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Awareness-raising, and make it fun: Kinga’s experience at the Fête de Quartier Sainte-Marguerite

On Saturday, 7 September, the Sainte-Marguerite neighborhood in Liège came alive with music, dance, and family-friendly entertainment during its annual fair, organized by La Baraka asbl and the Coordination Socio-Culturelle de Sainte-Marguerite.VIEWS International was also there with a stand, engaging the community through adapted activities, interactive games, and conversations to Read more…

By Giulia D'Agnolo, 1 month17 September 2024 ago

Dark dinner table with plates, wine glasses and cutlery

Dinners in the Dark

Dinners in the Dark is an immersive experience that will guide you through a three-course meal in complete darkness. In this discovery journey, guided by blind and partially sighted service people, you will be able to explore the full potential of your senses, and focus on smell, taste and touch Read more…

By Giulia D'Agnolo, 11 months13 December 2023 ago

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Awareness-raising activities with young people

Today, I, Jay, a volunteer working in a ESC project with a group of teenagers, held a workshop to raise awareness about blindness and visual impairment. This was my first experience organizing such a workshop with a young sighted audience, having previously only worked with adults. The results were surprisingly Read more…

By Views Volontaire, 1 year30 May 2023 ago

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Awareness-raising activities for social workers

Workshop on innovative social work practices took place in the Centre for Continuous Education in Liège where we met with approximately twenty-five students from the Practicing Educators Course. It started with a presentation of roles and responsibilities of Views representatives present at the workshop and it continued with a short Read more…

By Views Volontaire, 2 years25 April 2023 ago

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Activities with young people in the community

For the last two weeks, we – Jay and Mihai – had carried out activities for and with visually impaired young people. These activities were focused on understanding and raising awareness about young people with visual disabilities. Together with La Baraka AISBL and Jean Boets Highschool, young people had the Read more…

By Views Volontaire, 2 years24 December 2022 ago

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More volunteering Opportunities within the European Solidarity Corps for Blind and Partially Sighted Training Course

By Anna Rita de Bonnis From 29 November to 5 December we hosted the training course More opportunities for adapted ESC for young VIP in Liège. Participants included Belgium, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the UK and Slovenia who, due to the pandemic situation, participated online. The participants stayed Read more…

By OfficeViews, 3 years23 December 2021 ago

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The 20 kilometers of Brussels on foot

BY Candice Octave During my stay here I got to take part in many activities, among which walks with the Brussels-based association called “Bon pied mais pas bon oeil”. For several years, this association has enabled VIPs and sighted people to enjoy walks around Belgium together. I got to enjoy Read more…

By OfficeViews, 3 years30 September 2021 ago

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“Salon du Volontariat 2020” in Liège

On 6th and 7th of March “Volunteering Fair” took place at RTBF Média Rives in Liege. The 13th edition was organized by Province of Liège (“Le Département des Affaires sociales et de la Santé” and “l’asbl Centre d’Etudes et de Documentation Sociales” ). The Province of Liège counts more than Read more…

By Giulia D'Agnolo, 4 years2 June 2020 ago

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Awareness Raising events

We have been busy during the Autumn with a number of different awareness raising events in Liege and elsewhere. The first event was hosted at the VIEWS offices and was a session for new volunteers, to give them more information and a better understanding of visual impairment. The volunteers learned Read more…

By OfficeViews, 5 years23 April 2020 ago