EVS with children - Volunteers from Spain
EVS with children - Volunteers from Spain
APDMF - Casa do Parque
Oeiras, Portugal
1 , ClosedProject description
Casa do Parque is a foster home that belongs to the CreserSER - Associação Portuguesa para os Direitos dos Menores e da Família (APDMF) and is based in Outurela. It hosts 14 children between 0 till 12 years old, victims of maltreatments inflicted by their families (ex: negligence; physical, emotional and sexual abuses; moral-legal/educational maltreatments; drug/alcohol addiction). The main aims of the foster home are: - protection of children from dangerous family situations; - provision of basic living conditions, affection and safe environment; - supply psychological care; - make the diagnosis taking in consideration different issues (ex: health, social, educational, psychological, emotional, physical needs)
TranslateAccommodation, food and transport arrangements
ProAtlântico provides €150,00 monthly for food and extra expenses (eg. cleaning materials) during non-working time. Volunteer can use the food money to buy food, cook in the apartment, eat in a restaurant, etc). During working time the receiving organization provides meals in the organization which is based on a Mediterranean diet. ProAtlântico provides accommodation in 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.
TranslateTraining during the project
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.
TranslateVolunteer profile
Volunteers must be: -very human, -self motivated, -proactive, -creative, -with handwork skills, -very flexible The volunteers must be open minded and tolerant to with people with fewer opportunities with different backgrounds and affected by different problems. A high motivation to work with children and young people and special interest on music, dance, theatre, sports, cooking, computers, handicrafts, gardening, history, can be an added value, since these areas their fields of interest and will be the way to reach their attention.
TranslateHow to apply
Please send e-mail with CV and Motivation letter to the coordinator of the projet.
TranslateThis opportunity is offered in the frame of an Erasmus+ volunteering project and will be confirmed as soon as funding is approved.
For further information on the status of the project, please get in touch with the organisation.
Project dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 01/10/2016 to 27/09/2017
Project location
Oeiras Portugal
Looking for volunteers from
Spain
Project topics
Early School Leaving / combating failure in education
Inclusion - equity
Application deadline
Application deadline: 15/06/2016
Contact
Name: Raquel Amaral
Hosting organisation
Associação Portuguesa Para o Direito dos Menores e da Família
Lisboa, Portugal
Sending organisation
MURCIA, Spain
Coordinating organisation
PROATLANTICO - ASSOCIACAO JUVENIL
Cruz-Quebrada, Portugal