Lavorare con i disabili in Grecia

Abbiamo appena ricevuto una richiesta di volontari da un nostro partner greco. Se siete interessati a lavorare con i disabili, contattateci subito.

Ecco una breve descrizione in inglese:

We are happy to announce that we still have free places for our EVS
project with handicapped children in Athens, Greece (application
deadline 1st February 2008).  The project is for one year (starting
june 2008) and it is also open for volunteers with disabilities
(preferably) and/or social disadvantaged (2-6 months depending on the
occation).

A bit of information about our project:
KAAPV is a state institution housing 100 multiply disabled children
and young people who have been abandoned by their families.  Despite
changes in mentality over the last years, the children living there
are still cut off society and spend a big part of their time doing
nothing. The volunteers offer the institutionalised children extra
care and stimulation and function as a bridge between the institution
and the outside world. The volunteers help with daily care tasks (e.g.
accompanying kids to school, bathing, feeding), and, most importantly,
organise free-time activities for all the residents (swimming, walks,
games, etc.). Thanks to their youth and enthusiasm, volunteers affect
the staff of the institution in a positive way, helping break the
routine, bringing new ideas and making the staff see the children with
a new perspective. Besides, contact with different cultures broadens
the horizons of staff, volunteers and children alike, and increases
intercultural understanding.  Also, through working with children who
are doubly excluded from society due to disability and
institutionalisation, the volunteers become sensitised to the problems
of the disabled and resume an active role in resolving them.  Finally,
the volunteers gain not only valuable skills and experience which may
be useful in their future career but also a sense of responsibility
and social involvement.