Mission Direct - Volunteers helping the world's poor

Brazil

Claire Watkins

They sing, they dance and they live in community. They still have something that we have lost

Claire Watkins

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In 2010

You will be building houses for favela (slum) dwellers in the Campo Largo area through the Open Hands for Brazil project. Be prepared to get stuck into some serious shovelling and painting – no specialist building expertise required. So far we have completed 12 new homes. Each one costs around £4,500. With your help – financial and practical – we plan to complete several more in 2010.

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Become a voice for the outcast

Brazil is a country of shocking extremes. It is famous for its opulent beaches, and glamorous nightlife and carnival. But just a few miles from the tourist hot spots there is another hidden Brazil. Brazils slums or ‘favelas’ are places of shocking poverty and decay. Many homes built of little more of trash.

Crime and disease are rife – it can be a frightening, hopeless existence. This is a Brazil that few holidaying Westerners ever get to see, and that many wealthier Brazilians choose to ignore completely.

Contribution: £1,495

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