International Education Day

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
On 24 January we celebrate International Education Day!
This day aims to highlight the transformative power of education as the foundation for a fairer society, capable of facing current challenges and building a more sustainable future.
Education is one of the Vasco Vieira de Almeida Foundation’s Strategic Axes.
We support projects that promote education by creating opportunities to access it and by fostering a transformative impact on children, young people, and communities in Portugal and around the world. Discover below some of the projects supported by the Vasco Vieira de Almeida Foundation in this field:
- Kêlê Association
- Class of Wonders
- Cuerama Foundation
- Girl Move Academy
- Junior Achievement Portugal
- Oikos - Cooperation and Development
- Stand4Good
- Teach for Portugal
In addition to backing social projects focused on education, the Vasco Vieira de Almeida Foundation promotes, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida Award, which recognises innovative research in the fields of early childhood, pre-primary and primary education, encouraging an educational approach based on novel and inclusive archetypes.