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Help me to take a TRAINEE POSITION in the U.S !

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Hi, I'm Erik Martins!

For those who know me and even the ones who don't, I want you to know: the dream of my life is to help the place I come from to become a bilingual community!

I decided to create this campaing to sponsor my opportunity to go abroad! I've just passed a selective process at "Chefs and Hoteleiros Sem Fronteiras" and I want to take a trainee position in a 5 stars hotel in Florida, the United States. I'm in level 7 of a 10 levels process. It's a contract of 1 year!

I want to go there to study, work, make connections and save money to open a hostel to receive the visitors safely and comfortably in my community. Also so I can have a comfortable room with equipments to teach my students in here.

The money will be used to pay for the arrangements of my contract, US visa, health insurance and other fees:

  • U$100 or €95 (registration fee) >> to join the trainee process
  • U$400 or €379 (position search fee) >> to get an interview with a U.S company
  • U$1,450 or €1,372 (pre-departure fee) >> to get the visa and the emergency health insurance
  • U$3,000 or €2,840 (trainee position payment) >> to get the contract, pay for the flight and the consulting for the whole process

I'm born and raised in "Favela of Rocinha". I've been working and dedicating myself for more than 15 years as a tour guide and English teacher, helping residents of this and other favelas to learn and improve their English, such as using my knowledges and life experiences to show and prove to the world how powerful, rich and touching is our culture and people! So far beyond the stereotypes of poverty and criminality.

So, if you identify yourself with me, my story or dream, please, DONATE and SHARE with friends!

That's not a utopia, it's just a beginning of a dream! It's about love for languages, cultures and people. And a deeply wish and feeling of gratitude for my family, friends and neighbors along the teachers I had in life who believed in me, helped me and could see my potential!

THANKS A LOT!!!

Erik Martins



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Harley Bezerra Braga
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Coimbra, 6

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