🇵🇹🤝🌍 European Solidarity Corps Short-Term Volunteering in Portugal – Mais Solidariedade, Melhor Cidadania: Social Action, Youth Engagement & Active Citizenship in Faro 🇵🇹✨

🌱 Project Overview
This European Solidarity Corps (ESC) Individual Volunteering opportunity takes place in Faro, Portugal 🇵🇹 and focuses on social inclusion, youth participation, education, and active citizenship. The project brings together volunteers from different countries to work with young people through creative, educational, and community-based methods while also encouraging volunteers to develop their own initiatives.

🎯 Volunteering Activities
Volunteers will be actively involved in social and educational activities with young people, including:
🎨 Social and educational intervention using arts, sports, games, theatre, study, and pedagogy
🤝 Participation in ongoing youth projects and community initiatives
🧠 Development and implementation of volunteers’ own ideas and small projects
🏫 Engagement in a shared youth space together with other youth organisations
🌍 Collaboration with international volunteers in a multicultural environment

🏡 Accommodation, Food & Financial Support
🏠 Shared furnished apartment with other volunteers
🚻 Separate rooms by gender
🍽️ Food allowance included, also during holiday periods
💶 Monthly financial support provided via bank transfer
📦 Living and working conditions fully covered within the project budget

🎓 Training & Support During the Activity
📘 General Online Training
🗣️ Language learning support
🔄 Training and evaluation cycle
🤝 Mentoring and continuous support
📜 Recognition of learning outcomes

👤 Participant Profile
🎂 Aged 18–30
🌍 Motivated to engage in social and educational work with young people
🤝 Open to teamwork and intercultural learning
🎯 Interested in personal, social, and professional development
♿ Selection is fair, transparent, and inclusive — no previous qualifications or experience required

📍 Project Location
Faro, Portugal 🇵🇹

🌐 Activity Topics
🤝 Social challenges
🎓 Education and training
✊ Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)

🧭 Eligible Applicant Countries
🇵🇹 Portugal

📆 Activity Dates
From 05 January 2026 to 28 February 2026

⏰ Application Deadline
📅 Application Deadline: 31 December 2025 – 00:00

🔗 Application Link
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49343_en

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