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We are proud to present the Social Report and Sustainability Report, our social investment statement.

Over these 60 years, "building knowledge", the Fundação Romi (Romi Foundation) invested millions of reais, benefiting thousands of people, directly and indirectly.

We are a charitable institution of social assistance and education, a Third Sector organization, private, non-profit, with public purposes.

A living organism of continuous learning, which strives to maximize the impact of social investments in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste and region. Participating in the transformation of society is an act that brings satisfaction to our team of col laborators and partners; however satisfaction and reward come, above all, from the result generated.

In 2016, Romi Foundation's main investments were applied in education (formal and non-formal) a n d i n c o m b a t i n g s o c i a l vulnerability through it.

More than R$ 4 million were invested in actions and projects that directly benefited more than 33 thousand people.

It is not news that, offering

quality formal and non-formal education is one of the great challenges facing Brazil.

The Brazilian educational system has grown, but it has not yet reached the ideal model. If there is an ideal model. Many students have a low level of schooling and the few who graduate are not able to meet the demands of the market. The result of PISA 2015 (ISAP) - International Student Assessment Program coordinated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - did not bring surprises. Brazil continues in the worst positions of the OECD assessment, which examines reading, mathand youth science skills in 72 countries. Another important point is that, in Brazil, only three quarters of the population can read and understand the central idea of a simple text. Attentive to this reality, we have adopted innovative proposals for teaching-learning, both in Early Childhood Education, with the Center for Living on Child Development, and in Elementary Education II, with the NEI - Núcleo de Educação Integrada (IEN - Integrated Education Nucleus), which place us always ahead of the models of teach to learn.

In our schools, education goes beyond the classroom and the programmatic content. More than that: we know the importance of the teacher as an agent of educational change. With creativity and daring, educators transform the theme and the school space into sources of learning, taking the students from the expository inertia, putting them in an atmosphere of participatory motivation.

The reverse path is also valid: bringing the universe of the student into the school space has an immeasurable role in learning. Non-formal education, enhanced by the sharing of experiencesin cultural spaces and collective actions, also guided our actionsin 2016, mobilizing the His-toric Documentation Center and C u l t u r a l S t a t i o n , e n a b l i n g individuals, especially children and adolescents, to become citizens of the world.

The proposal was to open the windows of knowledge about the universe that surrounds them through patrimonial education, workshops, cultural events and exhibitions. Our goals in these two cultural spaces were constructed in an interactive way, generating an

educational process that has benefited many people.

Since the creation of the Romi Foundation in 1957, education is at the our heart. Our way of educating and the pleasure of educating, both formal and non-formal, arise as a result of the process directed towards the interests and needs that the world imposes on us.

For us the exercise of citizenship is only possible through education, the construction of social relations based on principles of equality and social justice. It is through this, that we make every effort to educate, especially, children and adolescents, for life, for the world and for the opportunities that open up.

And this is what this special book - our Social Report and Sustainability Report - deals with, transparency, commitment and gratitude to the community, our maintainers and supporters. In it, on each page, it will be possible to know a little more about the whole that forms the Romi Foundation, our areas and our projects.

There are more than 33 thousand people, and you certainly are part of this story.

Vainer J. PenattiSuperintendent of the

Romi Foundation

Building Knowledge

SOCIAL REPORT AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016 OVER R$ million 4

invested“To take part in the trans-

formation of our society through Education and Culture is our highest reward. Get to know us, know who we are and what we have done since 1957.

Access our site, follow our actions, support our programs and projects, take part in our activities and workshops offered to the community.

These Social Report and Sustainability Report are more than a simple accountability, they are a demonstration of transparency, responsibility and commitment from us to you: our beneficiary, partner, supporter and maintainer!"

Vainer J. PenattiSuperintendent of Romi Foundation.

R$ Over 200THOUSANDin resources through Incentive Laws, Awards and Agreements!

Partners and Supporters

PEOPLE beneficiated

Over 33thousand

Center for living on child development

As a result of the partnership between the Romi Foundation and the Municipal Departmentof Education of Santa Bárbara d´Oeste, CEDIN (CLCD - Center for Living on Child Development), aimed at children aged 4 and 5, especially in situations of social vulnerability, is an important and i n n o v a t i v e m e c h a n i s m f o r children's schooling in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste. "CEDIN (CLCD) has a differentiated pedagogical work because it values the child as protagonist and this will reflect in a better future for her.

