The President of the Food Bank Against Hunger of Madeira (Banco Alimentar) has asked for more people to help join their Food Collection Campaign, which started on the 29th of November and runs until the 8th of December. This is the region’s 24th campaign and in global terms, there are…
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The Madeira Food Bank (Banco Alimentar) has confirmed that it will hold a new food collection ‘Saco Campaign’ from the 30th of November to the 1st of December throughout the island’s supermarkets. Between the 28th of November and the 8th of December, the ‘Ajuda Vale’ campaign will also take place,…
The voluntary services ‘Fair of Wills’ started today on Avenida da Arriaga and Praça da Restauração, Funchal, and will run until Saturday, the 16th of November. Now in its 21st year, the initiative is part of the celebrations of International Volunteer Day and is made up of different charitable entities…
The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) has launched its annual saving seabird challenge, namely juvenile shearwaters who leave their nests and fall in built up areas due to light pollution. The SPEA team, within the scope of the Save a Seabird Campaign, carries out night patrols between…
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) will tomorrow, Saturday, the 28th of September at 10 am in the leisure area of Cruzinhas, Fonte do Bispo, municipality of Calheta carry out their seed collection initiative. “The action already has numerous interested parties, such as the organisation and volunteers of…
At the ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nestlé's presence in Madeira, the Swiss multinational company delivered three tonnes of products to the Madeira Food Bank.
Since the beginning of the restoration of the Ponta da Oliveira Garden, in Caniço, a space, managed by the Municipality of Santa Cruz in partnership with the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA), has already had 50 volunteers working at the site.
Between the 1st and the 31st of May, the Portuguese Red Cross – Madeira Delegation (CVP), through its Local Emergency Structure, registered a total of 379 occurrences.
The Madeira Food Bank (BA) needs volunteers for their Saco Campaign that will take place on the 25th and 26th (Saturday and Sunday) throughout the region's supermarkets.
The Association Help to Feed Dogs this week rescued a dog who was living in what could only be termed as miserable conditions. We have tried to help Pluto’s owner, who is an elderly lady several times but despite assurances that things would change like hygiene, a proper kennel, clipping,…
The Regional Government of Madeira has sent an offer of help to Morocco after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the region in the early hours of Friday morning, and which has so far caused the deaths of 820 people.
The Food Bank of Madeira marked its 11th anniversary, with the inauguration of artistic work by Zeca Diogo, which includes two pillars of the institution's headquarters.
This week has been a sad week, for the Municipal Canil of Funchal as they have had an influx of abandoned kittens, still too young to have left their mothers.
This week I would like to introduce you to Pintas.
As part of the 'Blue School Day – This Is My Beach,' celebrations which took place on the 19th of May, the Blue School Programme and the Eco-Schools Project, of the Dona Lucinda Andrade Basic and Secondary School, promoted two cleaning and rubbish collection activities: