Help to produce 40k COVID-19 fabric masks

IORM in confronting the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: More than 40K masks donated to the community.

Brazil is facing the greatest pandemic of its history and, in May of 2021 registered more than 420 thousand of Covid-19 victims. As a Third Sector Organization, the Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça – IORM decided to walk side by side with the community in confronting the pandemic and make history.

In the last year we dedicated to the task of produce and donate to the community 40K fabric masks to protect the vulnerable population against Coronavirus. The goal was reached after 365 days of interrupt work.

In April of 2020, the founder of IORM, Josimara Ribeiro de Mendonça, made an appeal triggering the solidarity network, engaging 291 volunteers in ten different cities: Orlândia, Guaíra, Ipuã, Miguelópolis, Sales Oliveira, Morro Agudo, São Joaquim da Barra, Ribeirão Preto, Matão and Cravinhos with the mission to manufacture the 40.000 masks. In common, everyone used their abilities and sewing machines on duty of this challenge. Josimara contracted Covid in the begging of the pandemic and realized since early stages the severity and risks caused by the virus. “We never needed each other’s as now. During my three weeks of quarantine, I’ve asked for God to enlightened me with a way that we could help in this moment and then I received a message from Dr. Mauro Tarandach, asking if IORM could produce fabric masks” tells Josimara.

The IORM set up a truly war operation. Raised awareness of the community through media. Gathered volunteers and collaborators that built a production line. The staff members of the Institute cut the fabric from the suitable mold following the guidelines of the Ministry of Health, making kits with fabric, trims and packages and from the battle GQ, the IORM center in Orlândia, they delivered these kits to the volunteers residences.

The result was 41.711 masks distributed in 12 cities to public agencies, retirement homes, schools, social projects, hospitals, people responsible for the patient services in Public Health System (SUS), people who lives in a street situation, rural communities and periphery neighborhoods of the cities

The movement made history: gained support from the churches, others Third Sector Organizations that engaged to help in the distribution of the masks to reach the vulnerable population. The campaign was important to guide and educate the community about the importance of the use of the masks – measures of mechanical control capabilities to stop the virus spreading.

To meet the IORM’s recommendations, the volunteers worn masks during the work. After manufacturing, the masks were packaged every two units before the distribution.

A huge important part of the production was designated for the students of the art, culture and sport projects offered by IORM and their respective families. The classes provided to the children, teenagers and young-adults from 7 to 17 years old are still held through the remotely way in an online platform.

About the IORM

The Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça – IORM is a Civil Society Organization – Oscip, founded in 5th of August of 2005.

Active in the areas of culture, education, stimulating reading, social assistance and income generation. The accomplished projects contribute to the integral development of the human in their citizen formation in the cities of Orlândia, Guaíra, Miguelópolis and Ipuã.

Since its foundation, the IORM has already assisted more than 10.000 people. The projects are worked in a collective way, shared with everyone, focusing on the training of critic, autonomous and responsible personnel with themselves and with the planet.

All the work is accomplished in partnership with city governments, State of São Paulo, Union, Private Companies and Third Sector. The Institute is registered and certified by the Municipal Council of Social Assistance, Council for Children and Adolescents and Secretaries of Social Development, Culture and Sport.

Organizations that received the masks

Guaíra, São Paulo
7.874 donated masks
Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça Center – 440 units
Lar Association - 30 units
Social Action Center Nossa Senhora D'Aparecida – 56 units
Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Guaíra – 383 units
Municipal Secretariat of Health - 200 units
Secretary of Education – 100 units
Development and Social Inclusion Assistance - 96 units
Sociedade Guairense de Beneficência – Sogube – 476 units
Board Assistance – Citizen Work - 160 units
Posto São José – 70 units
People of the Community – 1.992 units
Volunteers Group – 251 units
Art Workshop Usina da Dança Students – 270 units
Association of Parents and Friends of Exceptional People – 262 units
Educational Sports and Center of Excellence Takeshi Uemura - 76 units
Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça Collaborators – 81 units
RED Institute – 800 units
Educational Center Ana Lelis Santana – 100 units
Distribuidora São Marcos – 100 units
Project Sports Factory – 1.191 units
Social Solidarity Fund – 500 units
Project Sports “Judo” – 240 units

