INTEGRATED REPORT 2015 BRADESCO

The mission of the Fundação Bradesco is to drive social inclusion through education and to multiply best educational practices among the socially and economically underprivileged in Brazil. Based in Cidade de Deus, in Osasco, São Paulo, the institution has more than 3,000 employees and maintains 40 schools located in every state in Brazil and in the Distrito Federal. In existence for 59 years, it is one of largest high quality free education programs in the country.

In 2015, the Fundação Bradesco schools benefited 102,182 students at basic level (from infant to secondary and secondary technical level), in the areas of youth and adult education and initial and continuing vocational education aimed at promoting employability and generating income.

This consumed investments of R$502.72 million, R$52.04 million of which in infrastructure and educational technology. Over the last ten years, the foundation has invested R$5.07 billion at current values.

Additionally, the foundation maintains the Virtual School, an e-learning portal that offers distance and semi face to face courses for Fundação Bradesco students, ex-students, educators and employees, as well as community members interested in specialized or requalification courses for the labor market. The Virtual School offers more than 80 courses and has the capacity to attend 150,000 users simultaneously.

A number of education-oriented supplementary projects are also developed in partnership between Bradesco and the Fundação Bradesco:

Educa+Ação: the program is aimed at improving educational standards for primary level public school students. The initiative comprises classroom and distance training for teachers, the distribution of teaching materials, school visits and learning assessment in Portuguese Language and Mathematics. In 2015, 5,240 students and more than 270 teachers benefited in nine cities in the states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul.

Programa de Aprendizagem: with the objective of helping secondary level students enter the labor market, the National Technical Apprentice Program is aimed at developing the skills of young apprentices to improve their employability, driving social and professional inclusion.

Bradesco Training Program for the Disabled: this programs enables the professional qualification and admission of disabled persons to work in Bradesco branches and departments, valuing cooperation and diversity in the classrooms installed in the Osasco unit of the Fundação Bradesco. In 2015, 40 Bradesco employees with physical, hearing or visual impairments enrolled and participated in the institution’s Administrative Technician course.

Business-School Integration Project: organized jointly by Bradesco and the Fundação Bradesco with the mission of promoting social integration by means of incentives for sports and cultural activities. Students aged from 8 to 18 years may participate in accordance with the established criteria. In 2015, 908 young people participated in internal competitions, friendly games and diverse cultural activities.

Bradesco Sports: the main goal of the Bradesco Sports and Education Program is to use sport as an educational strategy for girls. In 2015, the program benefited 2,032 students at its basic units and its specialized basketball and volleyball centers. In the basic units 1,839 young ladies took part in a series of tournaments and festivals. The specialist centers helped train 193 athletes, forming teams which participated in festivals and official competitions, some of which at state and national level.