Lar Santa Terezinha

What Lar Santa Terezinha does

Lar Santa Terezinha is a social welfare facility located at Av. Senador Montandon, 735 in Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil, operated by the Irmãs Franciscanas da Imaculada Conceição (FIC) — a Catholic religious congregation founded in 1843 in Graz, Austria by Madre Francisca Lampel and established in Brazil in 1922. The facility provides after-school care (contraturno escolar) for approximately 130 female children and adolescents from low-income families in situations of social vulnerability, delivering workshops in socio-assistance, psychosocial support, arts and crafts, body expression, sustainable development, and digital inclusion to strengthen family bonds and protect beneficiary rights. Services are provided free of charge; there is no commercial pricing model, and the facility functions as a nonprofit ministry of the congregation rather than a revenue-generating entity.

Lar Santa Terezinha is one node within a broader congregational ecosystem that spans three sectors — Social (youth protection), Education (schools including Externato Santa Terezinha, Colégio Madre Francisca Lampel, Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, and Instituto Baronesa de Rezende), and Insertion (pastoral work) — plus a Vocational Animation Service (SAV) that runs a five-stage religious formation pipeline. The congregation operates across seven countries on four continents (Brazil, Austria, Slovenia, France, South Africa, Montenegro, Côte d'Ivoire), with the Brazilian Province headquartered in Araraquara, São Paulo. Core operations are staffed by consecrated religious sisters rather than a commercial workforce, and there are no technology products, proprietary software, or AI/ML capabilities associated with the entity; the "digital inclusion" programming refers to teaching beneficiaries technology skills rather than deploying any internal AI systems.

Name

Lar Santa Terezinha

Legal name

Irmãs Franciscanas da Imaculada Conceição

Website

https://irmasfranciscanas.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1843

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lar Santa Terezinha is a nonprofit children's home in Araxá, Brazil, operated by the Irmãs Franciscanas da Imaculada Conceição congregation, providing free after-school social services to 130 vulnerable female children and adolescents through workshops in arts, psychosocial support, and digital inclusion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services / Child Welfare

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Social services
• Child welfare
• After-school programs
• Religious education
• Nonprofit services

Headquarters

HQ city

Araxá

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Lar Santa Terezinha is a nonprofit social welfare facility in Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil that provides after-school care (contraturno escolar) for 130 vulnerable female children and adolescents. It delivers socio-assistance workshops, psychosocial support, arts and crafts, body expression activities, sustainable development education, and digital inclusion programs aimed at strengthening family bonds and protecting youth rights.

Product overview

Lar Santa Terezinha is part of the Irmãs Franciscanas da Imaculada Conceição (FIC), a Catholic religious congregation founded by Madre Francisca Lampel in 1843 in Graz, Austria. The organization operates a multi-service portfolio including social service centers (Lar Santa Terezinha, Centro de Convivência Nossa Senhora das Mercês) caring for children and adolescents, and educational institutions (Externato Santa Terezinha, Colégio Madre Francisca Lampel, Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, Instituto Baronesa de Rezende) implementing the Pedagogy of Hope for a Culture of Peace. Services are organized into three sectors: Social (youth protection), Education (schools), and Insertion (pastoral work). The congregation also operates vocational formation programs through SAV with stages from Aspirantado to Formação Permanente. Present in Brazil, Austria, Slovenia, France, South Africa, Montenegro, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lar Santa Terezinha: Social welfare facility in Araxá, MG serving 130 female children and adolescents in after-school care program.
• Centro da Criança e do Adolescente Nossa Senhora das Mercês
• Instituto Baronesa de Rezende
• Colégio Nossa Senhora de Lourdes
• Externato Santa Terezinha
• Colégio Madre Francisca Lampel

Products and services

• Lar Santa Terezinha After-School Program (Contraturno Escolar) After-school social protection and development program serving 130 female children and adolescents in Araxá, MG, offering socio-assistance workshops, psychosocial support, arts and crafts, body expression (dance/singing), sustainable development education, and digital inclusion activities aimed at strengthening family bonds and protecting child rights.
• SAV - Serviço de Animação Vocacional (Vocational Animation Service) Vocational discernment and religious formation service accompanying young women through stages of formation including Aspirantado, Postulantado, Noviciado, Juniorato, and Formação Permanente, offered as part of the congregation's broader formation pipeline.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 130 children and adolescents in after-school social programs

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Aldeias Infantis SOS Brasil: Operates residential and community-based programs for vulnerable children and adolescents across Brazil, closely matching Lar Santa Terezinha's child welfare and family-strengthening mission.
• Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente: Brazilian nonprofit focused on child and adolescent rights, protection, and development programs — directly comparable to Lar Santa Terezinha's social protection and family-strengthening mandate.
• Lar Batista de Crianças: Faith-based children's residential and after-school care network in Brazil serving vulnerable youth, comparable in mission and operating model.
• Casa do Zezinho: São Paulo-based community center serving children and adolescents in vulnerable situations through after-school programs, education, and cultural activities — closely aligned with Lar Santa Terezinha's model.
• Missão Criança: Brazilian NGO providing social assistance, education, and protection services to at-risk children and adolescents — overlapping target population and service mix.

Emerging players

• APAE Brasil: Large Brazilian social assistance network with overlapping nonprofit structure and child/family services, though its primary focus is on persons with disabilities rather than general child welfare.

Broad incumbents

• Fundação Ayrton Senna: Major Brazilian education and youth development foundation operating at significantly larger scale; relevant as a broader incumbent in the youth development space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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