📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE) is a non-profit social corporation of public law that has the fundamental purpose of improving the quality of life of blind people, people with residual vision and people with disabilities throughout Spain .
It has 72,231 members (as of December 31, 2019), of which 87% are people with severe visual impairment and 13% are totally blind.
It is a very active organization that participates in various national and international forums on blindness and disability, also promoting various initiatives to achieve its role. It is a founding member of the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI).
It has a recognized state concession in the field of gambling for the commercialization of lotteries, which allows it to finance its social work and create jobs for its members.
💼 What the programme involves
-Accompaniment to people with visual impairments to help them run daily tasks (bank, doctor, shopping);
-Helping them to participate in activities organized by ONCE (accompany them from their homes to ONCE and back home) and support in different workshops: ceramics, reading, yoga, etc);
-Accompaniment in excursions or hiking, in big events and celebrations in which people without self-autonomy or family support would not be able to participate;
-Going for a walk with them (to the beach, to the park…) offering company.
-Helping with promoting the ESC programme and active citizenship.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Shared room in a shared flat with other ESC volunteers. The flat is located 5 mintes walk from the main bus/train station, 10 minutes walk from the ONCE headquarters and the city center.
Monthly pocket money (150 euro) and food money (150 euro)
Local transportation card.
🎒 Leisure activities
Training course by the ONCE on the history, aims and functioning of ONCE; the meaning and importance of voluntary work; relation with people with blindness and visual impairment; techniques of accompaniment to people with visual impairment; types of visual impairments.
Training course by Ser Joven organization on EU youth mobility opportunities and the promotion of these among youth and other specialized courses depending on the volunteers interest (gender equality, interculturality, youth work).
Online and presential Spanish language course for all levels.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Motivated, with physical and mental condition compatible with project duties; i.e. a person with no mobility problems and motivated enough (sometimes, the project activities can seem routine),
Flexible
Able to motivate a person with visual impairment to go out and enrich their social life.
Ready to live in a shared room with another European volunteer.
Basic level of Spanish is an asset
Previous experience with people at risk of social exclusion or experience as an animator or youth leader is welcome.
Deadline: No application deadline
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.