Solidarity Archives

image of a long table filled with elderly women sitted with plates in front of them, and of of them is pouring soup into a plate

Solidarity is a basic human quality. But it’s more than providing financial aid to the more needy; it’s understanding, caring, supporting, doing what has to be done to release the positive energy that connects people.

Young ethnic mom holds her daughter on lap who is snacking on a carrot from the garden. She is leaning her head back and laughing uproariously.

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Being part of the community: Madres Comunitarias

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Being part of the community: Obra do Ardina

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Semear: sow today, reap tomorrow

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Writing a new storyline at “Casa de Santo António”

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The Taste of Solidarity

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The Taste of Solidarity

In a unique and unparalleled initiative, Pingo Doce challenged two social welfare institutions, “Semear” and “Casa dos Sabores”, to sell their products inside one of the chain’s largest stores in Lisbon.

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Writing a New Storyline

At Casa de Santo António, in Lisbon, young mothers seek refuge and find a future. Most have never been daughters. Most have never been adult women. But, before they have time to call this house their home, they are taught how to build their own.

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Sow Today Reap Tomorrow

In Lisbon, a social inclusion project is putting its own twist on an old saying. At Semear (“sow”, in English), “waste makes haste” when it comes to attracting the talent of people with intellectual disabilities while providing them with tools to find their place in the job market.

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Lighting up Colombia

A water bottle and a brilliant idea illuminated more than 1200 homes in 47 Colombian communities. Camilo Herrera, the Executive Director of Un Litro de Luz Colombia and one of the top 10 Social Entrepreneurs in the country, shares his ambitions with Feed.

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Madres Comunitarias, more children with food Aid

They are more than 53 thousand women who look after children from Colombia’s lowest-income areas in their own homes. Community Mothers make a difference in the lives of these kids. The programme’s director, Juan Valencia, explains that, for many of them, the only food they eat are the meals given to them by the community mothers.

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Fundação Obra do Ardina

If there’s a difference between a house and home, Fundação Obra do Ardina’s boys know it well. Once they were at risk and feeling lost. Now, these 28 kids are safe and succeed at school and life itself. The director of this foster home located in Lisbon, Carlos Diogo tells Feed the boys’ multifaceted daily routine and the way it is contributing to their integration in society.

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Solidarity

Social energy: how solidarity can connect and empower people

Social energy: how solidarity can connect and empower people