Social Commitment

Connecting people and communities.

TAP Donate Miles Programme

TAP Donate Miles has been helping those most in need since 2004. This initiative allows our Miles&Go Clients to donate miles to a number of non profit and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that they can then convert into flights. In order to benefit from the Programme – which has a duration of three calendar years – organisations need to be our partners and they must have recognised and valued missions. Each organisation can raise up to one million miles per year.

Meet the current partners of the TAP Donate Miles Program, as well as the cause you can support:

APAV (Portuguese Association for Victim Support)

It has developed its activity of supporting crime victims, at a national and international level.

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Estímulo

Despite the obstacles posed by the pandemic, it managed to strengthen its partnerships with Mozambique, Cape Verde and Brazil.

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Médicos do Mundo

Within the scope of the social intervention of the Ndedja Mission (response to the tropical cyclone Idai which, in 2019, reached the central zone of Mozambique and displaced about 1.85 million people), it provided health care to 402 families.

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Mundo a Sorrir

The implementation of their oral health projects was simplified with trips to São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.

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SIM (International Solidarity to Mozambique)

Even in a year marked by countless challenges, it managed to carry out, in several provinces of Mozambique, various actions and prevention campaigns in the area of health and education.

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WACT (We Are Changing Together)

You can take more trainees and volunteers to the field, thus implementing your social entrepreneurship projects with the communities of São Tomé and Príncipe.

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Assistência Médica Internacional (AMI)

Assistência Médica Internacional (AMI) aims to mitigate inequality and suffering around the world. They fight on a daily basis for a more sustainable, more harmonious, less indifferent and less violent world.

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Helpo

Helpo aims to provide support to the most vulnerable social groups, helping to avoid the suppression of basic needs and promoting their development through education and nutrition.

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Terra dos Sonhos

Terra dos Sonhos continuously promotes the well-being of children, young people and adults by providing them with mental, physical, emotional, relational and spiritual support.

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The Program was recently renewed and extended to more institutions, which made it possible for the application of entities with headquarters, not only in Portugal, but also in Brazil and in the African countries where we operate. Assistência Médica Internacional (AMI), Helpo and Terra dos Sonhos are the three new organizations that will benefit from this TAP social responsibility initiative, and which will thus join the six partners that are included in the program until the end of 2022.

Volunteering

We are always looking to support good causes and encourage our employees to take part in them. Whether on a regular basis or as a one-off, and regardless of our field of activity, our goal is always to make a difference.

However, given the current context, the way we relate and live as a community has changed, and this has put face-to-face volunteer initiatives on hold. Nevertheless, it was possible to close the year 2021 with a very special holiday season initiative - a charity event involving Lisbon and Porto's CASA and the collaboration of 15 TAP volunteers from our headquarters and the Porto office. Thanks to the miles donated by TAP Miles&Go Clients, we were able to present TAP Store gifts to 68 children that are supported by CASA - Centro de Apoio ao Sem-Abrigo (Homeless Support Center).

Campaigns and Donations

We believe it is by strengthening our values that our impact on and contribution to the development of society can be maximised, in complete alignment with our business.

In the year of 2021, in support of the most deprived communities and the social organizations that help them daily, we donated about 76.000 foods and discontinued material from our operation. In total, we reached more than 75 social organizations. We have also supported the following campaigns: IRS Solidário (Charitable Income Tax), Esperança para Cabo Delgado (Hope for Cabo Delgado), Campanha Especial TAP Donate Miles (Special TAP Donate Miles Campaign), Giving Tuesday Portugal, and Natal TAP Store (TAP Store Christmas).