Lattitude placements suit individuals with a can-do attitude who are willing to make the most of their placement and above all enjoy it.Someone who must be prepared to embrace the challenges that will undoubtedly face them as they care for severely disadvantaged children.

For applicants from the UK, we have a number of bursary schemes available for volunteers from a variety of backgrounds.

Our bursary scheme and funded placement projects reduce the barrier of cost for young people experiencing financial problems. They are designed to help young people who would not otherwise be able to afford to go.

Your placement

Teaching English to members of the congregation of different Baptist churches, mainly children and teenagers. You will also have opportunity to work in the community through the outreach programme of the Church in Pirambú, the largest favela (24K people) in Fortaleza which includes work with a fishing community in an isolated part of the favela. People in this place are in great need but they also have a great sense of community. They cannot pay for computer and English courses so your teaching helps address the lack of opportunity with the idea of enabling people to be more employable. There is no sanitation in the community.

The teaching involves working children and adolescents who attend the São Pivete project where they also learn computing skills as well as self-esteem and self-reliance through an intensive sports programme. The year-work culminates in their main sporting event of the year in December. There is a Parents Association and Parents’ Council.

The work with the community involves helping people to process personal documentation, support doctor and dentist surgeries, organise activities such as art, theatre, computing for the children, etc. Other work going on in the community is carpet making skills training for women and a research into health.

Your participation in the life of the church is not mandatory but greatly preferable.

Few Brasilians speak English, so there is a compulsory week’s introduction to Portuguese in Sao Paulo.

0845 344 7500

Lattitude Global Volunteering has placed over 25,000 17- 25 year olds in volunteer projects since 1977. We are passionately concerned about the issues facing us all in the world and about the positive impact on the communities in which we volunteer. Lattitude is an organisation with attitude. Responsible, exciting, different...