Iko Poran Volunteer Abroad - IKPVA
Why choose Iko Poran Volunteer Abroad - IKPVA?
Iko Poran is a well-established NGO offering a wide range of life-changing volunteer programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. These safe, affordable and meaningful programs include: Teaching, Childcare, Community Development, NGO Support, Construction, Environmental Protection, Animal Conservation, Sports, Art & Design, Medical/Health Promotion and many special projects to match your skill...
Iko Poran is a well-established NGO offering a wide range of life-changing volunteer programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. These safe, affordable and meaningful programs include: Teaching, Childcare, Community Development, NGO Support, Construction, Environmental Protection, Animal Conservation, Sports, Art & Design, Medical/Health Promotion and many special projects to match your skills and interests. Iko Poran is the only Volunteer Abroad organization based in a developing country, which is also a volunteer destination (Brazil). We run our own projects and over the past 17 years have supported thousands of volunteers to make a difference in local communities and have the time of their lives. We have created an international network to offer a wide range of possibilit...
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What a great and touching experience!
by: James Piazza - BrazilProgram: You Make the Difference. Global Volunteering OpportunitiesMy wife and I spent two weeks with the EEF family in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Staying together with the students at the EEF hostel made everything even more intense and special. Once they were back from school, our daily sessions with the kids would begin. We had the opportunity to help them with English, as well as their homework in whatever subject they needed support. We also had great discussions about global affairs, financial planning and life in university, as well as exciting trivias a...
Unforgettable volunteering experience!
by: Lorenz Reinemer - GermanyProgram: You Make the Difference. Global Volunteering OpportunitiesI spent four wonderful weeks volunteering with Iko Poran in Rio de Janeiro. Everything was organized very well and smoothly, from the airport pick-up and accommodation arrangement to the induction tour and individual projects. Despite initial safety concerns about living and working in Rio, the organizer of my trip, Felipe, ensured safety throughout my trip. The free private Portuguese lessons were another great feature of this program, and it helped me settle into the local daily life very quic...
Great experience
by: Felipe Bufaiçal Rassi Carneiro - BrazilProgram: You Make the Difference. Global Volunteering OpportunitiesIt was actually one of the best moments of my life, got to know a lot of the culture in Cuzco(Peru). Could help a lot of children in the school and hospital . Amazing !! Host family was so adorable, helped me out with a lot of stuffs. I could practise a lot of my Spanish and english. I met there The others volunteers from USA and Portugal they were so funny and kind to me, i was able to share with them my culture of brazil, teach a little bit of Portuguese and so many other things. At the last 3...
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Ute Heinzel
Participated in 2015
Ute relocated to London in 2010 after having lived in Berlin for more than 10 years. She worked as a sports journalist, but gave that up to move to th...
Ute Heinzel
Participated in 2015
Brasil was the country of my childhood, as my Dad took me to Rio when I was eight years old. It took me 26 years to return to Brasil. In 2014 I went to Belo Horizonte, but my views on life changed with this visit. I've lived in Berlin and live in London now, so I'm used to homelessness and poverty, or so I thought. Seeing drug addicts and homeless people in Brasil made rough sleepers in London almost look cushty. That was when I felt that I had been extremely lucky in my life and that it was time to give something back, and so I decided to volunteer.
Savannah Peiser
Participated in 2015
Savannah was born in South Africa, but her family moved to London early on in her life. She was fortunate enough to attend a good school, and then mov...
Savannah Peiser
Participated in 2015
I chose to go international because there was the dual opportunity to help those who are disadvantaged and to travel and explore Brazil. It was also a journey of discovery for me and to open up more career opportunities for my future.
Luis Felipe Murray
Interviewed in 2019
Luis founded Iko Poran in 2002. When he isn't organizing volunteer programs, he takes volunteers to Carnival parades or to support his football team f...
Luis Felipe Murray
Interviewed in 2019
What inspired you to travel abroad?
The best part of my work and what really inspires me is when I receive the feedback from volunteers telling me about the great experience they had and how meaningful the program was, or from local projects in our destinations thanking me for sending them committed and hard-working volunteers that helped them develop better work. This really makes my day!