The Team left for Brazil in April led by Paul Deakin from Shaftesbury Rotary club. The exchange had a strong environment focus. Take a look at their Tour Blog here

The team members and their sponsoring clubs were -

Vanessa Burley - Basingstoke Deane
Richard Draper - Southampton
Laura Edwards - Portsmouth & Southsea
Paul McIntosh - Blandford

The team are now available for club talks so please contact Paul Deakin (Shaftesbury RC) at pdeakin@btinternet.com 

District 4670 covers part of the Rio Grande do Sul region in Southern Brazil. The region has an area of 282,000 sq.km (which compares with England's  area of 130,000 sq.km) so they will have some ground to cover on their trip! 
The region has a population of 9.2million and its principal city is Porto Alegre.
Porto Alegre is the major industrial area, sea port, and principal city for agriculture and livestock in this region.
Exports include soybeans, leather, canned beef, and rice.
It is located at the junction of five rivers, one of which is the heavily polluted Gravatai.It has a large university and cosmopolitan atmosphere, yet povery is not far away.
German, Polish and Italian immigrants have settled in the area since the 19th century.
D4670 is in Southern Brazil in the
area known as Rio Grande do Sul

Gravatai River Project

District 1110 has strong links with District 4670 having arranged a number of Matching Grants for environmental projects supporting local Rotary clubs' initiatives to clean up this heavily polluted and environmentally sensitive river basin. This has culminated in a $1m 3H Grant from the Rotary Foundation last year. This will contribute to a $500m part state, part regionally funded programme to resolve water management problems, deforestation and pollution of a river which some one million people live alongside. Our team will have an opportunity to visit a number of the sites identified for this programme along with other cultural and vocational visits.