Description:
Haro Park Centre is the largest care facility in the West End of Vancouver. It provides independent housing, assisted living and complex care for elders. Haro Park supports the Eden philosophy and is committed to creating a human habitat where life revolves around close and continuing contact with plants, animals, children and youth. Haro Park Centre aims at establishing a homelike environment that emphasizes a quality of life supporting the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual well-being of each person.
Volunteers will contribute to the quality of life of the elders by supporting them in a variety of therapeutic, social, and physical programs and special events. Activities include art, horticultural therapy, music therapy, exercise programs and seasonal/theme parties. Volunteers with musical interests are encouraged to bring their instrument. We also have several pianos on site.
Volunteers will work with residents in both one-to-one and group settings. There will be structured activities and a daily schedule of events but volunteers are also expected to be motivated, independent, and to make effective use of their unscheduled time. A typical day might include: making a collage, leading a discussion group, putting up party decorations, playing cards, and taking residents out for walks. Over the course of the summer there will also be various outings such as scenic drives, picnics, and visits to the aquarium and/or art gallery.
Highlights:
Haro Park Centre is located in downtown Vancouver, close to museums, theatres, art gallery, and numerous other attractions. Vancouver's most popular shopping area, trendy Robson Street, is just a block away. The centerpiece and green heart of Vancouver is Stanley Park, the city's most famous landmark, and one of the largest parks in any urban centre in North America. There are wooded trails, open playing fields, secluded lakes, gorgeous gardens, and the Vancouver Aquarium, the largest in Canada. A seawall walkway meanders along the park's perimeter, with beautiful views of the city skyline, the harbour, beaches, and the spectacular North Shore Mountains. Vancouver's fame as one of the most beautiful cities in the world is tied to Stanley Parks natural beauty.
Qualifications / Skills Needed:
All volunteers are expected to be creative, flexible, respectful and responsive to the residents needs. The benefits to volunteering at Haro Park Centre are immeasurable. We are offering volunteers an amazing opportunity to develop relationships with interesting and loving seniors. The volunteers who have a person-centered approach to their volunteerism and who are looking for these personal connections are the ones that will benefit the most from this experience.
Language:
English
Cost in US$: USD 290
Cost Includes:
Food,
Housing,
Registration fees
and Written materials pre-departure
Experience Required: no
Typical Volunteer Projects:
arts,
elderly,
environment,
gardening,
planting,
seniors,
tree planting
and volunteering
Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work for a charity project within an international youth team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.
Age Range: 19 - 30 years
This Program is open to
Worldwide
Participants.
.
Typical Living Arrangement:
Group living
Participants Travel to Canada
Independently
Typically Participants Work
in Groups of 10
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.