The Solidarity Centre of Braga / Projecto Homem is a non-profit Private Institution of Social Solidarity, founded in 1991 by the Archdiocese of Braga, the Vicariate of Charitable Action and Caritas Archdiocesan of Braga. 

It specialises in the treatment, prevention, harm reduction and reintegration of people with addictive behaviours and dependencies. The therapeutic-educational programme Projecto Homem works from a Christian anthropological vision defending the dignity and freedom of the individual. It provides services in the fields of health, social work, citizenship, education and justice. 

It is authorised by the Service of Intervention in Addictive Behaviour and Dependencies (SICAD), with a Therapeutic Community Agreement and a Cooperation Agreement with the Social Security Institute for Social Reinsertion.  

Its mission is:

1. To take care of people with addictive behaviours and dependencies. 

2. To promote family, social and labour inclusion through the therapeutic-educational programme Proyecto Hombre. 

3. To intervene in the areas of prevention, treatment, reinsertion, risk reduction and harm minimisation. 

It aspires to be an institution of reference in the field of addictive behaviour, recognised for its good practices and results. It tries to answer to the expectations of its users and members, taking into account the new challenges and the urgency of new responses.

It values are:  full respect for the dignity of the person, christian humanism, social responsibility, quality of care, solidarity and a sense of volunteerism. 

The tasks of the volunteers will be: 

-To take care of people with addictive behaviours and dependencies. 

- To promote family, social and labour inclusion through the therapeutic-educational programme Proyecto Hombre. 

- To interven in the areas of prevention, treatment, reinsertion, risk reduction and harm minimisation. 

We want the volunteer to be present in the different self-help groups that take place in the morning, to go through all the sectors in the afternoon and to participate in the activities that have been programmed. Accompanying the day therapists, the volunteer will have the opportunity to get to know all the technicians and to learn different ways of intervention.

People with addictive behaviors and on going addictions and families in situation or at risk of social exclusion.

All students selected for the VUELA program will receive common training for participation in volunteer activities. 

Consult YOUR UNIVERSITY in the following links for training dates, location and conditions.  Don't forget to mark them in your calendar. This training is mandatory and is part of the project.

The on-site support will be done by the organization itself. The welcome to Braga and the follow-up of any incident will be supported by the reference person of the Catholic University of Portugal, in the Braga Campus.

Volunteers will stay free of charge in an apartment in Rua de Camoes (next to the university) in a single room. Bathroom and common areas are shared.

All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) are provided by the host institution on the days the volunteer is colaborating at the instituion.

Information on the possibility and conditions of financial support for these concepts can be found below, by consulting YOUR UNIVERSITY

Students will have to purchase a free bus pass that will allow them to move around the city of Braga during their volunteer service.

Portuguese Catholic University-Oporto (Costança Barbosa)