11 months project with elderly people at Asilo Valdese, Italy

Activity description

Asilo Valdese is a retirement home located in Luserna San Giovanni, a small village about 50 km from the city of Torino. It's a non-profit organisation belonging to the Waldensian evangelical church that was established more than 100 years ago to assist aged persons. It has 96 places for non-self-sufficient people and 20 places for people who are self-sufficient. The placement is staffed 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 2 international volunteers, in a shared bedroom (with maximum one other volunteer) or single one and will share as well the other common spaces (dining room, kitchen, bathroom). 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 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

A total of 48 week(s) during the period 29/09/2024 to 31/08/2025

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Activity location

Via Beckwith 48, 10062 Luserna San Giovanni Italy

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 Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia

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Activity topics

Social challenges

Health and wellbeing

Education and training

Creativity and culture

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Deadline for applications

No application deadline

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