Mission
Vision
Values
We promote initiatives for reforestation, restoration, and nature conservation, always respecting the local biodiversity, empowering local communities, and integrating ancestral and contemporary knowledge to address the climate crisis.
We contribute to access to full living conditions, especially in healthcare for women and children and in education for children and young people. We also support entrepreneurship and food security, prioritizing the Black community.
We celebrate the ethnic diversity of Indigenous peoples, supporting the amplification of their voices, the sharing of their artistic and cultural expression, the defense of their rights, and socio-environmental initiatives within their villages.
In Brazil, we offer technical support to social organizations in developing and monitoring specific projects that require financial support.
We provide financial donations to support projects and to demonstrate solidarity during collective or individual emergencies. These donations come from our own resources and may also involve partnerships with other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) or private companies, encouraging them to contribute towards achieving the project’s goals. The organizations and projects we support, along with our solidarity initiatives, are selected through a careful curation process conducted by the Institute. This may include public calls for proposals or the evaluation of unsolicited proposals.
The Alok Institute does not make donations to social organizations in other countries. However, in Africa and India, it establishes learning exchange partnerships focused on developing social technologies with organizations directly supported by the artist Alok. We offer technical assistance for goal formulation and monitoring on a voluntary basis, free of charge.
Founders
Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo
Romana Novais de Souza A. Petrillo
Admistrative Council
(and Founders)
President:
Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo
Vice President:
Fábio Correa Soares
Advisers:
Robson Cunha do Nascimento Junior
Rafael Rocha de Macedo
Executive Director
Geraldinho Vieira (Devam Bhaskar)
Fiscal Council
Anna Ryta Costa
Felipe Caldeira Lobo
Raul Marcilio de Souza
Partnerships and Projects
Management: Bia Penido
Impact: Beatriz Nunes
Pro Bono Consulting: Renata Quintella
Communications
Social Media and Editing: Janaina Coe
Editing / Assistant: Gabriela Alves
Support: Maya Coimbra
Webmaster: Sandro Arakaki
Press: Agência Melina Tavares Comunicação
Administration
Administration: Tamiris Sobral and Andréia Dias
Financial: Maria de Fátima Albuquerque
Legal: Lorhayne Guimarães
Headquarters
Goiânia – GO (Brasil)
Executive Director
Geraldinho Vieira (Devam Bhaskar) is the director of the Alok Institute. He previously directed the NGO ANDI – News Agency for Children’s Rights. He received a Special Mention from the National Human Rights Prize awarded by the Brazilian Federal Government in association with civil society (1997) and the Third Sector Citizen Award from Revista Imprensa. At Fundación Avina, he served as the Representative in Brazil and the international director of communication. A journalist, he was part of the Advisory Council of the Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, then presided over by the writer Gabriel García Márquez. He has worked at Rede Globo-DF, Jornal de Brasília, and Correio Braziliense. He also served as Chief of Staff for Minister Antônio Houaiss at the Ministry of Culture.
Collaborative translation Portuguese – English: Alan Adkins, Egídio Leitão and Sandro Coneglian.