Volunteering Brazil

Volunteering Brazil

Why choose Volunteering Brazil?

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Founded
2015

Reviews

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Sixtine
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

A really great experience

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What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
Be prepared for any cultural difference ! It can be a shock sometimes !
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Lodovica
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

L'esperienza che mi ha cambiato la vita

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What would you improve about this program?
Translated by Go Overseas:

nothing! it is really well thought out, and associated with top quality NGOs!!!

Original:

niente! è davvero ben pensato, e associato a ONG di prima qualità!!!

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Andrew
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Internship - Curitiba Brazil

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What would you improve about this program?
Brazil is very complicated with bureaucratic documents. Some internships might need a carteira de trabalho or the internships themselves might not know what documents that you need. Everything is obtainable but it can be unorganized.
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Isaac
4/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Review at Curitiba

I was part of the Intern Brazil program in Curitiba for the summer of 2017. The staff of the program was extremely helpful, very nice and accommodating. The only problem I had is that the company I was going to work for told me I was going to be a specific job but once I got there the actual job was completely different.

The staff of Intern Brazil organized trips and get together so we could meet the other interns and were very helpful when asked about the visiting spots near curitiba.

What would you improve about this program?
By looking more into the exact work the interns would be doing while in the program
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Tatiana
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Uma Experiencia Incrivel | An Incredible Experience - Curitiba Brazil

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What would you improve about this program?
More communication with directors of the internships as to what exactly the roles of the interns will be.

Programs

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Alumni Interviews

These are in-depth Q&A sessions with verified alumni.

Why did you choose this program?

I chose Intern-Brazil because I was interested in interning in a non-traditional country.

I have always had an interest in Brazil because in my home country it is very romanticized as this jungle, with beautiful people and amazing culture. At the same time, I think that the media can sometimes portray Brazil as unsafe.

Because of these two contradicting images, I wanted to go to Brazil to experience it myself.

What did your program provider assist you with, and what did you have to organize on your own?

Intern-Brazil had the responsibility of finding the actual internship. Aside from the internship itself, I was on my own with the rest - visa, housing, flights, tickets, etc.

What is one piece of advice you'd give to someone going on your program?

I would strongly recommend anyone who is considering to go to Brazil to take a Portuguese language course before going, or at least in some way obtain some knowledge of the language.

Knowing a little Portuguese will make your stay there much more pleasant, and I say this as a person who went with ZERO knowledge of the Portuguese language. Do not expect anyone to know English or Spanish in Brazil.

What does an average day/week look like as a participant of this program?

I had a part-time, unpaid internship so I worked Monday through Friday from 1 pm until 6 pm. I was given enough tasks to complete at the beginning of the week to keep me busy.

On a normal day, I would leave my apartment in the city center around 12:30 pm and walk my way to the office, which was in the other end of the city. On the way, I would see the most amazing skyscrapers and palm trees, which is a big deal for me, since I come from the cold North where such things do not exist!

When arriving at the office I would be briefed on what tasks I should focus on for that day and if any of them were more urgent than others. It would be different from day to day, depending on how many employees were in the office.

In between tasks, I would get offered a whole bunch of food from the employees and we would talk and have a good time in the laid-back environment. I interned in Brazil during the winter, and because the sun would go down around 5 pm when I got off work, my co-workers would always make sure that I arrived home safely.

During the weekends the girls at the office invited me to go to the cinema with them, go to lunch or to local markets.

Going into your experience abroad, what was your biggest fear, and how did you overcome it? How did your views on the issue change?

My biggest fear of interning in Brazil was definitely, as I mentioned, my safety. From the moment I arrived in Brazil, it was something that I was consistently concerned about.

The first two days I was scared to go to the supermarket during the day! I quickly learned that Brazil is just as safe as any European capital city, and luckily, my fears disappeared. I met so many amazing people who helped me overcome this fear and changed my views of Brazil for the better.

Staff Interviews

These are in-depth Q&A sessions with program leaders.

Allan Ricardo Kotovei

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Information Flow Manager
Allan is a Brazilian dreamer, full of energy and nerve to go after what he wants. His creative side is one of the major characteristics displayed in everything he does.
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What is your favorite travel memory?

That's a really hard question, each travel memory has something really beautiful, interesting, or constructive, but I think my favorite travel memory is my first road trip. I was 21 years old and I felt the truly independence for the first time, sleeping on a tent at the river coast.

I was afraid of traveling big distances by my own or just with another young and inexperienced person, all this made me feel anxious and unconfident. But with this road trip everything changed, I had to do all the financial planning (it was just for 2 days, but I had never done this before), drive on dangerous roads, prepare the bed and food inside the tent in the cold (it was 8ºC), and asking for directions!

If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?

I would go to Florianópolis. I've been there on a road trip and it is an amazing place with lots of big and small businesses, it’s a really big city with a nice tropical climate surrounded by beaches everywhere.

Our program there is really complete, we have a great crew there and they are really committed. Personally I want to go there again, it's paradise. As an intern from our program, I honestly have no doubt that I would choose Florianopolis without hesitation. With this program, professional and personal development can be a really big, truly life-changing experience.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

I've been proud since the day I started working here, because we have an unique way to achieve our client's dreams. Our focus is on professional development, and we are the only Brazilian company that focuses on that, and actually, we are really good at doing this.

I love seeing the program's students smiling just for being here in Brazil and achieving their dreams.

This is one of the feedback that they gives that let's us know we're doing the right thing, which makes me feel proud of working here with this outstanding team full of teamwork and commitment.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

Being a successful company is the result of mastering three major pillars:

- Knowledge - if you and your team can handle all the knowledge, information, and data provided by your stakeholders and processes, and can also improve your own skills and create more knowledge, you have one really strong pillar.
- Connection - the connection between you, your team, your clients and your providers needs to be really strong and fluid, you need to understand each other and have a healthy relationship, with trust and transparency, this helps the other two pillars a lot.
- Hard Work - if you have connection and knowledge, but you don’t have discipline, motivation, and goals, and do not work as much as you should, you will not succeed, you need to get things done and work hard!