Tempo de Infância - Arts Educational project with children
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About the project
Tempo de Infância - Arts Educational project with children
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
"Tocando em você Institute" (ITV) is a non-profit organization created in 2000 by Educart group, aiming to democratize cultural activities through educational, artistic, therapeutic, and professional interventions.
In 2009, ITV has become one of the "Ponto de Cultura" (Cultural Venue) of the city Rio De Janeiro. Since then all of their arts programming have been offered for free to two hundred young people between 02-21 years. In addition, the organization have been benefitting artists who contribute with the development of the programming. It is estimated that more than 5000 people among artists and atendees of participate on ITVs programming yearly. ITV activities are given in classrooms in the institution as well as in the surrounding communities (favelas).
ITV is committed to strengthening the community, emphasizing and expanding the skills of the local population, encouraging taking an active role and responsibility for their own development. The institution promotes social and cultural transformation through creation and development of multidisciplinary programs for low income communities of the neighbourhood, Tijuca.
Our target groups are children from 14 - 21 years, and their families, including those with special needs. Furthermore, the ITV institution offers activities to adults and seniors through social movements, events, campaigns and projects.
All minors entering our social projects are required to be registered and attend public school or to participate in our educational school reintegration program (Social ICU). The objective in the short and medium terms is to redirect them to attend classes at local regular schools.
"Tijuca" neighborhood located in a highly concentrated area of poor communities, called Grande Tijuca. This area displays clues for a huge social contrasts between the middle class and the poor. In 29 communities (favelas) poor class representing 13% of the total population of this district, namely: 48,708,000 inhabitants. Specifically, Grande Tijuca is as a quarter with social needs of initiatives for youth, because 64% of this population is younger than 39 years, and 30% are younger than 19 years old. Regarding the level of education, 32% have only primary education. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the institution “Tocando em você” offer this socially excluded population convergent integration: culture, education, therapy, vocational integration.
Democratize access to information, education, culture, technology, creative hobbies, and health through the implementation of social programs aimed to empower and promote personal and collective change of children, youth and the needy, through continuous and periodic actions.
All ITV projects are motivated by constructivism aligned with art education. The sessions and classes are grouped by modules hosted in a collectively and / or individual basis depending on the age and circumstances of beneficiaries.
The methodology of "Tocando em você" is based on the development of emotional intelligence through the arts, guaranteeing freedom of expression built by a broad social practice. We hold a democratic management style that integrates education professionals, health practitioners, technology, and all style of arts.
ITV has 29 professionals:
1 psychologist, 1 psychomotor therapist, 1 orthopaedist, 2 drama teachers, 1 actor, 1 volunteer, 4 music teacher, 2 art teachers, 2 dance teachers, 2 special education teachers, 2 administrative employees, 3 social workers, 1 head of Education Department, 2 community arts managers, 1 communication Manager, 1 artistic director and producer.
We see the volunteering program as the opportunity to host dynamic people from other parts of the world, and together pursue our commitment to develop public education for everyone through arts and healing arts. In participating in our projects, volunteers will be able to work together with the deprived youth of our society and learn to accept everyone as a unique and rich individual.
Instituto Tocando em Você has been in operation for 20 years, and the TVR offers its participants an opening to international social work and civic engagement, using the experience of the artists and social workers involved in the NGO.
Thus, all the volunteers TVR will build relationships and interactions with professionals from ITV, involving qualified intercultural exchanges, based on dialogue, mutual respect and the desire to preserve the cultural identity of each.
💼 What the programme involves
Option 1 :
Educational and artistic project with young artists of ITV (14/18 years old)
The volunteer takes part in artistic activities proposed to ITV children with and without disabilities. He works together with the teachers and artists of the NGO during the first month at the arts office. Then, with a better knowledge of the project participants, he should propose and develop an educational action in collaboration with ITV through an artistic activity. The volunteer arrives in the NGO with a pre-project that has been planned prior to the start of the project with the other accompanying volunteers via skype meetings
The volunteer takes part in artistic activities proposed by Tempo de Infância school. This school which is part of ITV is for children from 2 – 12 years old, with and without disabilities. The volunteer works together with the teachers and artists of the NGO in classroom.
The volunteer works with the " Cultural Production " sector within the NGO. He accompanies the ITV team in the pre- production, production and post-production phases to create cultural products. Thus, he participates in the management, organization and communication of ITV´s social project. Of course, it is preferred that all cultural products would raise cultural promotion of the neighborhood and the city with respect to the humanistic values of ITV. Hence, it is better to have knowledge in these areas or accept this learning phase.
