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Greetings 4Goals and Approach 5Starting Dates 6Days of Work 6Execution 7Expected Results 8The work in the project 10 Host 12 Benefits 14Santa Maria 16 Contact Info 17

Greetings dear participant of the global community Project!

Congratulations for taking part in this amazing project, we are sure that you will impact many lives and make a huge difference in our city! We can’t wait to receive you here and give you the best experience of your life!

You’ll find in this guide the goals and approach of Global Community, job description, info about the NGOs, benefits of Santa Maria committee and other info about the city. Don’t hesitate to directly contact our team.

The project aims to introduce to the young stu-dents of the community a global vision and new perspectives for their future. To achieve that, the trainees will visit them and their family at home.

Introducing different cultures, customs and tradi-tions, so the family will have a greater knowledge about the world. Furthermore, it will bring even more internationalism into the community. With new mindsets, one starts to think and act in differ-ent ways and has better chances for the future.

why global community?goals and approach

Global Community has 2 different starting dates within the next months. The fulfillment of the 6 weeks of the project is mandatory.

December 7th January 18th

The interns will work 3 days a week in family hous-es. The interns must attend the weekly meeting with the manager of project to apply the follow-up and the LEAD sessions. Besides, the interns have portuguese classes twice a week and capoei-ra classes 3 times a week, all free.

starting datesand working days

Week 1: Presentation of the exchange students and fami-lies, addressing more personal aspects such as their story, native countries, daily life, hobbies, etc. Week 2: Presentation of the native countries of the exchange students; geographic location, general info, cultural aspects, traditions, customs. Introduction of the native language.Week 3: Presentation of typical country cuisine of the train-ees. Propose activities to specific vocabulary learning as food, household utensils, etc.Week 4: Talk about the leadership model that AIESEC of-fers, showing and illustrating how leadership is developed through the projects and programs of the organization.Week 5: Talk about the impact of these meetings, to the local community and to the exchange students.Week 6: Event organized by the exchange students where families and students will share their experiences.

execution of activities

Families with an international mindset, being able to look for new opportunities in their lives; em-powerment of people and community in general; knowledge by the families of trainee’s country, cul-ture and traditions; cultural exchange.

Besides, the trainee can participate in activities planned by the hosting commitee and/or the NGO during the internship. Be prepared to present your country and culture in events, such as Global Village and other workshops.

expected resultsin the end of the project

You will receive more information about the place you’re going to work at and who will be your part-ners in the Virtual Meeting. This meeting is a con-versation on Skype facilitated by an AIESECer, when all the trainees who will do Global Community are gathered and get to know each other.

In the virtual meeting, we give more details about the activities the trainees will be developing, ex-plain how the logistics works, tips about the travel, etc. Don’t worry, we will contact you! This meeting will happen 1 week before your arrival in Brazil.

the workin global community

AIESEC in Santa Maria provides free accommo-dation. Remember that you can stay either with a host family or with a student flat (person who lives alone - we are an university city!). We select the best host for the trainee according to their profiles. Before you arrive in Santa Maria, we will present your host to you so that you can know each other.

hostfree accommodation

A buddy is a person who will help you in your ex-perience at Santa Maria. Every trainee that comes to our committee has a buddy, usually an AIESEC member, who can go out in meetings in the week-ends, teach about the city in the first days, etc.Besides, AIESEC in Santa Maria offers free Capoeira classes 3 times a week and free Portuguese classes twice a week.

other benefitsbuddy, capoeira, portuguese classes

santa mariacost of living & logistics

Santa Maria has a really low cost of living when compared to other cities due to its small size. In 6 weeks, you’ll spend around US$ 400-500 (it de-pends if you’re planning to make extra expenses).

Restaurants and PubsLunch at cheap restaurant 10,00 2,56 2,27Lunch at expensive restaurant 17,00 4,36 3,86Night Club 20,00 5,14 4,55

Market and GroceriesMilk (regular) 1L 2,20 0,56 0,50Water 1,5L 2,00 0,50 0,45Bread (500g) 2,50 0,64 0,59

R$ US$ €

Updated at 9/17/2015

our teamtalk to us!

PROJECT MANAGERAna VargasEmail: ana.vargas@aiesec.net Mobile: +55 55 9648 6772Fb: /anaa.vargas

vp icx gcdpSamara RossoniEmail: samara.rossoni@aiesec.netMobile: +55 55 8143 9111Fb: /samararossoni

More info in the iGCDP booklet: http://igcdpsantamaria.wix.com/bookletaiesecsm

global communityprojectaiesec santa maria

BRAZIL | 2015.2