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Volunteer project: Aventura Marão
Clube - Marão Adventure Club - is a local association in Amarante
founded in 1993 with activities connected to aquatic sports (canoeing),
mountain sport (BTT) and Fair Trade movement. The organization develops
a lot of activities related to Environment and Natural Patrimony
Preservation: The theme of this international volunteer project is Environment and Natural Patrimony Preservation at Tâmega river. Its objectives and tasks will be to clean the left side of Tâmega river (at Sweet Chestnut trail) and conduct some natural regeneration of chestnut and some forest water species. Volunteers will be involved in awareness activities about Environment and Natural Patrimony Preservation at Tâmega river, and will help to promote the walking trail along the left side of Tâmega river and increase the use of it by sportive and local fishermen's activities. Language: English Free time activities: During weekends volunteers will always have a leisure program (cultural, sportive, leisure) such as visits, leisure activities, radical sports, etc. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at Casa de Cultura e Juventude de Amarante – Amarante's Youth and Culture House. Location: Amarante Terminal: Porto
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: D’Orfeu emerged in 1995 with the aim of promote new artistic events that could cross the traditional local culture with the various forms of art, especially music, allowing the cultural enrichment of the community. It is presented as a promoter of multidisciplinary events, which are reflected in festivals and other cultural and artistic moments throughout its existence. D'Orfeu’s activities bring together a diversity of branches that include cultural and artistic training (School of Traditional Music, Workshops), Creation (Music and Theatre) and Cultural Program (World Music Festival, Festival Gesto Orelhudo…) and initiatives of international mobility inserted in youth program opportunities. In a parallel way, d'Orfeu still holds numerous partnerships with other local organizations. D’Orfeu River World Camp aims at promoting interaction between young people and local community and its environmental and social cultural patrimony through spaces optimization/recovery, creation and maintenance of structures supporting the association’s activities, as well as community activities such as Rio Povo – platform event of multi artistic scope. During the project, volunteers will work no more than 5 hours a day. Language: English Free time activities: In the spare time, volunteers will visit the region, with special emphasis to Águeda waterside zones, where among others, recreational activities will take place. They will also visit Aveiro and will participate in a large cultural program with different nightly amusement. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at d’Ormitorium, the artistic permanent residence for foreign volunteers hosted by d’Orfeu. Location: Águeda Terminal: Aveiro
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Main objectives of the local hosting partner are: offering participants the knowledge of Portuguese people as well as of this Portuguese region principal characteristics, mainly through visits to most important tourism centers, business-related centers and social solidarity associations. The volunteers in the international project will be involved in tracks cleaning and clearing up, biking track construction, preparation of a leisure park and suspension bridges circuit. Volunteers will work only in the morning. Language: English Free time activities: Afternoons and weekends will be dedicated to leisure activities and visits to historical, religious and environmental patrimony places. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in camping tents at Parque de Campismo do Pedrógão – Pedrógão Camping Park. Location: Leiria, 138 km from Lisbon Terminal: Leiria
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The Parish Social Centre of S. Joaninho is a social solidarity institution, created in 1999. The Centre has as its main mission the complete promotion of the whole parish, cooperating with other public services and institutions in a true spirit of human, Christian and social solidarity. In practical terms, its mission aims the satisfaction of the social needs of all inhabitants of Sao Joaninho village, although it may be extended to other villages and communities as well. They carry out a diverse amount of activities, such as: support to young people in terms of organisation and orientation of free time activities; vocational and professional orientation and practice of sports; social assistance to all of those who may need it in collaboration with health care institutions; social support to old people, through lodging, feeding, medical care and assistance in an old people's home; support to local active