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<span><span><span><span><span><span>When the Goodpush Alliance started in 2018, our mission was to promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing among the social skateboarding scene worldwide. Along the way, we have come across some other great initiatives that are doing this on a local level. One of the most inspiring examples that we've seen is from Brazil.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Late last year we shared a post on our social media showing the <a href="https://www.goodpush.org/project-map">Goodpush Map</a> of social skateboarding projects worldwide (250 projects and growing!) when we were contacted by the Brazilian Skate Confederation (CBSk) to let us know that there were much more skate projects in Brazil than could be found on our map. We were very excited to learn CBSk and their partners <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ongsocialskate/">ONG Social Skate</a> ran their own mapping exercise for Brazil in 2020, finding nearly 40 social skateboarding projects across the country!&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In an unprecedented work, they mapped out all the Brazilian projects using skateboarding as a tool for social inclusion, gathering data from 36 projects. They also learned that 2,755 children were assisted by these initiatives.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
