Volunteers in Brazil Help Rebuild Favelas

“There are some real life-lessons to take away from the people here. What they’ve built, when they had so little to start with is quite breath taking.” (Joy, Volunteer)

Fighting evictions in Recife, Brazil: favelas, bankruptcy & luxury

Urbanisation and the Rise of Slum Housing

Guyana

+5,000 families served / +1,200 volunteers hosted / Projects: construction, renovation, disaster relief

Guatemala

+61,000 families served / +10,000 volunteers hosted / Projects: construction, renovation, smokeless stoves, WaSH

El Salvador

+21,568 families served / +14,220 national volunteers & 9,319 international volunteers / Projects: construction, reconstruction, energy upgrade, disaster response

Costa Rica

+2,375 families served / +2,893 volunteers hosted / Projects: construction, reconstruction, sustainability

Colombia

+3,700 families served / +990 volunteers hosted / Projects: holistic programmes, education, reconstruction in slum areas

Chile

+8,790 families served / +4,680 volunteers hosted / Projects: construction, reconstruction, education

Brazil

+12,708 families served / +2,435 volunteers hosted / Projects: construction, progressive improvements, land tenure

Bolivia

+12,891 families served / +1,000 volunteers hosted / Projects: Construction, renovation, land & women's rights, WaSH

Argentina

+5,000 families served / +4,000 volunteers hosted / Projects: construction, renovation & energy upgrade