Gabi and Ana

Gabi - our multilingual volunteer from Romania

Ana - our wonderful volunteer from France

Organisation: LA QUERCIA Società Cooperativa Sociale di Solidarietà Onlus Project location: Lombardy, Roverbella Roverbella is located between the historical towns of Mantova (15 km) and Verona (25 km) and only 15 km from the Lake of Garda.
Theme:Disability
Project summary: volunteers are working at The Centro Diurno Integrato for Disables “Spazio aperto” (CDD), a day Centre open for 23 people with severe handicap and at the Comunità Alloggio Socio Sanitaria “don Paolo Bazzotti”, a live-in community, hosting 7 disables with medium-severe handicap. In running all these activities we require all the staffs to strongly take into account the disabled people’s needs and desires, in order to make the life happier and more pleasant. Our priority is helping them attain a better quality of life.
Some of these needs are linked to the use of free time: for instance their desire for going out, going to the cinema, on excursions, or on holidays with friends …