This document provides an overview of Moleque de Ideias, a unique learning space and software company in Brazil, over its first 19 years of operation. It describes Moleque de Ideias as a place where both children and adults can work and learn together on various projects without distinction of age, specialty, or gender. The organization financially supports itself through client services and product development. The book aims to spread the experience of Moleque de Ideias' model internationally in hopes of inspiring other communities and enterprises.

1. THE MOLEQUE BOOK
THE FIRST 19 YEARS

2. Moleque de Idéias
This book is about Moleque de
Idéias, a unique software
company and a place to be for
both adults and children.
They work and learn together
since 1996 in many projects
and teach each other.
Moleque de Idéias is situated
at Rua Noronha Torrezão 60 -
Santa Rosa Niterói - RJ, Brazil.

3. Moleque de Idéias is a learning space, an
environment of different activities and possibilities.
It's not a school, in the sense that nobody is a teacher
or a student, but learners that work together. It's also
a software company.

4. As a software company, Moleque develops and
maintains e-commerce systems, systems to manage
tests online, systems of quality to the building industry
and network platforms for different clients.

5. It is also a place for children since they are 4 years old,
to develop their own ideas, and Moleque has worked
with more than 1 500 children until today, some for
more then 10 years. And it is also a place to gather the
community to develop ideas to foster sustainability.

6. WhatisMoleque?(Chapter1)
"We believe that the separation between
doing - learning - sharing is artificial and that it
creates inefficiency, is unnecessary and
inhumane" says one of the three founders
Nilton Lessa.
In the organization, projects with children,
adolescents and adults are accepted as valid
and desirable. Not distinguishing by age,
speciality or gender. Innovative from
conception to the form of operation, Moleque
de Idéias survives financially through servicing
and creating products and does not have
public or private sponsorship. The business is
working well and has worked well for 19 years.
This chapter defines many of the thoughts
of Moleque founders Leila Pais de Miranda,
Nilton Lessa and Luis Polho Pacheco.

7. Molequephilosophy(Chapter2)
This chapter contains
thoughts on the philosophy
and communication and
learning of Moleque founders
Leila Pais de Miranda, Nilton
Lessa and Luis Polho Pacheco.
It also explains how the
brazilian press has covered
Moleque activities over the
years.

8. Projectsandactivities(Chapter3)
Here is the story of how Moleque has
developed professional software for
clients and how computers are used
with the kids and what activities happen
continually such as robotics,
programming, games, graphics, music
and film projects. Other subtitles are:
Food, Sustainability, Urban Agriculture,
Chemistry and Electronics Labs.
Important is also the connection with
the Maker Movement and Hangouts
activities.

9. WhoisMoleque?(Chapters4and5)
The Moleque founders, crew and
people close to Moleque are
presented with their stories and
images.

10. WhoaretheKids?(Chapter6)
Chapter 6 concentrates on results
with the kids and some of the
stories with kids over the years.

11. Resultswiththekids(Chapter7)
Since 1996 Moleque de Ideias
has been intensively writing,
photographing and recording
the work sessions with the
children. Moleque keeps
studying these records and has
developed a system to follow
their knowledge development.

12. Kidsovertheyears(Chapter8)
Juliana Shimada Brotto’s
delightful text about her
experience at Moleque de Idéias.
She started as a child, came back
at 17 and is now 19.
Amazing talent João Vitor
Carvalho Gonsalves shows some
of his work.

13. ThelocalitiesofMoleque(Chapter9)
In 1996 the newly started Moleque
de Ideias found its first locality in
Colégio Betânia. The next locality
was at the second floor of a day-
care center, Creche Felizinfância.
In 1999 Moleque moved to the
house next to Instituto Maia
Vinagre, where Leila studied when
she was a child.

14. Thenewlocality(Chapter10)
During the beginning of 2014 Moleque will
relocate to a two-story building, also in Santa
Rosa, Niterói. There will be significantly more
space for administration, work, ideas and
projects and the house is being reconstructed
to accommodate a green roof, which will keep
the house cooler. The water system will be able
to utilize rainwater.
There will be space to use solar panels and to
grow vegetables and for instance herbs for
Moleque's own use and to distribute within the
networks. All of this gives new possibilities for
sustainability. In the back yard there is a garden
and a deck for presentations and meetings as
future projects.

15. Ambitionswiththis
book(Chapter11)
This book is intended to spread the experience of the Moleque concept since 19 years
and to be an inspiration for people all over the world in different communities and
enterprises showing how this model is successful.
We hope that interest for the book will appear from many sources and there will
be a community around this.
The Moleque model is a process over time and the vision is that it will evolve even
better in the future as more experience is gathered.
Moleque will promote and present the book in social media and through the social
capital that has accumulated.
There is a possibility and willingness also for lectures on the subject.