Description

We are looking for volunteers with a degree or experience in working with children and teenagers. You will work in daily shifts in conjunction with two other Educators. As an Educator at Casa do Caminho, you will have the following key responsibilities:
* Supervise bedtime and daily routines
* Supervise bath time
* Assist with getting the children ready for school
* Helping them with their after school homework, classes, etc.
* Organizing recreational activities
* Teaching them social skills
* Work with the Love & Logic Behavioral System
* Overall cleaning of the Casa

Highlights

* make a difference for the unprivileged children
* beautiful nature
* building friendships with the children, teenagers and staff of our organization
* challenging yourself

Qualifications

* Willing to work within 6 months - 2 years volunteer period
* Intermediate level of Portuguese
* Previous experience working with children and teenagers

Languages

• Portuguese

Cost in US$:

0

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing

Program Fees Include:

Our program is free, you just need to pay for your own flights!

Salary/Pay

You receive food, accommodation and airport escort as a compensation for your services.

Experience Required

yes

We expect the volunteer to have traveled before and can speak Portoguese!

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Motivated, flexible and hard working people that are positive and can handle the limitations of our organization and country.

Age Range

21-40 yrs. old

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 8

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Comunidade Rural Casa do Caminho's Mission Statement

Casa do Caminho is an orphanage situated in a rural town near a rainforest, outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our mission is to help and take in children and adolescents in vulnerable social situations; to stimulate their development in fraternal cohabitation with nature while offering social, cultural, vocational, and sports programs; to promote the psychosocial restructurization of the family, and ultimately to facilitate the reintegration of this population into their families and society at the appropriate time.

Year Founded

1982