OSCIP since 2009 — Wholevital Collective

Together we flourish.
Alone we forget how.

We sustain free community circles, school tutoring, and stay-in-school grants — so that no one starts over alone, nor is refused for lack of funds.

/ now

1,240 grants
funded in 2025

Every weekly circle is free, and each sponsored spot goes to someone whose only obstacle was the cost.

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Primary education✦Food security✦Community mental health✦Elderly care✦Income generation✦

02 / Mission

We exist so that people can feel whole again — through free listening, accessible learning, and honest conversation. What heals in one person reaches everyone else they touch. That's why we keep the door open for the next.

Belief
A neighborhood's life changes one classroom at a time.
Practice
Listening circles, school support, and grief counseling—delivered by trained staff.
Promise
Free-first approach, public accountability, and no empty talk.

03 / Causes

Three causes. One single intention.

A listening circle, a tutoring class, a food basket at the door. The form changes. The intention — that no one starts over alone — does not.

Volunteer educator teaching children in a community room

/ 01 Education

Tutoring that recovers a lost school year.

Educational support, teaching materials, and attendance tracking in local communities. For children whom public waitlists would leave behind.

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People sitting in a circle during a community listening session

/ 02 Care & Listening

Community mental health circles.

Listening groups, grief circles, and support led by trained facilitators — free, year-round, in-person and online.

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Volunteers delivering food baskets to families in the community

/ 03 Dignity

No one is refused due to lack of funds.

Food baskets, hygiene kits, and grants sustained by donors. Last year we provided 1,240 spots — each one a person who asked for help and heard yes.

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04 / Impact

Told in four ways, felt in only one.

The real work happens eye-to-eye, in a sincere “how are you?”, in the first full night of sleep. The numbers are just a snapshot of that.

18,400
People served per year

in free education, listening, and assistance programs

3,600
Weekly participants

meeting in-person and online, every week

120+
Active partners

educators, psychologists, community kitchens, and local businesses

92%
Of funds reach the front

audited by an independent report published every year

05 / Stories

Those who come once usually return.

Voluntária conversando e sorrindo com uma senhora atendida pelo instituto
  • “I arrived thinking I'd only get food. I stayed for the Thursday circle. I haven't missed one in two years.”

    Ms. Marlene, 71

    Listening group participant

  • “My son had failed twice. In tutoring, he learned to read again and wanted to go back to school.”

    Jaqueline S.

    Mother served by the education program

  • “Here I'm not a volunteer saving anyone. I sit in the same circle and I'm also cared for.”

    Rafaela Lima

    Facilitator since 2018

06 / Ways to help

Choose the size of your yes.

Support

monthly

A chair in the circle

Funds one person's monthly participation in a weekly listening group.

I want to help

Empower

monthly

A student in tutoring

Covers learning materials, snacks, and pedagogical support for one child.

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Provide

one-time

A month of kitchen

Supplies for a week of meals served at the community headquarters.

I want to help

Donations via Bank Transfer or Cards. Financial reports and the institute's statutes are publicly available and audited by independent consultants every March.