Indaiatuba, São Paulo
30 donated masks
People of the Community - 30 units

Ipuã, São Paulo
10.008 donated masks
Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça Center – 1.217 units
People of the Community –1.208 units
Santa Casa de Ipuã - 3.291 units
Frigorífico Olhos D'Agua – 766 units
Municipal Secretariat of Health – 380 units
Retailer Terminal – 100 units
Municipal School of Basic Education “Professor Monir Neder” – 30 units
Municipal Secretariat of Social Assistance – 70 units
Municipal School of Basic Education “Professora Maria Marly Mandrá Lima” – 220 units
Casa da Criança Armanda Malvina de Mendonça – 361 units
Project Sports Factory – 31 units
Art Workshop Usina da Dança – 280 units
Ipuã City Hall – 100 units
Social Solidarity Fund – 1.500 units
Professor Oswaldo Francelin School – 360 units
People Who Live in Street Situation – 94 units

Jaboticabal, São Paulo
44 donated masks
Fábrica da Palavra – 44 units

Miguelópolis, São Paulo
6.865 donated masks
Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça Center – 958 units
Social Solidarity Fund – 1.189 units
First Aid Municipal Post – 500 units
Santa Casa de Misericórdia -
Health Center -
Geraldo Barbosa de Freitas Household – 150 units
People of the Community – 4.000 units
Family Health Strategy I and II – 28 units
PAS II José Antônio da Silva – 40 units

Morro Agudo, São Paulo
1.860 donated masks
Hospital São Marcos Hospital -1.310 units
Lar Feliz – 500 units
Nucleal – 50 units

Nuporanga, São Paulo
60 donated masks
São Vicente de Paulo Household – 60 units

Orlândia, São Paulo
11.504 donated masks
Institute Oswaldo Ribeiro de Mendonça Center – 773 units
People of the Community - 5.999 units
Christian Art Workshop – 350 units
Brejeiro – 760 units
Churches Assembly of God – 1.169 units
Orlândia Recyclers’ Work Cooperative – Cooperlol – 76 units
Frederico Ozanan Household - 120 units
Motorlândia - 44 units
João Ice Sorveteria - 20 units
Mogiana Building Materials – 60 units
Soluções Cred - 30units
Coronel Francisco Orlando School – 90 units
Scarella Restaurant – 22 units
Retailer Terminal “A Milionária” – 100 units
Retailer Terminal “Chute Certo” – 50 units
Retailer Terminal “Boa Vista Loterias” - 50 units
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God – 300 units
Ferrugem Mecânica Agroindustrial - 60units
Association of Parents and Friends of Exceptional People of Orlândia – Apae – 92 units
Kronax Comércio de Materiais Elétricos Ltda – 32 units
Aeroagrícola Chapadão - Tangará Agrícola – 250 units
Orlândia Post Office - 28 units
Pedro Bordignon Neto School – 30 units
Gigante Building Materials - 40 units
São Marcos Laboratory – 80 units
Municipal Secretariat of Health – 311 units
Police Station – 24 units
Cláudia Esthetic and Well-being – 120 units
Project “Uma Andorinha Só Não Faz Verão” – 150 units
Angels – Activity Center for Special People - Vitória Project - 30 units
Cristo Rei Parish – 150 units

Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
2.444 donated masks
Blood Center - 400 units
People of the Community – 40 units
Vitafort - 104units
Shekinah Community Church – 200 units
Café com Saúde Team – 200 units
Colorado Machinery - 300units
Pontes Project – 200 units
ETC Produções Project - 1.000 units

Sales Oliveira, São Paulo
422 donated masks
People of the Community – 46 units
Sales Oliveira City Hall – 16 masks + 984 donated by Golf Class company
São Marcos Laboratory - 80 units
Union of the Salaried Rural Workers – 80 units
Solidarity Group Among Friends Fighting and Living With Hope – 200 units

São Carlos, São Paulo
100 donated masks
Methodist Church of Palmares – 100 units

São Joaquim da Barra, São Paulo
500 donated masks
Church Assembly of God Mission of Faith – 500 units