📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
BASIDA, a charitable, non-profit making association, that has been declared as a Public Utility since 1996, has the general aim of providing attention to needy people from biopsychosocial point of view, with a scope of performance at a local, regional and national level. BASIDA is a member of FVOECAM (Federation of Voluntary Enlistment Entities of CAM); PPVS (Platform for the Promotion of Voluntary Enlistment in Spain); FEDERATION OF AIDS ENTITIES OF CAM PLUS MADRID; SCAIDS (State Coordinating Committee of AIDS).
BASIDA was founded in 1989 with the desire of joining forces to alleviate the problems which are posed by the illness:
• The progressive increase in the number of affected people.
• The nonexistence of a vaccine or of any effective treatment.
• The characteristics of its special risk of transmission.
• The exclusion.
• The population of prisoners: a great percentage of prisoner population has been or is A.D.V.P. ; and has possibilities of being HIV-positive or of getting the virus while they are shut away, (blood transmission or sexual transmission).
Moreover, BASIDA is an answer for those people who have few possibilities or no chance of getting out of prison. The lack of social centres, the denial of the families and the fear of the same families of a possible transmission of the disease, often means that these people are in prisons during the "terminal stage" of the illness, with a lack of suitable conditions to be cared for.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers are there to help and support the staff members who are working in Basida taking caring and helpind people with disabilities, people with HIV, elderly people and other residents. Volunteers may participate in all activities the departments (psychological, therapeutic etc), always taking into account factors such as the characteristics of the volunteer, their previous professional training and their personal preferences. Some of the most frequent activities to be carried out by the volunteers are: • Attendance to sick people and to those who are in bed. • Help in the activities of physical rehabilitation and of occupational therapy for their cognitive rehabilitation. • Participation in workshops (carpentry, gardening, painting…) • Participation in the educative department: workshops, out-of-school support to children who live in the hosting home. Please check: https://spark.adobe.com/page/gAKVAzovNo1d3/ https://prezi.com/rqkfqglvhlja/afaij-asociacion-basida/?present=1
🏠 Accommodation on site
There are three houses in Basida, in different locations: Aranjuez, Navahondilla and Manzanares. Volunteers' accommodation will be in the hosting house. Regarding maintenance, volunteers will take meals at the project with the rest of volunteers and users. If volunteers need VISA, it will be covered till 150€. Volunteers will receive 150€ for pocket money. If PCR test in required, 100€ will be the maximum covered amount.
🎒 Leisure activities
The participant will participate in two training arranged by the Spanish National Agency. Also, they will participante in trainings carried out by the hosting and coordinating organizations.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are looking for volunteers who have a certain level of maturity, sensitivity and interest in knowing the problems generated by HIV-AIDS and drug dependency. • A self-belief in their capabilities as well as an engagement with the activities they take part in and a desire to work as part of a team • Capable of actively listening and showing empathy. • Tolerant and flexible • Willing to complement the dynamics of the group and abide by the rules of co-habitation (they will not be able to consume any drugs, including tobaco and alcohol).
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/01/2023
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.