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Why choose ImpacTrip?

ImpacTrip is a travel promoter that fights social inequality through volunteer tourism in Portugal. We have partnered with Just a Change to give you a life-time opportunity to volunteer and discover our country.

Just a Change is a non-profit organization that has the main goal of fighting the poverty housing. Mobilizing all the necessary resources to a construction work, Just a Change tries to give back the housing dignity to the needed families. With a large focus in the construction of relationships with the families that supports, Just a Change intends to create “Just a Change” in their lives, with the hope that these changes become a turning point into a hopeful and joyful live.

Vision: A world in which everyone had a decent home.
Main objectives: Remodeling 130 homes and 60 social organizations in the next 5 years

Founded
2015

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Nuno Reis e
Male
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program
Program:
Construction Summer Camps - Volunteer in Rural Portugal

Fun

May 15, 2018

Amazing people with high quality methodology. Helping needed persona and having fun, with persons from diferent background, countries, ages...

All the workshop, evento for a shirt time was efective. Helping and developing persons in need. Infracstrures are a very difficult area to work. Using deep knolegde and motivacional methodology to engage vollunteers and beneficiaries...
This project should bem replicated to all countries...

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Raquel
Female
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program
Program:
Construction Summer Camps - Volunteer in Rural Portugal

Amazing Experience

Apr 12, 2018

I had the opportunity to enroll two of these camps and I recommend it to anyone who wants to create a huge impact in people's lives. Home is the most important place in the world, and being able to improve it for people in need is a beautiful and fulfilling thing. The group interaction is very strong and the environment is really really fun. The work is intense but it is totally worth it ! I met amazing friends and visited beautiful places. I will definitely repeat this experience !

Pedrogão Grande, Summer 2017
Carolina
Female
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program
Program:
Construction Summer Camps - Volunteer in Rural Portugal

Epic

Apr 12, 2018

Unlike most volunteer projects, Just a Change has an immediate impact on people's lives. Throughout the week you'll see the team work making the dream work.
The Summer Rural Bootcamp is both productive and enjoyable. Who would know rehabilitation programs in rural areas could be this fun!
You will realize you were born with two hands: one for helping other people, and the other for holding a beer.
It is an epic week, to say the least..

Pedrógão Grande
Beatriz
Female
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program
Program:
Construction Summer Camps - Volunteer in Rural Portugal

Awesome

Apr 12, 2018

What an amazing experience, to participate in one of the Just a Change's bootcamp.
I would definitely recommend it, the impact you can create in someone's life by rebuilding a house is unbelievable. You will also have time to enjoy the experience with the other volunteers, that become such good friends at the end of this intense bootcamp.
If you're planning on having the best summer, just start by applying for one of the amazing bootcamps of Just a Change. You won't regret it!

Ferreira 2017
Ben
Male
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program
Program:
Construction and Renovation - Volunteer in Lisbon

Mid-November to Mid-February

Mar 8, 2018

I enjoyed the friendly and helpful staff, and had a great time working and meeting with local Portugese at my construction renovation project. I think a particular positive aspect of Impactrip is the location of the apartment: far away from the downtown area to be quiet and comfortable, yet close enough to any public transport to efficiently travel, not to mention Estrella's own sights to see in parks, churches, and neighborhood cafes like Tentadora where I would always get my pastries and cafe every morning. I look forward to more travel to other countries, as well as especially coming back to Lisboa.

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Sara Fonseca

Program
Construction and Renovation - Volunteer in Lisbon
Job Title
Communication and Marketing Manager
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Sara is a 32-year old roller hockey fan from Oeiras, a beach village just 20 minutes away from Lisbon, Portugal. She can't say no to a travel adventure, to meeting new people or learning about new customs, and photographing everything, because she believes memories are the best things in life.

What is your favorite travel memory?

I have so many memories, so many stories to tell, that I cannot find the best. The first and hilarious time I've been on a Tuktuk ride in Bangkok; the car trip I made with two friends traveling all over England coast; the boat adventures in Crocia; the luxury of Macau; or visiting a poor school in Angola, are just some of the many experiences I can count on.

Traveling is this: having many memories and giving many memories, without having to have any favorites, but always enjoying to the maximum.

How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?

It changed me for the best. Knowing different people, characters, cultures, religions, and races, but having a common concern is fantastic!

Responsible tourism is a different way of traveling that really makes a difference. As much as we are all different, the way to travel unites us always in the end. It is very gratifying to know that we are showing our country in a different way and that, moreover, we are allowing those who visit it to make it better.

What is the best story you've heard from a return student?

We have many different, moving, and unique stories. All of our volunteers tell or provide us unique stories and moments.

I can share the story of a girl from Beirut who came to our Fighting Food Waste Program to learn and create a similar program in her homeland. She was 100% committed, super curious, and learned immensely. Having a goal like this is fantastic and makes our work even more impactful.

If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?

I like all programs because they are all very different, and they help in completely different ways. If I had to choose one, though, I think I would choose the Marine Conservation Program.

Being in direct contact with nature, learning how to preserve it, and helping is fantastic. I have never done this experience but I have been there many times. I see the joy of the volunteers, the enthusiasm with which they leave the water and tell what they saw, and the joy of seeing the amount of garbage they take from the bottom of the sea at each dive. It's an amazing experience, with lots of adventure and with a very important final result.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

The passion that the whole team has. We work 24 hours a day so our volunteers feel at home and enjoy the experience the most. The team always has a smile and is always ready to help. In addition, the experiences are unique, and transform the lives of those who live them.

I feel proud every day, but especially when we hear feedback from those who have been with us and from our social and environmental partners. Knowing that we change the lives of those who give and of those who receive, is the biggest reason for my pride.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

Once again, the biggest factors are the passion of the team and the unique programs. We introduce our volunteers to a Portugal that not even all the Portuguese know – in a different way, dynamic, and very impactful.

Another important factor is the relationship that we have with our Social and Environmental partners. Because we have such a close relationship with the Institutions, we have been able to respond to their real needs in a timely manner.

Understanding their real needs and being able to respond to them through the help of dedicated people, is one of the great keys to our success.