Following its donation to the Pro-Saber SP Institute in the first year of the pandemic, the ABCD Charitable Trust renewed its support in 2021. This time, Pró-Saber SP used the amount to maintain the organization’s routine upkeep in the community of Paraisópolis, including the work of the Pró Ler & Brincar Program and the Pró-Saber SP Library.
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Working since 2003 in the community of Paraisópolis, in São Paulo, the Instituto Pró-Saber SP aims to strengthen the full education of Brazilian children and young people through literacy and play. In 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic and the related shut-down of the organization’s physical location, the playful and pedagogical activities offered in the shift by the Pró Ler & Brincar program began to be carried out in virtual mode. However, the families felt the socio-emotional and financial impacts of the health crisis and isolation measures, which led Pró-Saber SP to channel part of its efforts into material support to them. The money given by the ABCD Charitable Trust was used for the monthly delivery of reading and play kits (with books, activities, drawing material, modeling mass, educational toys, etc.) and financial assistance to families.
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Todos Aprendem was the focus of the second phase of the ABCD Institute, centered on continued training of Brazilian teachers. The project was the fruit of a partnership among specialists and researchers from the main learning centers. At this point, the training course was in-person, conducted through partnerships with other organizations in the educational area, with 41 municipal departments of education and with the state governments of São Paulo and Pará (with a student population of 240,000). In 2015, in partnership with the State Department of Education of São Paulo, the course migrated to an online format. This resulted in an expanded scope and a reduced cost of the project. With the Covid-19 pandemic and the challenges imposed on teachers by remote education, 6,379 teachers took the training, the highest number since the project began. In all, Todos Aprendem impacted more than 8,000 teachers.
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As the first concrete action by the ABCD Institute, the Reference Centers Project aimed to produce, disseminate, and exchange knowledge about dyslexia in Brazil. To this end, it selected five centers (four linked to public universities) that offered diagnosis and care for persons with learning disabilities. In addition to developing a common multidisciplinary evaluation protocol and building bridges among these centers, the project provided financial incentive for the structuring of the services offered by the reference centers and for the development of research. Currently, iABCD includes on list the public a total of 12 centers (now called Centers of Excellence), located in the Southeast, Northeast and South of Brazil.
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Founded in 2009, iABCD is a Brazilian non-profit institution dedicated to the cause of dyslexia. It works in three main areas: advocacy; specialized diagnosis and follow-up; and education.
Advocacy – working for better support from society and public policies. This led to the creation of a guidebook for parents with children with dyslexia, to help them in starting associations and support groups, as well as approval of Law No. 14,254/2021.
Diagnosis and care – through a call for proposals, ABCD selected five projects (four of them linked to public universities) to build into leading centers on specific learning disorders. This allowed already existing projects to undergo a process of professionalization and promotion.
Education (teachers): the Todos Aprendem project, executed in partnership with educational organizations and municipal and state departments of education, promoted continued training to public school teachers in 2014. The following year, the course moved into an online format, expanding its reach. In addition, iABCD created the online course “Understanding Dyslexia”, aimed at persons with dyslexia, family members, and those interested in the topic.
Education (students): given the high rate of functional illiteracy in the country, estimated at 30%, the iABCD expanded the idea of directly supporting the literacy of children with learning disabilities. In 2019, it launched EduEdu, a free app with personalized activities on phonological awareness, alphabetic writing and reading system.
Pandemic: During the Covid-19 pandemic, EduEdu became an important tool during remote teaching. In addition to activities for printing, iABCD invested in digital activities and in the Socioemotional Space (in partnership with the Ame Sua Mente Institute), also in 2020. The following year, EduEdu continued to expand digital activities and created, with funding from Cisco, the Dyslexia Space, which provides a test for signs of dyslexia developed in partnership with the Federal University of Rio Grande Norte (UFRN). Also during the first two years of the pandemic, iABCD launched two books on specific learning disorders aimed at education professionals, held a cycle of online lectures during Dyslexia Week and conducted the study “Profile of Specific Learning Disorder in Brazil: Costs for families and Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic” with Cisco’s support. Already reaping results of its actions, iABCD now broadens its vision of helping ALL children with literacy difficulties, in the search to reduce the social, economic, and health barriers imposed on learning in Brazil
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A New Vision of Philanthropy
We support projects in the areas of education and health to break down barriers to learning, support mental health and promote medical advances.
