My Nonprofit Reviews

I joined cross cultural solutions because a girlfriend of mine was going to Brazil through them. I knew going into it I just wanted to give back to the community and I had no expectations. Initially I signed up for 8 weeks, but soon I changed it to 12 weeks because of the great culture and hospitality CCS staff provided for me. The staff at CCS are incredibly warm, attentive, and make you feel like family. I found this to be very important because as we go to our placements its quite difficult and heart breaking, and it was nice to come back to home base and have the support and care from the staff. Any feeling of anxiousness, sadness, happiness, humorousness, the staff at CCS was always present and they always had great advice to support the way you were feeling at the time. Also the staff was helpful for outside activities, whether it was a show, concert, festival, touring Bahia, they always had great recommendations.
As for accommodation, the house and rooms were kept very clean. The house is in great and safe neighborhood, and across the street best ice cream in the world.
Also, the food was delicious, I love food, so that was a great plus to have on the program. The cook was amazing because she would literally make everything from scratch, even the dough for the breads and pastries. There was fresh juices available, and snacks. But the most memorable part for me was the staff sitting with us at breakfast and lunch, and sharing laughs and stories around the table.

The program surpassed every expectation I could possibly imagine. Words cannot describe how magical my journey was in Brazil. Thank you CCS Brazil.

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