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Environmental Education SUMMER Centre Assistant

location
4 - 24 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+
rating  Outstanding 4.9  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Very high response rate

Highlights

  • To know Brazilian culture, music, dance and customs closely.
  • Discover the natural beauty of the region, and its marine animals - sea turtles, dolphins, sea lions
  • Participate in an initiative that uses art, music and dance to promote environmental education
  • Share the friendship between volunteers from different countries, as well as the various local volunteers (undergraduates and professionals)
  • Know different techniques for a greener house, which we apply in our base and our comunnity vegetable garden

Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups
50+

About the program

"Ritmo do Mar" seeks to promote a carnival group in the Cassino Beach, Rio Grande - RS, based on turtles, culturall and sustainability values using of reusable materials.

Carnival! In Brazil, the people live year-round to enjoy one - special - week! However, Ritmo do Mar is a thematic carnival that promote a social intervention based on cultural, ethical and sustainability values. Year-round, we organized workshops for orphanages and educational centers from various ...

About the program

Carnival! In Brazil, the people live year-round to enjoy one - special - week! However, Ritmo do Mar is a thematic carnival that promote a social intervention based on cultural, ethical and sustainability values. Year-round, we organized workshops for orphanages and educational centers from various locations in the city of Rio Grande  to make instruments and others props such as flags and costumes using recicled materials (debris, paper and natural glue). During school period, workshops are also proposed In to several schools from Rio Grande in a long-term cycle of activities of environmental education, music education (divided in the making of instruments and percussion), artistic education and physical education, culminating in the many parades for each school. For allegories and props, children making and painting their allegories using recycled carapaces as a simple and inexpensive method for replicating allegories. Each participant makes his custom (a turtle carapace) with papier mache and paints, his instruments with cans or bottles for the many special parades.

Volunteers do not need special equipment or Portuguese as fluency. Although it can help, the children's contact with new languages ​​and new forms of communication, such as art and music, make the experiences for both very special.

Typical day

During the summer, the visitor center becomes a community center, bringing together many artists and professionals from the city of Rio Grande, known as the "city of musicians". Several workshops are offered daily, always taking advantage of the skills of the team members, with the workshops of ...

Typical day

During the summer, the visitor center becomes a community center, bringing together many artists and professionals from the city of Rio Grande, known as the "city of musicians". Several workshops are offered daily, always taking advantage of the skills of the team members, with the workshops of costumes in the form of marine animals the highlight of the season. Always ending with musical performances, shared with children, youth and adults who play their instruments produced by discarded materials, formerly called garbage. 

In addition to contact with people, contact with animals and plants are remarkable in our Environmental Education Program. Sea Turtles monitored by the In Water Program integrate education activities, sharing their return to the sea with our volunteers and hundreds of locals and tourists, thrilling everyone. Our community garden, with organic vegetables available to residents who support their maintenance, green our surroundings and provide quality food daily. But of course, we need to support the maintenance of the garden in order to harvest every day.

Volunteers  leave the house for work between 8:30 and 9:00 AM, return for lunch (3 hours free) at 12:30 PM to the center and then it's back to work until 20:00 PM; 

Usual working days  including the following tasks.

  • Sea patrols with kids;
  • Education activities in the beach;
  • Working in the visitors center; 
  • Mantaining our comunnity vegetable garden.
  • Sea patrols with kids and adults;

Free-time activities

Rio Grande is a city known for musicality, with several local artists of Brazilian and international music (Bando de Coirana - forró , Stone Fire - rock, Yorkshire - rock, Tribo Brasil -samba/sambarock, Slow Burnin´- reggae, Chico Padilha - pop reggae). Thursday to Saturday have a gigs from their ...

Free-time activities

Rio Grande is a city known for musicality, with several local artists of Brazilian and international music (Bando de Coirana - forró , Stone Fire - rock, Yorkshire - rock, Tribo Brasil -samba/sambarock, Slow Burnin´- reggae, Chico Padilha - pop reggae). Thursday to Saturday have a gigs from their local bands  with parties always full, since Rio Grande is a university city, with more than 20 thousands students. 

Rio Grande has several museums with the most known being those linked to the sea: oceanographic museum, nautical museum, eco-museum Polvora Island, and a visit to the Center for Marine Animal Rehabilitation (CRAM).

Although limited to climatic conditions, there are diving and swimming spots in the breakwaters, as well as hiking through different places in the city as Ilha dos Marinheiros, Capilha and Taim. 

Once a week, beach yoga activities are suggested, as well as a percussion workshop. 

Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level)

Criminal Background Check

required

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Other Skills

interest in teamwork; proactivity; sports skills, music or art (or just interest).

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 09:00 - 20:00

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Caminho Marinho

  • Food (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
  • lodging
  • Wi-Fi
  • Transportation from the schools.
    • Volunteers are entitled to use a bicycle, being the maintenance and safety of their responsibility while staying with it.

Accommodation

Caminho Marinho's house is large with three bedrooms. As volunteers demand, the room can be individual, shared with one other person or shared with up to six volunteers.
The organization of the house is collective, and the volunteers are responsible for the organization of the house, cleaning and preparation of meals.

Food & Beverages

Volunteers are entitled to three basic meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and the volunteers are responsible for preparation and cleaning after a meal.
  • At breakfast, there is bread, jam, margarine, tea, coffee and biscuit (salted and sweet).
  • At lunch, volunteers prepare quick meals such as pasta, omelette or sandwiches, so you do not waste time and get the volunteer tasks done.
  • At dinner, the meal is more elaborate with rice, beans, salad, accompaniment (potatoes, polenta or vegetables) and meat (beef, chicken or pork).
Dishes are washed by volunteers.
Drinks are not included in the feeds. The house has water filter and the possibility to buy drinks (soda, juice and beer (at night)).

