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VOLUNTEERS IN ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY REHABILITATION FR. KONSTANTINOS PAPANIKOLAOU 3 M. Botsari st, Agios Athanasios, 57003 Thessaloniki, GREECE Tel.-Fax: 2310702388 Email: info@iea.gr Website: www.iea.gr. Identification of the problem in general.
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VOLUNTEERS IN ASSISTANCEFOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY REHABILITATION FR. KONSTANTINOS PAPANIKOLAOU 3 M. Botsari st, Agios Athanasios, 57003 Thessaloniki, GREECE Tel.-Fax: 2310702388 Email: info@iea.gr Website: www.iea.gr
Identification of the problem in general • Persons with disabilities are less socially included than their peers without disabilities
Target group: Persons with disabilities with less opportunities In more detail: • Persons with disabilities who are unemployed • Persons with disabilities with less income that their peers without disabilities • Persons with disabilities of race minorities • Persons with disabilities with limited social life • Persons with disabilities experiencing discrimination
The suggestion • Practices based on social model of disability. • That is? Social model: Disability is rooted outside the person and is based on environmental barriers, physical or social
The solution VOLUNTEERS IN ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Long-term goal • Social inclusion of persons with physical disabilities • Support for equal opportunities • In more detail: volunteers can work supporting social inclusion as well as equal opportunities
Specific goals • Restriction of discriminations • Social inclusion of people with disabilities • Support for equal opportunities • Experience for volunteers
Actions • Research about motivation • Development of a network that supports and assists volunteers • Training of volunteers • Gathering of good practices • Creation of a guide • Campaign to motivate volunteers
Possible Strengths • Low cost • Friendly atmosphere • Motivation, by learning new things • Sentimental fulfilment • Independency and spontaneity
Possible weaknesses • Irresponsibility and inconsistency of volunteers • Distractions of the family • Lack of cooperation of family and person • Low speed