ACTIVE SENIOR CITIZENS: VOLUNTEERS
FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The senior volunteers for the project "Active Senior Citizens: volunteers for social inclusion" can be people who usually participate to the work of the organizations, Associazione Uniamoci Onlus if they came from Italy or Fundaţia Creştină Diakonia Sfântu Gheorghe - Casa Irisz if they came from Romania, or people that intend to be involved in the future.
The selection process will be based on the following criteria:
- people over 50 years old
- motivation to undertake a volunteering experience abroad, in the field of social inclusion of people with disability
- evaluation of life experiences and abilities to be used in the social field
- basic knowledge of English as vehicular language or the language of the hosting Country (Italian/Romanian)
To the participants are not request specific skills except from a strong motivation in the work with special needs and their social inclusion, the willingness to learn, to get involved and to participate actively.
We stimulate the participation as volunteers of people with less opportunities, coming from disadvantaged areas, unemployed or retired in order to actively involve and include them in the society: in this way we can MAKE INCLUSIVE the VOLUNTEERING itself
PREPARATION FOR THE PROJECT
If you are Italian and you would like to make a volunteering experience in the social field in Romania, you can contact the Italian Organization Associazione Uniamoci Onlus:
Associazione Uniamoci Onlus
Via E.Giafar 36, 90124 Palermo
e-mail: info@uniamocionlus.it
tel: 091 9765893
If you are Romanian and you would like to make a volunteering experience in the social field in Italy, you can contact the Romanian Organization Fundaţia Creştină Diakonia Sfântu Gheorghe - Casa Irisz:
Fundaţia Creştină Diakonia Sfântu Gheorghe - Casa Irisz
str Lacramioarei 5, 520085 Sfântu Gheorghe
e-mail: makkaip@yahoo.com
tel: 0040724000467
The volunteers will be prepared to the mobility and multicultural and volunteering experience participating to some meetings with the staff of the sending organizations in order to learn something about the culture of the hosting country, the hosting organization aims and activities, they will be trained on the specific kind of disability they will face during the volunteering activities abroad, they will be supported in the preparation of material on their culture to show to the disabled people and staff of the hosting organization and in the planning of activities they could propose them. They will have a language preparation suited to their needs.
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VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES
The hosted volunteers they will be actively involved in the daily work of the two organizations, supporting their staff in the development of the activities addressed to the young/adult people with disability. They will have the opportunity to learn the specific approach to disability of the hosting organization and learn practical skills about the management of a group of disabled learners, the implementation of recreational activities, the kind of support and assistance that everyone needs in relation to their personal features, they will learn how to interact with people with disability in an inclusive way. Furthermore they will have the opportunity to present their own culture and organize and implement, with the support of the staff of the hosting organization, some workshops and activities related to their home language/english teaching, manufacture, cooking or anything else related to their own abilities.
Become a Senior Volunteer abroad
Volunteering is for everyone.
Seniors represents a source of knowledge, experience and skills that can be really useful to organisations and individuals.
Reaching out and helping others gives you a sense of purpose and working with other volunteers, provides you with social relationships. This experience will allow you to explore and be part of a new culture while at the same time use your skills to help the young adult with disability in the local communities. You will learn new abilities and discover your potential and your importance for the society