📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Les Chemins d ’Ariane, located in Ciney, is an institution recognized as “Medical and Social Institutes” (IMS). The mission of an IMS is to welcome, help, accompany people in need (disabled, old and convalescent people) through different kinds of social and medical services. The Chemins d’Ariane is a residential service that hosts around 330 people with a mental disability and or illness.
A staff of professionals (educators, doctors, nurses…) is involved to facilitate the daily life of residents and to support their autonomy as much as possible. Workshops and leisure activities are used as a way to get participants involved and enhance their capabilities.
💼 What the programme involves
With the help of a staff member of the center, the volunteer crew will be involved in three different tasks. Each day, the group will be divided in 2 during the working hours and alternatively, they will take part to:
- Manual tasks: painting white lines by the roadsides, sanding and painting of picnic table, various outdoor maintenance tasks…;
- Creation of “artistic road signs” to invite the driver’s visitor to respect the speed limit, these activities will be implemented with the company of the residents;
- Participate in an excursion (the place has to be confirmed). Educators, residents and volunteers will go out of the center 2 days during the project, your role will be to take care of the participant during the trip.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Your team will be accommodated in a dormitory with all the facilities. Food will be provided.
📍 About the location
Ciney is a small but very pleasant town (15.000 inhabitants). You can find there all the facilities. The town is well known for its famous special beers. Ciney is located about 30km from Namur, +/-100 km from Brussels or Liège.
⚠️ Requirements
This project request volunteers with a high level of motivation for the theme of inclusion. Previous experiences in groups animation or in work with people with a mental disability is welcome.
In order to demonstrate their motivation, we ask the candidate volunteers:
- To send us a short motivation letter;
- To answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organisation).
We will not confirm any placement request before the analysis of the documents.
ℹ️ Additional information
This project request volunteers with a high level of motivation for the theme of inclusion. Previous experiences in groups animation or in work with people with a mental disability is welcome.
In order to demonstrate their motivation, we ask the candidate volunteers:
- To send us a short motivation letter;
- To answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organisation).
We will not confirm any placement request before the analysis of the documents.