Who else loves animals?
We are looking for a buddy for a thirty-five year old woman from Kudelstaart. The woman has physical complaints, which makes her wheelchair dependent. She also finds it exciting and difficult to make contact with others. She doesn't really know how to behave, what to say or what to do in a social situation.
The woman has had buddies before, and she found that positive. She would like to be paired with a buddy again.
During the previous buddy contact, she enjoyed being able to look forward to something and doing something fun with someone. For example, going outside (with her dog). Or to visit a cinema, a farm or a petting zoo.
If you would like to become her new buddy, be aware that this woman finds the contact more important than the activity. For her it's about the distraction and the fun. And that she can feel comfortable with her buddy.
In addition, it is important that you as a volunteer can accept that she may make different choices than you would as a volunteer, that you do not want to 'change' the other person but can accept her as she is.
The woman would like it if her buddy likes animals. A shared interest in animals is also a topic of conversation.
The woman uses special transport. During a buddy outing, her buddy will need to push her wheelchair. She can walk a few hundred meters. Activities must be low-budget. She doesn't smoke.
Are you interested in becoming her buddy? Read below how that works.
As a volunteer with the Roads Buddy project, we pair you with a regular participant: your buddy. We connect the participant and the volunteer based on, among other things, common interests. The function of this buddy contact is to break through or prevent social isolation for a participant with a psychological vulnerability by going out together. As a volunteer you provide distraction and a bit of fun.
It is important that you are prepared to meet with your buddy once every fortnight for one year (longer is possible). Furthermore, you are prepared to enter into the encounter 'openly', without wanting to change the other person. That sometimes requires adaptability.
Working hours:
During the day or in the evening, during the week or at the weekend: all possible. If you become each other's buddy, you will meet once every two weeks for a period of one year. When and where you meet each other, you always decide in mutual consultation with your buddy.
Intake procedure:
Contact person Roads Maatjesproject: Jorise (Mon, Wed, Thu).
Please feel free to contact us for an introductory meeting. If you definitively register as a volunteer, an interview will follow with a participant. After this conversation, you can indicate the next day whether you want to become a buddy couple.
Yes = start contact. No = new conversation with another buddy.
