Equal Opportunities throughout Music

Surrounded by beautiful hilly countryside, with many cultural and historical places to visit, outdoor activities with breathtaking landscapes and only half and hour from the Spannish border and just two hour distance from Lisbon by car, our organization and mentors will be very happy to host you and guide you throughout the whole project to serve your better future!
After becoming familiar with the functionning of the association, the volunteer will be able to help on a wide range of topics dealing with youth Participation, develop cultural activities within the band purpose and to help out in the day by day of the Philharmonic Band and their members.
The volunteer will actively participate and colaborate in several tasks around the framework of the Philharmonic Band, and they will always have a right to speak and purpose her own ideas and wishes.
The project also aims at solving the lack of opportunities for local youth to engage in international cooperation, actively use different langaages, meet in real people from different cultures and so develop own comptences and skills to serve the best to local youth within the Framework of global and multicultural education.

PROFILE OF THE VOLUNTEER:
Please have in mind several important issues about this project: We are selecting 1 volunteer who will be participating in the project that will start in July and ends in September 2017. We need a volunteer who can commit to this dates, and most importantly to this project. The project itself has a established timetable, but we are counting on ideas, initiatives of the volunteer. The profile of the volunteer: - Young people male or female, between 18 and 30 years. The Summer months are the most active for all the members of the Philharmonic Band.
The creativity, and eagerness to contribute, will be essential, and the capacity of playing a musical instrument or the desire to learn how to play will be highly appreciated. The volunteer will work together with other members of the asssociation on an equal basis.
We are also looking for people who like to be in touch with nature and like to live in rural areas. - interested in working in youth projects and be part of an organization with more than 100 years. - Having a basic level of Portuguese will be a Plus in order to begin helping with basic tasks - Passionate about culture and youth, eager to discover new cultures and experiences.
In addition, the volunteer will have a mentor, a person who is responsible to accompany them during their work, to supervise and informed them on how to perform the tasks and select the tasks.
With this person, the volunteer will try to define her own interests and may propose project ideas / activity that she would like to accomplish during her stay here. Together they will evaluate the proposal, and eventually, start with the implementation of it.
In the first few weeks, the tutor and the volunteer will meet several times a week to establish the work plan and to make him our her as fast as possible comfortable within the association, the staff and the resources available. Slowly, the volunteer will feel more and more confidence in herself, which will positively affect her performances. However, each time a new task is proposed to a voluntary, she will be provided with a training to help her understand and successfully fulfill the assignments.