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“PRÓ-VIDA was born with the intent of teaching, integrating man to the Cosmic Environment. Integrating man of all religions, of all races, of all creeds. There was born PRÓ-VIDA with the intent of leading each one to the happiness they can have, as long as their mental properties are cultivated.”

Dr. Celso Charuri

December 19, 1980

PRÓ-VIDA is a philosophical movement founded in Brazil in 1978 by Dr. Celso Charuri, a physician and a philosopher, with one proposition: to build a much better world, a world of peace. For him, the path is to change the man, because only a much better man can change the environment he lives in and make it dignified, harmonic and fraternal.

This change in people takes place through the expansion of consciousness, a process which is accomplished in a program composed of nine levels and in complementary activities such as lectures and cultural events, parapsychological exercises, and research conducted at the Laboratory department. They combine millenary knowledge and techniques, which are capable of leading human beings to the development of their mental capabilities.

Currently, PRÓ-VIDA is present in various cities and countries. The movement does not differentiate between ethnic groups, creeds, religions, gender, political views, or any other standing or ideology. At its centers and clubs, as well as in the online activities, integration between differences and the different is valued, creating a favorable environment for individual and social improvement.

As a result, and as an example of this new world, PRÓ-VIDA performs actions of social responsibility through the General Center for the Tithe department, founded in 1979, and its affiliates. Over these years, the General Center for the Tithe has made approximately 12 thousand donations and built 13 vocational schools.

“(...) man is a product of the environment. We say this is right: man is a product of the environment. And we also say the following is correct: the environment is a product of Man. The difference, as you can see, is in the “M”. The man who is a product of the environment is a small man. A big Man builds his environment, and the environment becomes his product.

This modification can only be made with the exchange of “M”s, in other words, transforming the individual, removing the barriers from him. Not the barriers that come from the outside; the barriers that come from within. That's why we say that we are not for revolution – revolution. We are for evolution. It becomes very clear, right? We are for evolution. This is how PRÓ-VIDA thinks.”

Dr. Celso Charuri

December 15, 1980

Organization

“This is PRÓ-VIDA. It shows how mental development, the association of mental techniques and the association of Philosophy applied to mental techniques, and the conducts applied to the knowledge of your mind, how this can improve you, then later, others as well.”

Dr. Celso Charuri

September 9, 1980

The PRÓ-VIDA movement is organized into four bases coordinated by the PRÓ-VIDA Foundation, located in Lucerne, Switzerland, and by the PRÓ-VIDA Association, based in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Both are non-profit institutions.

The activities used to take place at the centers and clubs; however, since March, 2020, they started to be held online, integrating people all around the world.

Centers

The centers and meeting points are established by groups of participants as a space for studying, mental training and participation in PRÓ-VIDA’s activities. Presently, there are more than 100 in several countries.

Centers

PRÓ-VIDA Clubs

Social, study, leisure, cultural, and sports activities among others, are carried out by the members of the clubs. The first club was founded by Dr. Celso Charuri in 1980, in the city of Araçoiaba da Serra, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Currently, there are nine clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia.

PRÓ-VIDA Clubs

Cooperative

The Cooperative offers activities and services with the purpose of connecting people, professions and businesses. In this way, it generates opportunities for actions which propose a new way of working and living in cooperation.

Cooperative

Social Action

As an example of the construction of a Much Better World, the General Center for the Tithe PRÓ-VIDA and its affiliates make donations to charitable institutions. Click here to learn more.

Social Action

As an example of the construction of a Much Better World, the General Center for the Tithe PRÓ-VIDA and its affiliates make donations to charitable institutions. Click here to learn more.

The four bases of the movement integrate the departments, which are voluntarily organized by the participants and that complement the PRÓ-VIDA mental development program. Among them are the Laboratory, Parapsychological Exercises, Professional Guidance, Sustainability, Cultural, Sports, Yoga, Kung Fu, Serenity and Children’s Departments.