Project environment

We develop leisure time projects in partnership with some Social Care organisations like Children’s Homes and Support Centers for Mentally and Physically Challenged People. With elderly people we develop projects in partnership with Daily Centers like Summer Camps, New Year’s Eve and cultural trips. We try to help these people to develop life skills in order to be more independent.

We are sending, hosting and coordinating organisation in EVS.

Oeiras is an important Village (45,8/km2) that offers the dynamism of large number of habitants (162.124) mainly young, near Lisbon the capital of Portugal (15 minutes), and 20 minutes from Sintra - World Patrimony, and 10 minutes from Cascais bay.

Tasks

We are looking for volunteers to help in the office of ProAtlântico in the field of design/media and communication:

- making posters for activities

- editing the webpage

- create flyers for divulgation of projects

- make promotional videos

- promote EVS and Youth In Action programme in schools, youth clubs, universities

- write articles and press releases for newspapers and magazines

Volunteer profile

Experience in design can be an added value, with computer skills, creative, communicative, self-motivated, dynamic, versatile, good mood, flexible, with self initiative, artistic nature, willing to take on new challenges, opened to work with people of all backgrounds and cultures; enthusiastic to participate in the project; willing to develop new activities and with sense of responsibility.

We will look for volunteers who are interested in working with a commitment to volunteering, with interest in the design field, and had chosen our project because of the experience and development they will gain not only because it's in Portugal.