Volunteering is a great way not only to help those who need it most, but also to learn new skills and grow professionally. Those who live in São Paulo have the chance to collaborate with various causes in NGOs and institutions that need staff.
So, if you want to start helping out and don’t know where to start looking, we’ve selected ten options that might interest you.
Options in São Paulo for volunteer work
Parceiros Voluntários
It has more than 2,400 organizations with the most diverse needs for volunteer human resources. All you have to do is register with Parceiros Conecta and then take part in the Awareness Meeting, where you choose the cause, what you want to do and the time you can make available to help others.
Find out more here.
Atados
Atados aims to mobilize people and generate positive change in society. On the platform, you can search for a job that involves you, either by cause, skill or region. In other words, there’ s no shortage of options for those who want to start volunteering but aren’t sure how to help.
Find out more here.
Teto Brasil
TETO ‘s work is based on creating a link between volunteers and the community. Each week, volunteers carry out various projects and activities with the families and residents of the most precarious favelas. So, how about putting all your talent and energy into activities that even involve building houses?
Find out more here.
Adus – Refugee Reintegration Institute
Adus ‘ main objective is to find new alternatives for the integration of refugees living in Brazil. For this reason, the institute helps asylum seekers and refugees in their process of integration into Brazilian society, seeking to provide all of them with sufficient conditions to be able to restart their lives in a dignified manner in the country.
Find out more here.
Support Group for Adolescents and Children with Cancer (Graac)
According to the hospital, which is a reference in the treatment of childhood cancer, volunteering is one of its main pillars. After all, it supports various types of activities linked to care, and has humanization and hospitality as fundamental principles.
Find out more here.
Delivery for SP
Entrega por SP is a social mobilization that believes in friendly coexistence and solidarity between those who live and those who don’t live on the streets. In other words, here you’ll have the chance to go to the streets and get closer to those who live there, exchanging experiences and awakening feelings of love, affection and friendship.
Find out more here.
Live and Let Live
Bringing reading, play and stories to the clinical care and hospitalization of children and adolescents going through difficult times. In this way, creating a more joyful moment in this environment has become the association’s mission.
Find out more here.
Santo Amaro Children’s Home
Casa da Criança is a non-profit organization that welcomes and helps develop children and teenagers in vulnerable situations. To help, you can donate to the cause, hire a young apprentice from the community or volunteer with the organization.
Find out more here.
SP Invisible
SP Invisível aims to help the homeless population in the capital. You can help by making donations or doing voluntary work, helping to distribute food, clothes or reintegrate this vulnerable population into society.
Interested in helping? Then check out how to get involved at this link.
Generating Falcons
This NGO aims to eradicate poverty in Brazil’s favelas. In all, it has more than two thousand volunteers who help families overcome poverty through social and educational actions. You can help as a volunteer, partner or with donations.
More information here.
NGO Crossing Stories
Finally, Cruzando Histórias aims to fight for gender equality and reintegrate more women into the market. For this reason, the NGO provides support to women who have lost their jobs, through projects and workshops, encouraging them to return to work.
You can sign up to volunteer here.