Created in 2015, the Instituto Água Viva is a non-profit social organization that operates in the Sertão do Nordeste, especially in the states of Bahia, Piauí and Pernambuco. The Sertão, in the semi-arid region, was chosen because it is an area of ​​extreme poverty and social vulnerability, where almost no government project is inserted, and the HDI indexes are among the worst in the country: an average of 0.550 and with income per capita below ½ minimum wage.

We chose to transform and impact the geography of a region with little support in Brazil and to be a bridge for other institutions in the struggle for the resignification and valorization of the backcountry.

We are a family owned and operated business.