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Volunteering stories: Capoeira Therapy

Volunteering stories: Capoeira Therapy

31 de August de 2017 2102 0

Bella came from England with the aim to combine two passions of her life – psychology and capoeira. She has spent July-August, 2017 by Capoeira Therapy project, 2 month of new discoveries, joy, new friends and enthusiastic plans. As a psychologist she knows the importance of reflections about life experiences. And she was so kind

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Why living in Brazil can make you happier?

Why living in Brazil can make you happier?

31 de January de 2017 1365 0

In spite of all complains about terrible transport system, poor infrastructure, messy working style, electricity shortages and slow internet, almost all of our volunteers say that in Brazil they feel happier. The reason is simple – not the material things make us happier but the chemical processes in our body. Four substances in our brain

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5 reasons why you should go to Brazil in 2017

5 reasons why you should go to Brazil in 2017

2 de January de 2017 1365 0

1. You know it’s time for a change This headline just spoke to you, didn’t it? Otherwise you clearly wouldn’t continue reading this text. Exactly one year ago, I was in your position. I was staring at my computer screen during my lunch break, which I spent at my desk in one of many digital

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EcoEngenho celebrates 15 years of great work in rural development in Brazil

13 de July de 2016 1081 0

Today our partner Instituto EcoEngenho is celebrating its 15th birthday. 15 years of doing great project in the rural areas of Alagoas, discovering and teaching new sustainable methods of agriculture, bringing new ecological products to the consumers in spite of the unfavorable political and financial situation. It is a great honor for us to be

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Biota concludes hatchling season 2016

Biota concludes hatchling season 2016

12 de July de 2016 1009 0

Our partner-NGO Biota successfully concluded another sea turtles hatchling season. Yesterday they organised the last public hatchling release this year. In total more than 100* nests were registered and the births of more than 10 thousand* of sea turtles were accompanied during this season. The nesting and hatching season starts in December and lasts till

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Volunteering stories: The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST)

20 de August de 2015 1038 0

The article is written by our volunteer Anna Thiry, student of geography at university of Heidelberg, Germany. Anna volunteered for Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) and participated in various activities of Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Maceió as well as at the “interior” of the state of Alagoas. From her story you will get an

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Teach English in Brazil: 5 tips for volunteers

Teach English in Brazil: 5 tips for volunteers

6 de May de 2015 781 0

The greatest problem that volunteers teaching English to kids are facing in Brazil is the lack of motivation. The kids don´t feel the need to learn another language, sit in the classroom after school again. Many of them are just forced by parents to come and even not because that parents understand the importance of

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Volunteering in Brazil: challenging experience

Volunteering in Brazil: challenging experience

18 de February de 2015 772 0

Modern volunteers are different from those who first came to the poor countries with their volunteering missions. Nowadays there is broad choice of organisations offering volunteering services like GoBrazil. All what you need to do is to register and find the way to cover living costs, the rest will be organised for you. Young volunteers

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Volunteer Registration for Rio 2016 Olympics Extended

15 de November de 2014 952 0

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The period to register for the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has just been extended until December 15th, therefore prolonging the registration period for another month. This is the last opportunity to sign up as a volunteer for one of the biggest sports events

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Portuguese quote of the month

4 de November de 2014 809 0

The horse is very important animal in Brazil. They still work a lot and don´t let the cars to substitute their jobs. Some of them even can not be substituted. Like the place where horses work as therapists – Hippotherapy. This month we visited couple of those places with our volunteers and were amazed by

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CPT launches a book about Landless Workers´ Movement in Brazil

25 de October de 2014 889 0

Our partner Commissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) launched on 16th October the new book about Landless Workers´ Movement (Port.: Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra – or MST). It has been said and written a lot about Landless Workers´ Movement in Brazil – one of the biggest social movement in Latain America. Land and Pastoral in

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II Exposition Primavera Alagoana (Alagoas Spring) at Garça Torta

20 de October de 2014 806 0

The small house at Garça Torta will become a home of the photo exposition “Alagoas Spring”. 56 photos were selected from more than 200 photos, professional and amateurs, and will be exposed at Casa da Arte for the next two months. Not only photos from Brazil, but also from various places of our planet –

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