Organizing a Holiday program for Mentally and Physically Disabled People

  Germany

Stuttgart

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: August 23 - September 6

Description: The local host is a charity organization taking care of mentally and physically disabled persons who live in families. For the fourth time they offer two weeks of holidays for the disabled and the volunteer project will help to run it. It will take place in and around a house in the forest and there will be lots of different workshops and excursions during the daytime. The disabled will be picked up in the morning at 9.00h and be brought home in the evening at 17.00h.

Volunteers and disabled people will spend their time together to be creative, have fun, do handicrafts, go on excursions, playing games, do sports,.... In total there will be around 20 disabled and non-disabled children, youth and adults, who will be divided into groups according to the needs and abilities (the group with severely handicapped will for example be offered quieter activities).

An introduction seminar for all volunteers will take place on the first Sunday to explain the rules, responsibilities and tasks. Local volunteers will work together with the international group and they will have lunch altogether. The weekends will be free and you can either spend leisure time in the families you live together with or with the group.

Highlights: Sindelfingen has about 60.000 residents and is about 15 km south west of Stuttgart. It has an economy fueled mostly by the automobile industry and the weaving industry. Nice excursions in the Black Forest for hiking tours are possible as well as sightseeing trips to cities like Stuttgart or Heidelberg.

Qualifications: Project language will be German and English! Please add a motivation letter to show your interest and experience in working with disabled people.

Cost in US$: $290

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18 - 30 years old

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Germany Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.