Our support goes beyond the financial and is based on trust, partnership and collaboration.
Dyslexia
Access to specialized diagnosis and care, teaching practices and appropriate technologies, support for persons with dyslexia and their families and creation of public policies aimed at learning disorders.
Literacy
The functional illiteracy rate in Brazil is estimated at approximately 30%, which is not only a serious social problem, but al makes identification of dyslexia more difficult. Therefore, we support initiatives that work to improve the literacy rate in Brazil.
Mental Health
In addition to being fundamental to people's well-being and dignity, mental health strongly impacts learning. Among our goals is the democratization of access to mental health promotion actions and scientific development in this area.
Medical Advances
Research in the area of health requires high investment in human and material resources. We support institutions and researchers who are at the forefront of psychiatry, neurology and robotic surgery. We also create bridges for the exchange of knowledge, crucial to scientific advancement.
We proudly support the following projects
Fighting to promote dyslexia awareness and care in Brazil since 2009, the ABCD Institute works for improved access to specialized diagnosis and care, creation of public policies and the chance for everyone to learn.
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More than 80 public schools in the state of São Paulo have participated in the Ame Sua Mente na Escola project, which trains teachers and school administrators on how to manage mental health issues.
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The Laboratory of Genetic Neurobiology, affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, studies genetic mutations that can help in both understanding and developing treatments for schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.
Charity alone doesn’t change the world.
That’s why we practice philanthropy based on trust, partnership and collaboration.
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The ABCD Charitable Trust was founded to improve the lives of persons with dyslexia in Brazil.
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2009
Foundation of the ABCD Institute
Patrice de Camaret founds the ABCD Charitable Trust, a philanthropic fund registered in the Charity Commission of Great Britain, with the donation of funds for the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), but with the major focus on Brazil.Fostering leading centers on dyslexia
The ABCD Institute is founded, as the first project funded by the ABCD Trust. Dedicated to the issue of dyslexia in Brazil, the non-profit social organization begins its activities with a focus on improved diagnosis, through promotion of major centers for the evaluation and treatment of learning disorders.
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Foundation of the ABCD Institute Patrice de Camaret founds the ABCD Charitable Trust, a philanthropic fund registered in the Charity Commission of Great Britain, with the donation of funds for the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), but with the major focus on Brazil. Fostering leading centers on dyslexia The ABCD Institute is founded, as the first…
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2010
Unifesp: Funding research
ABCD Trust finances the research project “Effect on Music Education for improving the areas of reading and cognitive abilities in children with reading disorder: a cluster randomized clinical trial” to study the effect of musical education on improved reading and cognitive functions in children with reading disorders, conducted by researchers at Unifesp.
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Unifesp: Funding research ABCD Trust finances the research project “Effect on Music Education for improving the areas of reading and cognitive abilities in children with reading disorder: a cluster randomized clinical trial” to study the effect of musical education on improved reading and cognitive functions in children with reading disorders, conducted by researchers at Unifesp.
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2012
Public policies in Brazil
The ABCD Trust, through its trustees and the ABCD Institute, begins to integrate efforts to create public policies for dyslexia and learning disorders in Brazil, promoting dialogue among the legislative branch, academia and civil society.
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Public policies in Brazil The ABCD Trust, through its trustees and the ABCD Institute, begins to integrate efforts to create public policies for dyslexia and learning disorders in Brazil, promoting dialogue among the legislative branch, academia and civil society.
