📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Les Chemins d ’Ariane, located in Ciney, is an institution recognized as “Medical and Social Institute” (IMS). The mission of an IMS is to welcome, help, accompany people in need (disabled, old and convalescent people) through various 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.
www.les-chemins-dariane.be
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamp is based on the construction of an educational space for the residents around the utilization of the five senses. With the help of a staff member of the center, the volunteer crew will be involved in different tasks like in order to prepare the future sensory garden for people with reduced mobility: hanging garden, closing works, development of a permanent path, foundation work, installation of a coating.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Your team will be accommodated in a dormitory with all the facilities. Food will be provided. Volunteers must notify beforehand about specific diet.
📍 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 organization).
We will not confirm any placement request before the analysis of the documents.