The Gap Year project is a 17 month EVS project with a two-fold objective. The first objective is to provide a 12 month experience for 3 young persons from Malta with a quality placement in Lisbon, during which the volunteers will gain essential competencies which will increase their employability and also their personal development. The volunteers will use this opportunity to gain experience through volunteering in the various roles which are assigned to them. The second objective is that through this placement with Associação Mais Cidadania, the volunteers will be assisting the organisation in three main projects:- A School which is located in a suburb of Lisbon - Apelação is a small perish in the municipality of Loures (suburbs of Lisbon) with high numbers of inhabitants, built for cooperative habitation and used for social relocation after the requalification of the eastern zone of Lisbon – Official information says 40% of families are of African origin and 39% gypsies; low incomes (low education and professional qualification, uncertain employment) and great social stigmatization. The volunteers will assisting AMC in the animation for students during leisure time, helping out in the canteen in delivering healthy meals to students, facilitating classroom learning to students with fewer opportunities, support the school staff in organized activities and assist students in their homework during library time. - The Admistrative office of AMC: The volunteers will also be in direct involvement with the management of AMC. One of their roles will be to give contribution to the Managing team on new project ideas which AMC can implement. The volunteers will also be involved in the project management of current project which are being implemented at AMC. The Volunteers will be given administrative duties like, compiling reports, research, needs analysis and anything which is involved in the daily running of a European NGO.- MAIS Skills drop in Centre: Volunteer will be included in creating and organizing local activities with the young people attending the centre to improve artistic skills and contribute in workshop and animations with children and teenagers; The Volunteer will also be included in the regular team at the office improving organization's communication and dissemination strategies, developing activities with local community about citizenship, do information sessions about EU mobility and promote local volunteering through local initiatives with children, youngsters and elders will also be part of the service, along with complementing schools' and youth centres' animators’ team in direct contact with migrants and minorities.The volunteers which were selected for the Gap Year Project are active in organizations in Malta and Gozo. Therefore, the envisaged impact is that after their placement the volunteers will go back to these organizations with new skills, ideas, partners and motivation which will impact the organizations which they work with on a local level. As part of the follow up activities planned with Prisms after their 12 month EVS experience the volunteers will be doing dissemination sessions to explain to the other Maltese youngsters about their experience in EVS. This will assist Prisms in the promotion of EVS on a local level. The info-sessions will be done with various youth centres. This campaign which is ongoing, will also be using the testimonial of the volunteers in an online manner. The volunteers with the support of AMC will be making a short film about their experience, this short film will also be used for the further promotion of EVS by Prisms and AMC. Both Prisms and AMC are members of NGO networks. The Gap year project will be used as a pilot project so as to invite other NGOs to join in exchange of volunteers. This will help all the NGOs involved to build a network of established good quality EVS projects which the volunteers coming from different countries can choose from. In EVS knowing the partners well is an important element which contributes to the success of the projects. Both Prisms and AMC will also be using this video to promote EVS with the young people that they work with. The video will be published on the websites and FB pages of the organizations. In addition, after the volunteers return to Malta, Prisms will also issue a press release about the volunteers experience and the support receives by Erasmus+ programme and EVS.Through the placement itself and the various roles assigned, the volunteers will gain new and added competencies which will help in both their personal and professional development. This will also enhance their employment opportunities. Thus, this project will be of a long-term benefit for the volunteers.