Kuruluşun tanımı

Identifying the local needs, we promote the WELL-BEING of the population by CONNECTING people to social solutions, DEVELOPING core skills and EMPOWERING them to become active citizens, contributing to a balanced and sustainable SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

Aiming to be a link between people and solutions for the local and global problems, our approach is based on a global vision with a psychosocial and educational intervention, and thus contributing to a positive impact on sustainable social development, considering each person as a key agent for change.

The values that define us and for which we stand for are:
 Respect and empathy for the other;
 Valuing the person and human rights;
 Tolerance and intercultural dialogue;
 Promotion of equality;
 Cooperation for social justice;
 Sustainable Development;

Animam Viventem is organized in 5 different departments/branches:
- +Youth – Creating life changing opportunities for every young person, working with them to build resilience, promote inclusion and ultimately empowering them. We provide a broad range of actions designed to enable a holistic approach tackling social disadvantages, educational programmes, community outreach, volunteer programs, employability and entrepreneurial skills, among others.
- +55 (promotion of active ageing with seniors)
- +Sport (promotion of healthy lifestyles)
- +Personal Development (low cost counselling and coaching services)
- +Sustainable development (activities to promote the sustainable development goals of the United Nations)

We are part of “Cascais Social Network”, a structure that incorporates more than 100 local entities, public and private, with responsibilities within the local social development, promoting a partnership work and the qualification of social intervention in the community.

Dahil etme konuları

This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:

• Educational difficulties
• Geographical obstacles
• Social obstacles