📝 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
Basida has the 3 houses of Basida. The houses work with the expectation of reducing to a certain extent the social problems in which people, infected with AIDS, are immersed.
The hosting structure works as a self-managed Community, where they have the hosting home for people with AIDS as well as, the place where they develop the care activities for the patients and the volunteers’ accommodation.
Volunteers will be able to participate in all activities which develop in professional departments previously mentioned, always taking into account factors such as the characteristics of the volunteer, the previous professional training and the personal preferences; considering these aspects are fundamental to get the volunteer to integrate and to adapt to the dynamics of the shelter and at the same time he/she gets to get on with the group.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer is accommodated in the project. All the meals will be provided by the project. 150€ pocket money per month
The working language of is Spanish, so it is important that the volunteer is motivated to learn Spanish.
The weekly working hours will be 30-38 hours; five days a week.
Sometimes they also have to work on the weekends.
🎒 Leisure activities
There is a mentor who is responsible for answering any questions and supervising the work of the volunteer. The volunteer will participate in an on-arrival training and mid-term meeting.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: The project has the following expectations towards the volunteer’s required skills and interests:
Basic level of Spanish, willingness to learn about the experience of people with HIV‐AIDS and drug dependency, motivation to learn and self‐improve, engagement with the activities they take part in and a desire to work as part of a team, no specific or professional training is required.
Please note: The application process does not run through this page, but through our channels. Further information can also be found on our website under Voluntary Services / ESK: https://www.icja.de
Deadline: Application deadline: 26/05/2022
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.