Asas de Socorro - Wings of Help

What Asas de Socorro - Wings of Help does

Asas de Socorro (Wings of Help) is a Brazilian Christian nonprofit missionary organization founded circa 1955, registered as CNPJ 01.052.752/0001-69 and headquartered in Anápolis, Goiás. It delivers missionary aerial logistics and integral community development to isolated populations in the Brazilian Amazon interior, operating aircraft and riverine boat expeditions from four bases: Anápolis (aviation school and hangar), Manaus-AM (Amazon operations), Boa Vista-RR, and Porto Velho-RO. Its core offerings include transportation of missionaries, medical teams, and supplies to remote communities; short-term mission-trip programs (Puxirum Ribeirinho, Projeto IDE, Expedição pela Amazônia, Missão Puraque); medical and dental care delivered during trips; the Projeto Água Limpa clean-water initiative (filters, artesian wells, hygiene training, SALTA-Z systems, solar pumping); and a selective missionary aviation school in Anápolis.

The organization is sustained by individual charitable donations accepted via PIX ([email protected]), credit card, and boleto through a third-party donation portal (transforme.tech), supplemented by recurring donor campaigns such as 'Dando Asas' and 'Dando Asas à Palavra'. Additional revenue is generated through mission-trip registration fees ranging from R$800 to R$2,600 per participant and aviation school tuition. It maintains transparency through publicly available annual reports, an ombudsman channel (Ouvidoria), and recognition on the Melhores ONGs platform. Key partnerships include Faceten for education delivery in Roraima. Volunteer and donor acquisition is community-led, driven by evangelical church networks, word-of-mouth, and content marketing through the Boas Notícias blog, Boletim IDE newsletter, and Instagram/Facebook/YouTube channels.

Name

Asas de Socorro - Wings of Help

Legal name

Asas de Socorro

Website

https://asasdesocorro.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brazilian Christian nonprofit (founded ~1955) providing aerial logistics, mission trips, clean-water programs, medical care, and aviation training to isolated riverine communities across the Brazilian Amazon interior, funded by donations, trip fees, and tuition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Missionary Aviation Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Water Transportation (4400)

akta.pro primary industry

Logistics, Supply Chain & Humanitarian Air/Sea/Land Transport (BPADADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

Keywords

• Missionary aviation services
• Humanitarian aid programs
• Community development services
• Aviation training education
• Clean water initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Anápolis

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations (PIX, credit card, boleto): The organization is a non-profit entity (CNPJ 01.052.752/0001-69) that relies on charitable donations from individuals and supporters. Donations are accepted via PIX ([email protected]), credit card, and boleto through the website donation portal. Recurring donor campaigns include 'Dando Asas' (ending in R$0.03) and 'Dando Asas à Palavra' (ending in R$0.10).
2. Missionary trip registration fees: Volunteers pay registration fees to participate in missionary journeys. Fees vary by trip type and duration, ranging from R$ 800 to R$ 2,600. Each fee includes accommodation, meals, and in-region transportation, but excludes travel to the base.
3. Aviation school tuition: The organization operates an aviation school in Anápolis-GO that trains pilot missionaries, generating tuition revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Asas de Socorro is a Brazilian Christian nonprofit that provides aerial logistics (missionary aviation) and integral community development services to remote, hard-to-access populations of the Brazilian Amazon. Core activities include flying missionaries, medical teams and supplies to riverine communities, organizing short-term mission trip experiences, running a pilot training aviation school in Anápolis-GO, and implementing social programs such as the Projeto Água Limpa (Clean Water Project).

Product overview

Asas de Socorro (Wings of Help) is a Christian missionary organization that operates as a non-profit offering air logistics and integral community development services to remote Amazon populations. The core offering is missionary aerial logistics, supported by mission trip programs (Puxirum Ribeirinho, Projeto IDE, Expedição pela Amazônia, Missão Puraque), an aviation school in Anápolis-GO for training missionary pilots, and social programs including the Projeto Água Limpa for clean water access. The organization also provides medical and dental care during missions. The portfolio functions as a unified humanitarian mission operation rather than a platform with modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Puxirum Ribeirinho: A 6-day mission experience in a riverside community, part of the missionary travel programs offered by Asas de Socorro.
• Projeto IDE
• Expedição pela Amazônia
• Missão Puraque
• Projeto Água Limpa para os Curumins

