Associação Comunitária Monte Azul

Qui sommes-nous

Founded in 1979, the non-profit “Associação Comunitária Monte Azul” is an everyday, one-stop shop for people in the slums of São Paulo, Brazil. Together with the residents and the city administration, this NGO runs a variety of initiatives and aid projects - with the aim of improving the quality of life in the slums and, in particular, providing comprehensive support to children, young people and women.
The work of the Monte Azul Community Association is based on the foundations of anthroposophy and the Waldorf education system which developed from it.

Our mission
Our work seeks to enable love to arise between people, regardless of nationality, religion, ethnic origin, political convictions, social status and material conditions. Through upbringing, schooling, culture and health care we offer especially disadvantaged people the space to develop materially, socially and spiritually and to act consciously in freedom and love.

Our vision
We see ourselves as an organisation that seeks innovative and creative solutions to the demands of today by bringing its experience and beliefs about social life – based on anthroposophy – into the life of the community, deepening them and making them more transparent.

Our work
• Social education workshop: all internal and external offerings that serve the mental, emotional and physical development of employees, such as employee development, consulting, courses, seminars, teaching about Waldorf education, organizational development.
• Youth and adult work: social-therapeutic workshops - In this program, the Monte Azul Community Association accepts around 100 young people and adults with cognitive and physical disabilities; Vocational workshops - The program supports the vocational training process for young people and adults aged 15+. There are the areas carpentry, bakery, tailoring and computer science. In addition, job-specific trips to the countryside and to companies and museums are undertaken; Youth in Education - The Monte Azul Community Association acts as a training provider for teens between the ages of 14 and 23.
• Education: Nurseries and kindergartens; kindergarten group; music school; street worker program; After-school care; Waldorf school
• Health: Maternity clinic “Casa Angela”; Medical Therapeutic Outpatient Centre; Family health program
• Culture: Feasts and events, as well as offerings in art, dance and theatre are part and parcel of our work from the very beginning.


Renate Keller-Ignacio is the Secretary of the „Associação Comunitária Monte Azul“ in Brazil.

On request we can offer other net participants overnight accommodation. We can also give advice, give a presentation, and provide up-to-date information and contacts in the field of our work.