The Challenge: At most public schools in São Paulo, children attend school for about four hours a day, grouped into morning, afternoon, and evening slots. The rest of the day stays unsupervised due to capacity constraints.

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Our Action: We partner with Arco Associação Beneficente, an organization founded by Heidi Julia Caluori, a Swiss teacher who has run it on the outskirts of the city for decades.Arco takes in children outside of their school shift and provides a safe haven, hot meals, and supplementary classes for these children.

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The Impact: Since 2017, our volunteers have taught English to groups ranging from 9 to 18 years old while supporting the local crèche and facility operations. This ensures continuous, compounding educational support between volunteer cycles.

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AT A GLANCE

Partner: Arco Associação Beneficente, São Paulo
Running since: 2017
Volunteers sent: 4, twice a year
Duration: 4 weeks in summer/ 3 weeks in winter
Teaching: 2 - 3 days a week, usually 3 groups of children aged 9 to 18
Other responsibilities: crèche and support work at the association
Language prerequisites: Basic Portuguese recommended