In the town of Straseni, the NGO Neohumanist Moldova has set up the Sunrise Day Center for the elderly. The center provides the elderly with washing and bathing facilities and a hot lunch. They receive medical care and the center is a social meeting place, where the elderly can participate in all kinds of activities. Every day of the week (different) elderly people from the area are collected to use the center.
A nursing home has been set up next to the day centre. And Neohumanist works with home care teams. They visit the most vulnerable elderly who still live independently in the area. The team provides domestic help, cares for the people and brings a food package.
Work
IBO volunteers generally support practical and social activities in the day- and nursing center. Think of chores such as:
- Peeling potatoes
- Helping with the laundry and ironing
- Carrying out all kinds of repairs
- Playing a game with the day visitors
- Gardening
If you are prepared to raise funds in advance to purchase materials, you can tackle larger refurbishment work at the center itself or at a house of one of the home care clients. Bring your handymen friends for more effect!
In addition to the amount of work that has been done by volunteers in recent years, the moral contribution is also enormous. It is greatly appreciated by the elderly and by the staff if someone from another country makes the effort to come and help.
Accommodation
There are some cozy log cabins available for the volunteers. You can eat (vegetarian) meals in the Cantina or cook for yourself in the small kitchen in the log cabin.
Leisure
The landscape of Moldova is beautiful. You can take beautiful walks and visit many monasteries. Moldova also has an age-old wine culture and the largest wine cellar in Europe.
The capital Chisinau is also easily accessible for a day trip.
Neohumanist organises tourist tours with themes such as wine, culture and international encounters, which you can participate in. In this way they gain some extra income for the organisation.
Travel
You arrange the trip to Moldova yourself. IBO can think along and advise on the possibilities.
You arrange the travel to your project yourself. IBO asks all volunteers to travel in the most sustainable way possible, so preferably by train or bus. What you at least can do, is compensate your CO2 emissions. You can find more information about this on the website of Milieu Centraal. You can also compensate your emissions via IBO, by donating to our partner’s tree planting project in Uganda. You can read more about that here.
Preparation
IBO offers a good preparation for your volunteering work abroad.You will receive a digital information package and an invitation to a preparation meeting. Read more about the proces from departure until return.
Registration and cost
IBO asks €50 registration fee. You can become an IBO supporter, then you do not pay a registration fee. For this project you pay €189,- in participation fee. This includes your accommodation, meals, transport to and from the trainstation or airport and the project costs.
Would you like to know more about how your contribution to IBO was calculated and how it is spent? Read about the participation fee.
Additional fundraising for this project is greatly appreciated! Your additional funds will be transferred to the project fully.
Register
Register here as a volunteer at IBO.