Work and Live in a Project for Streetchildren and Youth, Brazil

  Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: 
Rio de Janeiro

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: All year round

Description: As a volunteer you can help in the following departments:
* Work side-by-side with the approach team of workers to visit places where street children hang out, reaching them through socio pedagogical means;
* Community homes: the children and adolescents who live on the streets are offered the possibility to live in a family environment or foster home;
* Complementary activities and access to education, culture, sports and leisure;
* Professional initiation for adolescents, facilitating the access to the professional market by technical training.

Highlights:
* being able to see the COMPLETE project: from street-work where the children hang out to community homes, where activities are being done, until the professional initiation of the older children;
* be able to be in CLOSE contact with the children by staying INTERN in the project;
* get a GOOD FEELING by seeing how happy these children can be.

Qualifications: Volunteers for this program do not need specific educational skills. However, volunteers should realize that they work with children that live in situation of social risk. That means that not seldom these children have been exposed to violence, drugs and crime and are abandoned by their parents. For this reason these children need extra -psychological- attention and patience.

We believe that a volunteer who is motivated, open-minded, respectful and pro-active is worth more than a list of qualifications obtained by education only.

Language skills are not obliged, but a basic knowledge of Portuguese helps the volunteer a lot.
We work with excellent language courses.

Cost in US$: 813

- Program fee
- Two weeks accomodation internal in street kids project, based on shared bedrooms; (the accomodation is located in the beautiful residencial area of Grajaú in Rio de Janeiro)
- Breakfast AND extended lunch (warm);
- 2 weeks program vacancy and placement;
- Pre-departure information, regarding the program;
- Airport pick-up;
- Donation to the partner organization;
- Assistance enrolling a good language course;
- Assistence in case of emergencies.

Total price: USD 813.00 / 2 weeks
Additional period only per full week and upon availability: USD 192.00

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: A typical SOLRISA volunteer like to: SHARE experiences to work side-by-side in an unusual environment; FEEL the need, bridging the difference between rich and poor; EXPERIENCE another culture from inside; ENRICH their world and someone else's; ACT socially responsible; DO something and make the difference.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Brazil Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Phone Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

SOLRISA's Mission Statement: Solrisa helps communities through volunteers, project development and through partnerships to provide technical and financial support. Our programs are developed to promote intercultural exchange, bring a positive contribution and development in low income communities to help support and strengthen local organizations. Solrisa has 3 main goals: Develop and operate sustainable projects in communities where help is needed the most, promote intercultural respect and understanding through volunteers and increase consciousness to build a fairer and sustainable society.

Year Founded: 2006