{"id":33575,"date":"2022-07-29T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T09:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralmed.pt\/ami-centralmed-the-human-being-at-the-center-of-concerns-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:05:28","slug":"ami-centralmed-the-human-being-at-the-center-of-concerns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralmed.pt\/en\/blog\/ami-centralmed-the-human-being-at-the-center-of-concerns-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AMI \/ Centralmed: the human being at the center of concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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AMI \/ Centralmed: the human being at the center of concerns<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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“Mitigating inequalities and suffering in the world, with the human being at the center of concerns”: this is how AMI (International Medical Assistance) defines its core purpose. With the partnership established with Centralmed, this Portuguese NGO has been able to undertake a consistent path of investment in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), thus creating more appropriate conditions for fulfilling its crucial mission of humanistic inspiration. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is AMI and what was its challenge?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Founded in 1984, <\/span>AMI<\/span> has operated in 82 countries across five continents. The <\/span>goal is always to help the most vulnerable<\/span><\/a>, whether through sending hundreds of volunteers or tons of medicines, medical equipment, food, clothing, vehicles, and generators, to name a few examples.<\/span><\/p>

Internationally, <\/span>AMI<\/span> develops three major types of interventions, namely: Emergency Missions, Development Missions with expatriate teams, and International Projects in Partnership with Local Organizations (PIPOL). Its actions are always tailored to the specific characteristics and needs of each context. As such, interventions always have a phased profile, seeking to ensure the sustainability of the development process being implemented.<\/span><\/p>

Since 1994, considering the reality in Portugal, AMI has expanded its area of operation to minimize the effects of poverty and social exclusion in the national territory. Consequently, it currently has 15 Social Equipment and Responses in the country, namely: nine Porta Amiga Centers (Lisbon \u2013 Olaias and Chelas, Porto, Almada, Cascais, Funchal, Coimbra, Vila Nova de Gaia, and Angra do Hero\u00edsmo); two Night Shelters (Lisbon and Porto); two Street Teams (Lisbon and Vila Nova de Gaia\/Porto); one Home Support Service (Lisbon) and one Food Reception Center (Porto). <\/span><\/p>

A third aspect of AMI’s work involves promoting active citizenship in the areas of associationism, training, or the environment. As such, it seeks to encourage the participation of young people and adults in concrete projects in these domains. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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