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Who we are

OUR HISTORY

The Maria Bianchi Association was born as an association of volunteers for relational assistance to the terminally ill and mourners. Over the years, the activity of assistance to mourners has developed more and more and has become our main activity.

Established in 1986 in Suzzara (MN), the association has created a section in Mantua over the years and has helped to activate other groups in Mirandola (MO) and Viadana (MN).

The association's activity is aimed at offering:

support for family and friends in the period of mourning before and after death;

raising public awareness on issues concerning terminality, pain, emotional support;

training of nursing staff, health and social workers, psychologists, volunteers, family members of the sick;

relational assistance to incurable patients.

To become volunteers of the association it is mandatory to participate in training courses on the various methodologies, training that takes place through interactive methods, of direct involvement,

with the contribution of experts.

MISSION

With the voluntary and free participation of the members, the aims of our association are:

- provide support to the person at the relational level

- helping family members or whoever they are at a relational level

- support the family during the illness of the spouse and in the period of mourning

- restore dignity and meaning to the life of the sick, until the end

- make relational assistance human and supportive.

The association will be able to seek and collaborate with other bodies for the development of its own initiatives as long as they fall within their institutional goals. However, it will have to maintain the most complete autonomy towards private and public bodies. It also proposes itself as an autonomous and proactive interlocutor with regard to healthcare assistance structures and social, administrative and political forces.

VOLUNTEERS

To become volunteers of our association it is necessary to participate in the internal training path and then take action for an initial period of approach and awareness of the issues and the various services. In this way, the theoretical, technical, emotional and concrete aspects of the service to be performed can be known gradually and with the supervision of the group's trainers. The volunteer is required to be present at regular meetings of all members and to share with the group of operators who carry out the same service.