PROJECT: the organisation PROMINCHYK ("Sun Ray") was created by active families with children with Down Syndrome and Autism. This organisation offers different activities for such children including education and recreation, provides individual support, fights with social isolation of such children and their families, trying to make them a part of active community . In summer it is planed to do summer recreation camp with this children and their families
WORK:
Volunteers' help is needed to accompany children during the trip to the camp site and trips within the camp, to organise their leisure time (excursions, walks, games, parties, etc.) Support and animation, performing useful and creative tasks, art workshops, outdoors games etc. The activities will be simple and more attention will be paid to the relationship with handicapped persons. Different types of communication such as Non-verbal communication and physical contact play an important role in communication with the handicapped. Volunteers will NOT take responsibility for the sanitary aspect of children.
ACCOMMODATION:
in premises. Food provided.
LOCATION:
the summer camp will be located either in Lviv region or in Crimea (Black sea)– it will depend on funds which organisation plan to get
MEETING POINT:
Volunteers will arrive in Lviv, spend 2-3 days here and then all group together will go to project place (if the camp will take place in Crimea volunteers would need to cover train ticket, approximately 20 Euro one way). Detailed information and maps will come with info sheet not later then 4 weeks before start date.
« I think our work has really opened the eyes of the youth there. I think that, because of our presence, some local youths got the chance to learn about other cultures which they wouldn't have otherwise. »