population, through social and cultural development programs; development of cultural, educational and recreational activities. The theme of the international volunteer project is about preservation and valuing the historical and cultural human heritage, the assumption and the consciousness of its vital importance and contribution to the preservation of the cultural identity of the region. The work part of this project is constituted of 5 working hours per day, of training, pictures/images collecting and organisation of the Festival of short movies called “CURTES”. The methodology of collecting information and its preservation through time consists of making short movies, where the participants of the project, together with other youngsters of the village, will show their personal ideas about “The Village and its People”. The participants on this project will benefit, totally free of charge, of special training, under the format of Technical Workshops of Video and Multimedia. With these technical workshops they will get training on new technologies of information and digital methods to enable them to produce a short movie that will be exhibited on the Festival “CURTES”, under the general theme of “The Village and its People”, on July 12th and 13th. Language: English Free time activities: The program includes a very important cultural part. Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided in a Youth Centre with several dormitories. Location: Sao Joaninho Terminal: Santa Comba Dão
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The project is organized in cooperation with Clube Volei de Évora – Évora Volleyball Club, a non profit youth association aiming mainly at sport promoting. The main aim of the international volunteer project is: sportive events promotion for Evora young people living in the area. The volunteer team will organize sportive animation addressed to children and young people of Évora, as well as cultural exchange experiences for all the participants. Volunteers will work about 5 hours a day. Language: English Free time activities: In their spare time, volunteers will visit the region, mainly Évora Council, will hike along existing pedestrian tracks and will participate in cultural exchanges. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at Évora Senior University building. Location: Évora, 131 km from Lisbon Terminal: Évora
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The local partner aims to recover the natural and constructed heritage; allow the exchange of experience and knowledge between participants and local community; promote intercultural dialogue and tolerance; reinforce the self-esteem of the inhabitants, improve the quality of life, and increase the touristic attractiveness of the territory. Volunteers' tasks will consist of up-keeping and recovery of the natural and constructed heritage of Amendoeira da Serra, Mosteira, Corte Gafo de Baixo, and Corte Gafo de Cima Villages. Some of these activities may be physically demanding. Within the work period, participants will be divided in small groups interchanging their tasks, so that they can equally participate in all of the activities. Every day except Sunday, there will be 5 hours of work and 5 hours of leisure activities and animation. The natural waterfalls of the Guadiana River, known as Pulo do Lobo (Wolf's Leap) are within the Nature Reserve of the Guadiana river. It's a natural geologic strangling of the river Guadiana where the river, which is normally about 25 metres wide, suddenly becomes 3 metres wide, and the current becomes exceedingly strong just before it leaps over a 15 metre high rock, after which it forms a kind of lagoon. Language: English Free time activities: The leisure activities will consist of visiting regional relevant places, outdoor activities and cultural activities. Accommodation: Centro de Acolhimento da Amendoeira da Serra in Amendoeira da Serra – Mértola. Location: Mértola Terminal: Beja
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: This volunteer
project is organized with the intent to promote intercultural dialogue
and create spaces to promote intercultural learning; to raise awareness
and mutual respect for diversity, and allow the knowledge of other
cultures and regions. Language: English Free time activities: For the leisure time, some visits and activities are scheduled for the volunteers to learn more about Sanguedo and city neighbours. Accommodation: The accommodation will be in the headquarters of the hosting Association, in rooms equipped with 8/10 single beds, access to bathrooms, locker rooms, kitchen and gym. Location: Sanguedo Terminal: Porto
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Associação
Cultural Desportiva e Recreativa de Freixo de Numão – Freixo de Numão
Cultural Sportive and Recreational Association is a youth association
which main objectives are protecting and promoting the regional cultural
patrimony.
