Preserving the natural and cultural patrimony of Lousa

Lousa Association for Cooperation was established in 2000 with the main objective to support local community. Now the association carries out a lot of projects including youth participation project, children's leisure time project and trainings for unemployed people. Its the 3rd year that an international volunteer project will take place in Lousa.

The project's theme is related to environment and cultural patrimony and the general objective is to sensitize the community, citizens and institutions for the importance of Lousa patrimony preservation and invigoration.

Volunteers tasks will be: cleaning the nature house (old water mill); cleaning the tracks in the mountains; organizing cultural activities for the community; presenting their country; meeting with secondary school students. The volunteers will use different tools to clean the house and the mountain tracks.

Free time activities include visiting a water mill, visit to Coimbra and the university, going to the beach, visiting old villages, etc.