ROOM OF SMILES

Adopting a child is easy and everyone wants it. And adopt an old man? Have you thought about adopting one?! In Sezures – Portugal - we very much want to adopt our old people, but to fulfill this desire we have to build the Home Our Lady of Grace.

There are many challenges that we have, the dreams that we live and that we feed on behalf of those who most need our care. We need everyone's help to be able to adopt with great joy, affection, pampering and excellent care for our elderly.

We are located in the Parish of Sezures – Municipality of Penalva do Castelo, a rural environment, where its inhabitants live essentially from agriculture. With each passing year, the resident population ages and the population of working age continues to leave due to migratory exodus.

Sezures - um coação a bater

It is urgent and necessary to provide a social response to the needs of this population that is isolated, vulnerable, with low economic resources, having as a means of subsistence only the pension from the agricultural sector or the social pension. With Covid, they became even more isolated, and there was a need for greater socialization, protection and daily care for our elderly people.

Lar Nossa Senhora da Graça will be a residential structure for the elderly, with a day center and home support service, seeking to respond with these three valences to current needs. With this project, we want to adopt 30 residents in ERPI, 15 users in Day Center and respond to 20 users in home care service.

This structure aims to adopt a healthy lifestyle, in the countryside, with exploration of the surrounding space where the elderly can take care of and keep their pets. who want to share with us this dream of adopting an old man.

Joining crumb by crumb, we can achieve the dream, and for now raise a value that will allow us to build the “ROOM OF SMILES”.

In this room, our elderly people will be able to spend a good part of the day, sharing, above all, smiles at having put an end to the loneliness in which they lived. They can also welcome friends and family, sharing their stories and life experiences.

Help us to put a smile on the face of our elderly, sharing even a crumb, helping to build the "Sala dos Sorrisos ", in this Lar Nossa Senhora da Graça.

About the author

Parochial Social Center of Sezures, existing for 21 years, which supports the elderly or other individuals who, due to illness, disability or other impediment, cannot ensure the satisfaction of basic needs and activities of daily living.

Currently, at the Day Center we welcome users who like to socialize and share their experiences. Through Home Support, we bring hope to our users' homes together with carefully prepared meals, with personal and home hygiene treatment for each one.

We need everyone's help and we want to provide an excellent service.

We don't want to be just another institution, but we want to be at the forefront!

We count on all those who like to support social causes!

Budget and due dates

The Home's total construction budget is: €2,200,000, with a construction period of 24 months.

The amount raised in this way will be used to help build a Room – the Room of Smiles, dedicated to this sharing that each one will do.

In the two years that follow for full construction, we will have new challenges to collaborate on this project.

We will be giving news of the evolution of the construction.

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