Tasks to be carried out by the volunteer
group: Language: English Free time activities: In the spare time, volunteers will visit belvederes, castles, historical villages (Marialva), Vale do Côa engraving and Douro Wine Region (UNESCO Patrimonies). There will also be a visit to Museum Monografico Coninbriga. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in a Youth Centre, composed of 2 dormitories and 8 rooms. Location: Freixo de Numão Terminal: Guarda
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The Parish Social Centre of S. Joaninho is a social solidarity institution, created in 1999. The Centre has as its main mission the complete promotion of the whole parish, cooperating with other public services and institutions in a true spirit of human, Christian and social solidarity. In practical terms, its mission aims the satisfaction of the social needs of all inhabitants of Sao Joaninho village, although it may be extended to other villages and communities as well. They carry out a diverse amount of activities, such as: support to young people in terms of organisation and orientation of free time activities; vocational and professional orientation and practice of sports; social assistance to all of those who may need it in collaboration with health care institutions; social support to old people, through lodging, feeding, medical care and assistance in an old people's home; support to local active population, through social and cultural development programs; development of cultural, educational and recreational activities. The volunteer project is about community and social intervention and its objectives are: to develop artistic workshops for a two week period of time, lasting 5 hours a day, involving different age groups: children from 6 to 10 and youngsters from 12 to 17, but also adults over 65. The aim is to promote intergenerational contacts among different age groups. The participants in the project will have double role on it: on one hand they will be the promoters and mediators of the non-formal educational process and simultaneously the direct participants both on planning and evaluating of the artistic workshops, contributing with their own personal experiences and social and cultural realities, through the promotion of effective moments of reflection and intercultural dialogue. The project also includes four artistic workshops: Drama, Environmental Education, Dancing and Musical Expression “The sounds of the world”. The workshops on Dancing and Musical Expression will take place at the same time. Language: English Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided in a Youth Centre with several dormitories. Location: Sao Joaninho Terminal: Santa Comba Dão
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: S. Joaninho Recreation Club is a non-profit association founded in 1993. Cultural and sportive growing progress leaded to the need of creating and developing projects in musical, theatre and folklore areas, which have profound roots in the village. Nevertheless, the Association extended its intervention to themes such as Diversity and Equality of Opportunities, Intercultural Learning and Professional Training. The Association promotes several initiatives of community intervention and leisure time, occupation targeting children and young people in social exclusion but also their families and the whole community.
The project is about social and community
intervention, sports and health, intergenerational contacts and equal
opportunities. The project aims to contribute to the consciousness of
the importance of practicing sports to the promotion of a healthy
lifestyle; to promote intergenerational contacts within the context of
sports practice as a way of connecting people, sharing and reinforcement
of social bounds. This project intends to benefit everyone involved,
both directly and indirectly, with two weeks in Movement, by giving to
the entire community a show of different sports, happening
simultaneously in different grounds of the Municipality of Santa Comba
Dão. Different sports, from the most radical ones, like Slide, Rappel,
TT, to the most traditional ones like traditional community games,
promoting this way the intergenerational contacts and the richness of
this knowledge and life experiences. Language: English Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided in a Youth Centre. Location: Sao Joaninho Terminal: Santa Comba Dão
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The project
"Dream of Jazz" is connected to the International Loulé Jazz Festival.
The international volunteers are invited to help in the promotion of the
Festival. Besides the tasks of promotion/publicity, in the days of the
shows, the volunteer team will be in charge of part of the logistic of
the Festival and assisting the shows. Language: English Free time activities: In their free time, the volunteers will visit the region and learn a bit about its history; meanwhile, they will have the chance to try Kayak, Paintball, beach, walks, etc... Accommodation: The accommodation will be in a gym of a school. Location: Loulé Terminal: Porto; Faro Airport is 15 km from Loulé
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The general objective of this project is to foster intercultural dialogue as a process that enables a more opened and complex cultural environment to function.
Volunteer activities: Language: English Free time activities: Beyond the central activity it also offers the young volunteers, an opportunity to visit museums and some of the historical patrimony of the Oporto city. Location: S. Pedro da Cova Terminal: Porto
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Associação
Desportiva, Cultural e Social de Aldeia de S. Sebastião is based in a
small village, with 80 inhabitants and near the border between Portugal
and Spain. This association brings together several different projects
within the youth program, such as national and international youth
exchanges, summer camps and international workcamps. Our aim is to improve the sports facilities by creating a new area which will allow us to organize other kind of outdoor activities like mini-golf and athletics and some extreme sports such as sliding, escalade, rappel and skating. Language: English Free time activities: Beyond the workcamp activities, the participants will have the opportunity to enjoy their stay by taking part in the free time activities the association offers as well as guided tours and district youth association exchanges. Accommodation: In the community center Location: Vilar Formoso Terminal: Lisbon, Porto
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Clube Volei de
Évora – Évora Volleyball Club is a non profit youth association aiming
mainly at sport promoting. Organization main aims for this workcamp are:
sportive events liveliness and promotion for young people living in rural
areas near Évora. The activities will be done in the green areas of the
rural areas. Language: English Free time activities: In spare time, volunteers will visit the region, mainly Évora Council, will hike in existing Pedestrian Tracks and will perform cultural shares in proper times. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at Évora Senior University building. Location: Évora Terminal: Lisbon
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: With more than
two decades of existence, Cine-Club of Avanca produces, distributes and
exhibits cinema works and audiovisuals beyond organizing, since 1997,
the “International Meeting of Cinema, Television, Video and Multimedia”.
