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WELCOMEVOLUNTEERS 

EVS Intergeneration Volunteer

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Part. I Apresentation Host Organisation

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WHO ARE WE?

Co(op)ração is a cooperative of social solidarity, non-profit founded the 29/12/2008 and headquartered in Damaia, Amadora.

In turn, the current reality of the city of Amadora, being one of the most populous of Portugal and disadvantaged in the field of actions directed to elderly people, mainly on the implementation of Intergenerational Practices.

The aim of promoting the public senior’s: Dignity; Personal development; Participation in social life.

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WHO ARE WE? Mission To create value for users/co-operators, collaborators

and partners, acting for the senior population; to improve their life’s quality and to meet their needs through differentiated services.

Vision To be a social solidarity cooperative social,

sustainable and adapted to changes in social reality. Principles Professionalism (do-well/dedication and

competence); Social Awareness (social responsibility); Humanity (human dignity/respect); Justice (fairness).

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OUR MAIN STRATEGIC PILLARS:

Domiciliary Support Service Intergenerational dialogue Active Ageing

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WHY VOLUNTEERS ARE IMPORTANT?

Why are we in a social context with a considerable number of elderly and we also have various intergenerational projects, such as:

http://infogerar.blogspot.com/ http://infoanimar.blogspot.com/ Horta no Coração

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Part. II Introduction EVS

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Action 2 - European Voluntary Service Objectives The aim of the European Voluntary Service (EVS)

is to develop solidarity and promote active citizenship and mutual understanding among young people.

What is a European Voluntary Service project?

The European Voluntary Service enables young people to carry out voluntary service for up to 12 months in a country other than their country of residence. It fosters solidarity among young people and is a true „learning service‟. Beyond benefiting local communities, volunteers learn new skills and languages, and discover other cultures.

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WHAT EVS IS NOT

occasional, unstructured, part-time volunteering

an internship in an enterprise a paid job; it must not replace paid

jobs a recreation or tourist activity a language course exploitation of a cheap workforce a period of study or vocational

training abroad

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LOCAL PARTNERSHIPSOrganizations Type Local Scope

Ass. 5 Elemento Coordinator and partnership

Lisboa Coordination and partnership activities

Social Commission Damaia

Local partnership Damaia Forwarding and diagnostic needs

Local Council of Social Action

Local partnership Amadora Visibility, dissemination and exploitation of

resultsCommunity group of Neighbourhoods 6 May and star of Africa

Local partnership Venda Nova Visibility, dissemination and exploitation of

results

Thematic Group of Social Support and Health

Local partnership Amadora Visibility, dissemination and exploitation of

resultsCronocoop - Cooperative Services

Administrative Partnership

Amadora Administrative support, accounting and HR

National Agency YiA Institutional and financial support

Braga Support in EVS training cycle and all necessary legal actions and other

actions it deems important

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0ROLE OF COORDINATOR Financial and administrative responsibility of the whole project; Coordinate the project in cooperation with sending and host

organizations; Distribute the EVS grant to sending and host organisations

sending, according to the distribution of tasks formalised in EVS Activity agreement;

Ensure that volunteers will be involved in the entire Cycle of EVS Training and Evaluation;

Provide support to all volunteers in the host organisation; Perform all or part of the administrative tasks of Sending and

Host organizations involved in Project; Ensure, with sending and host organizations, that each volunteer

is covered by compulsory insurance group EVS provided by the youth in action programme;

Get visas (if it´s needed) together with sending and host organisations for each volunteer;

Fill and issue, together with the volunteers and with sending and host organizations, a certificate Youthpass for volunteers at the end of their EVS.

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0DIMENSIONS OF SUPPORT - HOST ORGANISATION Task related support Linguistic support Intercultural learning support Personal Support Free time and socialising Recognition of participation through the

YOUTH PASS.

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ROLE OF SUPERVISOR

Diagnose needs; Recruit and select volunteers; Orient and train volunteers; Monitor, supervise and evaluate volunteers; Valuing and recognizing volunteers; Monitor and evaluate the volunteer program; Introduction to the organisation (values, history, rituals,

members etc.); Information support; Technical support; Task-related training; Learning support; Clarity of given tasks on daily or weekly basis; Safety and security of working environment; Support to attend EVS training sessions; Encourage volunteer to attend language training.

