The international volunteers will be helping the staff and numerous national volunteers work with Saharawi children (6-14 years old) with different kinds of disabilities (physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental). This means that most of the kids are not self-sufficient. Make and participate to activities for the children (collective games, didactic activities...), feeding them (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks), getting them dressed, changing the diapers, showers, house care (cleaning, cooking ... ). But also we need volunteers to come with a lot of energy to play, push wheelchair, go to the beach with the children. The shifts during the day and also night will be very flexible (to be arranged with the campleader and with local volunteers), so flexibility and adaptability are strongly required. English, Spanish and Italian will be the main languages of the workcamp but any language skill is welcome! Along with English, the main spoken languages usually are: Italian (most of our volunteers are local), Spanish (Western Sahara used to be a Spanish colony before the Moroccan occupation; the leaders that come with the kids are fluent Spanish speakers) and, of course, Hassaniya, the arabic dialect the kids speak. Nevertheless, don't worry, you will manage to understand the kids, some of them speak Italian or understand Spanish and there will be a lot of interprets to help!
Accomodation & food:
The international volunteers will be hosted at the primary school in the city centre along with the national volunteers and the children. The school is equipped with: 5 shared bedrooms that will be appropriately separated for girls and boys, and the kids; bathrooms and a shower for each bedroom common bathrooms; dining room; kitchen; common areas: two halls for activities; gardens with games around the building; rooms for the children physical therapy. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided at the canteen by the hosting organization.
Location & leisure:
Grottammare is a really nice seaside town of 15.000 inhabitants on Italy's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region. Nearest airports are ROME (Ciampino or Fiumicino), BOLOGNA and ANCONA. Grottammare bus station or "S. Benedetto del Tronto" train station are the nearest terminal. There is a direct bus from Roma Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci" airport to Grottammare.
Requirements:
YAP project-related motivation form is required. We don't need people with specific curriculum but aware about the topic and really motivated to contribute to the project. Any qualification or previous experience as nurse, physiotherapist or educator etc. is very welcome.
Age:
18-30
Location:
Grottammare
Language(s):
English
Airport:
FCO: Fiumicino (Rome, Italy)Vegetarian food will be available
International volunteers will support social workers and volunteers of civil service organized activities for people with disabilities: games, workshops and activities aimed at encouraging self-expression, communication and interpersonal relations through song, music, drawing and painting, beauty salon, crafts with paper recycling, swimming pool, day trips and cleaning the house. Volunteers can also be programmed to maintain a small kitchen garden. Volunteers will work from 08:00 to 16:30 from Monday to Friday. International volunteers and the campleader, at the end of assets and over the weekend, will remain alone at Odoardina Service and will be responsible to independently manage the space and the equipment made available to them. Please bring the games, the good ideas and all that you can use to create a nice atmosphere in their free time and on weekends.
Accomodation & food:
International volunteers will live in an apartment with kitchen, bedrooms and bathroom. The apartment and the day center are located in a big old country house surrounded by beautiful farmland, 6 km from Reggio Emilia. On week days, lunch is organized with staff and users of the day center. Volunteers will receive a budget to provide for the preparation of breakfasts and dinners (and lunches at weekends). The Cooperative will provide sheets and blankets for the beds. Volunteers should bring towels needed for the duration of the camp. It will be at their disposal a washing machine to wash clothes.
Location & leisure:
Odoardina is a peaceful countryside located 6 km away from Reggio Emilia. There is a bus that passes 2-3 times per day. The volunteers will have bicycles. The weekends are free and the group can organize visits to beautiful cities such as Reggio Emilia, Parma and Bologna. The nearest train station is Reggio Emilia and the nearest airports are in Milan and Bologna.
Requirements:
YAP project-related motivation form is required. The volunteers must arrive in the centre the first day and leave the last day of the work camp before 4 pm.
Age:
18-30
Location:
Sesso (re)
Language(s):
English
Airport:
BLQ: Bologna (Bologna, Italy)Vegetarian food will be available
The international volunteers will be helping the staff and numerous national volunteers work with Saharawi children (6-14 years old) with different kinds of disabilities (physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental). This means that most of the kids are not self-sufficient. Make and participate to activities for the children (collective games, didactic activities...), feeding them (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks), getting them dressed, changing the diapers, showers, house care (cleaning, cooking ... ). But also we need volunteers to come with a lot of energy to play, push wheelchair, go to the beach with the children. The shifts during the day and also night will be very flexible (to be arranged with the campleader and with local volunteers), so flexibility and adaptability are strongly required. English, Spanish and Italian will be the main languages of the workcamp but any language skill is welcome! Along with English, the main spoken languages usually are: Italian (most of our volunteers are local), Spanish (Western Sahara used to be a Spanish colony before the Moroccan occupation; the leaders that come with the kids are fluent Spanish speakers) and, of course, Hassaniya, the arabic dialect the kids speak. Nevertheless, don't worry, you will manage to understand the kids, some of them speak Italian or understand Spanish and there will be a lot of interprets to help!
Accomodation & food:
The international volunteers will be hosted at the primary school in the city centre along with the national volunteers and the children. The school is equipped with: 5 shared bedrooms that will be appropriately separated for girls and boys, and the kids; bathrooms and a shower for each bedroom common bathrooms; dining room; kitchen; common areas: two halls for activities; gardens with games around the building; rooms for the children physical therapy. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are provided at the canteen by the hosting organization.
Location & leisure:
Grottammare is a really nice seaside town of 15.000 inhabitants on Italy s Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region. Nearest airports are ROME (Ciampino or Fiumicino), BOLOGNA and ANCONA. Grottammare bus station or S. Benedetto del Tronto train station are the nearest terminal. There is a direct bus from Roma Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci airport to Grottammare.
Requirements:
YAP project-related motivation form is required. We don t need people with specific curriculum but aware about the topic and really motivated to contribute to the project. Any qualification or previous experience as nurse, physiotherapist or educator etc. is very welcome.
Age:
18-30
Location:
Grottammare
Language(s):
English
Airport:
FCO: Fiumicino (Rome, Italy)Vegetarian food will be available
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
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