The “Learning Together” project will take place in Portugal in Casa Pia de Lisboa (CED Aurélio da Costa Ferreira), Associação Qe and APCL, receiving organizations that work with disabled people. This project is composed by 1 EVS activitiy for 6 volunteers that will start in October 2016 and end in September 2017. In this application we will consider activities with duration 12 months. The project will be coordinated by ProAtlântico – Associação Juvenil, involving 6 sending organisations from Estonia, Spain, Italy, Romania and Slovenia and 3 receiving organisation from Portugal. The main objectives are: - improve informal and non-formal competences & skills of volunteers, children & young people to improve personal development and employability in the European labour market- raise expectations towards future, open mind and horizons of people with fewer opportunities- promote active citizenship in society, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity- foster quality improvements in youth work- enhance the international dimension of youth activities and the role of youth workers- promote healthy behaviours and well-being- develop basic and transversal skills: entrepreneurship, digital skills and multilingualism (Portuguese, Estonian, Spanish, Romanian Italian, Slovenian).The volunteers must be very human, self motivated, proactive, creative, with handwork skills, with self-initiative, willing to take on new challenges, very flexible and ready to help in different tasks of the children/young people education and life. A high motivation to work with this group and special interest on music, dance, theatre, sports, cooking, computers, handicrafts, gardening, history, can be an added value, since these areas their fields of interest and will be the way to reach their attention. So, is expected the volunteers have a positive attitude, patience and good listening capacity.The activities performed by the volunteers will be:*Support pedagogical activities: art workshops, sports & therapeutical activities, professional simulators*Create/ develop new activities (ex: music or arts workshop)*Support daily activities: eating, leisure activities, interaction games *Sport activities*Sensorial activities (eg. Snoezelen)*Project of integration with animals*Weekend getaways*Divulgation of Erasmus + Programme (in schools, Universities, youth clubs and youth events)*Personal dissemination projectWorking methods used by the volunteers: group dynamics, conversations, cultural visits, internet research, presentations, drawing, singing, body expression, dancing, cooking, active participation in the receiving organisations activities, games, workshops, send e-mails, take pictures/ record videos, meetings, presentations in schools and Universities about Erasmus + Programme.Results expected:*Creation of a video and promotional materials done by volunteers to be used by all partner organizations & other stakeholders to disseminate the project in events and social networksImpact envisaged:*Development of new skills, abilities and competences for the volunteers & for the community involved in personal, social and cultural field to raise employability chances*Build new research, analysis and evaluation tools, in order to take a better practice in the future*Create positive awareness on volunteers & local community about different cultures*Enrich free-time activities’ of the receiving organization, where volunteers offer support and provide new ideas, points of view, methods and techniques and improve their methods and capacity to provide quality activities to their beneficiaries.*Improve the work of the sending organizations in preparing future volunteers*Motivate other young people to take part in Erasmus + programmeThe potential longer term benefits:*Increased chances of employability for volunteers*Improved learning performance*Increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and active participation in society*Increased self-empowerment and self-esteem*Enhanced intercultural awareness*Better awareness of the European project and the EU values*Increased motivation for taking part in future (formal/ non-formal) education or training after EVS abroad*Improved foreign languages competences *Increased number of people taking part in Erasmus + programme*Better quality in youth work in partner organizations in favour of young people and volunteers *Increased motivation and satisfaction in daily workThis is a project designed to contribute for a learning exchange between the partners, volunteers, children & youngsters from the receiving organization and also local comunity.