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| Code: | CBB08-13 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Region: | Walloon |
| Title: | Together on Holliday I |
| Start date: | 19 July 2013 |
| End date: | 28 July 2013 |
| Project type: | Social |
| Ages: | 18 - 70 |
| Partner organisation: | CBB |
| UNA Exchange Placement Fee: | £210.00 find out about costing |
| Work: | The aim of the camp is to offer to people with learning difficulties (light mental disabilities) the possibility to go on holidays with young international volunteers. During the workcamp, they will share leisure time activities, make cultural visits and, above all, have fun. Thanks to this stay, the people with disability find a new space for socialization, out of their family and usual daily life environment. They can also enjoy activities they do not use to take part in. For the volunteers, it is also a very good opportunity to gain awareness about handicap and the abilities of people with disability. There will be 14 disabled people and 10 volunteer-animators in the camp. The disabled people are between 18 and 50 year old. During the holiday, international volunteers, Belgian volunteers, CBB staff and the disabled people will spend together 24 hours a day. The role expected from the volunteers is a role of active animators. They will propose and lead activities such as outdoor or indoor games, artistic workshops or cultural visits. You will also support the people who suffer a lack of autonomy in tasks such as cleaning the place, preparing the meals, washing and/or dressing themselves. A professionnal leader and experienced Belgian volunteers will be present all along the project and accompany the international volunteers in their tasks. Volunteers will have 2 days to prepare before the holidays start. This project requests volunteers with a high level of motivation for its theme and who are prepared for the tasks to be achieved. Volunteers must have a basic knowledge of French. Previous experiences in one of the following would be advantageous: group animation, experience of working with people with mental disabilities, ability to cook for 25 people. |
| Location: | In Vergnies, a lovely village in a very green area near the French border. |
| Accommodation: | From Friday 19th to Sunday 21st, volunteers will sleep and work in the CBB office for a pre-camp session, reserved to the volunteers. For the rest of the stay, volunteers will share a cottage with CBB staff and the disabled people. You will have several dormitories and all the modern facilities, but you will need to bring your sleeping bag. Volunteers will share cooking and cleaning duties. |
| Special remarks: | TERMINAL : Marche-en-Famenne train station. ; STUDY THEME : n/a ; SPECIAL REMARKS : The camp language is French. This project requests volunteers with a high level of motivation for its theme and who are prepared for the tasks to be achieved. Volunteers must have a basic knowledge of French. Previous experiences in one of the following would be advantageous: group animation, experience of working with people with mental disabilities, ability to cook for 25 people. In order to demonstrate their motivation and French knowledge, we ask the candidate volunteers: to send us a short motivation letter in French (do not be afraid to make mistakes, BUT please do not use any automatic translator !) and to answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organisation). We will not confirm any placement request before analysis of the motivation letter and the questionnaire. Volunteers need to bring a sleeping bag ; EXTRA FEE : n/a |
