EDITORIAL VIEWPOINTS INTERVIEW SUSTEN. DEVELOPMENT EVOLUTION CELEBRATIONS EDITORIAL TEAM
	Established in 1965, the Odebrecht Foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit institution maintained by the Odebrecht Group. Since 1988, its mission has been to help prepare adolescents for life with a view to grooming responsible, aware, productive, contributive and compassionate citizens who can fulfill their capacity to: • establish families that can raise a new generation of well-educated,    healthy people prepared to lead productive lives; • continually engage in self-development; • contribute to the Sustainable Development of their local communities. The Odebrecht Foundation concentrates exclusively on the northeastern part of Brazil, where it is supporting and implementing initiatives focused on adolescents and young adults.	Interview - Norberto Odebrecht We started out by focusing on our company Members´Families and now we are focusing on the Families of the Southern Bahia Lowlands." written by - José Enrique Barreiro photo by - Eduardo Moody Sea change in the Southern Lowlands Working in partnership with federal, state and municipal agencies, the Odebrecht Foundation is bringing about a profound economic and social change in one of the poorest parts of the northeast-Brazilian state of Bahia. written by - Leonardo Mourao photo by - Eduardo Moody