Products and services

• Logística Aérea Missionária (Missionary Aerial Logistics) Aerial transport service that flies missionaries, medical/dental teams and supplies to isolated riverine communities in the Brazilian Amazon interior that are unreachable by road.
• Puxirum Ribeirinho 6-day mission experience in a riverside Amazon community focused on presence, listening, relationship building, and sharing faith. Registration fee R$ 1,950.00.
• Projeto IDE 8-day immersion mission trip in riverine Amazon communities with youth and adults, focused on integral community development. Registration fee R$ 1,700.00.
• Expedição pela Amazônia 6-day expedition navigating Amazon rivers and living the daily life of riverside communities (ribeirinhos). Registration fee R$ 2,600.00.
• Missão Puraque 6-day mission trip with the theme 'God is on the margins.' Registration fee R$ 800.00, the most affordable mission trip option.
• Escola de Aviação Missionária Missionary aviation school located in Anápolis-GO that trains pilot missionaries through a selective admission process, generating tuition revenue for the organization.
• Projeto Água Limpa para os Curumins Social initiative that brings clean water to riverside communities through SALTA-Z Water Treatment Systems, Solar Pumping Systems, artesian wells, and hygiene training. Has benefited hundreds of riverine families.
• Atendimentos Médicos e Odontológicos Medical and dental care delivered during mission trips to remote Amazon communities lacking access to health services.
• Desenvolvimento Comunitário Integral Integral community development umbrella encompassing cultural, educational and health initiatives for populations in regions most lacking transport and communication access.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of families benefited by the Projeto Água Limpa (Clean Water Project)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Faculdade de Ciências, Educação e Teologia do Norte do Brasil (Faceten)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Faceten and Asas de Socorro to unite education and mission, reaching people living where few can go. Active in the state of Roraima, the partnership aims to create opportunities for communities to access knowledge, development, and hope.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Samaritan's Purse: Large evangelical humanitarian organization operating worldwide disaster relief and medical programs. Comparable donor base and faith identity, though far broader in geographic and programmatic scope than Asas de Socorro's Amazon focus.
• World Vision Brazil (Visão Mundial): Brazilian affiliate of a major international child-focused humanitarian NGO operating community development programs across Brazil including the Amazon. Comparable community-development function but with a secular governance model and broader program portfolio.
• Cáritas Brasileira: Brazilian Catholic humanitarian confederation delivering social assistance, disaster response, and refugee support. Comparable geographic and social-assistance footprint in Brazil but ecumenical/Catholic rather than evangelical.

Direct peers

• Air Serv International: Humanitarian aviation nonprofit flying aid workers and relief supplies into remote and conflict-affected regions. Directly comparable mission (aerial humanitarian logistics) though operating primarily in Africa rather than the Amazon.
• Reach Beyond (formerly HCJB Global): Faith-based organization combining missionary aviation, media, and community development in Latin America. Closely aligned with Asas de Socorro's integrated aviation-plus-community-development model.
• JAARS: Supports Bible translation and missionary aviation through pilot training, aviation services, and technology support. Comparable to Asas de Socorro's combined aviation-school and missionary-deployment model.
• Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF): Faith-based missionary aviation organization flying missionaries, medical teams, and supplies to remote communities worldwide. The most direct international peer to Asas de Socorro's aerial logistics model and similar in mission and target population.
• Youth With A Mission (YWAM): Evangelical interdenominational mission movement running short-term mission trips (DTS and outreach programs) worldwide. Closely comparable to Asas de Socorro's Puxirum Ribeirinho, Projeto IDE and Missão Puraque fee-based trip programs.
• Fraternidade Sem Fronteiras: Brazilian faith-inspired humanitarian NGO running volunteer expedition programs and social projects in the Amazon region. Comparable volunteer-expedition model and Amazon riverine community focus.

Regional players

• Tearfund: Christian relief and development agency responding to poverty and disaster globally. Comparable in faith-based mission and humanitarian relief orientation, but operates primarily outside Brazil and does not focus on aviation logistics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/asasdesocorro
• Facebookfacebook.com/asas.desocorro
• Instagraminstagram.com/asasdesocorro
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asas-de-socorro---wings-of-help

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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