As you are about to find out, I Annessa Morrison will be volunteering in Brazil for the month of May. I have been accepted through Global Youth Network, a grass-roots student oriented volunteer program, to expand my mind and try to work on some social injustices.
Global Youth Network (GYN) is a volunteer program whose main focus is social justice throughout the world. It is a grass-roots program which basically means we all go meet contacts in the places we travel and do whatever work we thinks needs to be done, or the community needs us to do for them.
In Brazil our team will be travelling to Fracisco Morato and Sao Paulo. In Francisco Morato we will most likely be helping out with after school soccer programs for kids who can only go to school for a couple hours a day and in Sao Paulo we will be dealing with drug addicts of all ages, bringing them hot chocolate etc. I'm not exactly sure what to expect as every trip is different as things change and different needs are registered.
One thing I can guarantee is that this will be a great and emotional learning experience that I can share with you, via this blog, and hold in my heart for the rest of my life.
As with many volunteer trips this journey begins with fundraising. Our fees total up to $3800.00 without travelling gear (Wow!). We are really pushed to fundraise as much as we can. I suppose it will be more meaningful to work our butts off and to be rewarded with the knowledge of our hard work rather than just being handed a trip that we could take for granted.
Throughout this whole process I look forward to keeping a weekly blog and taking YOU along on my journey :) Cheers
-Annessa Nina
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