Humanitarian Trip to Santarém, Brazil

Your humanitarian trip abroad to Santarém begins with a guided tour around the city, giving you a crash course of the history and culture. Santarém is an urban center located at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers in the Northern Region of Brazil, with a population of over 250,000 people. Your group will visit the Cultural Center João Fona and the Dica Frazão to learn about the people, culture and customs. After, your group will be able to roam the city and explore what it has to offer.

Up bright and early, your volunteer work begins today. Your group will work in collaboration with Amizade, a nonprofit founded in 1992 dedicated to connecting volunteers to the work taking place in northern Brazil, an area that is not as economically buoyant as the south. 

They have partnered with groups like the Pastoral do Menor, dedicated to social inclusion and empowerment of at-risk youth in urban and rural Santarém through educational courses, vocational training, academic support, and recreational activities. Another one of these groups is the Association of Parents and Friends of Exceptionals, or APAE by its Portuguese initials. APAE works on providing assistance in health, education, and welfare to people with disabilities. 

Thirdly, they collaborate with SEARA, which is a nonprofit focused on helping at-risk families in two of the most impoverished communities in the city. Some of the work they do is provide food to malnourished children in early stages of development, address the social needs of their families and help parents enter the job market by providing trade education. Anyone of these groups is a worthy candidate for your volunteer time, so you can put skills and abilities to great use helping the communities in Santarém.

After an early breakfast, your group will head into the city for some final shopping and sight-seeing before your departure to the airport for the trip back home.