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Welcome to volunteerbrazil.com Newsletter - September 2005 ************************************** In this issue:
Alfreda From Macedonia Chose Our Teach Music Escape Program.
Extend Your Summer Your Summer maybe coming to a close, but ours is just beginning, well actually it never ends...
September 7th is the official start of Brazilain Summer Time , and we invite you to join us for a 1 week summer vacation.
Take Time Out We understand that many of you have busy schedules, bills to pay and commitments and just cannot take an extended period of time out. But now there is no excuse, because you can ESCAPE TO BRAZIL with our 1 week special volunteer program. designed for busy people just like you, so come on , for ONLY ($700 USD) (388 GBP) (567 Euros) you can make a difference to not only your life but someone elses too.
Whats included: Project Placement
7 Nights Accomodation
Breakfast and Dinner
Orientation
3 Hours Portuguese Class
Full In-Country Support
24 Hour Emergency Service
Airport Pick-Up
Pre and Post Departure Guidance Service
Checkout our Volunteer Escape Program here: http://volunteerbrazil.com/volunteerescape.html
----------------------------------------------- Do you rememeber back in June? We told you about Linda and her search for her biological Mom! To refresh your memory, Linda was adopted at 2 weeks old (from an orphanage in Recife) by a British couple and taken to England. Linda volunteered with us in Brazil, and whilst she was here we helped her search for her natural Mom. (Linda¨s adoptive parents have wholeheartedly supported her in her quest to find her natural mother). To recap on our June story click here: http://volunteerbrazil.com/nrewletter04june05.html The following account is a true account, but for the sake of anonymity and to protect those people concerned , names and locations have been changed. This is a true account of a young girls search for her natural Mother. Linda and her adoptive English parents had supplied us with the information they had about Linda¨s Mom. The only problem was, the information dated back to 1983, and a lot has happened in Brazil in the 22 years that have since passed. At least we had a name and an old black and white photograph to go on, however, our hopes dropped when we discovered that the Orphanage was no longer an Orphanage and the Brazilian man who had helped the British couple with the adoption had since died. It was Linda¨s Brazilian Grandfather who had briefly met the adoptive parents at the orphanage in 83, fortunately , they had written in their diary the district where he lived, this was a lead, albeit a longshot. We drove to the district and started to flash the photograph around, the response led us up many blind alleys, including one which pointed us in the direction of a notorious red-light area in Recife. We ventured into a twilight world of drugs and prostitution.There were 2 claims that Linda¨s mother had died; one violently by the hands of her pimp, and the other from drug abuse. Also, on the evidence of our old black and white photograph was the claim that she had been whisked away by a German client to a new life in Berlin....... Continued next month.
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Our 10 Day Carnaval Special , includes a Packed Carnaval Program, Hotel Accomodation, including Breakfast and Dinner, Tour of Olinda and Recife, and a visit to the most beautiful coastal town of Porto de Galinhas...and much, much more... Greatest Show On Earth Special! Brazil Carnaval Program Thank you for your interest in our Carnaval Program, please note there are only 100 (ONLY 47 places left) places on our program. Carnaval in Brazil is extremely popular and early booking is essential. -------------------------------------------------
Breaking News! Breaking News! Breaking News!
The Directors at volunteerbrazil.com are delighted to announce that volunteerbrazil have launched a Scholarship Program, which will essentially be used to subsidise volunteer programs for those volunteers who cannot afford the placement fees.
A statement will be made shortly, but when I asked Alan Thomas, the Chief Executive of volunteerbrazil.com about the Scholarship Program. He said this:
We will shortly be announcing our Scholarship Program in more detail. However, volunteering is an agent of change, and we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to participate on an overseas volunteer/internship program without the prejudice of financial constraint, social exclusion or personal hardship.
It is to this end that we are going to subsidise a maximum of 50 volunteer placements/internships in Brazil before the end of 2006. Application for Scholarship is open to everyone - without exception. Although the aforementioned criteria will be given priority. All Scholarship Applications must be supported by a letter of recommendation, if successful, 50% (half) of the volunteer placement/internship cost will be met by the volunteerbrazil Foundation.
For an application form, please send an email to:
foundation@volunteerbrazil.com
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