📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
BASIDA is an NGO that provides medical and psychosocial support to HIV-positives, drugs addicted people and others with special needs.
Since 1987, it has opened three centres; all of them run by a multi-professional and voluntary staff.
The physical and psychological recovery as well as the social rehabilitation of Basida residents are being achieved thanks to the teamwork that really cares for them.
Basida team tries to help the residents who live in the centre to regain hope and self-esteem.
💼 What the programme involves
Participating in the everyday life of the Centre, mainly giving a hand with the maintenance of the place (cooking, doing the laundry, cleaning, helping with the carpentry or gardening on a rota basis, etc.).
The most important part of your stay will be socializing with the community of the centre.
Personal care of residents who might need it (such as helping out to get dressed) is also a possible task, but only if you really feel prepared for doing it
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the Centre there are rooms with beds for the volunteers. Meals will be taken with the residents in the common dining-room.
📍 About the location
Aranjuez (Madrid).
⚠️ Requirements
Any kind of drugs is strictly forbidden inside the Centre (including alcohol and cigarettes)
Acceptance is subject to previous interview.
Volunteers should attach an additional motivation letter along with their application.
ℹ️ Additional information
It is a good idea to bring photos, music or any material which might enable you to present yourself and where you are coming from. It will be rare for them to speak other languages than Spanish. Therefore good knowledge of it is very recommended.