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Brazil Environmental Volunteering Program
Location: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
Program Duration: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad)
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Iko Poran Association
Rua do Oriente 280/201- Santa Teresa Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20.240-130 Brazil
Call Us
Phone: 55.21.3852.2916
Fax: 55.21.3852.2917
Description
This program is for volunteer who enjoy the outdoors and want to help preserve the natural wonders of Brazil. Volunteers will have the opportunity to work in variety of conservation and urban renewal programs. Rio de Janeiro boasts one of the most magnificent contrasting landscapes in the world: cascading forests on massive mountains adjacent to a world class city.
However, this contrast is not always mutually beneficial, as many of Rio's treasured green spaces are damaged by urban sprawl. Volunteers can work in various areas including reforestation, forest protection, environmental awareness and recycling programs and in community (favela) gardens. As a volunteer on the environmental program, you can help to support and develop some of the most precious natural spaces, while providing alternatives to low income communities for how to dispose waste and recycle.
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- environment
- gardening
- planting
- volunteering
This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Guest House
Participants Travel to Brazil
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- Online Application plus Application Assessment
Typically The Application Process Time is
30 daysIko Poran Association's Mission Statement
To implement volunteer programs and projects that make a positive impact on the projects in which they take place, promoting a wide experience exchange between cultures and strengthening a constant and growing number of NGOs in Brazil.
Year Founded
2002