In the working periods, volunteers will do
the following tasks:
During the International Meeting:
After AVANCA’08 ending Language: English
Free time activities:
To moments dedicated to cultural animation
and discovering of surroundings, Cine-Clube de Avanca offers a set of
activities, which will give an insight of the social realities, cultural
and gastronomical, between others, from the village of Avanca and the
region that extends betweens the cities of Aveiro and Porto. Accommodation: In tents in a specific place of Egas Moniz School, in Avanca Location: Avanca Terminal: Aveiro
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The project activities involve: dynamization of environmental education with young people; maintenance of pigeon houses; training in areas of eco-construction; participation in cultural events; organization of the International fields of work; development actions for the conservation of birds of prey.
In the neighborhoods of the Natural Park
of the International Douro is located the village of Vilar Seco, with a
sufficiently expressive number of pigeons houses for its number, forms,
antiquity and its architectural value. This allied situation to the
fantastic agricultural and historical patrimony of the village, and the
relative proximity of the Zone of Special Protection of the
International Douro and the Valley of the Maces and the Flavor and to
the side of the Small farm of the National List International Douro (Net
Nature 2000), place where we will select one of the pigeon houses for
its recovery.
The field work will count on the participation of 18 volunteers, that will form 2 teams
who will work on the
pigeon house recovery. Language: English Accommodation: Camping in tents will be arranged near Vilar Seco. Location: Vilar Seco Terminal: Miranda do Douro
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: “Escora” – Associação de Jovens para a Preservação Cultural e Arqueológica de Montalvo (Escora – Youth Association for Cultural and Archaeological Preservation of Montalvo) is a youth association which main activity is archaeology. Furthermore Chã da Bica digging, it has already two books published: “Patrimony Copy-Book” turning on the work developed between 1999/2001 in Chã da Bica archaeological station and “Archaeological Chart of Constância Council” where the different archaeological stations of the council are identified. On an annual basis, the association also carries out actions aiming at sensitizing the local population as well as the general population for the preservation of the council environmental and constructed patrimony. This project aims at continuing the digging started in 1999 in Chã da Bica archaeological station. Discoveries allow us to say that we are in the presence of a tardo Roman thermal building of middle of III/IV century a.c. Archaeological intervention will be done in a daily basis between 07:30 am and 12:30 pm, except Saturday and Sunday. Field work will essentially consist of digging, gathering and registration of cultural materials, temporary storage of findings, design, topography and topographical survey. Every work will be closely followed by the archaeologist Salete da Ponte, teaching at Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Tomar Polytechnic Institute and by a Preservation and Restore technician. Language: English Free time activities: In the afternoons several leisure activities will take place such as pedestrian journeys, canoeing, visits to Tomar town, Alcobaça Monastery, Nazaré beach and Constância Living Science Centre with a session of astronomy, among other activities. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in camping tents at Constância Camping Park. Location: Constância Terminal: Entroncamento
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Centro Sócio Cultural da Coriscada – Coriscada Social Cultural Centre is an association with headquarters at Coriscada parish, Meda Municipality in Guarda District. Coriscada is a village placed 3 km away from Marialva Town which main objectives are: social, cultural and sportive solidarity, leisure activities, urban patrimony preservation, archeology and young people support.
Project's main objectives are: invigorating Vale do Mouro archeological
project, divulging this patrimony, the local culture and the council. Language: English Free time activities: Volunteers will also organize spare time and the program will have a social cultural component. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in a building. Location: Coriscada, Meda Municipality, Guarda District Terminal: Celorico da Beira
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The Social Promotion Centre is an institution of local development with several activities such as home support to old people, education and training of unemployed and active youth and adults, biological agriculture project and regional traditional cookery project and also promotes several social and communitarian intervention projects and supports traditional and multi cultural events, holiday camps and exchanges.
