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ProWorld Volunteer Programs in Brazil
Description
Volunteer abroad in Brazil with ProWorld Service Corps! Considered the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, Salvador da Bahia is the perfect place for participants to experience how to use the arts as vehicles for positive social transformation. From samba dancing to Afro-Brazilian drumming and Bahiana cooking to capoeira, you will experience how the music and art of Brazil have become tools to empower locals living in favelas (shanty towns) through innovative youth and community development projects.
Highlights
Group oriented project, homestay living, and adventure experience
- Group Development Project and Funding
- 1 to 2 Day Intensive Orientation
- Regular staff support and contact
- Community Round Table Discussions
- Weekly adventure and cultural experiences
- Community Immersion and Local Artisan Visits
- Full Room and Board with local homestay families
- All onsite program transportation
- Health and Travel Insurance
The shared project is just one of many ways that volunteers interact with our host communities. Weekend trips to world famous archeological sites and adventure locations complement each volunteer's discovery.
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13 of 27 people found this review helpful
Brazil and its suburbs
My experience in Brazil was amazing in the sense that I had the chance to meet great people who, as me, were trying to help the local community develop its orphanage. Although the conditions were really bad, I had a great time learning English to the small Brazilian girls and roaming with them in the courtyard. The worst aspect of my experience was the lack of help from the staff, who seemend to have forgotten us in our neighbourhood and who rarely did something practically useful to improve our situation. perhaps it was just because the Brazilian site is still very small, but I really have to say that my expectations were for much more. In order to survive you have to be really tough, but it's for sure worth it.