Commissione Sinodale per la Diaconia

CSD Diaconia Valdese is a national non profit organisation within the Waldensian Church in Italy. Waldensians and Methodists are Christians who belong to the family of reformed churches. Diaconia Valdese has regional operations in 6 Italian regions (Piedmont, Veneto, Tuscany, Liguria, Lazio, and Sicily). Anyway Diaconia Valdese define itself as a laical organisation: nobody has to belong to the Waldensian church in order to work or benefit from the services of the organisation. Diaconia Valdese has a mission: "Serving with the people". It focuses its work on the people in situation of difficulties or pain and it wants not only to be a service for the people, but it fosters the active involvement of the beneficiaries in its activities, putting the person at the centre of its strategy. For decades Diaconia Valdese has managed at a national level several services destinated to people coming from difficult backgrounds: diurnal and residential services and special projects for minors, youngsters, families, seniors, persons with disabilites and specific dementia (Alzheimer and others), social farms, refugees and asylum seekers. Several guesthouses economically contribute to the social services. Diaconia Valdese has a consolidated, decades-old practice in hosting long-term full time young volunteers, both Italian (National Civil Service) and foreign, through the European Voluntary Service, the French Civic Service, the German Civil Service, and other voluntary service programmes. Thanks to the EDYN (Ecumenical Diaconal Year Network), Phiren Amenca, and other bilateral relations, every year we also send long-term Italian volunteers to more than 10 EU and non-EU countries. Our department promotes minors and youngsters growth through informal and non formal education. Our offices are placed at Villa Olanda in Luserna San Giovanni (Turin), were apart from numerous other social and community activities, there is also a beautiful Hostel, the perfect place to host Erasmus+ projects (think about it!). www.diaconiavaldese.org https://giovanieterritorio.org/ http://www.ostellovillaolanda.it/?lang=en https://interreligiousmulticultural.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DiaconiaValdese https://www.facebook.com/giovanieterritorio/ https://www.facebook.com/VolontariatoDiaconiaValdese/