About

Piratas do Pau (PdP) is a young design, product development and production centre with a strong social and environmental focus. The main objective of this sustainable social enterprise is to create unique furniture, bags and other products out of local materials like wood, metal, leather and reclaimed materials, combined with quality training and creation of fair jobs for young vulnerable Mozambicans.
Their mission is to provide opportunities for young vulnerable Mozambicans to get quality training, professional production experience, real job possibilities and creation of fair jobs.

Location

As the Hosting Organization is located in different sites of Maputo and Mozambique the communities are very diverse. Nevertheless, the majority of them are located in the cities and surrounding areas, especially between Maputo City and Maputo Province.
Generally, the communities offer easy access to diverse kind of facilities like banks, including ATM, internet access, hospitals/health care centres, local transport from one place to another (especially between home and work placements), shops and entertainment.

Accommodation

Volunteers stay with local host families.

Volunteer Tasks

• Support with the daily running of the production centre
• Be actively engaged in the set‐up of the training programmes
• Assisting the workshop chef, working with the young trainees and in the creation of the furniture and other objects
• Assisting in the preparation of the training center and acquisition of equipment
• Assisting the trainers
• Working with the young craftsman (if wanted);
• Documenting the trainings (recording with video equipment and editing);
• Assisting in the design and development of new objects (if wanted).
• There is also the opportunity to learn making furniture, welding, spraypainting and other skills

Volunteer Requirements

• Be enthusiastic and energetic
• Be open minded and patient
• Be a fast learner
• Gender and age are not important, but preferably above 22 years