Description

We are looking for volunteers with a degree or experience in teaching to give lessons to either the children or the teenagers. As a teacher at Casa do Caminho, you will have the following key responsibilities:
* Give lessons in various subjects to the children or teenagers
* Develop new ideas and means to motivate the children and to transfer knowledge

Besides your key responsibilities new projects are always welcome to be set up!

Highlights

* Make a difference for the unprivileged children
* Beautiful nature
* Building friendships with the children, teenagers and staff of our organization
* Challenging yourself

Qualifications

Skills:
* Intermediate-Advanced Portuguese skills
* 6 months - 2 years volunteer/trainee period
* Degree or experience in Teaching/Tutoring

Social skills:
* Adaptability to the Brazilian culture
* Patient
* Positive
* Team worker

Languages

• Portuguese

Cost in US$:

0

Salary/Pay

Food, accommodation, escort from airport if required

Experience Required

yes

We prefer people who have worked in developing countries before.

Volunteer Types

• Education
• English Teaching
• Teaching
• Tutor
• Youth Development

Typical Volunteer

25-35 years old enthusiastic social worker that comes to Brazil for one reason: making a difference for children.

Age Range

21-40 yrs. old

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 4-8

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