Progetti di Volontariato Europeo

Help and Empower   Yourself è un progetto di volontariato cofinanziato dal programma Erasmus+ dell’Unione Europea e coordinato da Uniamoci Onlus. Due volontarie ucraine supporteranno le attività locali dell'Associazione Uniamoci Onlus da Ottobre 2018 a Luglio 2019, impiegando e sviluppando le proprie competenze personali, informatiche e la propria creatività per contribuire all'empowerment dei nostri utenti con disabilità motoria e cognitiva, motivare i volontari locali alla partecipazione attiva e supportare i membri dello staff nell'organizzazione di attività di apertura alla popolazione locale soprattutto nel quartiere di Brancaccio, dove si trova la nostra sede. Le relazioni d'aiuto in cui verranno coinvolte le volontarie rappresenteranno per loro stesse   una valida occasione di crescita personale   soprattutto in termini di auto-consapevolezza della propria utilità sociale, delle proprie abilità e di miglioramento delle proprie abilità sociali e comunicative...

Il 9 Agosto la nostra volontaria SVE Maryna è volata in Ucraina dopo 10 mesi di attività ed emozioni con noi. Ha tanti progetti per il futuro, tra arte e Sicilia, e ci ha lasciati con la promessa che sarebbe tornata a trovarci :) Adesso che si riprende il lavoro dopo la pausa estiva, la sua postazione vuota mette un pò di malinconia, al posto di Maryna solo qualche cartellone per il nostro prossimo scambio che ci ha preparato prima di partire... Ma ci ha lasciato un regalo prezioso, una raccolta di immagini del suo Give and Take con Uniamoci Onlus:

The nine-month course of painting in the organization has ended. We tried a lot of techniques during this period - various painting techniques, various textures, drawing, mosaic, wax painting, graphics. The themes were very different - traditional Ukrainian technique Petrikovka, landscapes, portraits, logos, etc. The guys showed themselves on the best side and each of them is special in the creative way. Someone has shown himself in helping others with drawing, someone has a very specific style, someone has the ability to draw portraits, someone abstraction, someone very painstaking in work but someone is very temperamental. But certainly everyone is talented and everyone deserves praise.

Art of inclusion is an Erasmus+ Project about the art as an instrument of learning and sharing of artistic techniques for people with disability. It lasts from 2016 to 2019. They did some watercolour painting, they played the drums, they visited abroad the ateliers of some artists, and they shared their experience and their work with the guys, they realized some glass paintings, some performances using the topic of the labyrinth as a metaphor of life, they also did some research about some Sicilian artists, about their life and their work and they interviewed some of them, you can find these videos on their YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/user/Uniamocionlus08 I created this mask for a performance about the labyrinth I helped to create this labyrinth with scarves

The association "Uniamoci Onlus" recently achieved and then celebrated with a party, the 10 years of activity. For us it was a great success that was attended by all the volunteers and the guys enrolled in the association that Davide and Eleonora have known over these years. At the party we had very good food and the excellent wine, have entertained the evening a music band, and the evening went very well.

Once a week, I give art lessons for the boys and girls of the association, trying different techniques, with the typical and traditional Ukrainian arts, such as "Petrikivka" and "Pisanka", or with the mosaic arts. They are very good! At the end of each lesson, they exhibit their work.

Since March, the association "Uniamoci Onlus" has welcomed four new Spanish volunteers - Jesus, Angustias, Maria and Marian, They will be doing their Erasmus + project here for three months. These guys have included new activities, such as the Spanish language course, Spanish dances, sharing the culture of the Spanish culture with us, and of course they will help with the existing activities which we already have in our space.