World Endeavors 

Option 1 

• 3 weeks: 14 July - 3 August
• 4 weeks: 14 July - 10 August

Option 2

• 3 weeks: 28 July - 17 August
• 4 weeks: 28 July - 24 August

Option 3 

• 3 weeks: 11 August - 31 August
• 4 weeks: 11 August - 7 September

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 3 million people in the metropolitan area. It is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city along the Atlantic coast. The city provides an interesting harmony between the historical and modern with many different cultures.

Volunteers will stay in a hostel in either single or shared rooms with shared bathrooms and communal areas. Housing is located in close proximity to public transportation and WiFi is also included.

The common areas include a dining room, a relaxa area, a garden, and a spacious outdoor space. There are also rooms for workshops and practices such as yoga and meditation.

The hostel is located outside the city, near the coast (just a few minutes' walk from Praia da Poca), in a safe area and well-connected to the city center by public transportation (the train station is a 10-minute walk from the hostel). The journey to the city center takes about 40 minutes.

The costs vary depending on the duration of the volunteer project.

• Application fee: €35 (non-refundable) - required during the program application phase.
• Deposit fee: €200 - required after the close of applications to confirm the intention to proceed with the enrollment.
• Programme fee (requested directly from World Endeavors after eligibility confirmation):
  • 3 weeks: $2,335
  • 4 weeks: $2,635

For destinations in partnership with World Endeavors, 30 scholarships of €1,350 each are available.

Volunteers work with a variety of NGOs to support children in need by helping to arrange extracurricular activities to keep them engaged and learning,and progressing toward their goals. Volunteer tasks include teaching English and helping them with their homework, designing and implementing completely new extra-curricular activities, supporting existing ones or teaching them a new sport, culture, language, instrument, game, arts and crafts or any other skills the volunteers enjoy!

The conservation program aims to develop and implement projects and initiatives that promote the ecological recovery of degraded areas through the restoration of native forests and native species, involving the community as much as possible. The role of the volunteer, as part of the field team, is to study and learn about each area and forest, and take different actions depending on the time of the year. These fieldwork tasks can include: applying control techniques for invasive, non-native species, as these were wrongly introduced in the last decades for fast reforestation and are now strongly threatening the natural areas; plant different species with diverse methodologies; maintenance of planted areas; protection of biodiversity niches; and management of pedestrian trails. Most of the activities are based in natural parks that surround Lisbon.

Volunteers team up to re-distribute leftover food from local supermarkets or restaurants among homeless people, poor families and other people in need. Every day, over 3000 people in Portugal are fed by a social institution that collects food in good condition from local restaurants, cafes, and supermarkets that would otherwise be wasted and thrown into the trash. This project provides the opportunity to really fight food waste in the city of Lisbon. The shifts will be held in different centers across Lisbon, and alongside other local and international volunteers, participants will be involved with different tasks such as collecting the food, assisting with packaging it, cleaning used containers, assisting with sorting and storage of any food left for the next day, distributing it to the families and cleaning up at the end of the shift.

Volunteers can also help in a project that reduces social inequalities in Lisbon by supporting a local non-profit that provides food, clothes, shelter and medical care to people in need. In Portugal, inequalities and poverty are very visible, especially in big urban centers. Access to basic services, economic resources, housing and employment is even more limited to people in vulnerable situations and at risk. This program aims to reduce these inequalities by helping people live their lives in dignity and contributing to the important mission of the non-profit organization offering free accommodation, food, clothes, medical care, and all the basic support. Volunteers in this program support the local host center in its daily tasks, which may include preparing, cooking and distributing meals for the homeless people, developing sports and recreational activities, maintaining the center or sorting clothing donations. There is also the possibility to participate and help in other activities related to their education and therapies by sharing your skills and culture.