Associação Fundação Casemiro Bruno Kurtz is part of the International YMCA organization (called ACM in Brazil) and since its foundation in 1976 is a charity project seeking to offer a program focused on human, cultural and social development education for children, young people and families from local community, that is famous for its social problems.
It is located in a suburb down south of Porto Alegre about 25 mins from city center by bus.
The volunteer will help the educators during the daily activities with the children; according to volunteer experiences and skills and the project needs, he/she also will participate in the workshops, classes and activities organized such dancing, sport, music, capoeria, theatre and corporal expressions, informatics lesson, pedagogical activities, art and painting…
He/she will have the possibility to organize some personal workshops or activities that are missing in the project (for ex, previous volunteers organized origami workshop, box, baseball, visit to a park…)
Fundação Cazemiro Bruno Kurtz does not have a lot of resources, so creativity and imagination for games without a lot material will be more than welcome.
The Project offers different activities such as sports, music, theatre, capoeira, pedagogical activities, computer and art classes and other manual workshops such as recycling paper, making candles and soaps.
It also has in the same structure a kindergarten for little children and organizes workshops for older people. The team consist of about 25 paid staff, trainees and volunteers (pedagogue, experts on nutrition, social workers, psychologist and administration staffs).
The volunteer will live with a host family that will provide lodge and board.
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