tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62515108875192567432012-02-16T20:35:28.363-08:00Associação Iko PoranIko Porannoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251510887519256743.post-53519743063282572652011-06-13T10:53:00.000-07:002011-07-08T15:35:03.757-07:00Lorin BalintI had a great experience in Rio with Iko Poran this year, I managed to reach all my objectives:- to meet great people (I have some new friends after this experience and some nice people that I will stay in contact from time to time). People from around the world with whom I spent wonderful time in the house of the volunteers, in the Portuguese classes, in the projects, at the beach, parties, Iko Porannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251510887519256743.post-57233232034578918802011-05-17T06:10:00.000-07:002011-07-08T15:35:41.831-07:00Andrew ArehartAbout volunteering in Rio with Iko PoranSo, you've made up your mind and you're coming to Brazil to do greatthings. I'm sure you will. Only they may not be precisely the samethings you were thinking on the plane coming down. At least, that wasmy experience. I'd like to share some of it with you, and give yousome things to think about as you prepare yourself.My visit to Rio began in March of 2007,Iko Porannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251510887519256743.post-81693120889375354542011-04-25T08:24:00.000-07:002011-07-08T15:36:45.956-07:00Michael SchneiderI started working at Iko Poran directly in the main office in Santa Teresa. My main goal was an improvement in communication and marketing, so I revised Iko Poran’s website and gave suggestions for a more comprehensive, direct and attractive layout and usability of it. Additionally I made some further translations into German. Together with suggestions of other volunteers the website was “given aIko Porannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251510887519256743.post-73466716041980508132011-04-06T07:45:00.000-07:002011-07-08T15:37:11.967-07:00Jasmin G, GermanyI worked in the Iko Poran office on the NGO’s Business as well as the Communication strategy. Among others, I translated the relaunched English version of the homepage into German and set up an evaluation system for the volunteers. I also made sure volunteers write blog entries in order to keep the projects’ blogs up-to-date – this shall help future volunteers make decisions on their project workIko Porannoreply@blogger.com0