Cais (magazine)
Cais | |
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description | Street magazine from Portugal |
language | Portuguese |
First edition | 1994 |
Frequency of publication | per month |
Sold edition | 16,000 copies |
(Imprint Cais Nr.197) | |
Editor-in-chief | Amílcar Fidélis |
editor | Associação CAIS |
executive Director | Anabela Pedroso |
Web link | www.cais.pt |
CAIS ( Portuguese for: Anlegerkai ) is a street magazine in Portugal that is distributed by people in difficult social situations in major cities in the country and has been published monthly since 1994.
CAIS is a member of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP), the international umbrella organization for street newspapers.
Street magazine
An editorial team and a team of photographers and journalists create a monthly glossy magazine that offers a wide range of topics in A4 format . In addition to a wide range of articles from culture and society, there are also photo series, comics, success stories of homeless people, interviews with celebrities, puzzles and much more. As a rule, the magazine only contains advertisements related to CAIS activities. A double issue appears in July / August every summer. The monthly circulation is 16,000 copies.
distribution
The street magazine is sold on the street by people in difficult social situations. The seller keeps 70% of the sales price of 2.00 euros. Some of the sellers themselves contribute to their street magazine by providing first-hand information on subjects such as homelessness , addiction or poverty .
society
The street magazine CAIS is the best-known activity of the non-profit association Associação CAIS , which was constituted in 1994 when the magazine was founded. The aim of the association is to improve the general living conditions of homeless people , people living in precarious conditions and people at risk of social exclusion through its projects . Social and economic self-confidence and the structure of everyday life should also be strengthened to such an extent that u. a. reintegration into regular employment becomes possible.
The association has offices in Lisbon , Porto and Coimbra . The offices serve as contact points for the homeless and people at risk of homelessness.
CAIS is a non-profit, privately owned association whose goal is the support and social reintegration of people in difficult life situations. The focus of the commitment is the street magazine published by the association as an employment project for people who are affected or threatened by homelessness or social exclusion. In other employment projects, the association creates jobs in charitable companies, such as CAIS recicla (design products, made from donated production scrap ), CAIS buy @ work (shopping delivery service, especially for office workers), CAIS lavauto (car wash for company fleets) or CAHO - capacitar hoje (professional manual car wash in the greater Lisbon area), u. a.