ESC: CENTRE FOR DEAFBLIND PEOPLE

ProAtlântico, founded in 2001 in Oeiras, promotes activities for youth and seniors, focusing on inclusion, cultural exchange, and personal development.
ProAtlântico - Associação Juvenil was founded in 2001 is based in Porto Salvo, Oeiras, and carries out activities with children, young people, elderly people, and handicapped people, mainly in Oeiras Municipality.
Most of the activities with children and young people take place during the school breaks, such as sport tournaments, National and International exchanges, and entertaining and cultural activities; and after school, as educational support. We try to help these young people to develop life skills, to be more independent.
Along the year we have several projects with elder people, as summer camps, Cultural Trips, New Year party, and balls.
In 2003, we started to work with Youth Program, and we took part in youth exchanges and in several training courses and seminars around Europe.
Today ProAtlântico – Associação Juvenil has more than 10.000 members, and gives special attention to needy people, and those with less opportunities. And aims to give people the chance to establish contact with other cultures, in order to help them to find ways to deal with their own problems and to break the existing prejudices.