Environmental Conservation in Brazil
Location
Brazil: Sao Paulo
Description
This World Endeavors program offers participants a truly unique and remarkable way to experience Brazil. By living and working side-by-side with the local community of Piracicaba (a couple hours from Sao Paulo) volunteers have an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the community while experiencing a total cultural immersion that cannot be matched by conventional travel programs.
Brazil is a country of amazing bio-diversity. Yet environmental degradation is a major threat to this unique and fragile place. Problems such as loss of bio-diversity, deforestation, desertification, soil erosion, over-fishing, and pollution are significant. World Endeavors' environmental conservation projects address these issues directly through community education and collaboration.
Highlights
Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America and the 5th largest country in the world. This tropical land is not only known for its size but its ecological treasures with a large Atlantic coast, a mountain range, and the Amazon River basin and rainforest. Despite its amazing beauty there is a great need for humanitarian aid in Brazil. With around 186 million citizens, 40 million live below the poverty level, a staggering number mostly due to social injustice and a struggling economy. World Endeavors offers an amazing opportunity to help Brazil and its people at the grassroots level.