Named after the Sanskrit word for compassion, the Boom Karuna Project was conceived in 2014 with the intention of sharing a part of Boom’s revenues with the local Idanha-a-Nova community. 

During the 2018 edition of the festival, we were able to go beyond the local area, distributing €40,000 to several different projects including an international home-schooling campus in Idanha-a-Nova, the Kosmicare Association and Castelo Branco wildlife recovery centre CERAS. 

In each edition, we share resources with those dedicated to social transition. Currently, 1% of our EBITDA is donated to external organisations.

Funds have also been distributed to projects Fundação Álvaro Carvalho, AERID (a centre for children with physical disabilities), the Idanha-a-Nova firefighters, and to the NGO Missão Dimix, which promotes education through art for children and teenagers living in the African island of São Tomé & Príncipe. 

Supporting Missão Dimix

Young children were introduced to the concept of recycling waste that is washed up onto the shores of the African island of São Tomé & Príncipe. 

Once collected, recycled plastic was transformed into bricks to be used in construction after they were processed by a plastic recycling machine. 

A total of five days were spent working with children, teaching art through recycling and learning how waste can be used as a resource. From making baskets to growing vertical gardens from old plastic water bottles in which seeds were planted for aromatic plants - local children and adults learned new ways of using waste as a resource.

The Karuna Project continues to be a crucial strategy for promoting social sustainability. We’ll keep you posted about projects we support via our newsletters, so do please stay connected to learn more about this plan.