Description

Visit Brazil, a country bursting with passion and vibrancy, where you can make a positive contribution to the lives of those living in its poorest areas - the favelas. Brazil is a captivating destination where you can find lush rainforests full of rare and fascinating creatures, beautiful beaches where the locals bathe in the warm waters, and the carnival spirit infusing every day with colour.

* What Will I Be Doing?

Whether you are a current or prospective medical student, or simply have a genuine interest in helping deliver healthcare services to deprived communities, this project provides a wide range of exciting and valuable activities and experiences. You may be participating in health awareness campaigns and disease prevention programmes, delivering care to children and their families in specified areas, educating vulnerable community members about STDs and AIDS, assisting at educational talks and workshops to help raise awareness, or even getting involved with the project's blog and website or developing its social networking campaign! This project is all about raising awareness and working with the vulnerable local communities. This really is a once in a life time chance to experience living in Rio, to be involved directly with the provision of practical help for those who truly need it, while at the same time gaining valuable healthcare work experience essential for those intending to pursue a medical career.

* What Does the Project Do?

The cycle of poverty that is prevalent in many of Brazil's favelas has resulted in a myriad of health related problems. This project aims to achieve goals through a variety of different, innovative and creative strategies all aimed at supporting the AIDS and DST prevention group through educative campaigns, preservatives distribution, and workshops delivered to a variety of stakeholders in the community. The health promotion campaign is taken onto the streets of the favelas where a stall is set up to dispense help and advice about AIDS/STD and to distribute free condoms. Besides the work of the prevention group the project has also developed extra classes for children and fabric painting lessons for women in its effort to reach the most vulnerable community members.

Highlights

* Make lifelong friendships.
* Promote healthcare in some of Brazil's poorest areas.
* Explore this South American jewel!

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

1,780

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• Written materials pre-departure

Program Fees Include:

Before you go:
* Pre-departure support
* Travel & medical advice & documentation
* Advice on visas & equipment
* Discounted medical kit
* Free Frontier T-shirt

In-country:
* Accommodation
* Project orientation
* Airport pick-up & drop-off
* Ground transfers to project
* Project equipment
* In-country emergency support
* 24-hour international HQ backup

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Minimum age 18 years, Basic Portuguese recommended.

Age Range

18 + for this project

This Program is open to

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

Typical Living Arrangements

• Guest House

Participants Travel

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview

Frontier's Mission Statement

To conserve the world's most endangered wildlife and threatened habitats and to build sustainable livelihoods for marginalized and under resourced communities in the world's poorest countries. To create solutions that are apolitical, forward-thinking, community-driven, and innovative and which take into consideration the long-term needs of low income communities.

Year Founded

1989