Category Archives: Notícias
According to FAO, about 820 million people around the world experience chronic hunger while among them 113 million cope with acute severe insecurity, with the estimations being more adverse due to the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, regarding data from the EU prevalence of food insecurity significantly increased from 9.4% (2007) to 12.2% (2011), with […]
The partners of the European project DIANA – Digital Intelligent Assistant for Nursing Applications met in Vienna (Austria) for what would be the last plenary meeting of the consortium. The event took place between January 11 and 13 and was attended by all the partner entities, namely: Cáritas Coimbra (Portugal), Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal), EET […]
On 28th and 29th December 2022, the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra (CDC) tested the Zensi application at the Rainha Santa Isabel Centre with members of the nursing team. This technology is being tested within the scope of the Pharaon Project, of which the institution is a partner. Zensi consists of a sensor placed under […]
In November 2022, ALLright(s) – Direitos para tod@s (ALLright(s) – Rights for all), a project implemented by Cáritas Coimbra, began the work with children and adolescents, with the goal of promoting education for human rights, gender equality, diversity and interculturality. During the 1st period of the present school year, awareness-raising sessions on Human Rights were held in […]
On December 15th, Cáritas Coimbra hosted an online co-creation event in the framework of the European Project SUST-AID. The event was held by the Innovation Department and had the participation of professionals working in different areas related to food aid programmes, namely a representative of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in […]
On the 29th and 30th of November, Cáritas Coimbra participated in the second face-to-face Consortium meeting of the #Agapeecosystem project, hosted by project partner #LIST in Luxembourg. CDC was represented by the project manager Ângela Pinto, who presented the results of co-creation activities (workshops and focus groups) conducted under the scope of WP1. Elisabete Pitarma […]
Cáritas Coimbra’s Nursing Home Santo António has been testing the DIANA project pilot, under the scope of the AAL Programme, which consists in the installation of sensors in bedrooms and bathrooms with the purpose of detecting falls, as well as providing relevant information to prevent them. In an initial phase, in August and September, the […]
On December 7th, Cáritas Coimbra, through its Ethics Team of the Innovation Department, participated in the II International Congress on New Challenges of Human Rights, in which there was an opportunity to debate and disseminate the different ethical-legal aspects of some of the projects that are taking place in the institution. Three presentations were carried […]
The Day Care Centre of Rainha Santa Isabel Centre, a facility of Cáritas Coimbra, has been testing the pilot of the virtual assistant DIANA, which intends to help older adults in using the toilets. This test is part of the European project DIANA – Digital Intelligent Assistant for Nursing Applications, which has the partnership of […]
The “Toca a Mexer” (let’s get moving) project of the kindergarten of the Nossa Senhora da Anunciação Centre, Caritas Coimbra, was distinguished with the Friendly School seal. This recognition arises from the 5th edition of the Friendly School, which had the participation of thousands of schools from all over the Portuguese territory. The Nossa Senhora […]