to promote healthy lifestyles among the population (especially Youth).
Activities:
organization of international work camps; organization of summer camps; organization of youth exchanges and youth initiatives; organization of sport activities (canoeing, mountain bikes); Fair Trade awareness (shops, school activities, fairs, etc.); coordination of Casa da Juventude de Amarante, a Youth Centre, in partnership with the City Hall.
Web-page:
www.aventuramaraoclube.com and E-mail: cj.amarante@gmail.com
Work:
group dynamic presentation to the city and region; discussion on the workcamp theme (objectives, tasks division); visit to the most important places of the city; training on theatre performance and workshop on how to deal with the difference; direct contact and work with local NGO (Cercimarante) responsible for activities with local handicapped young people; organize an event (theatre performance) involving both groups (workcamp participants and local handicapped young people) to be presented to the local community (street performance – expected more than 500 persons to attend); visits to some of the main cities and spots in the North of Portugal (Guimarães, Porto, Parque Natural do Alvão).
Accomodation & food:
Participants will be accommodated in shared rooms (4 participants each) of Casa da Juventude de Amarante (even so participants should all bring sleeping bag). Casa da Juventude de Amarante has its own kitchen, wc and showers. In terms of food, our youth centre has a bar\restaurant proposal for the volunteers (breakfast, lunch and dinner) always taking into consideration our aims (healthy food with organic and vegetarian ingredients). Laundry available (self-service). Our youth centre has free wireless. Arrival date - 06.07.16 Work language – Portuguese, English Insurance (kind of covers) – We will have insurance (personnel accidents and civil responsibility) valid during the workcamp period. Members from EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein should bring their European Wealth Card.
What to Bring :
(personal things) – Sleeping bag and hygiene products, sun protector, swimming suits, working and sports clothes and shoes.
Meeting point :
Day 06.07.16 Time from 11h00 Place Casa da Juventude de Amarante, Av.ª General Silveira, n.º 193, Cepelos, 4600-017 Amarante (in the city center)
Location & leisure:
Amarante is a small town in the North of Portugal, part of Porto district (60km far from Porto, to the interior) with 12 thousand inhabitants (in the city center). It is a quite famous city for tourism, culture and wine production. Indeed is quite near (18km) the Oporto wine region. Is crossed by Tâmega River (one of the rivers ending at Douro River that crosses Porto till the Atlantic ocean) and it is on the valley of one of the most important Portuguese mountains, Marão (1450m). Amarante is well located (nearby passes highway A4 connecting to Oporto and highway A11 connecting to Guimarães) and has a good public transport system (bus station). The city is 40 min way from the nearest airport (Oporto) by car.How to reach ? : Main connections using public transports
LISBON-OPORTO - By train:
Lisbon / Oriente station (05h55; etc.; 18h55) – Oporto / Campanhã station (09h05; etc.; 21h55) - Price €30,00.(more details at: http://www.cp.pt) /By bus: Lisbon / Oriente station to Amarante (11h00; 14h00; 09h00; etc.; 16h00; 18h00) - Price: € 20,00(more details at: http://www.rodonorte.pt)
Requirements:
Inside the building of Casa da Juventude de Amarante is not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol (except in the bar or terrace); Garbage should be separated: glass, plastic, paper, organic; We all have different time perceptions and so we should respect others and prepare in time our participation in daily activities; Every day we meet at 21h00 in a circle to evaluate our day, share whatever with the group and read our mail box; Each day a different room is responsible for daily house work: food preparation support, garbage, dinner cleanings, etc..
Volunteers in this international workcamp (IWC) are involved in various levels of the organization, providing a determinant support for the success of this International Meeting. Being AVANCA an idea sharing favored space, creative fusion and cultural interchange between, professionals, students and cinema and multimedia lovers, IWC volunteers will naturally participate and dive in this international, culture and creative atmosphere. 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 between the cities of Aveiro and Porto. In the working periods, IWC volunteers will do the following tasks:
Work:
Sinalethic setting for the different spaces in the film festival AVANCA 2016; Poster and pending poster distribution; Exhibition setting and Organization; Adaptation of the EB23 Egas Moniz school classrooms for festival workshops; Workshop related Video-IT equipment installation and testing; Cleaning and preparation of the Auditorium of Avanca for competitive sessions of Cinema and Video; Organization of the EB23 Egas Moniz School's polyvalent hall for the Television competitive sessions; irport reception and welcoming of the AVANCA 2016 international guests – directors, actors, producers, technicians, etc... Cleaning and maintenance of spaces used by the IWC; Check-in support for the AVANCA 2016 participants and guests; Organization of the available camping for the workshop participants; Management and maintenance of the Workshop rooms; Cantine support; AVANCA 2016 promotion post support (Which will have several articles related with the festival); AVANCA 2016 Secretariat support; AVANCA 2016 Press Cabinet Support; AVANCA | CINEMA International Conference Secretariat support; Film Projection support during competitive sessions; Cleaning and maintenance of the AVANCA 2016 related installations; Gastronomy Festival support held in AVANCA 2016 weekend; Collecting and verifying workshops' equipment; Reposition of the used spaces on their initial configuration and cleaning of the same spaces. Collecting the material of the expositions and wrapping the exposed works; Collecting AVANCA 2016 posters and pending posters in Avanca and in Aveiro region.