Tasks :
Assist teachers in art activities with children.
- Propose and write an art project in Portuguese to develop new skills for youth artist
- Perform the artistic workshop related to the project on a weekly basis
- Present the activity by presentation at the end of the volunteering project.
- At the end of the project, complete a project satisfaction survey and receive your certificate.
- Possibility to develope English classes
Option 2 :
Project on Human and Child Rights
The volunteer arrives in the NGO with a pre-project that has been planned prior to the start of the project with the other accompanying volunteers via skype meetings. This pre-project must promote the protection of human rights and the "Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Man and the Child." It must define the objectives for volunteering and establish a "reverse planning". However, if the project is carried out in several stages requiring continuity between several volunteers within the NGO, this must be part of the pre- project.
Tasks:
- Learning about human and child rights + write the pre- project (specific objectives + retro-planning )
- Propose and validate the pre-draft writing on the theme of human rights before departure.
- Meet the team and the ITV network in relation to the specific objectives of the pre- project.
- Define the resources (human , material, financial , temporal )
- Creating partners and jointly write the project with ITV.
- Browse related resources to the project and provide readability.
- Complete the project
- Participate freely in the arts programmes in ITV
- Answer an end-of-project satisfaction survey.
- Write a report on completion of the project.
- Possibility to develope English classes for the public of ITV
Option 3 :
Project of cultural and social production
The volunteer works with the " Cultural Production " sector within the NGO. He accompanies the ITV team in the pre- production, production and post-production phases to create cultural products. Thus, he participates in the management, organization and
communication of ITV ́s social project. Of course, it is preferred that all cultural products would raise cultural promotion of the neighborhood and the city with respect to the humanistic values of ITV. Hence, it is better to have knowledge in these areas or accept this learning phase.
Tasks:
- Assist in fundraising and financial partners (tendering / competition)
- Participate in the search for artistic partners
- Develop tools for communication within the organization (meetings, technical details, reporting, archiving documents)
- Participate in the management of artistic production
- Contribute to increasing the readability and accessibility of ITV ́s communication and cultural products (To improve the website, create communication tools etc ...)
- Answer an end of project satisfaction survey
- Write a report on completion of the project
- Possibility to develop English classes for the public of ITV
Option 4 :
Inclusive Museum Project
The volunteer works with the Inclusive Museum Project within the NGO. He accompanies the ITV team in the pre- production, production and post-production phases: organization, digitalization, editing, translation and posting of photos, newspaper and TV reports, videos and audio files from the TOCANDO EM VOCÊ institutional collection Thus, he participates in the management, organization and communication of ITV ́s social project. Of course, it is important action to preserve history and build the future of inclusive actions with respect to the humanistic values of ITV. Hence, it is better to have knowledge in these areas or accept this learning phase.
Tasks:
- Assist in fundraising and financial partners (tendering / competition)
- Participate in the search for artistic partners
- Develop tools for communication within the organization (meetings, technical details, reporting, archiving documents)
- Participate in the management of artistic production
- Contribute to increasing the readability and accessibility of ITV ́s communication and cultural products (To improve the website, create communication tools etc ...)
- Answer an end of project satisfaction survey
- Write a report on completion of the project
- Possibility to develop English classes for the public of ITV
Option 5 :
Production for Web TV and Radio TOCANDO EM VOCÊ
The volunteer works with the " Production for Web TV and Radio " sector within the NGO . He works on the production, translation, set organization, filming and/or editing of TV programs and podcasts for children and/or young people aimed at disseminating the methodologies created by the Educart Group: Tocando em Você and Tempo de Infância.He accompanies the ITV team in the pre- production, production and post-production phases to create cultural products. Thus, he participates in the management, organization and communication of ITV ́s social project. Hence, it is better to have knowledge in these areas or accept this learning phase.
Tasks:
- Assist in fundraising and financial partners (tendering / competition)
- Participate in the search for artistic partners
- Develop tools for communication within the organization (meetings, technical details, reporting, archiving documents)
- Participate in the management of artistic production
- Contribute to increasing the readability and accessibility of ITV ́s communication and cultural products (To improve the website, create communication tools etc ...)
- Answer an end of project satisfaction survey
- Write a report on completion of the project
- Possibility to develop English classes for the public of ITV
Option 6 :
Tempo de Infância - Arts Educational project with children (2/12 years old) of ITV
The volunteer takes part in artistic activities proposed by Tempo de Infância school. This school which is part of ITV is for children from 2 – 12 years old, with and without disabilities. The volunteer works together with the teachers and artists of the NGO in classroom.
