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  Brazil

• Sao Paulo: 
Sao Paulo

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks and 9-12 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks

Description: This program offers its participants a truly unique and remarkable way to experience Brazil. By living and working side-by-side with a local community in Piracicaba (located a couple of hours from Sao Paulo), volunteers have an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the community while experiencing a total cultural immersion that cannot be matched by conventional travel programs. World Endeavors' volunteer opportunities include teaching children, orphanage assistance, environmental conservation projects, wildlife conservation projects, community development, and health care and health education.

Highlights: Brazil is the most populous country in South America and the 5th largest country in the world. This tropical land is not only known for its size but its ecological treasures with a large Atlantic coast, a mountain range, and the Amazon River basin and rainforest. Despite its amazing beauty there is a great need for humanitarian aid in Brazil. With around 186 million citizens, 40 million live below the poverty level, a staggering number mostly due to social injustice and a struggling economy. World Endeavors offers an amazing opportunity to help Brazil and its people at the grassroots level.

Qualifications / Skills Needed: Volunteers must have: English language fluency, a desire to help the people of Brazil, flexibility, self-motivation, openness to a new culture and a willingness to learn. Portuguese language skills are helpful but not required.

Language: English

Cost in US$: Please visit our website

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer Projects: academic reinforcement, adult education, agriculture, AIDS, animal welfare, arts, biological research, building maintenance, building schools, business, childcare/children, community centers, community development, community health, computer training, conservation, curriculum planning, eco-tourism, economic development, education, elderly, English teaching, environment, festivals, fixing fences, food, gardening, grassroots organization, health, health care, health education, homelessness, hospital, housing, literacy, marketing, nursing, nutrition, office work, organizational development, orphans, painting, parks, playgrounds, popular education, primary education, public education, recreation, reforestation, sanitation, sea turtle protection, secondary education, social services, social work, sports, street kids, teaching, teaching accounting, tourism, tree planting, veterinary, volunteering, women, youth and youth development

Typical Volunteer: World Endeavors volunteers are people from all backgrounds who are looking for a life-changing experience abroad. Our participants are of all ages and come from countries around the world. We seek to match our volunteers to projects that best suit their interests and abilities.

Age Range: 18 and older. Younger volunteers accepted by application.

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

World Endeavors's Mission Statement: World Endeavors is a provider of unique international volunteer, internship, and study programs. Our mission is to become a catalyst for positive change in our community and the world through quality international programs.