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2013
Coruja Educação: Foundation support
The ABCD Trust invests, as a minority partner, in the creation of Coruja Educação, dedicated to the production of digital and printed pedagogical materials to support learning inside and outside the classroom.
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Coruja Educação: Foundation support The ABCD Trust invests, as a minority partner, in the creation of Coruja Educação, dedicated to the production of digital and printed pedagogical materials to support learning inside and outside the classroom.
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2014
ABCD Institute: Launch of Todos Aprendem
With funding from the ABCD Trust, the ABCD Institute launches Todos Aprendem, a continuing education project for dyslexia and other learning disorders offered to elementary education teachers throughout Brazil through partnerships with non-governmental organizations and municipal and state departments of education.
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ABCD Institute: Launch of Todos Aprendem With funding from the ABCD Trust, the ABCD Institute launches Todos Aprendem, a continuing education project for dyslexia and other learning disorders offered to elementary education teachers throughout Brazil through partnerships with non-governmental organizations and municipal and state departments of education.
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2016
Johns Hopkins University Genetic Neurobiology Laboratory: research funding
The ABCD Trust begins its relationship with the Laboratory of Genetic Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University, United States, directed by psychiatrist, professor and researcher Russell L. Margolis. It then began to fund the laboratory’s research strategy, which also includes studies conducted with the National Institutes of Health.
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Johns Hopkins University Genetic Neurobiology Laboratory: research funding The ABCD Trust begins its relationship with the Laboratory of Genetic Neurobiology at Johns Hopkins University, United States, directed by psychiatrist, professor and researcher Russell L. Margolis. It then began to fund the laboratory’s research strategy, which also includes studies conducted with the National Institutes of Health.
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2017
Collaboration: JHU and Unifesp
Fulfilling its purpose of building bridges to the progress of science and medicine, the ABCD Trust begins to foster collaboration between researchers from the departments of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University (JHS) and the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp). With this, participation in events, technical visits, exchanges and clinical experiences have been opportunistic to researchers from both institutions.
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Collaboration: JHU and Unifesp Fulfilling its purpose of building bridges to the progress of science and medicine, the ABCD Trust begins to foster collaboration between researchers from the departments of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University (JHS) and the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp). With this, participation in events, technical visits, exchanges and clinical experiences…
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2018
Ame Sua Mente: Seed Investment
The ABCD Trust invests in creation of the Ame Sua Mente Institute, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting mental health in the school environment.JHU: Innovation in robotic surgery
The ABCD Trust begins its support for the Brady Urological Institute, affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the United States, for the development of robotic surgery.Support for Bill 402/2008
With technical support from the ABCD Institute and political support from the ABCD Trust, the first version of the bill on the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia in early education is presented in the Senate.ABCD Institute Team
The direction of the institution strengthens itself as a collaborative and horizontal organization: Nicolas de Camaret, a technology specialist and one of the trustees of the ABCD Trust, takes over as executive director; and Juliana Amorina, previously technical coordinator, becomes chief executive officer.
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Ame Sua Mente: Seed Investment The ABCD Trust invests in creation of the Ame Sua Mente Institute, a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting mental health in the school environment. JHU: Innovation in robotic surgery The ABCD Trust begins its support for the Brady Urological Institute, affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Hospital in the United States,…
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2019
New Phase of the ABCD Institute: EduEdu App
The ABCD Institute starts a new phase, directed at concrete literacy teaching methods. To do so, the free app offers extra practice for students in the early elementary years.Coruja Educação Ends
Coruja, Educação ends its activities and transfers its materials and know-how to the ABCD Institute.
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New Phase of the ABCD Institute: EduEdu App The ABCD Institute starts a new phase, directed at concrete literacy teaching methods. To do so, the free app offers extra practice for students in the early elementary years. Coruja Educação Ends Coruja, Educação ends its activities and transfers its materials and know-how to the ABCD Institute.
