A CRIAÇÃO DE UM PROJETO SOCIAL: AMIGOS DO CORAL

Abstract

The general objective of this work was to analyze how the creation of the “Amigos do Cora” project took place, seeking to understand the difficulties faced at the beginning, to characterize its concepts and goals, in addition to understanding the role of surfing as an environmental education tool within the project. This work is characterized as qualitative research, as the objectives can be considered as a descriptive and exploratory research, semi-structured research scripts were used with the two creators, a volunteer and two project instructors, in order to achieve the objectives, the interviews audio files were recorded using the WhatsApp messaging application and transcribed using Microsoft Office Word (2013 version). As a result, it was possible to contact that those involved in the organization of the project are very intimate with surfing and, in addition to a great desire to develop environmental education with the project's children, the initial objectives were partially achieved. In the beginning, the difficulties of the project are found in acquiring materials for surfing and getting support or sponsorship, but the biggest difficulty that currently haunts the project is the interpersonal relationships of the organizers and lack of commitment.