Our story
An Amazonian seed
In 2016, when Ana embarked with Tereza, her mother and now business partner, on a trip to the Amazon, she felt a deep connected with nature and the local population.
Listening to the story of those born and raised in the forest, visiting their homes and witnessing their challenges motivated her to come back to a different experience. Thus came our first volunteerism expedition: Amazoniando.
In this expedition, one of the activities done was the Tree of Dreams. We listened to the the local women and helped build a plan to achieve a collective dream.
Employment opportunities and sources of income raised as common needs and they identified tourism as a solution.
Braziliando helped them to structure the experience and began to make it easier for travelers to connect with the community, seeking to value traditions and create opportunities for community members.
The tree of dreams
Experiences
Community-Based Tourism
A way of doing tourism in which the activities are carried out by the local community itself and whose pillar is sustainability (socio-cultural, economic and environmental). Those who live this experience are integrated into the culture by the community, who welcome the visitor and share their way of life.
An experience that integrates a true immersion in the local reality with volunteer work, in which the participants implement activities that aim to contribute with the local communities or with the biodiversity. We seek to make positive changes possible for community members and their surroundings, as well as for travelers.
Voluntourism
Multigenerational female leadership
“Traveling, we experience different social and cultural contexts, relate to people from different realities and connect deeply with nature. We value simplicity and change our worldview. We hope that Braziliando's experiences do the same for you!”
Ana Taranto and Tereza Cristina, Partners
Meet the team
Graduated in Business Administration and with an MBA in Marketing, she decided to found Braziliando in March 2016. She participated in the courses Principles of Sustainability and Strategic Social Impact at UCLA, in the Economic, Ecological and Worldview modules of Gaia Education, in the course Community-Based Tourism Multipliers at Mamirauá Institute and Theory U at Base Colaborativa. In addition to having led the Marketing department of a recruiting firm, she had experience in the sector at companies such as L'Oréal and Oi.
Ana Taranto
Graduated in Languages, she was a teacher and then became Partner and Director at Transceiver. After getting involved and supporting Braziliando in several ways, she accepted the invitation to become a partner in 2018. Participated in the course EMPRETEC, developed by the UN and taught by SEBRAE, in the Business Development Course (IDE-Brasil), and in Experiences and Views on Community-Based Tourism (CPF-SESC-SP).
