[ ] Placed – A reflexion on asylum and integration in Portugal

From housing to education, integration to inclusion. Reboot is looking to fund projects that are supporting refugees, migrants and stateless people in Portugal.

The urgency to respond to the needs of refugees, migrants and stateless people has motivated us to create a space to collectively reflect on the issue of integration and asylum in Portugal, lead by the voices that face this reality daily.

The open event “[ ] PLACED” aims to celebrate cultural diversity, in an environment open to sharing and debating, that motivates the community to actively take part in the inclusion of all.

One way to actively take action is by supporting two highly impactfull projects to refugees, migrants and stateless people.

This campaign is focused on fundraising for the project Um cabaz para o mundo (A Basket for the World), from the São Cirilo Center and the Educational Program - Portuguese Lessons, by Lisbon Project.

A Basket for the World, São Cirilo Center

“A Basket for the World” is a project promoted by the São Cirilo Center.

The project “A Basket for the World”, from the São Cirilo center, aims to support 30 families, mostly migrants and refugees, that are currently in situations of social vulnerability, with a weekly food basket.

The technical team at the São Cirilo Center also prepares, with each household, a Life Project (LP). This LP promotes the empowerment of the beneficiaries in order to integrate them socially and professionally in Portugal (e.g. teaching portuguese, providing technical skills, etc). The LP comes to an end with the autonomisation of the family, normally through job integration and the resulting economical stability (average support term: 6 months - 2022 data).

Educational Program – Portuguese Classes, Lisbon Project

Lisbon Project’s mission is to build a community that integrates and includes migrant and refugee people. Education is one of their courses of action, focusing on teaching Portuguese Language. Knowing the language of the host country brings an advantage in the integration and inclusion in the community, which is why the classes should be made available and accessible to any person who needs them.

Both projects focus on empowering and providing tools to build a safe and stable life. That is why they have been selected for this campaign. We believe in their potencial to facilitate the inclusion of refugees, migrants and stateless people that have chosen Portugal as their new home.

Programa Educativo – Aulas de Português, Lisbon Project

About the author

Reboot is a non-profit organisation, founded in 2020, which lives and breathes of the work of 30 young volunteers. Focusing as much in Environmental Sustainability as in Social and Economical, it’s mission is to empower people and organisations through accessible information, all the while being a co-agent for change.

It is recognised, amongst other things, for its easygoing and uncomplicated communication - having as a main instrument social media; for the event Circular 2021, the event of the year about Sustainability that brought together a panel of speakers that represent significant nacional voices in this area; and for the production of "Sustento: Realidade Insaciável", the first documentary about food waste in Portugal.

Um cabaz para o mundo, Centro São Cirilo

Budget and due dates

A basket for the world, Centro São Cirilo

The weekly support for a family is 20€ = 1 basket/week. With “Um Cabaz para o Mundo” project, we intend to achieve the following objectives:

• 1st: 600€ = 30 households supported with a food basket;
• 2nd: 1200€ = 30 households supported with a weekly food basket for 2 weeks;
• 3rd: 2400€ = 30 households supported with a weekly food basket for 1 month.

The aim of this campaign is to reach a minimum value of 600€, thus comprising a food basket for 30 families. The campaign will continue to run, even after reaching this amount, so that we can meet the second and third monetary objective.

Educational Program – Portuguese Classes, Lisbon Project

The objective is to raise funds to follow at least 15 students in the complete process from level A1, until reaching level A2 and being able to pay the costs of other materials such as books and exam fees.

• Level A1 Course - 15 Students
  • Registration + Level Test. Total 80 hours.
  • Teacher cost: 1120€
  • Operating cost: 1600€ (space rental, services, other costs) = 20€/hour)
  • Total cost: 2720€
• Level A2 Course - 15 Students
  • Registration + Level Test. Total 80 hours.
  • Teacher cost: 1120€
  • Operating cost: 1600€ (space rental, services, other costs) = 20€/hour)
  • Total cost: 2720€
• Books (Student + Exercises) - 15 Students
  • 1 Set per student: "Passport for Portuguese Levels A1/A2", Robert Kuzka & José Pascoal. Editorial LIDEL.
  • Total cost of books: 507,30€
• CIPLE Initial Certificate of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (Official Exam) - 15 Students
  • Information about the CIPLE exam here.
  • Total cost: 1125€.

To reach the total objective, the cost will be: 7072,30€ (472€ per student).

The aim of this campaign is to reach a minimum value of 2720€, thus comprising the Level A1 Course for 15 Students. The campaign will continue to run, even after reaching this value, so that we can also provide the Level A2 Course, books and the Initial Certificate of Portuguese as a Foreign Language.

Commissions

The creation of crowdfunding implies the payment of commissions, namely the amount of 337,45€ given our total objective.

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