Volunteer with kids at Santa Cruz FC

The Training School at Santa Cruz Football Club - Recife - Brazil.

This is an exceptional volunteering opportunity to get involved with street kids, orphans and abondoned children on a joint volunteer program with Santa Cruz Football Club and the State Government of Pernambuco.


You will have an enthusiasm for sport, in particular, soccer. You will have a desire to help extremely disadvantaged children and be able and willing to turn that desire into practical support and encouragement. In addition to acting with care, patience and understanding.

You will be involved in the day to day development and care of the children and be involved with their general well being, training and sports school schedule, both at Santa Cruz Football club (Arruda) and the shelter where the children live.

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube currently play in the Brazilian 3rd Division - but are fully expected to be promoted back into the 2nd Division in 2008.

They play at Arruda in Recife, Brazil. The ground has a capacity of 70,000 fans.

Santa Cruz's most famous Brazilian footballer is Vitor Borba Ferreira, otherwise known as Rivaldo. Rivaldo also played in Europe, for Spanish Club; Barcelona and Italian Giants; AC Milan.

To volunteer on this great sports program opportunity - contact Volunteer Brazil ;

http://volunteerbrazil.com/booknow.html