-VIMEX VI - El Arca

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About the project

-VIMEX VI - El Arca

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner organization is a private non-profit institution. It is focused on nurturing people with intellectual disabilities who suffer from abandonment. The organization is in charge of ensuring their care and full development through occupational and therapeutic activities. The mission of the organization is to strengthen the ties of the people with intellectual disabilities with their family, neighbors, and friends.

💼 What the programme involves

1.- At Home:
Personal accompaniment is given to people with intellectual disabilities between 29 years and 50 years who live day to day as a family. The volunteer´s job is to support the chores of the house such as cooking together washing dishes, washing clothes mop, sweeping, folding clothes, assisting in the leisure activities. At home, the spiritual life of each person is also taken care of, that is why every Saturday or Sunday they attend mass.
2.- At the training center:
Personal accompaniment to persons with Intellectual disabilities who attend the workshop from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. The organization also serves people (between 20 to 51 years old) with deafness, non-verbal communication abilities, infant cerebral palsy, autism. The workshops taught are painting, carpentry, bakery, cooking, jewelry, dance, yoga, monthly, recreational, and cultural activities.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be accommodated in a building from the organization in a single room.

🍲 Food

The food will be prepared by the volunteers and assistants at the home. The food is cooked according to a balanced diet. Non-alcoholic beverages are allowed.

📍 About the location

The project takes place in the city of Queretaro.

🎒 Leisure activities

You can visit the center of Queretaro, where various cultural activities and leisure activities are usually attended by young people. The center is at 20 minutes from the project site, you can also visit San Miguel Allende, Tequisquiapan, Peña de Bernal, Guanajuato, Dolores Hidalgo, Leon, and smaller cities close to Queretaro.

⚠️ Requirements

Good disposition to work in a team, dedication, responsibility, and availability to work with people with intellectual disabilities. Bring suitable clothes. (for women, no low-cut clothing, no shorts, no skirts that are too short).