Ricardo helped the shop team prepare the welcome kits given to customers when they move in, prepared part of a warehouse to store the set for a theater play, and registered every door in need of a little care.
With the marketing guys, he collected photographic material and accompanied the expansion work at the Carcavelos/Abóboda warehouse, helping enormously to put up essential signage for the new floors to open on time. He also gave a helping hand to the maintenance team who taught him the basic tricks and with whom he painted part of the walls on site. The Carcavelos/Abóboda facility is currently one of the largest self-storage warehouses in Portugal, well marked and thought out in detail!
Ricardo also had the opportunity to volunteer at the Sol Fraterno association, a social solidarity institution friend of ours, which is KUBOO’s neighbor just 5 minutes away from the Carnaxide warehouse. One of KUBOO’s many social solidarity partners.
Among other conditions, Ricardo has autism. He’s a student at IPEIP-As Descobertas, an educational and charitable institution, friend and partner of KUBOO, located in Belém, 5 minutes away from our Carnaxide warehouse.
KUBOO and IPEIP have collaborated on several occasions, having found a positive space to develop advantageous initiatives for the students and the community. For a long time, the two parties had been discussing the possibility of creating a bridge in the pedagogical field by hosting a student at KUBOO to practice and develop social and vocational skills.
Ricardo came as a trainee and left as a friend. Every day began with a powerful ‘Good morning!’ and ended with a heartfelt ‘See you next week!’ The ‘smile’ was a constant during the days Ricardo spent with us.
We miss him!