Centro Diaconal
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About the project
Centro Diaconal
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our partner created a philanthropic project born in 2000 and based on social and assistant work with about 100 children and adolescents from 6 to 16 years old. Our partner's mission is to contribute to the global development of the society, with a learning based on respect, love, autonomy with responsibility. The objective is to develop educational processes and actions which can transform the local culture in a no-violence culture and to strengthen the familiar and communitarian ties of children and families living in the area, all in social risk situations. Our partner provides a safe space in which the children are listened to and stimulated to reflect and interact. Children who study at school in the morning, stay in CEDEL in the afternoon and vice versa: they are attended through a program called Programa de Serviço de Apoio Sócio Educativo (SASE); there are other two programs turned to integrate the families and the local community: Núcleo de Apoio Sócio Familiar (which support more than 40 poor families) and Telecentro (informatic centre open to the community).
💼 What the programme involves
Our partner offers alternative education through different activities, such as informatics, language lessons, sports and games, art workshops, dance… All these activities want to permit children to understand the importance of autonomy, of sense of responsibility and cooperation, to exercise their citizenship. Beside the normal activities, there are several projects in which the volunteer will be able to participate and help: Citizenship and computing school; Environmental Education; Biodance; bring the kids to a Tennis Project; Integration among schools; gardening; increase the self-confidence through sport (depending to the semester). He/she will also be asked to promote workshops in one of more areas: Sports and recreational areas (in particular tennis and soccer), music (singing, playing instruments, dance, theatre…), arts (drawing, painting, handcraft…), language and informatics lessons.
🏠 Accommodation on site
🍲 Food
In Porto Alegre, volunteers will have the opportunity to taste a variety of delicious dishes. Among the regional specialties not to be missed are churrasco, a barbecue of various meats, feijoada, a stew of black beans and meat, and barreado, a slowly cooked beef dish served with manioc flour and fried bananas. Volunteers can also enjoy traditional desserts such as cuca, as well as the famous local drink, chimarrão, made from yerba mate leaves.
📍 About the location
🎒 Leisure activities
In Porto Alegre, volunteers will have plenty of opportunities for exploration and discovery. They can visit historical sites such as Farroupilha Park and the Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum, as well as enjoy nature by strolling along the lakeside promenade of Lake Guaíba. The city also offers a vibrant cultural scene with theaters, art galleries, and musical events throughout the year. Volunteers can also indulge in local cuisine at the city's numerous restaurants and cafes.
⚠️ Requirements
In social projects in Brazil, most people do not know a second language - such as English - and may not be able to help the volunteers so much at their arrival in the project… For this reason, a basic Portuguese knowledge (or Spanish) is required in order to get an ongoing communication: the more Portuguese you know, the easier work activities get and the more opportunities appear for you.
🤝 Meeting point
The meeting point will be indicated in the info sheet.
ℹ️ Additional information
Long Term Volunteers normally will be working about 35 hours weekly, every day from Monday to Friday, with a free morning or afternoon.
ICYE Brasil is responsible for the costs of volunteer’s transportation from the living placement to the project (buses, local train, or sometimes you can go walking or by bike). Volunteers have to be prepared to catch buses alone, but they should not worry because the bus system is a quite efficient means of transport.
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📅 Available sessions
ICYE/CEDELAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2025 at 00:00 → 30/12/2026 at 00:00
ICYE/CEDELAUTO-EXT
01/01/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2024 at 00:00
ICYE/CEDEL
01/01/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2023 at 00:00
ICYE/CEDELAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2025 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
383.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Brazil
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Brazil Real (BRL / R$)
Exchange rate
1 BRL = 0.160916 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Brasilia Standard Time
Local time: 20:58 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken