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合作夥伴 / PARTNER

Aims: Support to local/regional organic farmers to raise awareness among the participants and the population on organic farms, organic food and fair trade; to develop skills related to agriculture work in organic farms and environment preservation; to run activities in order to increase the level of commitment at local level (Amarante) for organic and Fair-Trade products

工作 / WORK

Participants will learn the fundamentals of organic, biodynamic agriculture and Fair Trade supporting small organic producers in the TEmega region. The usual tasks will be:- Harvesting grapes and treading them in the wine press during the Vinho Verde harvest.- Construction of infrastructure (walls, irrigation and drainage systems, chicken coops, mushroom production structures).- Harvesting/collecting vegetables (potats, tomats, beans, etc.) and fruits (strawberries, raspberries, chestnuts).- Promoting the Sustainable Amarante campaign through visibility actions (street and awareness workshops)- Preparation/organization of a Fair of local, organic and Fair Trade products in Amarante.- Supporting the maintenance of the Amarante Urban Garden.- Supporting the harvesting of aromatic herbs in the Cimo de Vila Agrcological Community

住宿和食物 / ACCOMODATION AND FOOD

Participants will be accommodated in shared rooms (4 participants each) of Casa da Juventude de Amarante. Casa da Juventude de Amarante is in the city center of Amarante (just 10m walking distance from the bus station) and has its own kitchen, WC and showers. In terms of food, our youth centre has a bar\restaurant proposal for the volunteers (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) always taking into consideration our aims (healthy food with organic and vegetarian ingredients). Laundry available (self-service). This youth centre has free wireless.

位置與休閒活動 / LOCATION & LEISURE ACTIVITY

Amarante is a small town in the North of Portugal, part of Porto district (60km far from Porto to the interior) with 12 thousand inhabitants (in the city center). It is a quite famous city for tourism, culture, and wine production. Indeed, is quite near (18km) the Oporto wine region. Is crossed by TEmega River (one of the rivers ending at Douro River that crosses Porto till the Atlantic Ocean) and it is on the valley of one of the most important Portuguese mountains, MarEpoundo (1450m). Amarante is well located (nearby passes highway A4 connecting to Oporto and highway A11 connecting to GuimarEpoundes) and has a good public transport system (bus station). The city is 40 min way from the nearest airport (Oporto) by car.

要求 / REQUIREMENTS

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主辦單位 / Host organization

Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude

IPDJ or Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude is a governmental organization that has the task to implement in the whole national territory and at international level the youth policy. The PORTUGUESE SPORTS AND YOUTH INSTITUTE (IPDJ), results of the fusion in 2012, and succeeds in all the powers and obligations, of public bodies in the area of sport and youth, in particular the Portuguese Sport Institute, the Portuguese Youth Institute, the Foundation for the Dissemination of Information Technologies and MoviJovem (Youth Hostels and Youth Card). IPDJ is widespread in the whole continental territory, with presence in the 5 regions (North, Center, Lisbon, Alentejo and Algarve) and their 18 district capitals. We have 8 areas of intervention as we develop several national programs about it – support youth organizations, citizenship and participation; health and healthy lifestyles, studies on youth; Non-formal education, social inclusion and gender quality and innovation and entrepreneurship and employment. At International level we have several youth actions. We are a member of CCIVS and we have been an active partner on International Workcamps (especially through SCI) more than 30 years till now (as ex-IPJ). https://programasjuventude.ipdj.gov.pt/