Volunteering: a mutual benefit
At DPC we consider the relationship of volunteering as a mutual benefit for both parties involved. Therefore, we promote volunteer opportunities not only thinking of the migrant population (aid projects) but also the host community (awareness-raising projects).
Our projects
Starfish
Constructing person by person: an open proposal for inclusion
From STARFISH, with an integral and personalized criterion, far from paternalistic and assistance-based views, we opt for a type of intervention that enhances the capacities of the people we accompany (young migrants without family references in Spain). We put a lot of interest in providing them with broad, varied and solid support networks. We encourage mentoring as a tool for building consistent social bonds. We value sport as a means of integration.
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In this way, we are able to satisfy not only basic needs, but also at develop and strengthen a capacity for reflection and, critical spirit that allows them to make the best decisions.
We are currently accompanying several young people from Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa. A Social Worker collaborates with DPC to provide this accompaniment and personalized follow-up.
Raindrops
Building “drop by drop”: an intercultural pedagogical proposition.
We try to collaborate “drop by drop” in raising awareness among the Spanish society regarding the migration phenomenon; being conscious and having the sensitivity from the viewpoint of considering the reception of migration as an opportunity instead of an issue.
We work with the private enterprise, universities, institutes, schools and other groups of interested people, taking advantage of all the opportunities that come us by to raise awareness in a comprehensive way, based on learning while participating. For this, it’s important to visualize and give a new significance to the multicultural subject in a context of a relevant change at the arrival and stay of persons coming from different countries and backgrounds. Thus, we create the space of communication and collective and interactive dialog between the hosting society and the people who facilitate the program. Experience tells us that it’s always a win-win situation.
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The contents have been developed by a team of Pedagogy and Social Work professionals together with other people who collaborate to achieve a durable impact.
The young ones at the STARFISH Program help us to communicate in the different contexts in which we operate. This is something that makes us very proud!
Donations to DPC make the growth of RAINDROPS easier and, to be able to include more education centers, more enterprises, more cultural centers… which implies that hundreds of people can develop this transforming empathy NOW.
Constructing word by word: a positive communication proposal
Through the MIGRATION+ Project, we invite you to collaborate with any positive+ communication about migrations. We invite you to provide us with texts, images or other communicative elements so that we can disseminate them through our website, social networks and our newsletter Migration+.
You can also visit our blog or subscribe to receive Migrations + by email.
What do we mean by positive + communication?
At DPC we aim to do our bit –word by word– to generate the positive meaning that migration deserves. We believe in a type of communication that, paying attention and feeling curiosity for similarities and differences, considers both the unique existence of “the other” and our own. We work to configure a space in which different types of beings can coexist and relate in the same world.
Celebrate y donate
Constructing event by event: a solidarity proposal for civil society
Our dear Colette came up with the idea of celebrating her thirteenth birthday by asking her friends to donate money to DPC instead of receiving gifts. She felt happy to contribute to the welfare of other young people who are not as lucky as her. This led us to design this Project, CELEBRATE AND DONATE, in which we invite people to celebrate their events altruistically. From Colette’s example, we have celebrated more birthdays; generosity is contagious! The possibilities are endless: performances, galas, races, wedding registries… If something of what you’ve read so far resonates within you, you might want to follow Colette’s example.
“It always seems impossible until it is done”
Nelson Mandela.
With 10€ per month for one year, you can cover six months of transportation costs of a student in the Starfish Program.
With 15€ per month for one year, you help cover the administrative costs (management of residence permits, work permits, etc.) of one person in the Starfish Program.
With 25€ per month for one year, you provide six months of basic living expenses to a Starfish Program participant who does not yet have a salary.
With 50€ per month for one year, you provide three months of housing solution to a student in the Starfish Program who is in the process of administrative regularization or job search.
Donate by bank transfer
If you prefer, transfer directly to our bank account:
ES86 1491 0001 2430 0011 7424
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