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ROLE OF MENTOR

The mentor will have a key role in the following sections 3 AAA´s:

Assist to volunteer, principally in any crisis situation or problems during EVS;

Assist in the integration of the volunteer in local community and with the other volunteers and young people (intercultural adaptation and intercultural learning support);

Assist in the learning process and activities; and play the discussion of learning outcomes with the volunteer at the end of the activity, to obtain the Youth Pass,

The mentor cannot be the person who assigns and supervises the tasks of the volunteer.

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Part. III Introduction Project Intergeneration Volunteer

BECAUSE THIS PROJECT EXISTS?

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Amadora – an increase of elderly: according to the social diagnosis, 2008 City of Amadora there are an increasing number of elderly people, mainly with more than 75 years, in most

cases, these most women living alone. Have already been detected also in diagnosing Social violence and neglect against seniors, as well, is subject to poverty and social exclusion.

Portugal – loneliness and isolation: according to a national study that defines the profile of an ageing population in 2008, the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra, nearly 40 percent of the Portuguese from 65 years spend eight or more hours of his days alone "the solitude of our

elders is frightening" notes Anabela Mota Pinto, one of the authors of the study. According to the same author "the elderly in Portugal are very little exploited". Moreover, according to

Georg Gaul, Austrian Society of Cardiology, cited by agency Efe, the risk of death of people living alone is twice of that remain together.

Europa – Intergeracional: EVS as a way to develop Intergenerational Practices – increasingly recommended practice within European "means joining people with a purpose, through

activities that benefit mutually and promoting a better understanding and respect between generations" (Project MATES-Mainstreaming intergenerational solidarity, 2009).

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MAIN OBJECTIVES

Promover dinâmicas de solidariedade

intergeracional

Prevenir situações de dependência,

solidão e isolamento

Idosos

Contribuir para a melhoria da

qualidade de vida dos seniores

Jovens

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MAIN OBJECTIVES

Promoting Active Citizenship

Combat all forms of discrimination based

on age

SENIORS

Prevent situations of dependency,

loneliness and isolation

Promote active ageing

YOUHT

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES To develop solidarity and promote

active citizenship for 3 volunteers in the municipality of Amadora based on three pillars:

Aprendizagem não formal para

desenvolver a Solidariedade

Intergeracional

Aprendizagem empreendedora

para gerar redes de apoio sólidas à

população sénior

Aprendizagem participativa para

actuar nas necessidades da

comunidade local, principalmente

sénior

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Non-formal Learning for developing

Intergenerational Solidarity and Active

Citizenship

Entrepreneurial Learning to

generate strong support networks

to the senior population

Participatory Learning to act on the needs of

the local community,

especially senior

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ROLE VOLUNTEERS

Promotion of active citizenship by fighting all forms of discrimination, especially discrimination based on age;

Promotion of the autonomy and quality of life of the local community, mainly from seniors;

Promotion of the active participation of seniors;

Promotion of Senior´s communication, familiarity and Time Occupation;

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elderly living alone and few social support networks.

Volunteering is essential to boost the intergenerational practice and active citizenship through daily cultural actions (e.g. leisure, recreational, cultural, sport, religious, spiritual, social, intellectual, psychological training).

Moreover, young people will disseminate and exploit the results by raising awareness among other young people on the themes of the project and also will give their testimony about the experience.

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CONCEPTS

Práticas Intergeracionais• Procuram juntar pessoas com

um propósito, através de actividades que as beneficiem mutuamente e que promovem um melhor entendimento e respeito entre gerações.

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Envelhecimento Activo• Um dos factores para o

envelhecimento bem sucedido é a forma como se prepara a velhice, pois os comportamentos adoptados ao longo da vida reflectir-se-ão na fase final desta. No envelhecimento activo consideram-se três áreas principais de intervenção: a biológica, a intelectual e a emocional.