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Ame Sua Mente na Escola: Funding and technical collaboration
The ABCD Trust begins a three-year cycle of support, together with the Umane Association, for the Ame Sua Mente na Escola project. In addition to financial contribution, it promotes dialogue between the Ame Sua Mente Institute and the ABCD Institute, to establish mutual collaborations.Clinic Goia (CAISM Vila Mariana): Seed investment
The ABCD Trust invests in the creation of the Goia Clinic, which provides mental health services as part of the support for activities at the Center for Integrated Mental Health Care (CAISM Vila Mariana), in the Department of Psychiatry of the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp).Pandemic: EduEdu and Todos Aprendem Expands
With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ABCD Trust invests in improved access to the ABCD Institute’s resources: expansion of EduEdu to support parents, guardians, and teachers during remote education; and free availability of the online course Todos Aprendem for elementary school teachers.Pandemic: Support for the Pró-Saber SP Institute
In the context of a pandemic, the ABCD Trust provides financial support to Pró-Saber SP for the distribution of food aid and reading and play kits to families in Paraisópolis, in the outskirts of São Paulo.
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Ame Sua Mente na Escola: Funding and technical collaboration The ABCD Trust begins a three-year cycle of support, together with the Umane Association, for the Ame Sua Mente na Escola project. In addition to financial contribution, it promotes dialogue between the Ame Sua Mente Institute and the ABCD Institute, to establish mutual collaborations. Clinic Goia…
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2021
CAISM Vila Mariana: Infrastructure
The ABCD Trust funds the renovation of the auditorium at the Center for Integrated Mental Health Care (CAISM Vila Mariana), affiliated with the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp).Institute Pró-Saber SP: Support for activities
In a new funding cycle, the ABCD Trust supports Pró-Saber’s routine activities in Paraisópolis, including the library and the Read and Play project.Law no. 14.254/2021
After a decade of continuous advocacy work and technical support led by the ABCD Institute and ABCD trustees, Federal Law No. 14,254/21 is enacted, which provides for complete care for students with dyslexia, ADHD and other learning disorders.
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CAISM Vila Mariana: Infrastructure The ABCD Trust funds the renovation of the auditorium at the Center for Integrated Mental Health Care (CAISM Vila Mariana), affiliated with the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp). Institute Pró-Saber SP: Support for activities In a new funding cycle, the ABCD Trust supports Pró-Saber’s routine activities in Paraisópolis, including the…
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2022
Ame Sua Mente na Escola Official Recognition
ABCD Trust supports the creation of the “Ame Sua Mente ” seal, with which the Ama Sua Mente Institute can officially recognize Brazilian public schools that have demonstrated good mental health practices.Funding Cycle Ends
The ABCD Trust closes the three-year funding cycle of the “Ame Sua Mente na Escola” project, the largest contribution for 2022.
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Ame Sua Mente na Escola Official Recognition ABCD Trust supports the creation of the “Ame Sua Mente ” seal, with which the Ama Sua Mente Institute can officially recognize Brazilian public schools that have demonstrated good mental health practices. Funding Cycle Ends The ABCD Trust closes the three-year funding cycle of the “Ame Sua Mente…
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When a project is supported by the ABCD Trust, it doesn’t just receive financial resources: it becomes part of a collaborative ecosystem. The ABCD Trust builds bridges among projects, organizations and people who share interests and dreams, and this has always been vital to the success of the ABCD Institute’s work.
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The ABCD Trust was absolutely instrumental in believing in an innovative idea (mental health prevention) implemented by a group dedicated to fostering projects otherwise not considered by agencies. With resources and knowledge transfer, ABCD Trust’s four years’ worth of support allowed us to develop a scalable and autonomous training program.
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Support from the ABCD Trust, including support for students, junior scientists, research staff and laboratory costs, has led to a number of scientific advances. In short: ABCD Trust funding has been fundamental for our work!
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The ABCD Charitable Trust has been instrumental in supporting organizations which have changed the way in which learning differences are identified, viewed and supported in Brazil. It has also identified opportunities to fund world-leading medical research and teaching. In the future, it will continue to look for innovative ways to improve opportunities for young people in Brazil, especially those facing particular difficulties.
