Youth Development Volunteering in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Combine volunteer work and language lessons with NRCSA in Brazil. Participants can partake in a four-week minimum of Portuguese classes and another four-week minimum volunteer program in the dynamic city of Sao Paolo. They will be grouped based on their current level of Portuguese and take classes in listening, grammar, oral and written comprehension for 20 hours per week. In order to make sufficient progress and gain the maximum benefit from the course, the following program duration ranges are recommended: Beginner (4-12 weeks), Intermediate (2-12 weeks) and advanced (2-12 weeks). For the volunteer program, participants will have to work on socio-educational activities through Programa Multiplica, that focuses on marginalized communities living in urban centers. They can also work in a center that hosts educational activities for children and teenagers ages 5 to 18 years old who are living in the slums.