In the hands of the children served by the institution, the material is expected to turn into animals of the Pantanal fauna

Feeling capable of carrying out an activity to the end, seeing the result of manual work and developing fine motor coordination. These are some of the expected results that a new activity to be implemented by the Instituto Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano, this week, should bring about in the children served by the institution. The activity will take place next Friday (4), at 4 pm, with some children and adolescents.

Responsible for the activity, Moinho Cultural’s art teacher, Diana Oliveira, explains that, during an immersion at Ateliescola Acaia, in São Paulo, she came into contact with the technique that involves clay and saw how it could help children develop.

Art Teacher at Moinho, Diana took part in an immersion in São Paulo. Photo: Disclosure/Moinho Cultural

“Clay is abundant in the Pantanal. This one we’re going to use was taken from the banks of the Paraguay River. Working with clay is an activity that greatly develops children. While playing, they develop fine motor coordination and other skills,” explains the teacher, who did the immersion with the support of Acaia Pantanal.

During the activity, the great inspiration should be the Pantanal itself. The challenge is for the children to create elements of Pantanal fauna and flora, using only clay. All the work will also be used for the institution’s closing event, Moinho In Concert, which this year will have a bigger celebration, since it marks the organization’s 18th anniversary.

The Instituto Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano

Moinho Cultural is a civil society organization (OSC) that offers children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability in Corumbá, Ladário, Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarro, dance, music, technology and computing classes. The continuing education offered by the institution lasts up to eight years. Moinho also works on training performer-creators for young people and adults, with the Companhia de Dança do Pantanal (Pantanal Dance Company), Orquestra de Câmara do Pantanal (Pantanal Chamber Orchestra) and Núcleo de Tecnologia (Technology Center). The institution’s mission is to reduce social vulnerability in the Brazil-Bolivia border region, through access to cultural and technological assets. Since the start of activities, more than 23 thousand children and adolescents have already been served by Moinho.

The Institute currently has master sponsorship via the Cultural Incentive Law from Instituto Cultural Vale, as well as sponsorship from Bellalluna Participações LTDA, BRINKS, BTG Pactual, CaraÍ Empreendimentos LTDA, COMPER, Instituto Itaú Cultural, HINOVE, Rodobens and Criança Esperança, funding from the Government of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, through the Fundação de Cultura de Mato Grosso do Sul, in addition to the partnership with J.Macêdo, Itaú Social and Fecomércio MS-SESC.
Institutional partners include the Corumbá City Hall, Ladário City Hall, Puerto Suárez City Hall, Puerto Quijarro City Hall, Instituto Homem Pantaneiro, IFMS, UFMS, Acaia Pantanal and other individual and corporate donors.