🇵🇹 ESC Volunteering Opportunity with Portuguese Red Cross – Short-Term Adventure!

📍 Location: Vila de Cucujães, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
🗓️ Activity Dates: 25/08/2025 – 28/11/2025
⏳ Application Deadline: 01/07/2025 23:59
🔗 Original Link: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/46982_en

🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport

• 🛏️ Shared apartment (10–20 min walk from work sites) with Wi-Fi, bedding & towels
• 🍽️ €330/month for food & personal expenses
• 🚑 Full health insurance provided; transport arranged when needed

📚 What You’ll Do

• 🎲 Organize games, sports & educational activities for children & teens (including foster care & disabilities)
• 🤝 Spend time with elderly residents & support recovery leisure programs
• 🍽️ Assist with meal prep, laundry & community projects
• 🛠️ Help maintain & clean the local Pilgrim Shelter; join renovation tasks as needed

🎓 Training & Support

• 📋 On-site, step-by-step task training by the Hosting Organization
• 🇵🇹 On Arrival ESC training by the Portuguese National Agency
• 🌐 Free online Portuguese course + extra learning based on your interests

👤 Who Can Apply?

• Age 18–30, residents of eligible ESC countries
• Available full-time 25/08–28/11/2025 (physical, hands-on role)
• Reliable, proactive, team-oriented; no prior experience required

🇪🇺 Eligible Countries:
🇪🇸 Spain · 🇮🇨 Canary Islands · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · 🇮🇪 Ireland · 🇲🇹 Malta · 🇨🇾 Cyprus · 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 🇭🇺 Hungary · 🇱🇻 Latvia · 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 🇪🇪 Estonia · 🇵🇱 Poland · 🇮🇸 Iceland · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 🇭🇷 Croatia · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

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