Established in 2005, Gateway Center provides basic needs and housing resources for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Functioning as much more than a shelter, the center offers case-by-case services around housing stability, health and wellness, job training and placement, family and community engagement and financial literacy.
Dow recently announced that Natura cosmetics brand – part of Natura & Co group, the fourth largest personal care company in the world – is the first commercial collaborator for Project Ybá: Conservation that Transforms, a strategic sustainability project for balancing commercial growth of a local community with environmental preservation in Breu Branco, Pará, deep in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest.