Instituto Formação is a Brazilian non-governmental organization based in the state of Maranhão. For the past 27 years, it has developed projects that use sport, recreation, and play as tools for education, social inclusion, and territorial development.
We believe that sport, recreation, and play create opportunities to learn, live together, develop leadership, strengthen identities, and mobilize communities.
We design social technologies and methodologies that engage with local realities, value community knowledge, and contribute to the holistic development of children, adolescents, youth, and women.
NUCEL – Community Sports and Recreation Centers where alternative structures are installed to support all sports activities developed by the project.
MEDIATION SCHOOL – A methodology that trains young people to facilitate games and play activities in schools and communities, encouraging the creation of rules that promote creativity, autonomy, solidarity, and leadership.
BOLAÇÃO – A methodology designed to introduce different sports to children from an early age, beginning in preschool.
FOOTBALL3 – An educational sport methodology practiced in many countries and organized in three stages: rule-making, the game itself, and collective evaluation of the agreed rules.
PLAY TO GAME OLYMPICS – A methodology combining educational activities and demonstrations of traditional games and sports, shared with communities and public schools.
LEGS MADE FOR RUNNING – A methodology that promotes athletics in traditional communities while integrating cross-cutting themes such as environmental conservation, waste separation, and cultural ancestry.
FOOTBALL3 COURT – A social technology consisting of a portable and modular football court designed to expand access to sports activities.
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL FESTIVAL – A methodology focused on women’s leadership and social inclusion through football.
BABAÇU SPORTS CLUB – A social and sports club focused on women, traditional communities, and ESG principles.
