Delivering Good Health and Well Being

The past year has brought unprecedented pressure on global efforts to not only prevent the spread of disease but also to provide adequate sanitation for people’s health, privacy, and safety. New Acropolis in Brazil works to help communities face the sanitation crisis with resilience and dignity, engage volunteers to serve economically disadvantaged individuals and families, and create a network of health professionals who can assist in severe contexts such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the pandemic in 2020, New Acropolis volunteers helped with many activities. Highlights include:

• Hosted more than 300 live events on Instagram and reached more than 343,000 people on YouTube by providing them with free, online lectures on Applied Philosophy focused on the teachings of great philosophers and sages throughout history and representative of distinct cultures

• Promoted courses on Applied Philosophy for over 5,000 children, young people, and adults that emphasized ethical values indispensable to improving peoples’ relationships with others and that reinforce relationships that are respectful and mutually beneficial in the context of the pandemic

• Distributed more than 4,000 food baskets for the most disadvantage and provided more than180 children with regular online tutoring after their school classes

• Raised financial contributions to purchase medical equipment and health and hygiene supplies for people infected with COVID-19

• Created a network of health professionals committed to advancing alternative approaches to medicine that are humanistic and integrative and do not compete with commercial interests