From October 2016 to November 2017, the Association co-promoted the HIT Project – Humanise, Intervene, Transform – together with the European Intercultural Club, as part of the Lisbon City Council’s BIP/ZIP 2016 Programme, as a result of the partnership work between the various entities that make up the EFE NETWORK – Educação, Training and Employment (Beato, Areeiro), such as Beato Parish Council, Aga Khan Foundation, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, K’Cidade Programme, UPAJE – Union for Cultural and Youth Educational Action, CDI Portugal, Olaias School Group, António Arroio Art School, ‘Viver Melhor no Beato’ Residents’ Association.

This project took place in Olaias, in the Carlos Botelho neighbourhood), involving activities with around 262 young people up to the age of 35.

• Language classes (English, Spanish, Italian and French).
  dance and theatre classes;
• CDI Community, which resulted in a song to raise awareness of bullying.
• Attending to and responding to the individual needs of young people, with training referrals and help finding a job.
• Promotion of 3 Erasmus+ exchanges, two in Spain and one in Portugal.
• Creation, development and implementation of 5 Community Intervention projects in the area (‘Father, Mother, Shall We Talk?’; ‘An Adventure in Search of a Direction’; ‘Find Our Spot’; ‘Re-Creative Station’; ‘Radio Multi’ – the Association continued to support the development of Radio Multi at the Olaias School throughout 2018).
• A three-week summer holiday programme for children from the neighbourhood.
• 15 young people completed the Summer Camp Animators Course, certified by UPAJE.
• 13 young people took part in the Local Leaders and Animators Course.
  workshops (Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem, Basic Emotions and Conflict Management, Job Search Techniques, CV and Cover Letter Writing, Life Project Construction) both at EB 2/3 das Olaias and at ‘Employability Week’ – an initiative also created as part of the project.
• 17 young people took part in study visits to 8 companies to give them real contact with the professional reality.