The project’s theme is connected to the
preparation and organization of an international world dance festival. Language: English Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in tents at Parque de Campismo do Bioparque – Bioparque Camping. Location: Carvalhais Terminal: S. Pedro do Sul
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Health Adventure
Association is a youth association that aims at promoting
man-environment binomial. Within the whole of accomplished activities,
pedestrian courses, mycological activities (mushrooms), national and
international workcamps, environmental activities in protected areas,
can be mentioned. Language: English Free time activities: In spare time volunteers will visit the region, especially Terras do Bouro and Braga, will perform pedestrian courses in Parque Nacional Peneda-Gerês – National Park Peneda-Gerês, will have nautical activities, will swim in the river, will play paintball, bow shot, horse riding, creation of leather objects, attendance of a cithara concert. Participants will have the opportunity to attend typical festivities (Terras de Bouro). Accommodation: Participants will be accommodated at Associação Pedras Brancas – White Rocks Association; Location: Braga Terminal: Braga
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The main objective of this project is to allow young people the opportunity to contribute to nature conservation in Portugal's only national park, by carrying out activities that follow the principles of nature conservation and sustainability in line with local traditions and by involving the residents of the local rural community. In the morning, the participants will be involved in volunteer work. In the afternoon and in the evening, they will be involved in leisure activities, sport, intercultural communication with the local community and visits in the region. The volunteers’ tasks will consist of defining, cleaning and interpreting walking trails and possibly identify other opportunities for activities in the natural environment. Language: English Location: Lindoso Terminal: Ponte da Barca
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The Parish Social Centre of S. Joaninho is a social solidarity institution, created in 1999. The Centre has as its main mission the complete promotion of the whole parish, cooperating with other public services and institutions in a true spirit of human, Christian and social solidarity. In practical terms, its mission aims the satisfaction of the social needs of all inhabitants of Sao Joaninho village, although it may be extended to other villages and communities as well. They carry out a diverse amount of activities, such as: support to young people in terms of organisation and orientation of free time activities; vocational and professional orientation and practice of sports; social assistance to all of those who may need it in collaboration with health care institutions; social support to old people, through lodging, feeding, medical care and assistance in an old people's home; support to local active population, through social and cultural development programs; development of cultural, educational and recreational activities. The project subject is about social and communitarian intervention and intercultural dialogue, preservation of the historical, cultural and gastronomic human heritage and regional identities. This project intends to preserve the history and the ancient recipes and put them in real practice, exhibiting the products in a Gastronomy Fair, basically of desserts. Interviews and practical workshops intend to collect testimonies and life stories about traditional cooking practices, enhancing the “Hows”, the whys” and the “what for”, promoting real intercultural dialogues at the dinning table, around the most delicious desserts of ancient times, from today and perhaps from the future… All the recipes will be preserved on a DVD and the special flavours can be tasted in the Gastronomic Fair. Language: English Accommodation: In a Youth Centre with several dormitories. Location: São Joaninho Terminal: Santa Comba Dão
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: S. Joaninho Recreative Club is a non profit private Association with the connotation of being an Entity of Public Utility since 1993. The Club is 35 years of age and is a quality reference with intervention at Local and Regional level. Cultural and sportive growing progress leaded to the need of creating and developing projects in musical, theatre and folklore areas, which have profound roots in the village. Nevertheless, the Association extended its intervention to themes such as Diversity and Equality of Opportunities, Intercultural Learning and Professional Training. The Association promotes several initiatives of communitarian intervention and leisure times, occupation targeting children and young people in social exclusion but also their families and the whole community. The subject is about social and communitarian intervention, preservation of historical and cultural heritage, intercultural dialogue and regional identities. The project aims to promote mobility and youth exchange of Portuguese and foreign youngsters; to contribute to the preservation of the cultural identity of a specific region and to develop bounds of union and sharing among the members of a community. This project intends to preserve a tradition – St. Lawrence Party. In 2007, for several reasons, the celebrations of St. Lawrence day didn’t take place. The Youth Association intends in 2008 to bring back the tradition and with it bring together a whole village. The work consists of setting up small tents of wood where traditional food and drinks will be sold during the celebrations, but the volunteers will also take part in party animation. Language: English Free time activities: Free time will be organised by the volunteers, as well as the animation time. The program will also have an important cultural part. Accommodation: In a Youth Centre with several dormitories Location: S. Joaninho Terminal: Santa Comba Dão
