9 - 11 months project with elderly people at Rifugio, Italy
COMMISSIONE SINODALE PER LA DIACONIA
Rifugio Re Carlo Alberto
Luserna San Giovanni, Italy
Description
Rifugio Re Carlo Alberto is a retirement home, located on the hill of Luserna San Giovanni, a small village about 50 km from the city of Torino. It accomodates 100+ residents, partially or totally non self-sufficient elderly people and also has a day centre for patients diagnosed with dementia. Since 2000, the Refuge has specialised in the reception of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. The placement is equipped with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, animators, and personal assistants, as well as kitchen, cleaning, maintenance and administrative personnel. The volunteer supports their job and helps in different kinds of workshops, such as painting, cooking or reading books, to improve the autonomy and well-being of the guests. He/she/they will be actively involved in the weekly planning of the job, and according to their own personal interest and skills he/she/they will have the opportunities to propose their own activities.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The placement will provide the volunteer with all meals from Monday to Sunday. The volunteer will stay in an apartment located in a separate area of the retirement home with other 5 international volunteers, in a shared bedroom (with maximum one other volunteer) or single one. All the rooms have a private bathroom and the only common space is the living room. The volunteer won’t have a kitchen. The house is equipped with all necessary furniture (also towels and sheets for beds). From the apartment it is possible to reach the volunteering place by foot so there is no need to take any transport.
Training during the activity
The volunteer will attend a training cycle including the on-arrival training, a mid-term seminar and an evaluation seminar offered by Diaconia Valdese. During this seminars he/she/they will have the possibility to meet all the volunteers hosted by Diaconia Valdese. In fact Diaconia Valdese has several project of international volunteering, lots of them in Luserna San Giovanni and in the neighbor village Torre Pellice. Furthermore, as foreseen from ESC project, the volunteer will attend the seminars organized from the Italian National Agency.
Participant profile
We look for 3 volunteers, aged between 18 and 30 year old. The project does not require any special skills, expertise or previous experience. The volunteers has to be motivated, interested in the project, willing to challenge him/her/themself and get out of the comfort zone. The volunteers need to be ready to learn and start a process of change, be enthusiastic and willing to start a great new adventure.
Activity dates
From 28/09/2025 to 31/08/2026
Activity location
Località Musset 1, Luserna San Giovanni, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
No application deadline