9 - 11 months project with elderly people at Asilo dei Vecchi, Italy
COMMISSIONE SINODALE PER LA DIACONIA
Asilo dei Vecchi
San Germano Chisone, Italy
Description
The retirement home is located in the small village of San Germano in the Italian Alps, about 50km from the city of Torino. The placement is staffed with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, animators, and personal assistants, as well as kitchen, cleaning, maintenance and administrative personnel. The volunteer provides supporting service for "animation", "physiotherapy", "daily centre" or according to a program of activity to be defined with the tutor. The volunteer will also help in different kind of workshops, such as gardening, painting, cooking or reading books, to improve the autonomy and well-being of the guests. The volunteer will be actively involved in the weekly planning of the job and, according to their own personal interest and skills, she/he/they will have the opportunities to propose their own activities.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteer will share an apartment with 1 other international volunteer, in a single or double room and will share the other common spaces (kitchen, living room, bathroom). The house is equipped with all necessary furniture (also towels and sheets for beds). Meals are provided from Monday to Sunday by the hosting placement. The apartment is located in an independent building a few minutes walk by the retirement home, 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, all over Italy. Furthermore, as foreseen from ESC project, the volunteer will attend the seminars organized from the Italian National Agency.
Participant profile
We look for 2 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 20/09/2026 to 31/08/2027
Activity location
Via Tron Carlo Alberto, 27, San Germano Chisone, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo * UN resolution, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Sint Maarten (dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St Pierre and Miquelon, Sweden, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 04/03/2026 23:59
Project code
2025-2-IT03-ESC51-VTJ-000367782