►SUMMARY FACTFILE
Start Dates	All year round - you choose your start and finish dates!
Duration	Minimum stay 2 weeks and up to 1 year, subject to visa requirements
Requirements	No qualifications needed, just a big dose of enthusiasm!
Price	From £895 / US $1,345 for 2 weeks, ranging to £2,395 / US $3,595 for 12 weeks. Full Price List and other Currencies
What's included	►Accommodation ►Breakfast ►Meeting you at the Airport ►Transfer to your accommodation ►Transport to and from your project ►Full pre-departure support ►Local in-country team support and backup ►24-hr emergency support ►Free T-shirt.
What's not included	Flights, Insurance, Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and assistance), Lunch & Dinner, Return transfer to airport.
Who can do this Project?	All our projects are open to all nationalities. Unless otherwise stated, you need to be aged between 17 and 70+

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PROJECT OVERVIEW
Brazil offers you a rewarding opportunity to pass on your sports skills to children who really appreciate it. Absorb this awesome culture by becoming a part of its community. It is no surprise that most volunteers here choose to extend their stay! Brazil also tempts you with a great social life.

You don't need any qualifications to coach football in Brazil, just a basic understanding of the game and a love of sports, as well as an enthusiasm to share this! You can also combine a Coaching project with a teaching project - or perhaps you'd like to learn Portuguese or Capoeira at the same time.

In many areas of Brazil children are exposed to the dangers of poverty and can be easily led into a life of crime and drugs. Sports programmes are essential in terms of providing a positive outlet for energy and a distraction from such a lifestyle. They focus on encouraging children to see the 'good side' of the world - by taking them away from the violence and poverty that they live in and encouraging them to see things in a different way. Along with the co-ordinators of such projects you'll be acting as a positive role-model to children to help keep them away from the dangers of the streets.

The government recognizes the important role that structured sports programmes can have on entire communities, and in some areas grants have been given for the building or maintenance of outdoor pitches. This is a really positive move forwards for people in the poorer areas of cities who now have facilities that they can utilize and be proud of.

WORK CONTENT
You'll assist in a sports centre/institution which aims to provide sports activities to the local community; it is a branch of one of the biggest football clubs in Rio de Janeiro. The children train for free and it is not only local children, but also children from the poorer suburbs of Rio. The Centre's main aim is to get the children of the streets by providing sport activities for them, which will allow them to improve their quality of life.

You'll spend time sharing your skills and building confidence and team morale, whilst working towards improving technique and strategy. What you will offer through coaching is immeasurable in terms of education in social skills, team work, self development, confidence and the obvious positive effects it will have on their English language learning.

The Centre is open between 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday, and from 8am to 10am on Saturdays. Your working hours will about 3 hours a day coaching football, but you can combine this with either a teaching project, or coaching swimming. However, if there is another sport that you would like to teach the children, let us know as the Centre are always looking for new ideas and skills that can be taught to the children. You'll be working with pre-teens and teenagers.

Your main role is to assist the coaches with general coaching. This can include training the kids at practices or for games, giving warm ups and helping with stretching, teaching football techniques, etc.

You can also coach other sports such as futsal (like football but played indoors and on a smaller pitch), volleyball, basketball, PE and maybe tennis, and at one school you can even help with swimming.

“With everyone turning out to play, team Sunscreen headed to the pitches to take on some local talent. The pitches were all busy as usual for a weekend, but we found one pitch (in slightly better nick than the last time). With a couple of kids who had a ball and with our broken Portuguese and lots of random gesturing, we managed to get a game of 5-A-Side going. The 2 hours in the burning heat was brilliant and we headed home feeling very much the better for it. The evening was even more eventful, we’d decided to go watch Rio’s two biggest teams fight it off in the season’s big derby match – Fluminense v Vasco!”
Rupert Webb – coaching in Rio

Brazilians are passionate about football! The national obsession with football appears to be instilled in children of all ages and classes, who can often be seen having a game of barefoot soccer on the dusty backstreets of towns and cities across the country.

With a little time, energy and patience your placement will be thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable for both you and the children you’ll be working with. You'll no doubt learn a thing or two as well, from your students and fellow coaches - this country is passionate about sport with no shortage of talent! You'll also help give the children hope and renewed confidence. The sense of importance that children feel from the fact that you're from another country and have chosen to spend your time helping them can be overwhelming - your very presence is encouraging and motivating.

 
Got any questions? Please email us:
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You'll receive lots of care and assistance from our very friendly and helpful UK staff, from the first stage of applying all the way through to the end of your placement. We are also available 24 hours a day for any urgent matter during your time on our placement.

Travellers will send you our extremely comprehensive information pack with details on everything - ranging from where to go on your weekend travels to what to pack and extensive safety tips. We will also provide you with a selection of coaching manuals that will be very useful on your project.

In Brazil you will have the support of our Brazil Manager who will be on call 24/7 from meeting you at the airport and will be around frequently to ensure you are settled and happy on your placement. You will also find that the teachers at the schools and institutes where you work will be very happy to help you throughout your days.

If you speak some Portuguese (or even Spanish), you will find it very beneficial on this project. But don't be put off if languages aren't your thing! You're sure to pick up some of the basic words whilst you are there, and will find other ways to converse without language becoming a barrier. Don't forget that we can also arrange some Portuguese Lessons for you during your programme if you'd like.

Additional Activities you can do while on this Project:
Add to your travel experience in Brazil by doing some additional exciting activities - you never know, you could develop a passion for Latin American dance, or learn a new skill!

• Capoeira: A cross between a dance, a fight skill and an art form ... fascinating and fun!

• Brazilian Music courses: Choose from a variety of local percussion/styles

• Photography courses

• Latin Dance Lessons

Got any questions? Please email us:
info@travellersworldwide.com

The main school holidays are from approximately 15^th July until the 10^th August and 10^th December until the end of the last week in February. If you are unsure about how seasonal breaks may affect your placement, please ask us!

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