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Bragança District Natural Park of Montesinho, Village of Quintanilha, Aldeia de Quintanilha, Maçãs river (border river to Spain). The theme of the project is related to the environment and the natural environment in general. The specific objectives of the health field proceed to the cleaning up of the edges of the Maças river, maintenance of mills, tourist environmental walks, a warm welcoming with the local community, cleaning of left garbage. Language: English Free time activities: Kayaks, walks, trips to the frontier villages between Portugal and Spain, debates on the river Maças and its edges. Accommodation: In a community house and eventually some days in tents in the camping park. Location: Quintanilha Terminal: Porto
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Association Action for Justice and Peace aims “Constructing Peace, Democracy, Justice and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men” involving young people, women, local communities and other disfavored population as especially acting forces, namely trough: a) Production and Spread of Knowledge; b) Lifelong Education and Professional Training; c) Communitarian Intervention for Development; d) Education for Development and Projects of Understanding Cooperation; e) National and International Public Intervention. The specific objectives of the volunteer project combine in the promotion of a global, active and understanding volunteering. Thus the specific objectives are: Promoting co-responsible volunteering and youth understanding; Promoting a workcamp to educate and train youngsters for local intervention; Persuading youngsters to be multipliers of social and understanding economy practices; Placing the project in favour of Granja do Ulmeiro community; Promoting intercultural learning. Language: English Free time activities: In the spare time, volunteers will visit the region (especially Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Montemor-o-Velho and Viseu) for them to know a little bit of the country. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at International Centre building. Location: Granja do Ulmeiro Terminal: Coimbra
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The volunteer
project
will be in the Cultural Centre of Bairro da Quinta da Fonte, Apelação,
in which the children and teenagers from the nearby neighbourhood spend
their free time. More or less 15,6% of the neighbourhood residents are
foreigners, particularly from the Portuguese-speaking African countries. The volunteers will have to do most of the time with creative activities but also with games that will involve all the team and the neighbourhood young residents. No particular abilities are required; we only need motivated and creative people to work in a group and to be open to other cultures. Language: English Free time activities: During the project we will have the chance to visit the Refugee Centre, supported by the Portuguese Refugee Council, in which refugees are expecting their authorisation in order to get residential permission in Portugal. Accommodation: The volunteers will be hosted in the school of Apelação (15 minutes on foot from the Cultural Centre, where they will work). Tents will be provided by the school. Usually it’s quite warm during the day (more than 30 C), but in August there might be some very hot days. Location: Apelação Terminal: Apelação
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The “Amigos do
Geoparque” are a small young group who contribute to the preservation
of the historic and cultural patrimony of Penha Garcia
region in particular and all Geopark (which belongs to UNESCO European
and Global Geoparks) in general. This ancient village, built with schist
houses, has a templary castle from which we can admire an unforgettable
view of the Beira Baixa plane and Penha Garcia dam. Their mountain
cliffs are a paleontologist, geologist and nature lovers oasis, because
easily we find marine fossils. Language: English Free time activities: We also have planned some visits to Monsanto and Idanha-a-Velha historical villages, “Parque Natural do Tejo Internacional” and “Gardunha” mountain. You will be able to practice some radical sports, to cook traditional bread, enjoy music and local gastronomy, etc. The participants can also swim in the Penha Garcia natural swimming pool, refreshing in the summer torrid days (temperature usually reach 35ºC). Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided in a house placed in a Penha Garcia farm. Location: Penha Garcia Terminal: Castelo Branco
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: This association has been organizing through out the years a series of activities, namely: Exchanges; National and International Work Camps; Holiday Centers and Camps; Sportive Holidays; Holidays in Movement since 1996, among other permanent activities, such as: Group of Dances and Folklore, Sport Schools, etc. The project theme is related to Pechão Traditional Parties. There are different activities: cleaning, painting and signaling of the surrounding area as well as “small bridges” near the sport zone cleaning and painting. These activities will certainly give to young people a new contact with a different culture inserting them in an intercultural learning mind. Language: English Free time activities: In spare time, volunteers will visit the region. In the afternoon there will be several activities to make volunteers aware of the region, such as: Pechão Parish, neighboring villages (Olhão and Faro), its population and habits, the Formosa Estuary and its beaches as well as other regions in Algarve. We will visit the most attracting places of the parish as well as Olhão e Faro historical parts, Vilamoura Marina, the windward side of Algarve (Lagos/Sagres) and the leeward (Vila Real de Santo António) among others. Visit to FATACIL – Lagoa, Mediaeval Days of Castro Marim, visit to an aquatic park, visits to leisure places (Albufeira, Lagos, Faro e Tavira). In Pechão sport zone we will perform several games, such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball, tennis and others, whenever time permits and participants feel like. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in male and female dormitories, placed in Pechão Sport Zone multivalent rooms. Location: Pechão Terminal: Faro
