Home for people with Alzheimer's disease

Name: Home for people with Alzheimer's disease
Start: 2018-07-02
End: 2019-07-14
Location: Kukawki, Poland

Code: 178037a7af524ae4be1cde5f40415940 Copied

Poland People with disabilities Manual work People with disabilities Manual work Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Association Alzheimer in Siedlce (SSCA) from 1994 deals with the problems of people with Alzheimer disease. In 1999 in small village Ptaszki we founded first in Poland social welfare home for people with Alzheimer disease and other dementia illness. Due to the demand for this kind of service in 2010 second home in place Kukawki was opened. It is located 12 kilometres from Ptaszki. Nowadays we have 50 inhabitants in both houses.

💼 What the programme involves

Taking care of green areas ( mowing the grass, weeding), maintenance of cleanliness in the buildings (washing the Wheelchairs, rehabilitation beds), help with renovation of the building ( painting the walls), organize leisure time for patients.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will sleep in rooms in the building with access to sanitary facilities, we provide meals served in main building. Volunteers should bring their own sleeping bags.

📍 About the location

Our homes are located 30 kilometres from Siedlce, former provincial town. On a daily basis our guests can commune with nature, visit the nature reserve. The nearest one is in the neighborhood of Ptaszki and is called Nature Reserve Klimonty.

⚠️ Requirements

Volunteers must be ready to work with intellectually disabled people and should have a strong motivation to do so.

🤝 Meeting point

The nearest international airports (WAW – Warsaw Chopin and WMI – Warsaw Modlin), railway stations and bus stations are located in Warsaw.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

FIYE906

01/07/2019 → 14/07/2019

Closed

1 / 5

♂ 0/2 ♀ 1/3

FIYE807

02/07/2018 → 15/07/2018

Closed

0 / 8

♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/4

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Kukawki, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:55 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish