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<img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/untitled_project_61.png" style="width: 1200px; height: 628px;">Find a Local Friend, Find your Buddy! The International Relations Office at Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC) and Instituto Superior Miguel Torga (ISMT) have joined forces with ESN Coimbra to promote the ESN Coimbra Buddy Programme.This programme aims to better integrate foreign students who come to study at Universidade de Coimbra (FLUC, FDUC, FMUC, FCTUC, FFUC, FEUC, FPCE, FCDEF, CA, III, ICNAS), Politécnico de Coimbra (ESAC, ESEC, ESTeSC, ISCAC, ISEC) or at Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, offering the help of a Portuguese student – your buddy.Your buddy will be the main person responsible for helping you before and after your arrival, so if you have any doubts concerning aspects of living or studying in Coimbra, ask him/her or contact ESN Coimbra through our Facebook page: <a href="https://facebook.com/esncoimbra">https://facebook.com/esncoimbra </... you would like to have a buddy, or to become a buddy please register here: <a data-lynx-mode="hover" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpapaya.iter-idea.com%2F%3Ff... rel="nofollow noopener" style="color: rgb(0, 174, 240); box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;" target="_blank">https://papaya.iter-idea.com/</a> or down bellow! Once you get a buddy, you will receive a notification on the Papaya App with all the contacts to reach your Buddy!  We hope that your Internacional Mobility experience will be unforgettable. Erasmus Student Network is always here to help you. If you have any question during this experience, just contact us by Facebook, Instagram or e-mail. For more information about the ESN Coimbra Buddy Programme, contact: <a href="mailto:education@esncoimbra.org" style="color: rgb(0, 174, 240); font-family: "Open Sans Light", "Roboto Light", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">education@esncoimbra.org</a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans Light", "Roboto Light", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" src="https://papaya.iter-idea.com/#/auth" width="100%"></iframe> <h2 style="margin-bottom: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans Light", "Roboto Light", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">FAQ  </h2>How can your Buddy help you?<ul style="margin-top: 1.71429em; margin-bottom: 1.71429em; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans Light", "Roboto Light", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Contact you before your arrival.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Answer your doubts before your arrival.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Pick you up at the train station/bus station.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Take you to your hostel/hotel/dorm and help you with housing questions.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Show you how public transportation works in the city.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Accompany you during first purchases.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Show you how to get to the Institution and help you there.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Help you with bureaucracies. </li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Be supportive during the whole semester.</li></ul>Do you want to become a Buddy?Have you ever travelled alone in a foreign place that you did not know? Have you ever felt lost for not having your friends or family by your side? International students are roughly your age and are faced with a different language and culture than the one they are used to. They don't know anyone in Portugal and YOU can be the friend they need the most!  What does a Buddy do?As a buddy, you must help integrate the international student! Some of your tasks should be:<ul style="margin-top: 1.71429em; margin-bottom: 1.71429em; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans Light", "Roboto Light", Helvetica, Arial, "Nimbus Sans L", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Contact them before their arrival.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Pick them up at the train or bus station.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Take them to the place where they are staying and help them with accommodation.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Show them how public transport works.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Show the Institute that will welcome them and how it works.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Let them know the city.</li><li style="margin-left: 40px; box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.25s linear 0s;">Be a support point during their stay.</li></ul>What can the Buddy Programme give you?You will be able to live an Erasmus experience in your own city while expanding your horizons, training a foreign language, helping a person ... and even gaining a friend!  Do you need to speak English?No, it is not mandatory to speak English. If you have English skills you can develop them in this program but, if you don't have them, you can also apply as well. There are international students with whom you can contact in Portuguese, you just need to indicate that in your application.Powered by:

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