[…]My relationship with all my co-workers was brilliant, they’re all lovely people and I’ve made a lot of great friends.

My work activities varied greatly from hand feeding the penguins and baby possums to giving the animals their medication and monitoring the local beaches to check for injured/dead animals. […] Lots of amazing experiences.
[…]I think I have become a lot more confident in my own abilities and now feel much more independent than I did before coming to Brazil. I have learnt to communicate with people from different cultures despite having little language in common. I have also become much more confident in handling various different animals.

My highlight (other than making so many new friends) was probably the first time I interacted with the baby monkeys. They were so tiny and so cute and kept trying to hold my hand or lick my fingers. Such a special experience! […]I would definitely recommend this experience to anyone as I have had an amazing time in Brazil and feel as though I’ve really got to know the culture in the short time I’ve been here.

I loved my time here in Brazil. I’ve meet some great people here that I am happy to call my friends. My host family was amazing and very helpful, and I’ll definitely be meeting them again. The food here is delicious and the weather super nice most of the time. I love how friendly people are here in Brazil and the atmosphere in general. My volunteering experience was even better than I had hoped for, despite the language barrier. My lovely ladies at the children care house have all my love and respect for what they do.

I really enjoyed my 4 weeks in Curitiba especially with my host family, the kids and staffs I worked with, the other interns and the local staffs/coordinator I have met. I think the best thing to me is to get to know these people and spend a quality time with them even though it was a short period of time, it was one of the best.

We spent lovely days with a sweet, kind, polite, happy girl that somehow brighten our days. We shared stories, talks, culture exchanges and food preferences with everybody. We also talked about serious subjects such as punctuality and commitment, qualities that the young Elisa has. We would like to use this opportunity to thank Elisa and Brazilian Experience.

Working with the staff to see the help with what they do each day with the animals everyday are amazing. The animals were well cared for (…) It was a privilege to get to know BE and am proud to say that there are incredible people like you to help take care of our wonderful world!