On this Monday, 07/08, the Casa de Apoio à Criança com Câncer Durval Paiva was recognized as one of the 100 best NGOs in Brazil and the best in the Northeast Region in the first edition #melhoresOngs of initiative of the Doar Institute and Época Magazine. In all, 1,560 organizations have signed up. Of these, 527 had validated submissions and 150 were pre-selected by an executive committee based on performance presented. The awards took place in São Paulo / SP, highlighting the best in each category, the best in each region and the best of the year. The top 100 institutions received a Quality Seal as a way to create a stimulus for NGOs and a showcase for potential donors if they decide to help them.

"Our goal is to encourage the dedication of those who are doing a good job," says Marcelo Estraviz, president of the Doar Institute. There are 300,000 NGOs in Brazil, according to the latest survey of Private Foundations and Non-Profit Associations in Brazil, the IBGE and the Institute of Applied Economic Research. "We want to highlight the organizations with the best management and transparency, which are more prepared to receive donations from individuals, "he explains." We do not evaluate the mission of each NGO. , therefore, it generates security and confidence to the donor, "says Estraviz.

In order to list the best NGOs, the institutions were evaluated according to their alignment with the cause, strategy of action, representation, management, planning, financing strategy and accountability to society.

For Rilder Campos, president of Casa Durval Paiva, this award attests to the recognition and social commitment of the institution. "For 22 years we have a partnership with the society that has embraced with us the fight against childhood cancer of the child, providing through the donations that maintain the House, conditions for a dignified and humanized treatment; possibility of cure through early diagnosis; besides the rescue of the citizenship with dignity and quality of life for our patients and their families. This award encourages us to continue doing more and better every day ", he points out.

The Casa Durval Paiva has the mission is to assist children and adolescents with cancer and chronic hematological diseases and their families, also contributing to the transformation of their life reality. The institution has already passed 1,340 patients since the foundation. Today, 1080 are registered, of these, 538 are under treatment. The House offers hospitality, lodging, meals, medical care in the hospital; referrals and transportation for examinations and consultations; in addition to promoting wellness, with multiprofessional support - psychological, social, nutritional, physiotherapeutic, odontological, pharmaceutical, pedagogical, therapeutic and occupational therapeutics. It has also built 86 houses and reformed 126 patients' homes through the Life Project. The actions of Casa Durval Paiva reach 133 municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte, also receiving patients from Paraíba, Piauí, Sergipe and Ceará.

Ways to donate:

You can help durval house paiva with any amount. There are several ways to help.

- By transfer, bank slip or deposit with Banco do Brasil Ag: 2870-3 Account: 5918-8 or Caixa Econômica: Agência 4883 Operation: 003 Account 10-5

- Payment on www.casadurvalpaiva.org.br/, on the "donations" tab at www.facebook.com/casadurvalpaiva or through the donation center at (84) 4006-1611.