CEIFAR was founded in 1994 as part of initiative of the nurse, Simone Alice Debounck. It is a Non-Governmental Organization located in the neighborhood Tancredo Neves in the city of Salvador. The main objective is to improve the quality of life by focusing on education and family health community level. Now a day CEIFAR takes of 326 children aged from 3 to 16 years old.

Monday, July 16, 2007

My work at Ceifar had I highly positive impact because of the notes and gifts I received from my students, I feel certain that I made a difference.
The most difficult challenge I´ve faced was the language barrier. I developed activities for students with ten to twelve years old like playing English language characters.
My suggestions for future volunteers is to be flexible, don´t have any preconceived notions, be sure to communicate your love and affection to the children because above all else, that´s what matters.




Alana Martin
05/25 - 06/22
Brazil 2007