PRO-VIDA (Fundación de asistencia al anciano) (BOL-97)

Type: Health: Elderly - Country: Bolivia

Brief description and main aims

PRO-VIDA - Funfación de Asistencia al Anciano aims to offer intergenerational integral social attention to the needy elders. The foundations works primarily with older people from the country side and other cities and poor people with or without relatives, with economic problems.

Main Activities

• Physiotherapy
• Kinesiology
• Acupuncture
• Lawful Consultantship
• Social Work
• Infirmary and General Medicine

Volunteer tasks

The volunteer is expected to help the staff in different areas, caring and motivating the elders. The volunteers also participates and organizes activities like gymnastics, entertainment games, etc.

Volunteer requirements / Skills

The volunteer must:

• be patient and mature
• have proffesional expenrience in health (not a must but a big plus)
• be a sensitive person
• have some knowledge of the Spanish language
• be flexible to learn the native language “Quechua” in order to have a better communication with the elders since most of them speak this language.

Location

The project is located in Sucre.

Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)

The volunteer will live with a host family or at the project.