Samara City Public and non-profit Organisation of Disabled People Using Wheelchairs "Desnitsa Association" (RUS-3)


Type: Health: Disability - Country: Russian Federation

Brief description and main aims

Samara Non-governmental Organisation of Wheelchair
Users Desnitsa Association was established in 1997. It is affiliated with the Samara Regional Public Organisation of the All-Russian Society of the Disabled.
 
Their mission is to help integrate disabled people in the
Samara region into society and to promote ideas of
independent life philosophy and a social approach to
disability.
 
Main goals of the project are protecting of the rights and
interests of disabled people, providing disabled people
with equal opportunities to participate in all spheres of
social life and integration of disabled people into society.

Main Activities

Desnitsa Association cooperates with the local government, profit organisations and the media to achieve social programs and to adapt the environment for disabled people and break stereotypes about disability. We also collaborate with Russian and foreign non-profit organisations to promote ideas of independent living, as well as a social approach to disability and to unite forces with everyone who is interested in the establishment and development of the voluntary movement. Our target groups are disabled people of different ages and with any kind of disabilities, including disabled children, their families. It also includes NGOs and the wider community.

Volunteer tasks

Example of weekly activities

Monday:

  • 10:00-13:00 - Participation at the general staff meeting: weekly report on the activities; volunteer reports the problems in the families of the disabled people visited and discussion of the possible ways of resolving these problems; planning of the coming week’s activities; general information about the activities of the organization, tasks of each participant,
  • 14:00-17:00 - Work in families (assisting disabled people in their every-day activities, during shopping or housework)
Tuesday:
  • 10:00 –13:00 - Work with the families,
  • 14:00- 17:00 Work with the families
Wednesday:
  • 10:00 – 13:00 - Assisting the staff in the office,
  • 14:00 - 17:00 - Assisting the staff at the preparation of events planned by the organisation
Thursday:
  • 10:00 – 13:00 - Work in the families,
  • 14:00-17:00 - Organise activities for the disabled (visiting theatre or exhibition)
Friday:
  • 10:00 – 13:00 - Work with the families (assisting disabled people in their everyday activities, during shopping or housework),
  • 14:00-17:00 - Assisting the staff in the office
Saturday and Sunday – days off

Volunteer requirements / Skills

The volunteer should be:
  • interested in the subject of disabled people
  • motivated to participate in many different activities and have lot of initiative
  • patient, creative, and enthusiastic
  • willing to work with the disabled and it is important to create new activities based on volunteer's own experience of intercultural education.
Desnitsa would like to cooperate with other organisations with similar activities of helping the disabled and fighting for their rights and inclusive education.

Location

The project is located in Samara.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

Volunteer will either live in a host family, or in rented apartment shared with other international volunteers.

More Information

Number of volunteers in project: 2

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