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About Id-Dar Tal-Providenza

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About

Id-Dar tal-Providenza is a voluntary organization within the Archdiocese of Malta, registered with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations with registration number 1066.

The Home was founded by Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi in 1965 with the aim of offering individualized residential services to persons with disabilities in a family-like environment.

Our History

Residences

Today, Dar tal-Providenza includes three residences: Villa Monsinjur Gonzi, Villa Papa Giovanni, and Villa Papa Luciani. It also operates four community homes: Żerniq in Siġġiewi, Akkwarell in Qawra, Dar Pirotta in Birkirkara, and Shalom in Żurrieq.

Our Residences

The Mission And
Goals Of Our
Organisation.

  1. To provide individualised. long-term and respite residential services to persons with disabilities in full respect of their rights and dignity.
    2. To promote the holistic personal development and social inclusion of service users, including their autonomy and self-determination.
    3. To provide opportunities to employees to develop their skills and to enhance the value of their work.
    4. To provide a meaningful experience of volunteering.
    5. To collaborate with other organisations active in the field of disability to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities and of their families.
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Goal 1

Goal 2

Goal 3

Goal 4

Services

The Home also offers regular respite services to families of persons with disabilities, enabling the family member with a disability to continue living with their family.

Our Services

Our Network

Id-Dar tal-Providenza is affiliated with a foreign agency based in Glasgow, Scotland, called SPRED – Special Religious Development, which offers a range of services to help persons with intellectual disabilities integrate into prayer communities within parishes through a process of faith education.

The Home is also affiliated with the European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities, which represents over 15,000 support services for persons with disabilities across Europe.

Our Network

Our vision

Id-Dar tal-Providenza, which takes its name and charism from the Gospel, is primarily a residential organisation committed to empowering persons with disabilities in a family-like environment which enhances and maximises their abilities with a view to ensuring their full participation in society in accordance to the Gospel and the teaching of the Catholic Church.

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Values

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Goal 1

We believe that human life is sacred, having equal and unconditional value. We profess an intrinsic respect for all persons regardless of their strengths and abilities.

Goal 2

We have faith in Divine Providence reflected in an approach that ensures that lack of resources shall not impede our work.

Goal 3

• We believe that the family is the foundation of society, and therefore we provide support to the family such that the person with disability is enabled to continue living within one’s family should this be the disabled person’s own wish.

Goal 4

We strive to develop a community spirit, reflected in an approach that seeks to empower persons with disabilities, to uphold their right to privacy and self-determination, to promote interdependence and to provide the appropriate support for service users.