Cross Cultural Solutions, Brazil

The transatlantic slave trade was a primary structuring force of brazilian society. When Brazil became independent in 1822 from portugal, the slave trade was perceived as a dominant activity in the country's economy because it involved so much formation and investments. Slavery played a significant role in the structure of Brazil considering that the system of involuntary labor was the biggest and most extended of all the slave societies in the Atlantic world. This molded Brazilian ways of life including jobs, transportation, economic concerns, political factors and culture in many ways.

Although I loved all of my at home volunteer work, I especially loved doing good in countries that needed more help. I sponsor a six year old girl in Bolivia named Reina through Compassion International, she is one of the most spectacular kids I have ever met. She lives in a barely livable cinder block house and yet she is beyond proud of every tiny detail of it. Reina lives with her 4 brothers, her mother, father, and her aunt in this two bedroom structure and yet they don’t complain one

Two years ago, I volunteered at YMCA and found myself an acting vice president. My country was known as the 5-11 Club which was a part of the greater YMCA continent. The country was in constant turmoil, but before I could address these problems I first had to cross the cultural barrier

Brazil is larger and better than the film rundown staring the Rock and Sean William Scott in 2003 portrays. They showed part of the land, but the land is so large that it covers the majority of South America. Argentina is one of the many places to border Brazil as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Well, to go with all of this land that they have population and it is through the roof. Southern Brazil is one of the most populated areas it is just behind Tokyo. It is more populated than most of Latin America and accounts for most of the Latina community. This is interesting considering that approximately 8000 years ago people were spotted here. Living like nomads, Asians are among the first traceable humans. They claimed to have been there in search

As an African-American male of Nigerian descent growing up in the United States, my parents constantly talked about my heritage and invariably enforced it on me throughout my 17 years in this world. As an adolescent I often see my parents on the phone with my relatives in Nigeria discussing their daily struggles, lack of food, little or no electricity and the withering health of the old and the young due to lack of medication and treatment. This prompts my parents to constantly send money to their loved ones. This sparked my awareness of the problems that Nigerian community and the rest of the third world countries are going through. How my parents voluntarily support their relatives has made me to participate in more volunteer activities in my Maryland Community. I have joined the National English Honor Society at my school and I participated in a home makeover program with “My Girlfriend’s House” Community Program to help the less fortunate by providing them with food and new living utensils. The many charitable acts I have done resulted from my cultural background and I plan to continue doing this during and after college.

Brazil is a country located in the North-Eastern and Eastern section of South America. It is the fourth largest country in the world and fifth most populous, holding over 200 million people, which also accounts for one third of South America’s entire population. (The World Factbook: Brazil 2018) Because of its huge size, Brazil receives millions of tourists each year; which makes it important to understand how to evaluate Brazilian culture and their way of communication.

The country of Brazil is located in the South American continent, it has the largest country is South America and is bordered by many countries such as Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest and Bolivia and Peru to the west there is Uruguay to the south and Venezuela to the north. It shares a boarder with every South American country except for Ecuador and the country of Chile. The country is so big that it shares a boarder with Peru and I mention Peru because it is located on the western coast of the continent. Peru’s coastline is the Pacific Ocean and Brazils is the Atlantic that in its self speaks volumes for the shear mass of Brazil. This nation has vast climate changes depending where in the country one is located for example the

Pursuing a degree in Anthropology provided me with the opportunity to learn analytical techniques that facilitated an appreciation for unfamiliar cultures and belief systems. College shaped who I am today, allowing me to learn and grow in a challenging and fostering environment. Participating in service learning and study abroad had a profound impact on my education. Collaborating with the Appalachian Community Together (ACT) Office I participated in two Alternative Service Experiences (ASE). These programs allowed me to volunteer during spring break within the United States and abroad. Upon completion of my first ASE, I developed a drive to make a difference. Subsequently, I spent the next spring break in Granada, Nicaragua working with the nonprofit La Esperanza Granada teaching English in a local school alongside my fellow peers. This program was an extraordinary experience that had a profound impact on my outlook of service leading me on a path of personal growth and my commitment to serving the community as an active and informed citizen. Gaining the tools to effect positive change is my

Prior to my education at Temple University, a service trip to Haiti changed my life. Among the hundreds of personalities I interacted with in Haiti, almost all were malnourished, homeless, or family deprived, all living on less than one dollar per day. I was perplexed by the simplistic, yet satisfying lifestyles the Haitians lived. I helped organize movement workshops for different communities using a variety of physical activities. On the first day, the students responded well as I demonstrated different calisthenics, having the students mirror my movements. Subsequently, movement became my primary source of communication throughout the remainder of the trip.

Different nations have different cultural practices. Even though globalization has to lead to the extinction of numerous cultures, most Americans and Brazilians still practice their traditional cultures. Today most people think that because Brazil is in America, they have the same culture. This is not true since both America and Brazil have numerous differences regarding their culture.

This case focuses on Brazil's development strategy since World War II and on the change of the economic model following the debt crisis of the 1980s. At the time of the case Brazilian officials are deciding whether regional integration or globalization offer the best route to economic prosperity and development. This case illustrates the challenges that developing countries face in defining trade policy. It also introduces the role of regional trade blocks as an alternative to globalization. At the current time regionalism seems to be very much in vogue and seems to be much more likely to be the basis for future trade system changes than comprehensive trade treaties.

Establishing a new business in Brazil would take some time. Brazilian welcomes foreigner and believes a good relationship should be establish first before any task and their laws are constantly changing. The manager that would take on this task would need to learn all about the Brazilian culture, starting with more than half of the Brazilian people think of themselves as white mainly descendants of Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish , Japanese, and Lebanese. Less than 10% think of themselves as black and less than 40% of the population is mixed, black and white. Degree. The manager would utilize the geocentric mindset to find the best managers and personnel regardless of race, gender, age, and sexual orientation and promote

Much like the U.S., Brazilian culture is extremely diverse. Brazil’s current population of 190 million represents various nationalities from European to African (Country Facts). Brazil has an extremely diverse culture with some common pervasive threads that grouped together give Brazil a national identity.

While the size, scope, and net impact of individual PCV projects vary greatly, all projects work towards developing and bettering the demographic and geographic communities they serve. PCVs have the opportunity to directly impact a foreign community in need, and I want to be one of those on-the-ground volunteers who dedicate themselves to their project and the community they find themselves in.

Alongside my studies, I run a nonprofit organization called The Esther Enaholo Foundation (www.teef.org.ng). This foundation is a platform for reaching out to children in motherless babies’ home. Our most recent project was organizing a Christmas party for children in Arrows of God orphanage home, Ajah. This party had in attendance 50 children from the orphanage home, masters’ students from Pan-Atlantic University and staff of the