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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil. is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and the fifth largest in the world in both area and population. Its territory covers 8,514,877 km between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean and it is the eastern-most country of the Americas. It borders Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the department of French Guyana to the north, Uruguay to the south, Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest, Bolivia and Peru to the west, and Colombia to the northwest. The only South American countries not bordered by Brazil are Ecuador and Chile. The Brazilian coastline covers 7,367 km to the east. Numerous archipelagos are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Fernando de Noronha, Trindade e Martim Vaz and Atol das Rocas.
With a field network of over 250 staff, GVI have been one of the biggest ground operators of volunteer programs in the world for more than a decade. GVI offers a range of volunteer opportunities abroad, including projects, expeditions, courses, internship trainee schemes and relevant BTEC qualifications...
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Frontier: Dive, Teach, Trek, Explore.Imagine spending your gap year diving in beautiful coral seas, tracking exotic game through lush jungles, or teaching English to groups of eager children. Best of all, you'll gain the qualifications that could make the difference to you getting that prestigious university spot or lucrative job...
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Since 1994, i-to-i Volunteering has provided meaningful volunteer trips to a choice of 161 projects in 21 countries. We send 5,000 volunteers a year to work in community development, teaching, building, sports coaching and conservation projects across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Australia...
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Oyster is a well regarded Gap year organisation specialising in challenging voluntary projects and paid work abroad. Oyster prides itself on its personal approach getting to know every participant before departure...
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Project Trust is an educational charity that has been providing volunteers with the original Gap Year experience for 40 years. Our placements are specifically for 17-19 year old school leavers currently in full time education...
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Real Gap is your ticket to life-changing travel. To us, travel is about more than just a picture postcard or bragging rights. It's about challenging yourself, broadening your horizons, learning something new and seeing the world in a new light...
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Founded in 1992 Projects Abroad today arranges several thousand high quality voluntary work placements in twenty six countries worldwide. Placements are flexible, starting throughout the year and last from two weeks up to a year...
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Established in 1994 Travellers is a founder member of the Year Out Group with 15 years experience and a knack for developing exceptional projects with imagination! We know this once in a lifetime opportunity has to be perfect...
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