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RENAISSANCE

Name Renaissance

Location Braine L’Alleud

Dates Type Permanent project. Project duration: 1 to 6 months SOCI – DISA – EDU

18+ Age

 Volunteers 2

Fees 1-month program: 302€ 2-month program: 402€ 3-month program: 502€ This project may be free of charge if there is a partnership agreement between the association and SVI.

The conditions (participation fees, visa, accommodation, food, dates and cancellations) are subject to change. The project

includes: Transportation from Louvain-la-Neuve to the project site (Braine-l’Alleud) Introduction course and welcoming One night at the bed and breakfast in Louvain la-Neuve. Follow-up during the whole project Invitation letter or additional documentation for visa application Meals Accommodation in a private or shared room

Not included in the project: Vacation days Pocket money Travel expenses Flight tickets Health insurance (mandatory to present before arrival) Transportation from the airport to the project

 Optional: Online French course for 10 sessions of 1h each: 180€ Transportation to and from the airport (taxi): 160€ (variable price)

 Presentation of the partner Renaissance ASBL is a residential center hosting 20 adults who were born with physical disabilities (cerebral palsy). The center aims at giving those people an adapted living place. Renaissance is a residential center in which each occupant has to take part in the daily tasks according to their abilities. Various specialized people supervise these tasks: educators, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nurses, a caseworker, and physiotherapists, a multidisciplinary team in which each person accompanies the resident individually within the group. The center highlights the importance of cultural exchange, openness, and encounters.

Volunteer work During the project, the volunteer will take part in the community life of the residential center under the supervision of staff members. They will share meals with the residents, among other things: Life at the center: cooking, food stocks control, laundry, cleaning activities, etc. Leisure and creative activities: theater, well being, painting, expression, comics. Activities organized out of the center: shopping, cultural excursions, sports, etc. Special events: Run & Bike (adapted bicycles), Christmas market. The volunteers will not be in charge of medical care (washing the residents, putting them to bed, waking them up, etc.). A meeting will take place on a monthly basis to report on the volunteers’ stay. The volunteers are allowed to meet their tutor or the director of the center whenever they want. They will never have to stay alone with the residents and will be given safety instructions by a prevention adviser. Accommodation

Accommodation in a private room will be provided.

Food Three meals a day will be provided to the volunteers

Specific information The volunteers must have the maturity needed to face the challenges of daily life with physically disabled people. Prior knowledge of French is essential because some residents only speak French and need clear indications. The center needs volunteers who are dynamic, motivated, eager to learn and to take initiative, able to question themselves and to accept criticism from the staff. They need to be aware that they will live several months with different people who have a way of life, which is sometimes totally opposed to our daily life.

Language Minimum basic level of French.

 Meeting point Rue du Poirier, 8, 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Arrival days are from Monday to Friday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Outside these hours, we recommend you to take a hotel room on your own.

To get to the meeting point you can take the train from the airport: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en.

Nearest airports: Brussels Flemish Brabant Wallon Brabant Namur Limburg Liège Luxemburg Zaventem Airport (Brussels Airport) – 24 km Brussels South Charleroi Airport – 27 km Nearest train station: Braine-l’Alleud Station – 3 km

About Braine-L’Alleud As far as leisure is concerned, Braine-l’Alleud is home to a cinema complex, many sports halls, and a cultural center. Braine-l’Alleud is not far away from the historic site of Waterloo. Many hiking routes are available in the area.

Braine-l’Alleud is a Walloon municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, about 20 kilometres south of Brussels. The Braine-l’Alleud municipality includes the former municipalities of Braine-l’Alleud proper, Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, and Lillois Witterzée. It also includes the hamlet of Sart-Moulin, the inverted name of which inspired Hergé’s Moulinsart castle. The famous Lion of Waterloo where the eponymous battle took place is in the territory of Braine-l’Alleud. It is a very small town with very few activities