The Refugee Support Platform (PAR) is an initiative of the Instituto Padre António Vieira, consisting of a set of organizations from the Portuguese civil society, whose purpose is to support the refugees and find a solution for one of the worst humanitarian crises since the Second World War. Aware of the need for an urgent…
“No one questions that the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ is the biggest humanitarian problem nowadays and that it is urgent to solve it. This crisis represents millions of men and women of all ages, as well as children, dramatically exposed to great dangers, suffering the inexpressible, and whose future does not seem to exist. Following the…
The Academia Ubuntu is a project from IPAV – Instituto Padre António Vieira – of Ignatian inspiration. The project seeks to train young people from socially unfavourable contexts or those with an ability to work in these contexts, so that in the future they are able to develop innovative and social entrepreneurial projects for their community.…
In response to the Decree of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation from the 19th General Congregation, which asks us to cooperate with other organisations in the defence of life and the culture of peace, we participated in Lisbon in the Support Commission for Human Trafficking Victims (CAVITP). This committee emerged in 2006 from the…
The Schools of Pardon and Reconciliation (ES.PE.RE in Portuguese) are a proposal for community service through which participants are helped to make an ethical reading of their feelings of resentment caused by aggressions against them. By directly working with feelings of anger, hatred, bitterness and desire for revenge – in groups of 10 to 15…
Leigos para o Desenvolvimento (“Laity for Development”) is a non-profit association with a legal, canonical and civil personality, officially recognised as a Non-Governmental Development Organization (NGO). It is an association inspired by Ignatian spirituality and it, currently, develops projects in Angola, Mozambique, Portugal and Sao Tome and Principe. Young volunteers work there for at least…
“Rabo de Peixe Sabe Sonhar” (Rabo de Peixe can dream) is a project of the Society of Jesus with which we, the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, have been collaborating since its beginning in 2004. This project includes a summer camp which enjoys the support of a group of volunteers from the university…
The Saint Raphaela Mary Foundation was created by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This Foundation of social solidarity promotes the full development of the person, both human and Christian, and it’s particularly focused on the underprivileged. The Saint Raphaela Mary Foundation is in charge of the social projects currently delivered…
The Association Raphaelle Marie is a lay association created by the Handmaids which promotes sports, cultural and leisure activities for the children of the Chènevières neighbourhood. Its main goal is to provide a motivating educational space, in close collaboration with parents, and to create the basis for responsible social relations and civic behaviour. It is…
