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City/State: Salvador |
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Country: BRAZIL
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| Cross-Cultural Solutions |
Tower Point 44
North Road
East Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
BN1 1YR
Phone: 0845 458 2781 / 2782
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Program description: |
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"I had an amazing time in Brazil. I enjoyed the whole Salvador experience - you certainly got to see Brazilian life in a way a tourist simply couldn't. I loved working with the children."
This is what one volunteer had to say about her experience in Salvador, Brazil.
Volunteer Abroad with Cross-Cultural Solutions. Work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. It's the experience of a lifetime. As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, you're making a meaningful contribution, working side-by-side with local people and sharing in the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you. You're experiencing another culture like never before and really getting to know its people. You'll gain new perspectives and insight into the culture and yourself. It's an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you'll develop memories that will be with you forever.
Enjoy the flexibility of choosing from 12 countries, start dates year-round and programmes from 1-12 weeks long. CCS offers international volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand. Wherever you choose, our in-country staff welcomes you to the CCS Home-Base, your home away from home. Cross-Cultural Solutions is a recognised leader in the field of international volunteering.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: Minimum age of 18 for independent travellers.
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies
Living arrangements on the program: Group living
How long does the program last?: 2-4 weeks
What are the dates of this program: Programmes run from 1 to 12 weeks long. There are start dates year-round. Please check out our website or contact us for more details.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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The Community. In the state of Bahia, Salvador is Brazil's oldest city, and the centre of Afro-Brazilian culture. Salvador's history as the main Atlantic port for the spice route and the slave trade are credited with creating its mix of races, cultures and faiths, distinguishing it from any other place on earth. Candomble, a religion carried down from African slaves and mixed with the Catholicism of colonial settlers, is still practiced regularly along with capoeira, an African martial art that combines skill with rhythm and dancing.
While the city is rich in beauty, from its Atlantic coast to its Pelourihno arts district, it is also home to many shantytowns. One of these shantytowns is Alagados, meaning "flooded", referring to the shacks in which residents live, which are built over water on stilts. Most residents are under the age of twenty, and in need of basic education, employment and health care. Working in Alagados, Cross-Cultural Solutions' volunteers will have the opportunity to contribute to community-based projects initiated by its residents.
The People. Proud of their culture, Brazilians have maintained their unique way of life. They always take time to honour and celebrate their beliefs, and enjoy sharing their customs with others. Brazilians seem to be always in a mode of celebration; the country's beauty seems to foster happiness and optimism in its people.
From fair skinned, to olive skinned, to those of African descent, it is hard to tell who is Brazilian and who is not. This diversity has resulted in Brazilian's having an outgoing and welcoming nature. In Salvador, it is not odd to catch a stranger smiling at you on a bus or at a local shop. While visiting, you will be invited to jump right into samba, a capoeira lesson, or a friendly conversation about Brazilian politics.
In Brazil, volunteers can help to care for infants and children, teach children, teach English, assist teachers, work towards women’s empowerment, share their professional skills/experience, care for the elderly, observe and assist local medical professionals, care for people with disabilities, work with people affected by HIV/AIDS, and assist teachers of special education.
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Cost or price of this program: |
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Programme fees vary depending on the length of your stay. The programme fee for a 2-week programme is £1,422. Each additional week is £152. This programme fee covers the costs of lodging, meals and ground transportation, plus individual attention and guidance from an experienced and knowledgeable Programme Manager, coordination of your Volunteer Placement, Perspectives Programming activities, a 24-hour emergency hotline in the US, travel and medical insurance, and much more.
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Typical person for this program: |
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CCS is delighted to welcome volunteers of many different ages and walks of life to its programmes each year. We have families and groups from Australia volunteering alongside teens from Canada and working and retired adults from the UK. We have graduate students from Japan and college students from the US. We have 'gappers,' people who are taking a break before university, or within their professional lives. They come to Cross-Cultural Solutions from very different parts of the world, and from very different places in their life.
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Application process Involves: |
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There is no formal application process. If you are interested in participating in a programme, please contact a Programme Enrolment Manager, who will be happy to talk with you about how a programme could work for you. To reserve your place on a programme, you will be asked to put down a non-refundable deposit of £150.
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