Vera Cordeiro
FOUNDER & CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD
Dara Institute - Health & Human Development
Dr Vera is an MD General Practitioner and the Founder and Chairwoman of the Board of Instituto Dara (formerly Associação Saúde Criança). With over 20 years of work at the Lagoa Hospital, she was the founder of the Psychosomatic Department.
Dara Institute is a social organization with a pioneering methodology to promote the wellbeing of socially vulnerable families, creating positive long-term impact as verified by researchers at the Georgetown University.
She is a fellow and member of the Ashoka World Council, leader of Avina, Social Entrepreneur of the Schwab Foundation and the Skoll Foundation awardee.
Early Childhood to Primary Education • Economic Opportunity • Education • Health • Health Delivery • Human Rights • Livelihoods • Living Conditions • Peace • Peace and Human Rights • Women's and Girls' Education
South America
