Description

Last May 2008, our new Sports & Community Center was established. We continuously need volunteers that can organize sports, cultural and social events for our children and the local community. The center also needs to be managed.

Our aim is to let the community manage their center. People need to be trained and orientated on how to manage the center.

Highlights

* Working in a community of Brazilians and international volunteers
* The location is in the beautiful Tingua reserve
* Trying to make a difference for the children and teens of our orphanage!
* Getting to know the Brazilian culture

Qualifications

* Intermediate Portuguese skills
* 6 months - 2 years volunteer period
* Qualified in teaching sports, managing sports or experience in training specific sports.
* Experience in working with children and teenagers

Languages

• Portuguese

Cost in US$:

0

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing

Program Fees Include:

no fees - accommodation, housing and airport escort in exchange for your services

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Athletics
• Education
• Sports
• Teaching
• Youth Development

Typical Volunteer

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

Age Range

21+

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 10

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