EVS with deaf and blind people - Volunteers from Romania and Spain
PROATLANTICO - ASSOCIACAO JUVENIL
Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira
Lisboa, Portugal
Description
Casa Pia de Lisboa (CPL) wants to promote the rights and protection of children and young people, especially those who are in danger or at risk of exclusion. This project will take place in Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira (CED AACF), that works with deaf and blind population since 1986. CED AACF aims to enable and support the educational and professional integration of people with sensory disabilities, in particular deaf blind persons and/or with serious problems of communication, mainly promoting access to children and young people. There are 36 users aged between 4 and 48 years (average age 22-year-old). The CED AACF runs a residential home (where some users live) and an occupational therapy center where the users take part in a variety of practical activities in order to develop different skills.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
ProAtlântico provides accommodation in an apartment (with 6/8 volunteers in total), University residence, hostel or hosting family, Casa Europa, multiple bedroom with fully equipped kitchen, toilet, laundry facilities and living room. The costs with electricity, water, gas, TV and Internet are covered by the Coordinating Organization. The volunteers will have towels and bed clothes for the entire period of the project.
Training during the activity
ProAtlântico will support the volunteers in the learning of portuguese. During the project, volunteers will have different trainings (work with children, Youthpass, etc) Volunteers will participate in trainings promoted by National Agency.
Participant profile
Volunteers must be: -very human, -self motivated, -proactive, -creative, -with handwork skills, -very flexible
Activity dates
From 01/10/2016 to 27/09/2017
Activity location
Lisboa, Portugal
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Spain, Romania
Activity topics
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 31/08/2016 23:59