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Humanitarian and Community Volunteering in Brazil

You will be assisting on a community humanitarian project , volunteering with and helping families who live their life living on the city’s municipal waste site (rubbish dump). 

What kind of skills do  I need?

You will have a love for children and know the importance of and understand of family and community bonding under very, very difficult circumstances.You will be caring, patient and understanding. 

Your Role as a Volunteer

You will be involved in the day to day lives of the community and be involved with food distribution, health care, planning and other activities.

 

 

Why The Project Needs Your Help

It's most obvious why the project would need your help. In short -Volunteer help is essential to the community ,without the help of volunteers just like you they would have even less hope and experience greater suffering than they otherwise would. 

 

Our humanitarian program is suitable for individual volunteers, groups and families (children must be aged 12 or over). You may join the program on any Monday and volunteer in whole weeks thereafter - please see the cost grid below for program costs and number of weeks. 

Accommodation

You may select to stay in a small hotel, or in a homestay with a Brazilian family (hotel is subject to availability, and may incur an additional cost).Your location will be either Recife or Olinda. 

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Program Cost for Humanitarian and Community Volunteering

Wks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
U.S.A	$975	$1125	$1275	$1425	$1575	$1725	$1875
U.K	£490	£570	£650	£730	£810	£890	£970
Can	$1019	$1175	$1329	$1485	$1643	$1799	$1955
Euro	€675	€780	€885	€990	€1095	€1200	€1305

You may volunteer for up to 12 weeks, each additional week is as follows:

US = $150 per additional week

UK = £85 per additional week

Canada = $160 per additional week

Euro = €105 per additional week

Other currencies available upon request

There are no hidden costs in our volunteer programs, and no add-on costs for airport pick-up,accommodation, 2 meals per day etc.Find out what's included in the volunteer program