📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Château Vert is an institution subsidized by the AVIQ (Agency for the quality of life). It's a residential service that can accommodate about 80 residents with motor disorders that can be associated with mental retardation. Half of the residents are adults and half are children.
The center is set in a big park located near the village of Solières, in the heart of the Ardennes-Condroz and it has been divided into smaller areas to allow everyone to have a family lifestyle. A project for every area of the center has been developed whose goal is to allow the residents to play a social role, and help them learn to value themselves as well as look for integration.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be asked to assist the residents and educators with the activities organized by the center: workshops of dance, music, painting… They will accompany outdoor activities and they can also suggest activities according to their skills and culture (arts, crafts, food ...).
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation will be in a football club or in a school, located right next to the Château Vert. Bring your mattress and sleeping bag. Meals can be shared with the residents or within the group of volunteers (to be decided by the group).
📍 About the location
Solières is a village in the area of “Les Ardennes”, close to the small city of Huy, 45 km away from the city of Liège and 100 km away from Brussels.
⚠️ Requirements
Be respectful and be yourself. Have interpersonal skills and ability to empathize and to get in touch with people. Some residents can have limits in verbal communication but you will become attached to the resident quickly and live a very beautiful and rewarding human experience.
ℹ️ Additional information
Accessible to wheelchairs but accommodation in basic conditions. .