Teachers who work and know the methodology developed in CEDIN acquire an open mind, with investigative attitudes, critical sense, sensitivity to the transformations of the world and flexibility to accept the process of continuous change of education. The municipality is extremely grateful for the work developed by the Romi Foundation through CEDIN "- Tânia Mara da Silva, Municipal Bureau of Education of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste.

An innovative mechanism of education

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47 girls

65 boys

112 childrenaged 4 and 5 years old

Playful is a fundamental part of EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Carrying the child to the universeof imagination, creating and transforming stories, rescuing the culture of childhood with emphasis on playing, developing autonomy and cognitive abilities, instigating

learning situations aimed at the beginning of basic literacy by approaching the universe of children, is the essence of CEDIN (CLCD).

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Kids meet the real and the imaginary through story telling. CEDIN's teachers work hard to make kids enjoy literature, to teach them to listen to and to speak, to encourage them to tell stories, to perform theatrical acts and to express their feelings and emotions.

All kids work together. These activities stimulate students, feeding their universe and, most importantly, contribute to the development of each one of them.

Storytelling

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Integrated Education Nucleus

116 girls

126 boys

242 tennagers between 11 and 14 years

The new times and the new generational configuration compel educators to evolve and modernize.

In the Integrated Education Nucleus, they continue with the mission of inserting adolescents in the global context, helping

them in the search for knowledge and working on relevant themes in Brazil and in the World.

“More than 20 years, the Romi Foundation has been predicted what would be the Integrated Education Nucleus and the best way to educate. A unique space, a

Far Beyond regular educationforefront school that prepares adolescents for the challenges of l i f e t h r o u g h t r a n s v e r s a l experiences that integrate the A r e a s o f K n o w l e d g e t o Expressive, filling the entire process of formation of the individual.

We believe that education is to promote the integral development of the person, andit is up to the school to create favorable conditions for that. "

Luciana Bueno Headmaster of the NEI

COEXISTENCE T h e C o e x i s t e n c e P r o j e c t ,

coordinated by the Psychologists Maria Pia and Patrícia Romi, discussed the practice of bullying in the school universe.

Through a series of dynamics, lectures, games and roleplay, involving all students, operational staff, educators and parents and guardians, the project provided

discussions, methods of prevention, guidance and solution to bullying. It instituted good behavior practices, integrated communications as a way to raise awareness and fight against bullying, above all, it worked strongly in promoting positive behavior, motivating self-esteem, respect for others and diversity.

23 Educators 67.200 Meals

1582 Hours Of Activities30 Storytelling

IENMedals at the

National Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad

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18

Hours of Activities

1640

Approved in the main admission

exams of the region

40

Medal at the National Robotics

Olympiad

13

Cultural Tours

Excellent classification in the SARESP

(System of Evaluation of School Income of

the State of São Paulo)

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Even considering the socioeconomic and cultural differences experienced by the CEDIN (CLCD) students and their families, respecting the history of each one and the social environment in which they are inserted, the results obtained are evaluated as excellent. Faced with the reality of the students and all the challenges of national education, CEDIN (CLCD) has been properly fulfilling its role in the commitment to the integral development of the child.

The passive role of students in teaching has been criticized for a long time, based on lectures, whiteboards, closed rooms, memorization and repetition of exercises. The student of the 21st century wants to use their knowledge, apply it and associate what they have studied with the context in which they are inserted.

Structured in projects, with objectives, goals and indicators, the contents of the expressive and knowledge areas are offered to the students through challenges, that is, the adolescents are encouraged to follow the stages of the projects, in groups, assimilating the contents and

accumulating knowledge.Guided by the Science educator,

Wallesandra Araujo Silva, Physics and Master in Education, the 8th and 9th grade students brought, from the 19th Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad, five gold, two silver and two bronze medals. It was the first time that NEI participated in the OBA (BAO) and already collects medals.

The NEI - Núcleo de Educação Integrada (Integrated Education Nucleus) also collects a medal awarded by the Olimpíada Brasileira de Robótica (Brazilian Robotics Olympics), whose theme encourages

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Two thousand people honored the "Open Doors NEI", the Scientific and Knowledge Show developed by the students of the Integrated Education Nucleus. We had experiments, experiences created and produced during the school year, gathered in an event open to the regional community, which illustrated the results of the 2016 Challenges, from the themes: "The marks of time" and "Olympiads".