Tasks :
- Assist teachers in art activities with children.
- Propose and write an art project in Portuguese to develop new skills for youth artist
- Perform the artistic workshop related to the project on a weekly basis
- Present the activity by presentation at the end of the volunteering project.
- Assist teachers with everyday tasks involving the small children
- At the end of the project, complete a project satisfaction survey and receve your
- Possibility to develope English classes for the public of ITV
Option 7 :
Talentos do Futuro /Talents of Tomorrow. The volunteer takes part making Musical, Dance or Arts workshops for children, young people and/or educators ITV. The volunteer works together with the teachers and artists of the NGO in classroom.
Tasks :
- Propose art activities for groups: children or another age.
- Propose and write an art project in Portuguese to develop new skills for youth artist
- Perform the artistic workshop related to the project on a weekly basis
- Present the activity by presentation at the end of the volunteering project.
- At the end of the project, complete a project satisfaction survey and receve your
- Possibility to develope English classes for the public of ITV
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers are housed in an apartment near the NGO where they work. This furnished house has a kitchen, a common bathroom, a common living room and a bedroom with double beds. In Brazil this type of accommodation is called a "Republica", and is the most common form of student accommodation. It facilitates contact with other young people, the opportunity make new friends, share interests, to learn from others, and to live under local conditions. Accomodations are located in a secure area of Rio de Janeiro, and volunteers each receive a key enabling him to get in and out according to his desires.
ITV provides lunch for the day the volunteers are present the morning in Art therapy. The volunteer eats at the ITV canteen partner every thursday and Friday.
🍲 Food
Food & Restaurants
• The local dish is called "Prato Feito" and it looks like a typical Brazilian food "Feijoada". Local offerings that are usually a part of every meal include farofa, beans and, rice, beef or chicken.
• Look for a restaurant where lots of locals are eating - chances are the food will be delicious and reasonable (30R$ - 6 euros).
• Drink only bottled drinks and avoid tap water, fountain drinks and ice cubes.
• Eat only foods that are thoroughly cooked, and raw fruits and vegetables that you have peeled yourself.
• Avoid fresh salads unless the vegetables are washed with purified water.
📍 About the location
The “Cidade Maravilhosa” ( Marvelous City) is the nickname of Rio de Janeiro. The beauty of Rio de Janeiro goes beyond imagination : no urban site in the world aligns such a succession of bays and beaches at the foot of steep mountains and the biggest urban forest of the word. The place is magical! The bustling city of Rio de Janeiro has been one of Brazil’s most popular and favorite tourist destination for decades. Its vibrant city center is bursting with culture and pulsating with a deep sense of history and heritage. Rio, as it is commonly known, is the second largest city in Brazil and the third largest metropolis in the whole of South America. It is the most visited city in the Southern Hemisphere and is an impressive and memorable attraction for visitors from all over the world.
But Rio de Janeiro is also extremely unequal - this is evident in its urban landscape where Favelas coexist alongside the rich neighborhoods and reveal deep social injustice.
⚠️ Requirements
The TVR project accepts all people over 18 years.
Projet is closed from 15.07 to 05.08 / from 19.12 to 23.01 and during the carnival period in February.
ℹ️ Additional information
Who can participate :
The TVR project accepts all people over 18 years old
Visa :
Each volunteer must apply for a tourist visa to attend TVR projects (90 days max). No visa is required for citizens of the European area, only a passport is required with a period of validity of more than six months.
Integration :
During the first day, TVR organizes an orientation seminar accompanied by the NGO attendant. This is the time to discover their expectations, to provide informations about the NGO and the environment in which they work. A guided tour of the city and the
neighborhood is also part of the seminar to quickly understand the functioning of Rio de Janeiro's Tijuca district (transport, release, good plan, Samba School, visit ongoing projects in the Favelas).
Duration of volunteering :
TVR has different volunteering periods : one, two or three months. Each volunteer can at any time, extend his voluntary period by informing his NGO attendant who will in turn, inform the sending partner organization.
Portugues classes :
All volunteer will have one hour of portugues class per week, with a professional portugues teacher.
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📅 Available sessions
option6
29/07/2024 at 00:00 → 29/12/2026 at 00:00
option6AUTO-EXT
30/12/2026 at 00:00 → 31/05/2029 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
5307.00 BRL ≈ 854 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
R. Gen. Roca, 362 - Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20521-071, 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: 21:25 (12/11/2026)
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