A.N.F.F.A.S. ONLUS di Pordenone

Anffas Onlus Pordenone is a voluntary association addressed to people with emotional and learning special needs. It is affiliated to Anffas National which has more than 180 sections all over Italy. It runs the Centre “Giulio Locatelli” which was opened in 1994. This Centre is a daily care service for 20 guests and a residential home for 20 guests, too. We add 2 emergency places for families who need a temporary break or support. In 2004 Anffas opened a new community for independent living and challenged people too, 15 in the daily care service and 24 in the residential lot. The principal aims are to give a non independent person physical, emotional and relational support based on his real needs. We try to offer our guests the chance to develop or maintain their basic skills. From the interaction between the worker/volunteer and our guests depends the important learning process. Besides the personal care and physiotherapy Anffas tries to combact emargination and exclusion for all the people in need, we promote solidarity and tolerance towards diversity to be seen as a personal enrichment. Our association promotes training courses for Voluntary Movement, courses on how to relate to severe challenged people, stages for schools and universities. All our activities vary and alternate in time and respond to the occupational and abilitation needs. Presently we propose crafts of pottery, wicker baskets, plaster, mosaic, painting and drawing, theatre, chorus and music therapy, gardening, sport activities with gymnastics, bowls and danceability. Many many outings so that our guests can live the local community as their natural environment. 2 week-holiday camps at the seaside or in the mountain.Anffas Onlus Pordenone in involved in EVS since the pilot phase in 1997 and has been working within ENVOL, network specifically working with volunteers with multiple disadvantages. 5 of these volunteers had a chance to start a new life during their EVS and after taking the professional qualification are now employed in the social sector in Pordenone and Anffas. These very successful EVS experiences added to the international value and open-mindness that volunteers bring foster our motivation to keep on working with Erasmus+ programme.