Accommodation & food:
in tents in a specific place of Egas Moniz School, in Avanca. School cook will provide meals. Some of these meals will take place in restaurants of Avanca.
Meeting point:
21st July in Avanca Train Station during all day. Volunteers must provide their time of arrival so that the organization staff can pick them up.
Terminal:
Getting to Avanca from the International Airport of Lisbon www.ana.pt 1. Bus transfer to the train station of "Lisboa-Santa Apolónia". www.carris.pt or by Taxi; 2. Intercity Train "Lisboa–Santa Apolónia" – Aveiro or ALFA service train "Lisboa-Santa Apolónia – Aveiro www.cp.pt ; 3. Urban Train North railway - Aveiro – Avanca www.cp.pt Getting to Avanca since the International Airport of Oporto www.ana.pt
1.Surface subway transfer to the train station of Porto São Bento www.metrodoporto.pt or by Taxi; 2.Urban Train North railway - Porto - São Bento Avanca www.cp.pt For more information on train timetables consult the website www.cp.pt.
This project has as main purpose, continue the international working camp carried out in 2015, which was a success, by an environmental attitude, we want improve and finishing the work that we do in the fountains. And simultaneously create a moment of intercultural encounter with young people from many countries. The project carried out in 2015 went very well however we can not intervene in all sources as we wished. Thus we maintain the objective of CTI is to complete the restoration work of the 5 fountains of Arrouquelas.
Work:
produce road signs indicating the path to each fountain; repair the pedestrian roads that lead to each fountain, or open new roads, if needed; Produce tablets with relevant historical content related to each fountain, such as dates of construction, dates or reconstruction, historical facts, the peoples that used each fountain, creating a compendium of the historical importance that the fountains have had and is nearly lost; Restore the abandoned fountains and damaged parts of the ones that are still active. We intend to create an intercultural evening open to Arrouquelas community.We would like also to rely on the collaboration of the participants to a pedagogical approach to the integration of people with cultural differences such as refugees who now seek shelter in Europe.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation location is in the center of our village, a community house, with two floors. a floor where men sleep, and a floor where women sleep. Will be used camp beds provided by the Portuguese Navy, we asked the participants to bring sleeping bags. The baths are in common changing rooms with gender separation. All meals (breakfast; lunch; snack; dinner) will be made by local cook, with the help of the participants.Practical Information - Arrival date – 21 th July - Work language – English - Insurance (kind of covers) – All participants will be ensured. Working hazards, illness and personal accidents are covered. - What to Bring (personal things) – All working tools will be supplied by the Association. Participants should bring comfortable clothes, suitable for working in the field. We will do trips to nearby cities and to the shore, so participants should also bring suitable clothes for this situations.Meeting point - will be in Bus station in Rio Maior city.The Participants can reach Lisbon by plane or train and then shall take a bus to Rodoviária do Tejo, Rio Maior . Arrival and departure dates and time shall be communicated to H2O so that we can be prepared to pick up the participants when they arrive and take them to the bus when they leave.
Location & leisure:
The Working Camp will take place in Arrouquelas, a small town near Rio Maior. http://www.jf-arrouquelas.pt/How to reach ?Participants should be able to reach Lisbon on their own, by Plane, train or bus. When in Lisbon, find a Bus for Rodoviária do Tejo, http://metro.transporteslisboa.pt/ (metro station is SETE RIOS, Near Zoo, there you find Bus station) Take Expresso to Rio Maior. We can pick up all participants in Rio Maior when we know their arrival dates and time. Sms when you arrive in Lisbon 00351962747045
Bus website:
http://www.rede-expressos.pt/
Leisure :
the participants will be able to visit nearby cities, learn about Portugal, its history, habits, culture and language. We will provide entertaining activities that will keep all participants motivated in this project. During the project we plan to take the participants for a tour in our region, visiting places of cultural and environmental interest
Requirements:
All participants must respect each other, the institutions and the association. Working tools supplied by the association must be handled with proper care. Residences must be kept safe and clean for everyone. Portuguese rules and legislation shall be followed and respected.
Uva lies in the surroundings of the International Douro Nature Park, with an impressive set of dovecotes: there are several of them, they take on various shapes, and they have an unquestionable unique heritage and architectural value. Furthermore, they are situated in an agriculturally and historically rich village which integrates the Special Protection Area of the International Douro Nature Park. This is where the dovecotes' restoration works will take place. The main goals of this workcamp traditional dovecotes, thus preserving architectural heritage and passing down traditional construction techniques; to enable the discovery of the Miranda Plateau, a unique rural region, rich in natural beauty, biodiversity, culture and traditions; and bringing together the young participants and the local community, therefore promoting intercultural (urban/rural, international/national) and intergenerational (youngsters/the elderly) encounters and exchanges.
Work:
planned for the dovecotes' restoration will be cleaning it on the inside, as well as its surroundings; removing the walls' original coating; restoring the rooftop; preparing the new limestone coating and whitewashing the outer walls.