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The ABCD Trust has contributed significantly to awareness about the cause of dyslexia in Brazil. Outside of Brazil, its donations contribute to research and development of initiatives in the field of mental health.
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It is very important that society reverts part of its profits to human resource training, research and innovation, and the expansion of access to quality health care. The ABCD Trust’s funding was fundamental to support the intervention offered in schools in our randomized study, including the purchase of musical instruments and partial transport costs of music teachers visiting our schools.
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In 2021, the ABCD Trust’s contribution accounted for about 10% of our total expenditure. That’s a significant amount for an organization of our size, which needs to continually pursue a range of partners to continue. The trust-based philanthropy practiced by the ABCD Trust makes all the difference, because it gives us the freedom to choose what we consider most important.
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I am very proud to participate in the history of the ABCD Institute, the social organization that has done the most for dyslexia since 2009. Nothing compares to the impact that the ABCD Institute has made on all fronts in which it acts: in the creation of leading centers, in supporting families and educators, and in working for adequate public policies.
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We are a philanthropic fund that supports projects in the areas of education and health.
Our purpose is to help break down barriers to learning, support mental health and promote medical advances.
Founded in 2009 by Patrice de Camaret, a French entrepreneur and investor located in Brazil, the ABCD Charitable Trust is registered with the Charity Commission, which regulates philanthropic entities in England and Wales. Donations are defined by the trust group, following the strict regulations of the English commission and criteria, based on the purpose of the fund.
The idea of creating a fund – not a non-governmental organization (NGO) – was to specifically support institutions and professionals who were already fighting for the cause of dyslexia and education in Brazil. In order to do so, the ABCD Trust has allocated its first investments to the creation of the ABCD Institute, inspired by the British Dyslexia Association (BDA) model: diagnostic support, educational initiatives and advocacy.
Since then, the ABCD Trust has provided financial support to entities and professionals involved in research and activities in education, literacy, mental health and medical technologies in Brazil and other countries. In addition to financial support, it fosters networks in order to best leverage its supported projects.
Dyslexia
Access to specialized diagnosis and care, teaching practices and appropriate technologies, support for persons with dyslexia and their families and creation of public policies aimed at learning disorders.
Literacy
The functional illiteracy rate in Brazil is estimated at approximately 30%, which is not only a serious social problem, but al makes identification of dyslexia more difficult. Therefore, we support initiatives that work to improve the literacy rate in Brazil.
Mental Health
In addition to being fundamental to people's well-being and dignity, mental health strongly impacts learning. Among our goals is the democratization of access to mental health promotion actions and scientific development in this area.
Medical Advances
Research in the area of health requires high investment in human and material resources. We support institutions and researchers who are at the forefront of psychiatry, neurology and robotic surgery. We also create bridges for the exchange of knowledge, crucial to scientific advancement.
Our vision is a more just society,
with education and healthcare for all.
To help make it a reality,
the ABCD Charitable Trust is guided by three values:
Trust
We have established a relationship of mutual trust with the projects we support.
Partnership
Our support is more than financial: we help projects take off.
Collaboration
We build bridges among supported projects, so they grow stronger.
A little more about the story of our founding… In the early 2000s, Patrice’s son Nicolas was diagnosed with dyslexia. Unable to find adequate care in Brazil, the family moved to England, where the educational system had established practices and resources aimed at dyslexia.
“In England, we learned about the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), which was instrumental in creating an educational system that enables learning for those with learning disabilities. When I decided to start working with philanthropy, I thought about dyslexia in Brazil – after all, I had the opportunity to provide a quality education for my son, but most Brazilian families do not have this option,” says Patrice.
Our wish is for those with dyslexia or other learning disabilities to have the opportunity to learn.
Charity alone doesn’t change the world.
That’s why we practice philanthropy based on trust, partnership and collaboration.
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