicines, besides having autonomy in water supply and improvement in the
well-being of the population. The project also includes discussions with local
society, analysis of the effects in the region and actions of health,
environmental and citizen education. The system was developed by the Research
Group for Rainwater Utilization of the Federal University of Pará and aims to
minimize the incidence of waterborne diseases in the region and also to
increase access to drinking water.
4. Non-Governmental
Organization Building Homes for Poor Families
The
volunteer work at the NGO "Um Teto para Meu País" is an example of
the success of the organization among young volunteers committed to eradicating
shacks in Latin America, it mobilizes students from the main universities of
fourteen countries in the region. Since November 2006, when he arrived in
Brazil, he has already had the voluntary work of 1 000 people between the ages
of 18 and 29. "The idea is that they help the residents improve their
quality of life and regularize their situation," says the Chilean Claudio
Castro, social director of the NGO. The first step of the work is to build
emergency homes made of raw wood and with 18 square meters of area for
extremely poor families. In order to publicize the action, volunteers must set
up a model shack to be visited by the residents so that they feel safe and
confident in the project after the community is transformed with new houses
according to the model, as there is a housing definition , after the
construction of the first shack, volunteers are usually welcomed with open arms
by the families but the ones who seem really seduced are the young volunteers
themselves. "We opened 100 vacancies for the next task force, scheduled
for this weekend, and 407 people signed up," says journalist Joana Ricci
at the NGO since 2006. During the work, volunteers will camp from Friday to Saturday
in schools or nearby gyms to the favelas. The NGO "Um Teto para Meu
País" was born in Chile in 1997. At the time, 135,000 families lived in
slums. Since then, it has built 35,000 homes and collaborated to reverse the
initial scenario.
5. Facebook likes this
In
March of this year, Facebook inaugurated the Innovation Lab in the heart of the
favela Heliópolis Rio de Janeiro. For those who are not used to walking in the
community, it is a little tricky to get there. After facing alleys and narrow
streets so tiny that two cars can not cross at the same time being careful not
to slip on the floor wet with rain.
Until
the intervention of the company of Mark Zuckerberg, Brazilian that together
some American roommate founded Facebook.
Coming
from his home country on his vacation here in Rio de Janeiro when visiting the
poor peripheral area favelados resolved to help the simple community so
revitalized the favela thus showing everyone that facebook is also a social
entrepreneur enterprise. in the Unit that revitalized the favela of Heliópolis
when passing through a metal door, the visitor soon comes across a large room
equipped with 15 brand new notebooks. In the morning, the lab offers courses
and workshops that encourage local entrepreneurs to use digital tools to
leverage their business; in the afternoon, the use of computers and the
internet is free there is a group of multipliers, a group of young people
trained by Facebook to manage the site). Uniformed and with smiles on the
faces, they are helpful and entertained with the photos of the recent actions
of the social network in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. On one of the walls, a
giant white board invites the visitor to write some errands. It is the famous
"The Facebook Wall", something always present in the offices of the
company. All the workshops offered by the Innovation Lab are free, The calendar
is disseminated through the internet in a page dedicated to the project.
In
other favelas of Rio de Janeiro are already emerging social entrepreneurs who
offer free mobile WIFI and quality also strengthened by the free courses
offered for network support and internet dissemination among the poorest and
impoverished.
* Guest Blog Post by: Fabrício Reis Amador
Veterinarian and tour guide
Brazil
