Organisation: Suel Abujamra Institute
Location: Brazil

In addition to the care in São Paulo, the Suel Abujamra Institute conducts philanthropic actions throughout Brazil, expanding access to eyecare for thousands who face difficulties in obtaining treatment.

We believe that every story counts. Over four decades, the Institute has been dedicated to changing lives through vision.

Aldeia em Foco is a non-profit born from attentive listening and transformative action in response to the challenges indigenous populations face in accessing eye care in Brazil.

Its origins trace back to an initiative by the Suel Abujamra Institute (ISA), a traditional partner of the SUS, which aimed to provide ophthalmological care to over 1,500 indigenous people in a remote community in the country’s interior. However, due to logistical limitations and difficult access to the region, the mission concluded frustratingly: only just over 300 indigenous people were treated.

Caio Abujamra, ISA's president understood that a solution rooted in the reality of indigenous peoples  required closer listening, an adapted methodology and a structure designed to bring health to the heart of the forest.

Thus, Aldeia em Foco was born initially a pioneering project within ISA, it is now an independent NGO with its own identity and transformative mission. Co-financed by ISA, BID LAB in partnership with the Government of Japan, and the L'Occitane Foundation, the project uses cutting-edge portable equipment, AI and teleophthalmology to provide quality eye care to Brazil’s most isolated regions.

More than a project is a movement of respect, reparation, and hope for the future.