Internet Access

Good access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Airport Pickup at Salgado Filho International Airport

An airport pickup isn't included within the program fees either.

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) in Porto Alegre. We assist you to find cheap flights to Brazil. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Brazil provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Brazil you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Brazil. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

The project is located in the municipality of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. The nearest international airport is located in Porto Alegre (Salgado Filho Airport). By bus, the volunteer arrives from Porto Alegre to Rio Grande in a trip of 5 hours and 27 dollars of cost.
The nearest local airport is located in Pelotas ;- by bus, the volunteer arrives from Pelotas to Rio Grande in a trip of 1 hour and 3 dollars of cost.



Availability
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Program fees

4 weeks (min. stay) 424€
5 weeks 521€
7 weeks 666€
9 weeks 810€
24 weeks (max. stay) 1,437€
Average fees 83€/week

Program fees

83€ per week 4 - 24 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES

Duration

4 - 24 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.

Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with Caminho Marinho during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.

Meet your organization

Caminho Marinho

Outstanding 4.9 rating (11 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 2010

Verified by Volunteer World

  Very high response rate

Coordinated by

Thayana

Spoken languages: English

About the project

The Caminho Marinho is an initiative that aims to connect Research, Extension and Teaching as the way for the sea turtles conservation and sustainable use of resources.

Meet your organization

Caminho Marinho is a marine conservation nonprofit in Brazil focused on protecting sea turtles “in water” and preserving their feeding areas through hands-on conservation programs in 3 different brazilian beaches. Join us, help the sea turtles´ research and travel across brazilian south coast following the sea turtles!

 

  • Who We Are

Caminho Marinho team has been sharing our passion for sea turtles and artisanal fisheries culture with volunteers from around the world for over 12 years. The Volunteering Caminho Marinho opportunities are a unique opportunity to learn about the sea turtles, travel across Brazil and to help protect and conserve thie coastal and marine environment.


  • Our History

Since 2010, Caminho Marinho is an initiative that develops research, teaching and extension in important feeding areas for sea turtles in Brazil, places where sea turtles can stay for 20 to 50 years. 

 

  • Our Mission

Our mission is to promote the conservation of sea turtles under an ecosystem approach, that is, to seek the individual health of sea turtles in coastal environments, valuing the ecological sustainability of the areas, recognizing the need for economic viability, but always promoting social justice.

 

  • Our Goals

Our main objective is to assess the abundance of sea turtles in feeding and development areas and the individual health of these animals, accompanied by students and volunteers in training, and sharing the main results with the local and general community. Each site with its scenic beauty, community involvement and problems in which sea turtles suffer from human actions. 

The role of the volunteer is fundamental for the uninterrupted proposition of activities to monitor the abundance and density of sea turtles and their potential interaction with artisanal fishing communities, working mainly in the sighting of sea turtles from fixed historically monitored points.

The volunteer participates in environmental education activities organized in our carnival block rhythm of the sea, which proposes musical and artistic education activities with discarded materials to promote a carnival block that shares the proposals and ideals of environmental conservation. Therefore, different workshops are proposed weekly, such as for the production of costumes, painting of costumes, production of musical instruments, musical performance, in addition to visits to important conservation areas. The block has its peak moment in the carnival parade during this important Brazilian holiday.

Become a Caminho Marinho volunteer and participate in the training promoted through lectures by the main researchers who lead the current research of our institute, and guests from important partner institutions in Brazil and worldwide.

 

  • Why Choose Us?

More than an accommodation, Base do Caminho Marinho seeks to be, in practice, the environment is the harmonious system with activities shared among all, always seeking ecologically sustainable, economically viable and socially fair strategies, developing the main practices that are friendly to the environment.

11 reviews · rating4.9

Amazing experiance the group was amazing the coordinators were phernominal made me feel welcome helped me with the language barrier and a very good time felt very safe and never had any issues with ...
Holly Crawford rating5

2021 at In-Water Sea turtle Conservation

To sum it up- Caminho Marinho is a little piece of heaven. To say more, there wasn’t anything that I didn’t love. As a 50+ year old volunteer from the USA that had no experience with long term volunteer commitment (+1 month), no real knowledge of sea turtles and sadly unprepared to converse ...
It was an amazing experience, i will always have those days inside do my heart. Everybody in Caminho Marinho are super cool and super attentive. I could spent a lot of time in this place. I’m so thankful for all the knowledge they shared with me ...
Maria Luiza Leal de Paula rating5

2019 at In-Water Sea turtle Conservation

Caminho Marinho helped me to understand what it feels like to work into marine conservation, in a group that loves what they do. My volunteer experience in Caminho Marinho is a huge part of my formation in Biological Sciences, and it makes me love even more what I’m doing. In Rio Grande we can ...
Valentin Milet rating5

2019 at In-Water Sea turtle Conservation

You will arrive in a wonderful country with an amazing team. All Caminho Marinho crews are so nice and interesting. Doing a social journey with them is a great way to learn many things about Brazil, the ocean, turtles and to discover a new culture and maybe a new part of you. To conclude, it's the ...
Thayana Gião rating5

2018 at In-Water Sea turtle Conservation

Volunter on Caminho Marinho - Conservation of sea turtles in Brazil The Caminho Marinho project develops activities focused on conservation and research on sea turtles that live in Praia do Cassino. Its main activities are: intentional capture of sea turtles, monitoring of the current fishing in ...

Location

Americas > South America > Brazil > Rio Grande

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