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: This organization exhibits a project where the main objective is to allow young people to be involved in a volunteering program aiming at environment protection as well as contributing for volunteering work valorization. In the morning, participants will be involved in different volunteer activities. In the afternoon and in the evening, they will be involved in leisure and sport activities, and visits to museums. Volunteers’ tasks will consist of cleaning the Anços River that springs up near Redinha. Language: English Accommodation: The participants will camp over at Quinta Sant’Ana. Location: Pombal Terminal: Pombal
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: The Associação Social Recreativa Juventude de Vila Fonche/Juventude is an association without lucrative proposes that works locally in several areas such: Leisure Activities Centre, Youth Centre, Kindergarten, Holiday Camps, “Pousadinha”, Mobility/Exchange (Holiday Camp, Work Camp, Youth Programs), Community Support, Sports, Culture, Nature/Environment, Recreation.
Volunteer project activities: Language: English Free time activities: In the spare time the volunteers will have the chance to visit the region (Alto Minho), do sport activities, enjoy the fluvial beach and participate in several cultural and traditional events. Accommodation: The volunteers will stay in “Pousadinha” a kind of Youth Hostel that belongs to the organization. The building has capacity to receive 30 persons at the same time; it has 7 rooms, 8 bathrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 dining room and a living room. Location: Arcos de Valdevez Terminal: Braga
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: S. Joaninho Recreative Club is a non profit private Association with the connotation of being an Entity of Public Utility since 1993. The Club is 35 years of age and is a quality reference with intervention at Local and Regional level. Cultural and sportive growing progress, leaded to the need of creating and developing projects in musical, theatre and folklore areas, which have profound roots in the village. Nevertheless, the Association extended its intervention to themes such as Diversity and Equality of Opportunities, Intercultural Learning and Professional Training. The Association promotes several initiatives of communitarian intervention and leisure times, occupation targeting children and young people in social exclusion but also their families and the whole community. The volunteer project is about social and communitarian intervention and intercultural dialogue. The project aims to promote mobility and youth exchange of Portuguese and foreign youngsters and intercultural dialogue, without words, through non-formal educational processes – Mimicks and Clown Techniques. Youngsters will participate in several workshops of Clown Techniques and Circus Arts and they will prepare a final exercise on the theme Cultural Diversity that will be integrated in the 9th Theatre Festival of the Youth Association that will be presented to the whole local community. Language: English Free time activities: Free time will be organised by the volunteers, as well as the animation time. The program will include an important cultural part. Location: S. Joaninho Terminal: Santa Comba Dão
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Cres.Ser is an association working in the social area, involving in its activities and projects people from all age groups. Among several projects, Cres.Ser Saudável – Growing healthy - is enhanced. It is a project addressed to young people at risk where equality of opportunities and social exclusion fight is promoted through psycho pedagogical activities. Another program, Viver.Sénior – Living senior, is where psycho social rehabilitation workshops addressed to old people are carried out, as well as psychology services with social prices. The project's theme is related to environment protection. It aims at carrying out environmental and leisure parks cleaning and maintaining tasks; rivulet fauna and flora cleaning and acknowledgement; ash trays cleaning and distribution at Nazaré beach; buildings façades and walls cleaning; waste gathering in Castelo de Almourol – Almourol Castle and Abrantes village; surveillance actions against fire, among others. Language: English Free time activities: Through the leisure activities we aim at making Abrantes council traditions known, showing the regional living culture through a visit to an oil factory, a sausage home producer and also participating in the council folkloric rancho rehearsal, helping a council shepherd, sailing down a rivulet, attending a night of fado, etc. Cultural visits to Lisbon and a journey to Nazaré beach are also foreseen as well as a visit and works at Albufeira do Castelo do Bode - Castelo do Bode lagoon. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in an apartment Location: Abrantes Terminal: Abrantes
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Lousã Association of Cooperation was founded in 2000 and develops activities in child, youth and adults training fields. The first international volunteer project was carried out in Serra da Lousã in 2006. Considering that its result and evaluation were very positive we decided to continue the project. The project's theme is related to environment and cultural patrimony and the general objective is to sensitize the community, citizens and institutions of the importance of Lousã Patrimony preservation and invigoration.
