Overview
Volunteer on Childcare Projects in Brazil

Volunteers joining this project will be working with children from kindergarten through initial primary school levels and, typically be working with children from the ages of 4-5 and upwards concentrating on basic education and literacy and teaching English. As their teachers, those volunteers placed with kindergarten will be helping them master all the classroom basics, from holding a pencil, drawing lines, to their first letters and numbers etc. For those volunteers with more advanced Portuguese, you may be teaching more advanced children in maths, language and sciences. Classes are structured and interactive with lots of different activities for them to master. In addition to the enjoyment of working on the volunteer project our location makes for wonderful opportunities to explore Brazil.

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Salvador is quite simply, the cultural hub of Brazil and to be able to volunteer here whilst at the same time, enjoy the sights, smells and feeling of this place is a great opportunity to expand our work and add to our teaching and community development projects in Latin America.

Dom Williams, GVI Phoenix Director

What Difference Does This Project Make?

With many rural families and children migrating each day to Brazil's urban areas, it means that schools quickly become overcrowded and the student/teacher ratio grows at an alarming rate. With volunteers helping out smaller groups of children with the basics of education, and also teaching English, the education in the region should improve. A substantial part of the fee goes towards the day-to-day running costs of the projects themselves throughout the year, including daily transport when needed, food subsidies and fruit for the children, educational materials for classes and painting and maintenance.

Highlights

Living and breathing Salvador, teaching children, vibrant Brazilian culture, learning about Brazilian dance and cookery, world-famous Brazilian beaches, optional cultural workshops and excursions, amazing community interaction.

Location

Volunteers live in Salvador, or Bahia as the locals call it, on the North Eastern coast of Brazil, flanked by some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Salvador is a short flight to Rio de Janeiro and with such easy access to the beaches and surrounding areas, including the Amazon jungle, it is the perfect base from which to conduct our work.

Field Conditions

Living in an apartment in shared rooms, comfortable but basic. Washing facilities are available and a weekly food budget provided for shopping and cooking in-house.