Volunteer in Brazil

For those looking to volunteer in Brazil GVI has a select number of fully supported volunteer programs. Volunteering in Brazil with GVI gives you a unique, responsible and exciting volunteer abroad experience. Our volunteer placements ensure your trip is safe, worthwhile and full of unique opportunities unavailable to the normal traveler.

We have a large number of projects across this diverse and amazing continent so if you do not find what you are looking for in Brazil be sure to check our volunteering opportunities throughout the rest of South America. Search below for a full list of all of GVI’s volunteer work opportunities in Brazil.

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Full list of GVI Programs in Brazil

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Volunteer on Childcare Projects in Brazil

Assist in care and education and teach English to impoverished children 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 Portugue...

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Brazilian Whales

Volunteer with Humpback Whales in Brazil

Join a research team observing whale migration and behaviour in South America

Based in the beautiful area of Praia do Forte in northern Bahia, Brazil, this conservation and research project gives volunteers an opportunity to get involved in the long term future of the humpback whale. Since it began in 1988, the Brazilian Humpback Whale Project has grown to be a well-established scheme, which is perfect for GVI volunteers with an interest in marine conservation. With the option to join for two to six weeks, you will spend much of your time out on the sea (weather permit...

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Brazilian River Dolphins

Volunteer Holiday with Pink River Dolphins in Brazil

Live and work in the Amazon researching the pink river dolphin

This volunteer holiday takes you to South America to help revolutionise knowledge of the enigmatic pink river dolphins of the Brazilian Amazon and contribute to research and conservation work preventing the demise of river dolphins worldwide. This well-established research project follows the daily lives of the 300+ recognisable dolphins in the local population. Volunteers will become part of the observation team in the magical environment of the flooded forest, in the heart of the Mamirauá rese...

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