“Hello, my name is Felicitas, I am a 22 -year-old student from Austria. I finished my bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture last autumn and was later struggling to find the motivation and inspiration for my master´s degree. Feeling quite unsure about further studies, I joined the program of Plantar uma Árvore in February and stayed…
“Hello ! I am Sarah, 20yo from France and for the first three months of this year I was a volunteer with Plantar Uma Arvore for the Life volunteer Escape program. I had the opportunity during my bachelor degree to live abroad for an erasmus exchange, when I start looking for a volunteering I directly…
“Hello ! I’m Mathieu, I come from France and I did a volunteering with Plantar uma Arvore in Serra do Alvão for three wonderful months, from the beginning of January to the beginning of April. After graduating a Master degree in Geography, I decided to join the Life Volunteer Escape program to discover how nature…
“I left Italy during the darkest and the coldest moment of the year, January, and I didn’t know yet that the experience in Portugal would have brought so much happiness in my life. All the people that I met, from my flatmates to the associations’ members, gave me the best present: they open themselves, talking,…
“Olá! My name is Carmen, I am 23 years old and I am from Spain. Last Sunday I said goodbye to one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences I have ever lived after 3 months working in Serra do Alvão with Plantar uma Árvore association. Apart from the gratifying work we did, mostly planting…
“I’m Emma, I’m from the UK and I volunteered at Plantar uma Arvore in Sintra for 4,5 months between August and December. I joined the programme as, after working in finance in London, I was keen for a change and I love nature and hope to work in conservation in the future. Over my time…
“Working with Plantar Uma Arvore for Volunteer Escapes was a memorable experience. It made me realize how ignorant we have been with environment and its preservation. When it comes to the Workspace, we were provided with a friendly environment. Working with this organization boosted my confidence regarding communication with my teammates and also with local…
“Hi I’m Valentin from France. I spent two and half amazing months as a volunteer within the Plantar uma Árvore team. I’m very grateful for having the opportunity to live and work in such a beautiful place. I was already familiar with some parts of Portugal but I was eager to discover this area and…
“I am very happy with my experience volunteering for such an excellent organisation. Plantar Uma Arvore has met my expectations and I am really grateful to their fantastic team for allowing me to experience the hard-work beauty of tree-planting. I was really in the zone on tree planting day and every hole I dug felt…
“Hi, my name is Amelie. I’m 18 years old and from Germany. As part of my gap year after finishing high school, I have spent two and a half months in Sintra and worked as a volunteer with Plantar Uma Árvore – Associação. When I arrived in the beginning of October, the very next day,…