Volontariato

• Teaching/Childcare: 
  • An organization that provides support and services for children and young people with autism
  • A sociocultural and sporting association that provides help to young students by providing training and educational programs and activities
     
• Healthcare/Health education:
  • An organization that provides care and services for people with HIV/AIDS
  • An organization that promotes sexual and reproductive health rights, provides reproductive health services and facilitates access to these services for underserved and vulnerable populations
     
• Women's Development: 
  • An organization that empowers youth and especially women by providing trainings and workshops
  • An organization that promotes sexual and reproductive health rights, provides reproductive health services and facilitates access to these services for underserved and vulnerable populations
  • Volunteers will join an NGO focused on promoting women's rights. They can assist with marketing and social media for the organization, as well as assisting in arranging activities and providing support for women involved in the project. 
     
• Wildlife Conservation:
  • A nonprofit organization established by a group of researchers interested in protecting wild birds

Gli studenti alloggeranno presso famiglie locali. È prevista colazione e cena tutti i giorni. 

3 settimane: € 2.350 + € 35 application fee non rimborsabile
4 settimane: € 2.650 + € 35 application fee non rimborsabile
 

I costi includono 

• orientamento e supporto in fase di iscrizione al progetto di volontariato 
• assistenza nella fase prima della partenza 
• numero di emergenza attivo 24/7 durante la permanenza all’estero 
• referente locale 
• servizio di pick-up all’arrivo all’aeroporto 
• attività di volontariato per 20 o 30 ore alla settimana
• alloggio presso famiglie locali, con colazione e cena
• assicurazione sanitaria per la durata del programma e Safety App 
• attestazione di partecipazione e descrizione dell’attività svolta 

Sono invece esclusi dal costo del programma e quindi a carico dello studente: 

• volo a/r 
• spese relative all’ottenimento del visto laddove richiesto
• eventuali spese relative ai vaccini 
• quanto non espressamente specificato nel paragrafo precedente
   

• Childcare and Teaching:
  Volunteers will join NGOs supporting children in need, helping with tasks like teaching English, helping them with their homework, arranging extra-curricular activities, art projects, playing sports, and teaching them new skills like languages, instruments or games, and generally sharing their culture.
   
• Environmental/Wildlife Conservation:
   
  • Hedgehog Conservation:
    Pollution, habitat loss, road casualties and lack of food are threatening the population of the European Hedgehog, urging wildlife conservation institutions to intervene to protect the species. Volunteers will join a non-profit rescue center that focuses on treating injured and sick hedgehogs with the goal of releasing them back into the wild. Volunteers support the staff by helping to clean the cages and enclosures, feeding the hedgehogs, contributing to awareness initiatives, participating in the animals' release events in the wild, and supporting clinical procedures.
     
  • Horse Patrols and Environmental Protection:
    Volunteers will join a non-profit focused on supporting the local community through environmental education projects, rehabilitation of people with disabilities, and social inclusion. Working alongside the organization's staff, volunteers can assist during the hippotherapy (horse assisted therapy) classes, help in the vegetable garden, patrol the forest on horseback to prevent fires, supervise kids during their summer camp, and reforest the wild areas with native trees. For volunteers who love horses and love a variety of activities, this project is very dynamic and always exciting!
     
• Community/Women's Development:
   
  • Women's Development/Sustainable Fashion:
    This project is focused on reducing social isolation and exclusion, as well as increasing the employability of women over 50 through the promotion of circular design and the reduction of textile waste, selling exclusive clothes with the collaboration of different designers, and promoting awareness of conscious consumerism. Volunteers join this nonprofit, which reduces fashion waste by transforming used clothing into vintage inspired clothing. Volunteers assist the women with design and production, facilitate workshops, and help with administrative tasks.
     
  • Food Rescue:
    Volunteers support a network of centers that recover leftover food in good condition from local restaurants, supermarkets, and cafes and re-distribute it among families, elderly and homeless people in need. Alongside a team of volunteers, you will help with a variety of tasks such as collecting the food, assisting with packaging it, cleaning used containers, assisting with sorting and storage of food left for the next day and distributing it to the families and people in need. This organization helps feed over 3,000 people in Portugal, so you will certainly make an impact in this project!

Gli studenti alloggeranno presso un ostello nel centro della città, in camerate. Sono previsti colazione, pranzo e cena tutti i giorni. 

3 settimane: € 2.450 + € 35 application fee non rimborsabile
4 settimane: € 2.750 + € 35 application fee non rimborsabile

I costi includono 

• orientamento e supporto in fase di iscrizione al progetto di volontariato 
• assistenza nella fase prima della partenza 
• numero di emergenza attivo 24/7 durante la permanenza all’estero 
• referente locale 
• servizio di pick-up all’arrivo all’aeroporto 
• attività di volontariato per 15 o 20 ore alla settimana
• alloggio presso ostello con vitto completo (colazione, pranzo, cena)
• assicurazione sanitaria per la durata del programma e Safety App 
• attestazione di partecipazione e descrizione dell’attività svolta 

Sono invece esclusi dal costo del programma e quindi a carico dello studente: 

• volo a/r 
• spese relative all’ottenimento del visto laddove richiesto
• eventuali spese relative ai vaccini 
• quanto non espressamente specificato nel paragrafo precedente