REMAR Portugal
Associação Remar Portuguesa
Lisboa, Portugal
About
Founded in 1989, REMAR Portugal is a non-governmental organisation based in Lisboa, Portugal working on poverty & hunger, housing & homelessness, addiction +5 more.
REMAR Portugal is the Portuguese branch of REMAR, a Christian non-governmental organisation working with people in poverty, homelessness, addiction and social exclusion. Operating from Portugal since 1989, it runs reception and rehabilitation centres for men and women, food aid projects, second-hand Solidarity Shops, street outreach and an annual Christmas solidarity dinner. Its work is supported by volunteers and donations of goods and money. Through the wider REMAR network, which the organisation states operates in more than 70 countries, it also runs child care homes, schools and emergency humanitarian responses, including in Ukraine and Venezuela. The organisation describes its mission as fighting poverty, marginalisation and social exclusion, grounded in Christian values.
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Mãos Abertas
Poverty & Hunger · Portugal
Monthly distribution of food baskets to families in need, many of them single-parent households, in cities including Porto, Coimbra, Mem Martins, Setúbal and Portimão.
Coração em Ação
Housing & Homelessness · Portugal
Street outreach with volunteers distributing food and accompanying homeless people, people with dependency issues and women in prostitution, run with Partilha Constante ONGD.
Ceia de Natal Solidária
Poverty & Hunger · Portugal
Annual solidarity Christmas dinner for homeless people, orphans and families in need, held in Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Setúbal.
Lojas Solidárias
ViewPoverty & Hunger · Portugal
Second-hand shops selling donated goods at symbolic prices or free in special cases, with proceeds funding social and humanitarian projects; also collects used furniture from homes.
Programa de Apadrinhamento de Crianças
Children & Youth · Mozambique, Eswatini
Child sponsorship programme funding food, education and healthcare for children in REMAR care homes.
Heating Center, Kids Program and Social Kitchen
Humanitarian aid & Disaster relief · Ukraine
REMAR S.O.S initiatives offering warm shelter, clothing and meals to refugees, educational and art therapy support for refugee children, and hot meals to communities affected by crisis.
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Partilha Constante Associação, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade de San Carlos da Guatemala, Mensageiros da Paz, REMAR Internacional
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