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European Solidarity Corps

The power of together

ESC in Oeiras, Portugal

Stowarzyszenie Aktywnosci Obywatelskiej Bona Fides

ProAtlântico – Associação Juvenil

Oeiras, Portugal

Description

The ideas and the aims of the project are: -> Offer a support to the development of the local community thanks to the involvement and engagement of our volunteers in local activities and realities, in direct contact with local people. -> Make people with fewer opportunities more confident about themselves, their abilities and passions, make them feel part of a society that doesn’t refuse them, but instead needs them: we would like them to feel useful and willing to participate in their community life through a civic sense of active participation. Check more info here: https://evs.bonafides.pl/2022/04/esc-in-oeiras-portugal-2/

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

In the accommodations provided by ProAtlântico the volunteer will live always in multiple bedrooms with fully equipped kitchen, toilet, and laundry machine. The costs with electricity, water, Internet. You will have a pocket money to manage during the month, this money will be given to you in the first 10 days of each month, by bank transfer or live money. The trip to from Poland to Portugal and back will be reimbursed. The volunteers will have a monthly ticket reimbursed by ProAtlantico. Oeiras has a wide web of buses to reach every part of the city and they ride quite often.

Training during the activity

On-arrival training, mid-term training, other trainings connected to the topics.

Participant profile

The profile of the volunteer will have general requirements: proactive, motivated to work in a social housing environment, with sense of responsibility, like to work in a team, flexible, with handwork skills, with communication ability, mature to work with social and economic disadvantaged community. A high motivation to work with children, young people and elderly and special interest on music, dance, theatre, sports, cooking, computers, handicrafts, gardening, history, photography, arts, can be an added value.

Activity dates

A total of 17 week(s) during the period 01/05/2023 to 30/09/2023


Activity location

Oeiras, Portugal


Individual volunteering


Looking for participants from

Poland


Activity topics

Social challenges

Reception and integration of refugees and migrants

Environment and natural protection


Deadline for applications

No application deadline