Community Development in Brazil

  Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: 
Rio de Janeiro

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks and 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: Improve the quality of life of underprivileged Brazilians when you volunteer with our Community Development Program in Rio de Janeiro. While Brazil is bursting with potential, problems of discrimination, corruption, and lack of education have prohibited the country from rising above its advanced third-world status. Economic disparity in Rio de Janeiro is notoriously rampant, and the poor live just blocks from neighborhoods of extreme wealth and abundance. Those who reside in the favelas or urban slums live in constant survival mode, without the benefits of public education, health care, or police protection.

Our Community Development Program aims to build the self-esteem of these underpriviledged local residents, while offering them support and education. Volunteers in Rio can organize community excursions to museums and beaches, and promote cultural events and festivities, depending on the season. You can also facilitate meetings with women and teenagers that address topics such as sexual education, drugs, and violence. Additionally, volunteers can assist locals in the renovation and decoration of public areas. This helps residents pay more attention to their own community and feel responsible for maintaining the newly renovated areas. Your work will directly help people in-need establish ways to solve local problems and improve their quality of life.

Highlights:
As a volunteer you can:
*Participate in education campaigns to inform people about prevention of diseases, recycling, citizenship, etc.
*Help local schoolchildren and teenagers renovate public areas
*Promote workshops (dance, music, art)
*Help arrange excursions for children to museums, beaches, cultural events, etc.
*Organize holiday festivities and cultural events
*Facilitate meetings to address issues such as sexual education, drugs, violence, and pregnancy, the job market and healthy nutrition

Cost in US$: See website

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Volunteer Adventures makes it easy to live your dream of volunteering. Anyone can volunteer, as long as you have the desire to help others and an open mind.

Age Range: 18 and older

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Brazil Independently

Volunteer Adventures's Mission Statement: The mission of Volunteer Adventures is to create and promote volunteer opportunities that improve the lives of others and the environment in which we live. We seek to achieve this goal by connecting worthy local projects with volunteers around the world. Many local organizations are doing great work in their communities, but don't have the resources required to recruit international volunteers. Volunteer Adventures serves as the link between these organizations and the volunteers needed to make these projects a success. All volunteer programs depend on the skilled coordination of a variety of elements: enthusiastic volunteers, meaningful work, organized projects, and supportive staff. It is our goal at Volunteer Adventures to orchestrate this process for you. We use our global experience and resources to provide volunteer experiences that bring pride and satisfaction to everyone involved.