The project's specific objectives are to provide learning and
intercultural conviviality, increasing the responsibility and solidarity
between young people and the local community in a way to valorize local
and natural patrimony. Language: English Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in a building. Location: Lousã Terminal: Coimbra
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Mandacaru is a
social and cultural cooperative based in Coimbra, Portugal. It was
created in 2004 by a group of social workers, artists and trainers
interested by Social Inclusion, Active Youth Participation, Human Rights
Education and Local Development in urban areas. Language: English Free time activities: In the leisure time, the group will visit Coimbra and the region (Lousã, beach...) and will share moments with the young people and children of the place with whom we'll organise games and others activities. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in a flat provided by the municipality. Location: Coimbra Terminal: Coimbra
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Social Promotion Centre is an institution of local development with several activities such as home support to old people, Education and Training of unemployed and active youth and adults, biological agriculture project and regional traditional cookery project and also promotes several social and communitarian intervention projects and supports traditional and multi cultural events, holiday camps and exchanges. The project’s theme is connected to learning techniques and advantages of the biological agriculture. The volunteers will have the opportunity to get to know the region’s natural and cultural patrimony. The program will include entertainment and intercultural exchange activities as well as guided visits. Language: English Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in students’ residence and/or tents at Parque de Campismo do Bioparque – Bioparque Camping. Location: Carvalhais Terminal: S. Pedro do Sul
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Marão Adventure
Club - is a local association in Amarante founded in 1993 with
activities connected to aquatic sports (canoeing), mountain sport (BTT)
and Fair Trade movement. The theme of this international volunteer project is related to Fair Trade and Biological Production. Its objectives and tasks will be to get to know and spread the concepts sustaining Fair Trade and Biological Production, to help small biological producers of Amarante (vintage, cleaning, fruit and vegetables gathering, aromatic herbs picking, etc.), to organize during 2-3 days a Fair and Biological Trade Market and visit stores and places selling Fair and Biological Trade products. Language: English Free time activities: During weekends volunteers will always have a leisure program (cultural, sportive, leisure) such as visits, leisure activities, radical sports, etc. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated at Casa de Cultura e Juventude de Amarante – Amarante's Youth and Culture House Location: Amarante Terminal: Porto
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
Volunteer project: Lousã Association of Cooperation was founded in 2000 and develops activities in child, youth and adults training fields. The first international workcamp was carried out in Serra da Lousã in 2006 and in the next year - the second one. Considering that the results and evaluations were very positive we decided to continue the project in 2008 as well.
The project's theme is related to
environment and cultural patrimony and the general objective is to
sensitize the community, citizens and institutions for the importance of
Lousã Patrimony preservation and invigoration. Language: English Free time activities: The spare time will be organized by the volunteers; the program will have also a cultural component. Accommodation: Volunteers will be accommodated in a building. Location: Lousã Terminal: Coimbra
Age range: 18 -
30 years old
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Environment
and natural patrimony preservation at Tamega river
