Donate 3 hours of your time for a united Ericeira
3horas is a platform where foreign (and Portuguese) citizens of Ericeira can donate 3 hours of their time to help local social and sustainable initiatives. By sharing your skills, knowledge and time you can help local initiatives to thrive, and bridge the gap between foreigners and the local community.

How you can help this week
Week 5
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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01January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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06January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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08January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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08January
2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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09January
2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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12January
2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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13January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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15January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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20January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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20January
2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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22January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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26January
2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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27January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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29January
10:00 am - 11:00 amHelp with exercises at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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2:00 pm - 4:00 pmVisit the elderly at the Ericeira elderly home
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Our projects
Let's connect with the local elderly
We are thrilled to announce that we are launching some wonderful volunteering projects with the local elderly home, Santa Casa da Misericórdia da Ericeira! You can help with their weekly exercises, help serve lunch or dinner or just come and pay them a well earned visit Getting involved is super easy! Just sign up for the project you’d like to help with, and on the day of your activity, head over to the elderly home and let them know your name at the entrance. They’ll guide you on where to go from there.
Let’s make soup for homeless people
We're excited to team up with the Ericeira initiative Amigos do Coração to help homeless people in Lisbon. Every Wednesday afternoon, a small group of our volunteers will come together near Ericeira to make delicious soup for about 100 people in need. Every Wednesday from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM we assemble a group of 4/5 people, cook up some hearty soup and prepare 100 containers to deliver to Amigos do Coração headquarters.

Let's help families in need with FAROL
FAROL is a beautiful volunteer project helping local families in need, of which there are way more than you might think. Founded by the parishes of Ericeira and Carvoeira, they provide daily food distribution, hospital transport, tutoring, legal support, and even help people find jobs and homes. You can help them preparing the daily care boxes for the families, help out at their stand at supermarket Intermarché or help collect food from shops, restaurants and even schools in Ericeira.

Let’s give isolated people a great experience
Pedalar Sem Idade (Cycle without Age) is a nationwide initiative where old people and people with reduced mobility can enjoy a bike ride in a Trishaw: a special adapted bicycle with a comfy couch. They just opened in Mafra and are desperately looking for volunteers. As a volunteer, you’ll pick up a passenger from their home or a meeting point and take them for a ride of about an hour around the city, maybe even to a place full of memories.

Let's help shelter dogs with Ericeira Paws
Ericeira Paws is a dedicated group of volunteers working to improve the lives of the dogs and cats from the Mafra animal shelter. They are giving love and care to around 40 dogs and 10 cats who are living in stressful, caged environments. You can help them by walking the dogs, fostering a dog for a limited time, help them to organise fundraisers and create content for their social media.

Let's clean the beaches with Movimento ALP
We are excited to start our first collaboration with Movimento Ajude a Limpar a Praia. They organize beach clean-ups and teach environmental care in Ericiera. You can help them in various ways.
3horas is a new matchmaker between foreign citizens and local social and sustainable initiatives in Ericeira and the Lisbon area. We ask foreign citizens to donate 3 hours per month (or if they want: per week) to share their skills and time to help.
By investing time in each other, foreign citizens can help local initiatives to grow, and these initiatives can help foreign citizens to become a relevant part of the community.
When you sign up you'll get acces to our mailinglist and Whatsapp group where we regularly post initiatives that need specific help, and how to get in contact with them.
Our aim is to give the growing amount of foreign citizens of Ericeira the means to contribute to the local community, and help bridge the gap between locals and foreigners in our beautiful city.
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Frequently asked questions
For sure not! Anyone that wants to help local initiatives is more than welcome. Both foreigners and portuguese. We emphasise on foreign citizens because we want to give them a easy accessible way to contribute to the many wonderful initiatives of our city.
No. Our base is in Ericeira, but foreign citizens and initiatives from the whole Lisbon area can participate. But because we think that foreign citizens and the initiatives should be able to visit each other when necessary, we decided to service only the Lisbon area. If 3horas turns out to be a succes, we can start thinking about expanding.
Because we think 3 hours per month is a fair percentage we can ask to donate. But everyone can decide to donate more time to a local initiative if they want.
No. You can decide to donate 3 hours just one time. But you can also decide to donate 3 hours every week. It's up to you. We post the local good causes that need help in our emailings and Whatsapp group. You can decide if there is a organisation that you want to help. If not, no worries. There is always a new cry for help next time.
Yes, that's a good one! We think the average level of Portuguese among foreign citizens is not that good, so a basic knowledge of English of both parties is required.
Local initiative needing help?
Are you a social or sustainable initiative from Ericeira or the Lisbon area and do you need a specific skill or help for free? Contact me and we'll get you in touch with our foreign citizens.
Hi there!
My name is Matthijs, and I’ve been living in Ericeira for two years now with my wife and our 13-year-old son. Even in this short time, I’ve noticed the impact of the growing number of foreigners moving here.
That’s why, together with a group of like-minded people, I created 3horas—to give foreigners an easy way to contribute to the community they live in and help them become a meaningful part of Ericeira.
My background is in advertising for sustainable brands, and I also run The Happy Activist, a Dutch-based platform where I share daily videos of inspiring grassroots sustainability initiatives.
Looking forward to making a difference together!
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