🇵🇹🌱🌾 A Rural Regeneration Journey in Portugal Bringing Young People Together Through Nature, Community Life and Sustainability – European Solidarity Corps Volunteering Teams Experience in São Luís 🇵🇹

🌍 Project Description
Regeneration Rural CAMP is a European Solidarity Corps volunteering teams project hosted in São Luís, a rural village in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal. This initiative offers a deep immersion into rural life, community building and regenerative practices. Volunteers will live together in a shared territory where nature, local traditions and emerging sustainable lifestyles intersect. The project promotes collective action, solidarity and learning-by-doing in a real rural context, encouraging young people to reconnect with land, community and slower ways of living.

🌱 Main Activities
🌾 Village and territory care activities
🥕 Collective vegetable garden and food-related practices
🎨 Land Art and nature-based creative work
🏡 Community life participation and collective living
🤝 Hands-on contribution to local regenerative initiatives

🏠 Accommodation and Support
🏡 Accommodation at the CoRe Learning Center in São Luís
🛏️ Dormitory rooms with 4 to 6 beds and shared bathrooms
🍽️ All meals fully covered during the activity
💶 Allowance of 90 € for the full activity period
🚶 Essential services within walking distance in the village

🎓 Training and Learning
🧠 Practical and collective learning through daily activities
🤝 Learning how to cooperate, co-create and live collectively
🌍 Non-formal education in a real-life rural environment

👤 Participant Profile
🌍 Young people aged 18–30 residing in the European Union
🌱 Interest in sustainability, regeneration and rural life
🤝 Openness to collective living and teamwork
🎯 Motivation to contribute hands-on to community projects
🧭 No previous experience required, only commitment and respect

📅 Activity Dates
28 March 2026 to 11 April 2026

⏰ Application Deadline
15 January 2026 – 23:59

🔗 Application Link
https://www.co-re.info/en/regenerationruralcamp

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