OpenDoors NEI

Like Art and Theater, Music is part of the regular grid of the NEI and the choir is the maximum expression of the concretization of the challenges used in this expressive area. Gathering over 200 voices, the NEI Choir is formed by the students under the

g u i d a n c e a n d r e g e n c y o f Conductor Paulo César Bellan, who in celebration of the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Esporte Clube Barbarense, an important club in this city, presented a repertoire from classical music to the latest

popular music hits to the over 1000 club guests. The NEI Choir also held other presentations for over 600 people in each session at the Teatro Municipal Manoel Lyra (Theater) and at the Estação Cultural (Cultural Station) in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste..

NEI Choir in Community

The “Local history as element of culture and citizenship” project, was promoted through an agreement with the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN) (Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage), allowed the organization of Heritage Educational workshops to almost 7 thousand children which, in the 2016's edition, participated in 32 editions of the scavenger's hunt, 163

plastic arts workshops about the foundation of the city, the first national car, pre-historical paintings and immigration, besides 49 scenic tours and 80 Storytelling.

The main function of Historical Documentation Center is to provide to the schools and care institutions a place of pedagogical integration, through the employment of history and experiment of new subjects.

culture and citizenship

In 2016, over 40 thousand kinds of documents passed through Technical Processing. Nowadays, from its collection, 228,597 pages of newspaper, 3,605 written

documents, 42,434 photographs, 21,980 newspaper clippings and 2,621 catalogs are available to free research via web. They are historical documents from the

beginning of the 19th century until today.

From this work of the Historical Documentation Center it is possible to preserve the Santa

Bárbara's history, making it available to the people free of charge and sharing knowledge among educators, children and teenagers.

A place of culture, memory and identity

To celebrate the 60 years of the first Brazilian-made car, Romi Foundation opened its space to “Romi-Isettas National Meeting”.

The event brought together more than 2,000 people who could appreciate the 37 collectors' model in attendance.

“This is a very important moment for what Romi-Isetta represents to all of us, not only to Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, but to Brazil. Romi-Isetta is the icon which marked the beginning of the Brazilian automotive industry”, says Vainer Penatti, Superintendent of Romi Foundation.

Romi-Isetta 60 years

Historical Documentation Center

244 408

Guided Tours

5940.719

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Technical Processing

6.857

Children took part of

Heritage Education

7.835

Online Researches

Participants in the Cultural

Journeys edition

60 2.000

Participants in the National Meeting of Romi-Isettas

Researches in loco

Spontaneous Tours

Local history as element of

adolescents and young people to scientific and technological careers.

“An important point of Robotics is the stimulation of research and protagonism. The ludic, added to the interest and familiarity of the new generations about mechatronics and computer science, awakens leaderships and turns students into agents of their own learning ", says Magda Aparecida da Silva Rizzeto, educator of Information Technology and Communication + Robotics.

Another important point of the NEI, in 2016, of extreme relevance was the excellent classification in the SARESP - Sistema de Avaliação

de Rendimento Escolar do Estado de São Paulo (School Performance Evaluation System of the State of São Paulo), whose score places the NEI among the best schools in the state. With this, we have very well prepared adolescents, satisfied parents and relatives, proud educators and many "painted faces", after all, as delicious as being successful in the entrance examinations is to paint the faces of friends.

Approximately 70% of the graduate were approved in the main public technical schools of the region, such as ETECs, COTUCA and COTIL.

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“Os Saltimbancos" Show - Inspired by the tale "The Musicians of Bremen" by the brothers Grimm. Translated and adapted by Chico Buarque de Hollanda in 1977 from the theater play by Sergio Bardotti and Luis Enríquez Bacalov, they made an adaptation of the short story "The Musicians of Bremen" by the

brothers Grimm, the play "Os Saltimbancos" directed by Márcia Cristina Reis de Araujo, Body Expression educator, took over 600 people to the Manoel Lyra Municipal Theater.

The realization of an annual presentation for the whole community and region has become a tradition in the city.

