Elder's Solidarity in Local Communities-GRU-11-GIVE 12-DJ-IT

The project provided solidarity among elders in our communities through the active participation of volunteers of our organizations. Seniors volunteers from Italy and Romania were engaged in volunteering activities, acquired knowledge and experiences, volunteering in a different country, within a different cultural framework. They learned through interactive methods and approaches in dealing with people of different nationalities, backgrounds, with special needs, that need to be helped, in the benefit of our communities of Messina and Craiova. Both groups of Senior volunteers were engaged without any material benefit, but  they got new experience, knowledge on customs, traditions, languages, family’ events, religious ceremonies, discovering similarities and differences, active involved in community life. 12 volunteers, Italians and Romanian seniors volunteered, together with other local volunteers in the benefit of disadvantaged persons, improving cooperation with local authority, being encouraged to stay active, dealing on the health benefits of herbs and healthy food, having the opportunity to use local products and to cook traditional food from both countries.