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Schools and caring placements - Brazil

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Schools and caring placements

only  £1500

Schools and caring placements

Ref:
GYC 1123
Countries:
Brazil
Duration:
from 4 Months
  
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0845 3 447 500

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For applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds.

Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems. They are designed to help young people who would not otherwise be able to afford to go.

For more information contact Liz McKenna on lmckenna@lattitude.org.uk

As a Lattitude volunteer, you could have the highly challenging yet immensely rewarding opportunity of working with children from the shanty towns of Sao Paulo or Recife who may be orphans, addicted to drugs of victims of abuse. However, although described as caring, many centres would expect volunteers to teach English and possibly music and art as well. Teaching English is an important part of this project but equally important are the other activities you can do with the children.

You can bring your particular strengths and skills to this placement, for example organizing drama classes, arts, crafts, music, playing games, etc.

The placements are in projects supported by Christian churches. Volunteers can be of other faiths but cannot teach other faiths. The work will involve helping children from the neighbouring favelas with schoolwork, especially English. Children attend the project when they are not in school, so there are different groups in the morning and afternoon. The organisation also provides them with food, gives health advice and a Christian education.

Few Brazilians speak English, so there is a compulsory week’s introduction to Portuguese in Sao Paulo. If you would like to know how many vacancies are currently available for this placement, please contact us by using the enquiry form or telephone number below.

Our users say...

"My time in Recife is one that I will always cherish and the people I met - their kindness will stay with me forever. I learnt a lot in my time there (I can now dance forro like a local) my Portuguese is something to be proud of but I am not an unrealistic person I know it is still pretty pigeon! But it is something that I will work on now that I am home - as the question of not returning to Brazil is absolutely out of the question to me!"
Niamh Kennedy



only  £1500

Lattitude Global Volunteering

Lattitude Global Volunteering has placed over 25,000 17- 25 year olds in volunteer projects since 1977. We are passionately concerned about the issues facing us all in the world and about the positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer. Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. Responsible, exciting, different...
  
or call:

0845 3 447 500