The Instituto Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano (South American Cultural Mill Institute), of Corumbá, was elected one of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil. The institution has already served around 23 thousand children and young people from Corumbá, Ladário, in MS, and from Bolivia.
The title is on the website www.premiomelhores.org, where you can find the name of all the organizations recognized for their good practices in areas such as governance, transparency, communication and financing. This is the seventh edition of the Award, held by the Instituto O Mundo que Queremos (IOMQQ) and the Instituto Doar, sponsored by Ambev VOA, with support from Instituto Humanize, Prosas and Toyota do Brasil.
The Prêmio Melhores ONGs (Best NGOs Award) has the mission of recognizing and publicizing the NGOs in Brazil that stand out most each year for their excellence in management, governance, financial sustainability and transparency.
“Having been recognized as one of the best NGOs in Brazil proves that we are on the right track and that our mission of transforming the lives of children and young people, not only on the border between Brazil and Bolivia but in various other parts of the country, is only just beginning,” celebrates Márcia Rolón, founder and executive director of Moinho Cultural, which next year turns 20 years of activities.
Moinho Cultural is a civil society organization that has offered, for 19 years, dance, music, technology and computer science classes to children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability in Corumbá, Ladário, Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarro. The comprehensive training offered by the institution lasts up to eight years. Moinho also works on training creative performers for young people and adults, through the Companhia de Dança do Pantanal (Pantanal Dance Company), Orquestra de Câmara do Pantanal – OCAMP (Pantanal Chamber Orchestra) and the 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 its activities, more than 23 thousand children and adolescents have been served by Moinho.
Moinho Cultural currently has master sponsorship via the Cultural Incentive Law from Instituto Cultural Vale, as well as sponsorship from Bellalluna Participações LTDA, Energisa, BRINKS, BTG Pactual, Caraí Empreendimentos LTDA, HINOVE, Rodobens, Cultural Support from Instituto FAR, funding from the Government of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, through the Fundação de Cultura de Mato Grosso do Sul, as well as its partnership with J.Macêdo and Fecomércio MS-SESC.
Institutional partners include the City Hall of Corumbá, City Hall of Ladário, City Hall of Puerto Suárez, City Hall of Puerto Quijarro, Instituto Homem Pantaneiro, IFMS, UFMS, Acaia Pantanal and other individual and corporate donors.
Check out some of Moinho’s projects:
OCAMP
The Orquestra de Câmara do Pantanal (Pantanal Chamber Orchestra), officially created in 2018, is part of the activities of the Instituto Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano, which for 18 years has worked on Social Transformation through Art, in Corumbá.
The Orchestra plays a relevant role in the cultural context of the Pantanal region, with extensive programming that includes symphonic and chamber repertoires, classical, popular and regional, suitable not only for concert halls but also for auditoriums, campuses and educational units, theaters, amphitheaters and outdoor performances, as well as for small receptions, birthdays, weddings and other events. Its main objectives are to spread symphonic and chamber music, innovate in educational and artistic proposals, encourage audience development and, above all, promote interaction between the knowledge produced at the Instituto Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano and society.
In 2022, some musicians from this orchestra joined the Orquestra Vale Música (Vale Música Orchestra) and were in Dubai. Tours around Brazil and the staging of FEMUP – the Pantanal Concert Music Festival – are also part of the Orchestra’s history.
CIA DE DANÇA DO PANTANAL
The Cia de Dança do Pantanal (Pantanal Dance Company) was created in 2017, in the city of Corumbá/MS, on the border with Bolivia, being one of the integrated actions of the Instituto Moinho Cultural Sul-Americano. The intent from the start has been to provide access and professional opportunities for dancers coming from South American social projects, as well as to represent the Pantanal territory, spreading dance with repertoires that include neoclassical and contemporary pieces, created by national and international choreographers.
The Company aims to explore and focus its contemporary works on one of the most precious biomes of Humanity, the Pantanal, which extends across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, countries that have the state of Mato Grosso do Sul as neighboring territory, and which is considered the largest floodable area on the planet.