Accomodation & food:
Basic housing with electricity, hot water, shower, WC, kitchen, dining room, bedroom (equipped with bunk beds) and barbecue area. Meals will be prepared by all the volunteers, taking turns, yet always accompanied by a cook. Breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, dinner, and night snacks will be provided.
Location:
Old Primary School of Uva (Antiga Escola Primária de Uva), in the municipality of Vimioso. GPS: 41º29'28.26"N 6º30'41.02"O
How to reach:
Option A bus from LISBOA to VIMIOSO (499 km) - By bus (Rede Nacional de Expressos) info in http://www.rede-expressos.pt/
Option B bus from PORTO to VIMIOSO (233 km) - By bus (Rodo Norte): Information in www.rodonorte.pt
Palombar is responsible for driving the volunteers from Vimioso to Uva and back (both on arrival/departure and during the workcamp, whenever needed).
Leisure:
there are several activities planned for the participants to get to know the beautiful local landscapes, the rich cultural traditions and the local community: helping villagers in their everyday tasks (watering the vegetable gardens, taking cattle to pasture, knitting, baking bread, etc.), trekking and hiking, bird watching, visiting the Miranda Donkey Centre, visiting the Algoso castle, visiting Vimioso, cinema nights, various games.
Name Equação, Cooperativa de Comércio Justo, CrlAim to promote organic farming, fair trade and healthy lifestyles among the population (especially Youth).Activities promotion of fair trade principles in Portugal (fair trade shops, exhibitions, clubes, members and public/private entities); EVS volunteering activities; development of projects about education for cooperation and development, solidarity, healthy lifestyles, responsible tourism and consumption, organic farming, etc.; local awareness for organic products (organic and biodinamic farming); organization of international work camps; organization of youth exchanges and other youth in action projects; Fair Trade awareness (shops, school activities, fairs, etc.).
Web-page:
www.equacao.com and Social Net: www.facebook.com/LojaDoComercioJusto and E-mail: jmrppinto@gmail.com
Work:
working in organic farms from the region of Amarante; training on fair trade and sustainable development (ex.: workshop about Fair Trade and healthy food); presentation to the city and region; group dynamics; visit to the most important places of the city; visits to some of the main cities and spots in the North of Portugal (Guimarães, Porto, Parque Natural do Alvão).
Accomodation & food:
Participants will be accommodated in shared rooms (4 participants each) of Casa da Juventude de Amarante (even so participants should all bring sleeping bag). Casa da Juventude de Amarante is located in the city center of Amarante (just 10m walking distance from the bus station) and has its own kitchen, wc and showers. In terms of food, our youth centre has a bar\restaurant proposal for the volunteers (breakfast, lunch and dinner) always taking into consideration our aims (healthy food with organic and vegetarian ingredients). Laundry available (self-service). This youth centre has free wireless. Arrival date - 19.09.16 - Work language – Portuguese, English - Insurance (kind of covers) – We will have insurance (personnel accidents and civil responsibility) valid during the workcamp period. Members from EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein should bring their European Wealth Card. - What to Bring (personal things) – Sleeping bag and hygiene products, sun protector, swimming suits, working and sports clothes and shoes.Meeting point (day, time, period and place)
Day:
19.09.16 Time: from 9h00 Place: Casa da Juventude de Amarante, Av.ª General Silveira, n.º 193, Cepelos, 4600-017 Amarante (in the city center)
Location & leisure:
Amarante is a small town in the North of Portugal, part of Porto district (60km far from Porto, to the interior) with 12 thousand inhabitants (in the center). It is a quite famous city for tourism, culture and wine production. Indeed is quite near (18km) the Oporto wine region. Is crossed by Tâmega River (one of the rivers ending at Douro River that crosses Porto till the Atlantic ocean) and it is on the valley of one of the most important Portuguese mountains, Marão (1450m). Amarante is well located (nearby passes highway A4 connecting to Oporto and highway A11 connecting to Guimarães) and has a good public transport system (bus station). The city is 40 min way from the nearest airport (Oporto) by car.How to reach ?
Main connections using public transports:
LISBON-OPORTO - By train:
Lisbon / Oriente station (05h55; etc.; 18h55) – Oporto / Campanhã station (09h05; etc.; 21h55) - Price €30,00.(more details at: http://www.cp.pt) By bus: Lisbon / Oriente station to Amarante (11h00; 14h00; 09h00; etc.; 16h00; 18h00) - Price: € 20,00(more details at: http://www.rodonorte.pt)
OPORTO-AMARANTE - By bus:
(Street Ateneu Comercial do Porto, 19, from monday to friday) Price € 7,20 (more details at: http://www.rodonorte.pt)
Requirements:
Inside the building of Casa da Juventude de Amarante is not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol (except in the bar or balcony); Garbage should be separated: glass, plastic, paper, organic; We all have different time perceptions and so we should respect others and prepare in time our participation in daily activities; Every day we meet at 21h30 in a circle to evaluate our day, share whatever with the group and read our mail box; Each day a different room is responsible for daily house work: food preparation support, garbage, dinner cleanings, etc..
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
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