ESC in Lousã

• Leisure Time Centre Activities: the target group includes about 200 children between 6 and 10 years old in five different centers. There is an annual activities plan structured with the monitors, including activities like music, body expression, plastic expression, nature activities, sports, thematic discussions and others. The volunteers can help the monitors of the groups to carry out several tasks.
• Activities for disadvantaged (young) people the main objective is to support a small group of disadvantaged young people and young people with disabilities or special educational needs and propose them some activities, motivating them to participate more in future projects. The activities are flexible and can be adapted to the talents of the volunteers.
• Other punctual activities: beside these daily activities, the volunteers will be able to participate (preparation, realisation and evaluation) in other activities like the Youth week-end, organisation of fairs and exhibitions, school information sessions…
• Individual project:the volunteers will have the opportunity to conceive, prepare and execute his own project with the help of the mentor and the other members of the association. A special and regular time during the week is defined to achieve this objective, with special training if necessary (methodology of project, budget skills, communication….for example).

Young persons between 18 to 30 years old

• Willingness to learn Portugese
• Able to take own initiative
• Open minded
• Feeling confident with the objectives of the Host organisation
• Are creative
• Having a sense of responsibilities, organised and able to adapt to different conditions of living and work
• Flexible to establish relations with different persons.

It’s very interesting when volunteers have special abilities to contribute to the projects, although it’s not necessary to have any special knowledge, education or skills.

The lunches on working days are provided by the hosting organisation. Additionally, the volunteer will receive 100 EUR as food allowance each month, directly from the coordinating organisation. 

Volunteers live in a big 4-bedroom duplex apartment, in the center of Lousã. The maximum number of volunteers hosted in the same apartment: 4. 

Local transport: in Lousã there is no local public transportation, everything is on walking distance.

The volunteer will be given the opportunity to access the Online Language Support provided by the Erasmus+ program.

Working hours: The amount of working hours will be around 30 hours a week and scheduled according the volunteers needs, wishes, learning objectives and the scheduled activities within the organisation.
Free time: The volunteer will have two days off a week which normally correspond to Saturday and Sunday except if, from time to time, there are different agreements because of the needs of the volunteer or the receiving organisation. In this case the volunteer will choose other 2 free days.
Holidays: The volunteer is entitled to take 2 working days as holiday every month. It is the volunteers choice how and when to take them but the volunteer must discuss about the dates in advance with the project supervisor (one month earlier).