Impact report

Donations made

• More than 4 tons of food.

• Over 1 ton of clothing, supplies, water, and hygiene products directed to Rio Grande do Sul.

• 4,752 units of disposable sanitary pads/underwear distributed through the Pages for Cycles campaign.

• More than 593 items of clothing, books, stuffed animals, and toys.

• Blood Donation Drive with the participation of 15 staff members and students.

• Causes, initiatives, institutions, and communities supported: Floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Winter Clothing Campaign by the City of Sorocaba, COLSAN Sorocaba, Instituto Gold, Instituto Kayton, Lar São Vicente de Paulo, Indigenous Community Aldeia Guyra Pepó, Vila Rica Community, Quilombo Cafundó, Canta Sapo Community, Vitória Régia neighborhood, and Dandara Occupation.

Scholarships

In 2024, we granted:

• 71 students with Philanthropy Scholarships, 57 of them full scholarships.
  

• 113 undergraduate scholarships and 103 postgraduate scholarships offered to our staff.
  

In addition, we provide different types of discounts: Alumni; Prouni; Enem (10% to 50%); Recruitment; Retention; Partnerships; Postgraduate; Family; Exchange; Transfers; Merit; Course/Shift Migration; Tutoring; Scientific Initiation; Second Degree; and Punctuality.

A total of 2,076 students benefited from one of these discount programs.

Enlace

In 2024, the Emotional Collaboration Lab (Enlace) impacted more than 3,700 students and 73 professors in various activities, such as:

• Cultural Immersion in the Indigenous Village Tabaçu Reko Ypy

• Neurodivergent Collective

• Support for participation in the University Paralympics

• Alchemists of Well-Being

• Ecological Belonging

• Upcycling Artwork

• World Creativity and Innovation Day

• Enlace Metro

LIS

In 2024, the Social Innovation Lab (LIS) reached nearly 500 students through institutional, curricular extension, and extracurricular activities related to social impact and sustainability. It promoted initiatives to encourage sustainable teaching practices and provided direct support to 67 professors.

Some examples of activities:

• Volunteering through the Pescar project, EcoGinc, and the Blood Donation Drive, with the participation of 56 students and staff members.

• Self-directed activities on topics such as The Story of Stuff, Regulation of Social Media, Anthropocene: The Human Era, and Menstrual Poverty, which engaged 255 participating students in reflection and discussion.

Awareness

Throughout the year, the People & Management team at Facens University Center promoted various internal and external training programs, aimed at technical training, soft skills development, and the creation of multiple opportunities for awareness and reflection. These initiatives encouraged care for employees’ quality of life and health, as well as a healthier relationship with the planet.

The following topics related to health and quality of life were addressed:

• White January – Mental health care

• Orange February – Awareness about leukemia

• Healthy weight loss

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Respiratory diseases

• Professional Relations – Teamwork and emotional balance

• Yellow September – Suicide prevention

• Breast and prostate cancer prevention actions

Several other sustainability-related awareness initiatives are also promoted by the Facens Sustainability Committee, the Sustainability Department, and various Innovation Centers. Some of these initiatives will be highlighted below.