Show“Os Saltimbancos"

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Students in Capoeira Workshop

Students in Maracatu Workshop

Students in K-Pop Dance Workshop

Sstudents in Hip Hop Dance Workshop

Participants in Free Workshops

Participants in Music at the Station

Participants in Theater at the Station

Participants in Literature at the Station

Participants in Meetings, Fairs and Exhibitions

Visits to the Railway Memorial

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An extensive programming took music to more than 3,800 people, besides the 5 thousand spectators of Virada Cultural Paulista. Five editions of the “Barbarense Voices” were held with the cultural support of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste and the Municipal Fund of Cultural Policy, which brought to the independent artists the opportunity to showcase their own work. Three editions of Rock at the Station were

also carried out, which gave space to the local musicians, besides Moda de Rock II, Nega Duda's Samba, Piracicaba Youth Philharmonic String Quartet and, of course, serenaders shows with Tem Seresta na Estação (There is seranade at the Station) as well as the participation of Cultural Station took part on Music Day, promoted by national distinguished professionals of the independent music circuit.

HIP HOP AND K-POP

Approximately 500 people could take part in free training workshops, about the most varied of themes: introduction to the photography universe, art history, instrumentation and creativity, dyeing techniques with hand-gathered natural dyes, handloom, production of objects and

In the Capoeira Workshop, with the main aim of contributing for a reduction of social vulnerability, the 37 students were faced with the consciousness of their responsibility, self-esteem, commitment, discipline and, c o n s e q u e n t l y , h e a l t h a n d well-being, besides of the fundamentals of this art, its history and instruments.

The workshop brought up the

popular culture of African origin, recognized with its rhythm, song, dance and music as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Four presentations of Capoeira Rings were carried out for around 900 people as a way to demonstrate a blend of art and sport and to show to the audience what the participants have learned.

Capoeira The fighting dance

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Music at the Station

Meetings, Fairs and Exhibitions

Some shows took to the station more than 1,500 spectators.

The play “O Broto” (The Sprout), produced and played by the Di Atus theater group, talked about the human relations as the main source, telling the story of all the sprouts that always need a fertile soil. The “Arte-Móvel” Company carried out four performances of “Os Fabulantes”, from the “Aguar Histórias” project, that took to the kids the concept

of conscious consumption and appreciation of natural resources.

With a plot that told the White Aunt's story, Xekmat teather company performed “Toró de Histórias” (Downpour of stories) to children and teenagers benefited by the program “Coexistence and Bond Strengthening Services” of Municipal Bureau of Social Development of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste.

Pottery, crochet, embroidery, soaps, stones, patchwork, MDF wood, bamboo, sweets, savories, pictures and decorations, among other handicrafts, were available to the public in the two editions of Craft Station, whose purpose was

to add handicrafts talents in an art, culture and gastronomy fair to allow the qualification and expansion of the production and t h e p r e s e n c e o f t h e s e professionals in the labor market, promoting a creative economy.

The Culture Makers meetings are also a part of the Cultural Station activities calendar.

The independent collective has debated, pondered, and sought paths to the strengthening creative economy through

c u l t u r e a n d c o m m u n i t y mobilization to strengthen actions that could increase the access to these cultural events and their dissemination.

THEATER AT THE STATION

Held by Romi Foundation and P a u l o A l v i m J u d o A t i b a i a Association, with the cultural support of the Municipal Bureau of Social Development of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, the Socio-Educational Judo workshop served 77 children and teenagers with the purpose of developing the coexistence service and the bond strengthening, and emphasized as targets the decreased in number of homeless children, the reduction of school

dropout and the improvement of quality of life through the sportive involvement, social development and the consolidation of values such as respect, tolerance and citizenship.

The project which is in place since 2012 and has already received more than 600 children throughout its existence, won eight medals during the XXX Torneio São João Tênis Clube (XXX Saint John Tennis Club Championship) in Atibaia.

utensils made out of recycled plastic materials, confection of napkins and aprons using the fabric painting technique, mandalas construction, among others.

All the workshops were held to act as a stimulus for actions of creative economy and income generation.

Almost thirty teenagers and young adults took part of street dance workshops, whose aims were, besides to value the cosmopolitan urban art, to identify talents, to increase their

workshops sweated a lot with the Breakdance. Drops, Floor Rocks, Power Moves, and, of course, the F r e e z e s a n d S u i c i d e s b a n d s entertained the Warehouse Space. With the same urban-globalized vibe,

the K-Pop workshop brought to Santa Bárbara d'Oeste a taste of the South Korean culture, ensuring unusual performances to the rhythms of pop dance, pop ballad, electronic music, rock, metal, hip hop and R&B.

skills and the recognition of their own body, to increase self-esteem, the body expression through movements and to include the youth into the rhythmic universe. Besides Toprocks, whoever took part in Hip Hop

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