Resumo / Overview
Rotary District 4550 Bahia State, Brazil
Youth Exchange Program (YEP)
Cultural and Tourism Information on Bahia at http://www.rotary4550.org.br/intercambio_forImbound.php
Chairman (YEO)
- David M. Ferrell
- Rua Martagão Gesteira 274, apt. 1301
40150-390 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Home office: (55-71) 3247-3836
D4550 YEP Office: (55-71) 3237-6609
Home: (55-71) 3245-7822
Cell: (55-71) 9609-4892
E-mail: david.ferrell@gmail.com
Co-Chairman (Outbound)
- Clóvis Ribeiro Sobrinho, DDS
- Rua Praia de Copacabana Qd D7, Lt. 20
Vilas do Atlântico
42700-000 Lauro de Freitas, Bahia
- Office: (55-71) 3379-1208
Home: (55-71) 3379-2208
Cell: (55-71) 9105-2282
- E-mail: clovisribeiros@gmail.com
Co-Chairwoman (Inbound)
- Katarine Ramalho Souza
- Av. Sete de Setembro 1682,
Av. Sete de Setembro 1682,
40.290-040 Salvador, Bahia
- Office: (55-71) 3394-1011
- Home: (55-71) 3336-0290
Cell: (55-71) 9982-2615
- E-mail: katariner@gmail.com
A committee, composed of ten Rotarians, manages D-4550’s YEP, which was reactivated July 1, 1999.
| Current Year 2010-11 |
Inbound |
Outbound |
Total |
| Long-Term |
21 |
25 |
46 |
| Short-Term |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| TOTAL |
22 |
26 |
48 |
Long-Term Program
- Exchanges
2010-2011
- 25 Outbound: 7 @ to USA & Germany; 3 to Canada, 2 to Denmark, 2 @ to France and Taiwan, & 1 @ to Mexico & Switzerland.
- 21 Inbound: 7 from USA; 6 from Germany; 1 from Canada; 2 @ from Denmark, France & Taiwan; & 1 from Switzerland.
- Inbound Allowance: $70 monthly for 10 months
- Age Restriction: Less than 18.5 years on August 1
- Inbound Insurance: Applicable in Brazil
- Field Trips: no cost to inbound students –
Salvador & Southern Bahian regions
- Optional Bus Tours paid by student: 6 to 30-day bus tours to various regions in Brazil
- Counselor Appointed: Yes
- Outbound Orientation: Yes
- Inbound Orientation: Yes
- Smoking Permitted: No
Short-Term Program
- Summer Exchanges:For two New Generations college students, we have programmed a reciprocal exchange during December 2010-February 2011, with the USA. This exchange is for non-paying internships in organizations related to agriculture.
- Academic Semester: For the 2008-09 program we want to arrange two academic semester exchanges (8-10 weeks) to Europe or North America.
- New Generations: We are continuing New Generations exchanges for college students to Europe & USA in Summer 2010-11, begun seven years ago.
- Inbound Insurance: applicable in Brazil
- Optional Trips: Salvador, Lençóis and Porto Seguro regions.
- Optional Tours organized especially for YEP students run from $390 to $1,380.*
- Counselor Appointed: Yes
- Outbound Orientation: Yes
- Inbound Orientation: Yes
- Smoking Permitted: No
* For more information on Optional Bus Tours, see
What Bahia has by clicking the above mentioned website for Cultural and Tourism information.