ESC: Volunteering w/ deaf-blind people - Volunteers from Spain & Italy

Casa Pia de Lisboa (CPL) is a public institute whose mission is to promote the rights and protection of children and young people, especially those in danger and at risk of exclusion and with special educational needs, in order to ensure their development through reception, education, training and social and professional insertion. Its action focuses on inclusive learning paths, considering welcoming as transitory and returning to the family as the center of institutional intervention, prolonged schooling, qualifying initial training with double certification and the relevance of intervention with deaf and deaf blind students . The work developed by CPL aims at the best interests of the child and the construction of their life project, based on the adequacy of resources and guiding principles to the needs of each student, materializing through personalized development projects. CPL mission is to integrate children and adolescents, namely those without an adequate family environment, guaranteeing them an inclusive educational pathway, based, on prolonged schooling, quality professional education and a commitment to professional integration and, whenever necessary, welcoming them. CPL aims to be to be recognized as an entity of excellence in the provision of Education, Training and Reception services, promoting the protection of the rights of each child and ensuring the creation of bases for a sustainable future. CPL is based on values: Autonomy; Entrepreneurship; Democratic intervention; Participation; Early intervention; Responsibility; Social solidarity To accomplish it's aims, there are different services provided by Casa Pia de Lisboa: *Temporary Foster Home / Emergency Unit *Permanent Foster Home *Accommodation for Young People Leaving Care *Schools specialized in disabilities *Kindergarten and School *Professional Schools *Centers for Leisure and Holidays *Pedagogical Centre and Farm *Community Centre *Cultural Centre and Museum Casa Pia de Lisboa has different structures around Lisbon region: 1- Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento Santa Catarina 2 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento Santa Clara 3 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento Jacob Rodrigues Pereira 4 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento D. Maria Pia 5 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento Nossa Senhora da Conceição 6 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento D. Nuno Álvares Pereira 7 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento Pina Manique 8 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento António Aurélio da Costa Ferreira 9 - Centro de Educação e Desenvolvimento Francisco Margiochi 10 - Centro Cultural Casapiano