In the higher education program, we highlight with great joy that the 15 students funded by the Zuá Foundation, enrolled in different universities, finished their semester with very good academic averages. They also had an excellent educational experience and enriched their knowledge in their areas of expertise.

Many friends ask us: And what are you doing at the Foundation?

As we did at the beginning of the pandemic, we redoubled our efforts and created new programs, one of food baskets for Families, so that children would not go hungry, and the other, Empowering Mom and Family, to respond to the urgent needs of mothers who suddenly had to assume a new role as tutors, in addition to that of recyclers and mothers; we also recreated the programs of attention to children and youth by doing it virtually. In short, not only did we not abandon those we served, but we intensified and diversified the way we did it.

The COVID19 pandemic surrounded by so many negative aspects, so much pain and deaths, also brought with it a great opportunity for the Zuá Foundation to work with families and directly with 20 mothers, aged between 27 and 42 years, with an average between 2 and 8 children and whose ages range from one year to adolescents; Many of them live with a partner in a free union, some are married, but many of them are separated due in large part to physical and psychological abuse.

 Since the beginning of this year, we have prepared ourselves to serve children in the same virtual way as we did last year but taking firm steps to begin attending to some of them in person; This is how a gradual opening began at the Palmitas - Patio Bonito headquarters; for this, work schemes have been designed in a staggered manner and in alternation that allows fluidity in care under strict biosafety regulations. 

 There is no doubt that the countries that are at the forefront in the economic and social field are those which have consolidated a structure in higher education, at least the majority of their population or those that meet academic performance standards, enter university

To all the friends of the Zuá Foundation, we greet you with optimism and hope. This year is a year of beginning and restarting with new momentum. That’s why the first thing that full us of optimism is that we can celebrate life. It was difficult to say goodbye to so many people, whether they were family, friends or healthcare workers. However, on their behalf, we must continue to move forward and give our best to live in a more humane world.