Love and Missing that is Hard to Translate – the Brazilian Concept of “Saudade”

Bia from Brazil has been attending poetry nights while in her adopted city and sharing her inner most thoughts on being an au pair.  Some poems are happy and some explain the profound impact of a cultural exchange on an identity and on a mind, and words, or English words, will simply not suffice.  Watch [...]

By |2024-02-09T19:28:31-05:00February 9th, 2024|Blog|Comments Off on Love and Missing that is Hard to Translate – the Brazilian Concept of “Saudade”

Cultural Presentation and Volunteering Spotlight – Caroline from Brazil in MA

I chose to do a recreational activity on 04/14 for the after school kids that meet there on the playground (Angier School Elementary). I always go with my oldest host kid to the playground in the afternoon and his friends always have curiosities related to my home country. I always tell my host kids about [...]

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Cultural Presentation and Volunteering Spotlight – Juliana from Brazil in IL

My idea for the global presentation was to share to the kids the stories about the brazilian folklore at the local library. I showed to them pictures of the most famous characters and their stories and then we made a mask representing the brazilian werewolf, they loved it. For volunteering I helped in the garden [...]

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Au Pair in America Explorer for March

Au Pair in America Explorer for March Nicolle F. from Brazil in Elaine Lyon's Alexandria, VA cluster. Nicolle is spending her year on program in Alexandria, VA.  She has been very active not only attending all the cluster meetings and helping out new au pairs,  but she also volunteers every weekend at the church Sunday [...]

By |2020-04-01T15:58:11-04:00April 1st, 2020|Blog|Comments Off on Au Pair in America Explorer for March

2020 International Women’s Day: Giovana R. from Brazil

Giovana R. from Brazil in Dominique Ortiz's Arlington, VA cluster. I think becoming an Au Pair brought me such a lot of good things, like, I learned that I don't need anyone to be happy, I learn how to be stronger, how it's necessary to have our own space, and everything happens for some reason! [...]

By |2020-03-30T16:07:00-04:00March 28th, 2020|2020 International Women's Day|Comments Off on 2020 International Women’s Day: Giovana R. from Brazil
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