On the way to BLOOM - APAFF Associação Protecção Animal da Figueira da Foz

Name: On the way to BLOOM - APAFF Associação Protecção Animal da Figueira da Foz
Start: 2019-10-01
End: 2021-09-30
Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal

Code: 2f995dc6-aa0d-11e9-8db8-0242ac110041 Copied

Portugal Youth activities Culture European Voluntary Service Social work Youth activities Culture +3 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

BLOOM – Associação Sócio-Cultural is a non profit organisation founded in March 2008. BLOOM works in different regions in Portugal, mainly in the country side.Our mission: To support, consult, develop and implement social, cultural and educational projects with a national and international dimension, to empower initiatives and organisations, in the local community, mainly addressed to youth.We are working on the following objectives:1. To develop and implement social cultural and educational activities in order to promote the well- being. 2. To promote cooperation and to support network development.3. To coach, support and empower local organisations and initiatives, mainly of youth and rural areas, to increase local development. 4. To promote local traditions, participation, citizenship, competences and personal skills. 5. To develop international projects, mainly at European level. 6. To foster the social cohesion, the intercultural dialogue, the mutual understanding, the tolerance, solidarity, fight against racism, human rights and equal opportunities, having as reference the European values. 7. To spread youth information and increase the access to information.8. To support organisations by providing trainings, seminars and information meetings.9. To promote the access to the International Fair Trade of products produced by social, economical and geographical disadvantaged producers.10. To promote Ecological environment practices.11. To promote the quality, quantity, value and access to national and international voluntary work. BLOOM is managed by 5 members of the board plus 8 other members (social corps), who develop volunteer work inside BLOOM, in it’s 2 main delegations (Lousã and Figueira da foz), to empower youngsters with and without special needs/fewer opportunities and local organisations.

💼 What the programme involves

ONLY FOR FRENCH VOLUNTEERS

The main goal of APAFF (Animal Protection Association of Figueira da Foz) is to find a lifelong, loving home for every pet, which includes objective to improve the quality of life for all companion animals by creating and supporting programs that save the lives of homeless pets and promote healthy relationships between people and pets. Activities in APAFF: Educational material: workshops about basic needs of companion animals, responsible ownership, importance of neutering and spaying, safety around pets, etc. Videos, games, role play, theatre, drawings, etc. Practical animal care: Feeding, giving water, cleaning bowls, poop scooping, changing bedding, washing dog houses, inspecting and reporting health or behavior issues, socializing and comforting the dogs; teaching dogs basic obedience commands and grooming them are some of the daily activities at the site. Food collection campaigns: Each first weekend of the month in local supermarkets. More tasks available by e-mail.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will stay, together with other EVS volunteers in a house, rented by the coordinating organisation. The rooms in the house are individual or shared with one other volunteer.

Transport: In Figueira da Foz volunteers will be delivered to the location where the activities will take a place by the Receiving organisation.

🍲 Food

The volunteers have lunch (a hot meal) in the organisation or a school canteen during week days free of charge. For all the other meals they get food allowance from the Supporting organisation.

ℹ️ Additional information

We appreciate young volunteers that are: open minded, feeling confident with the objectives of the Host organisations, like animals, are creative, taking initiatives, having a sense of responsibilities, organised and able to adapt to different conditions of living and work, flexible to establish relations with different persons. It’s very interesting when volunteers have special abilities to contribute to the projects, although it’s not necessary to have any special knowledge, education or skills.

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