| Youth Outreach
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 Change
the lives of underprivileged children when you volunteer
with our Youth Outreach Program in Brazil.
In our Youth Outreach Program, you will be working with
local youth in a community education center near the favelas
(shantytowns) of Rio de Janeiro. The families served by
the center are often trapped in a negative cycle of poverty,
low education, and unemployment. Volunteers will be working
to break that cycle in a variety of ways, including teaching
English classes, tutoring students, and helping organize
scholastic and recreational activities.
Our Youth Outreach Program also gives you the unique opportunity
to be a mentor and role model to the youth of the favelas,
encouraging them to seek higher education and productive
employment. As a volunteer in Brazil, you will be helping
promote the health and education of underprivileged children,
as well as giving them individual attention they crave
and deserve.
As a volunteer you will be:
 Leading
youth in sports and other recreational activities
Organizing
and teaching English classes
Tutoring
kids in English and math
Taking
care of children in the nursery
Helping
out with meal time
Assisting
with a variety of administrative tasks at the center
Choose
from the following volunteer packages:
Bronze
– volunteer work + hostel stay, including
breakfast
Silver
– volunteer work + home stay, including breakfast
and dinner
Gold
– volunteer work + home stay, including breakfast
and dinner, + 20 hours of group Portuguese lessons
per week at Bridge-Linguatec's school in Rio de
Janeiro |
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 Chris
Mott |
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"I spent five weeks
in the 'Cidade Maravilhosa,' taking Portuguese language
lessons in the mornings and volunteering in the afternoons.
[My volunteer work] was definitely a highlight of my time
in Rio.
Not just a school, but also a caring community for the
kids in Pavao-Pavaozinho, [the center] offers valuable
programs such as music, computers, and 'capoeira.' I was
warmly received by both students and staff. I hope this
organization continues to make forward progress in all
their efforts."
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Cinthia
Landau |
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"The work I was involved
with was very rewarding. I felt very privileged to be
given the opportunity to work with each every child."
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Nicholas
Menezes |
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“My favorite part
of volunteering was working in the child care centre.
The little kids were so friendly and always had big, toothy
smiles on their faces. It was always hard saying goodbye
to them each day.” |
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