Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The Emmaus Community of Catanzaro is part of the global Emmaus Movement, which aims to combat poverty and social exclusion through the principles of work, sharing, and mutual aid. EMMAUS Catanzaro manages a community for homeless men with social and economic difficulties based in Satriano (CZ). Emmaus runs the community in self-management and self-financing through the recovery of second-hand goods and the Mercatino Solidale (Flea Market) and through the help of local volunteers. The Community host ONLY male.
Description of work:
Volunteers will help in collecting second-hand goods, arrange the solidarity market, advertising, tidying up and cleaning premises, serving meals. The work is organised only for half a day. One day off withing the week.
Description of location and leisure:
In their free time, volunteers can visit both seaside and mountain areas in the nearby and can visit the archaeological area of Scholacium on their own costs. Half day will be free everyday.
[Travel Information]
The nearest airport: SUF in Lamezia Terme,Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Satriano Marittima
Meeting Point and Time: Satriano Marittima
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will stay on the ground floor of the community in rooms with bunk beds. They will have a bathroom with a shower (extra showers will only be available outside during July-Aug.) Volunteers will experience community life with the community members who host them and will eat meals together. The kitchen is not available to volunteers, but meals are prepared for everyone in the community canteen by an assigned person.
English, Italian
* 현장납부비용 : 50 EUR
Extra fee: 50 EUR
First Language: English
Second Language: Italian
Description of specific requirements: Volunteers should have an interest in charity work and previous volunteering experience is very welcome. The use of alcohol and psychotropic substances is prohibited.Extra fee of euro50 is due to support food expences, it has to be paid upon arrival.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5 Reduce inequality SDG510 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies SDG516.
Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The workcamp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands.
Description of work:
The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.
Description of location and leisure:
Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.
The nearest airport: TRN in Torino (Turin),Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Torino-Caselle airport, and then Caselle Aeroporto train station.
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.
English
Description of specific requirements: Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5 Reduce inequality SDG510 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies SDG516.
Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The workcamp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands.
Description of work:
The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.
Description of location and leisure:
Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.
The nearest airport: TRN in Torino (Turin),Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Torino-Caselle airport, and then Caselle Aeroporto train station.
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.
English
Description of specific requirements: Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The camp is organized by Lunaria in collaboration with “Giovani Insieme”. The association is composed of young people for young people founded in October 1998 in Carignano with the aim of protecting, promoting and enhancing artistic, historical and architectural heritage, nature and the environment, by proposing summer work camps for young volunteers from all over Europe. The workcamps in Carignano were started to restore some rooms in a building in the historical center of the town. Through this project volunteers have the opportunity to recover Carignano’s architectural heritage and enjoy the environment whilst meeting young people from all over the world. Moreover “Giovani Insieme” organizes different local events such as summer camps for local children, cultural exhibitions, etc. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal: Climate Action-SDG13
Description of work:
Volunteers will work with children from 6 to 13 years old (Italian speaking) in the summer camp of the village from Monday to Friday. We’ll be focused on the historical tradition of carnival in Carignano and we’ll create some carnival costumes for the final show. The local team of volunteers will support the international ones for translation, but, don’t forget to be flexible in this. For an amazing experience of exchange, they could talk about carnival traditions in their countries and also teach the children typical songs or dances. Every week the volunteers will go once to a retirement home to present their countries. There will also be an activity in a protected area cutting bamboo to protect the endemic vegetation and use it for the activities in the summer camp. Some of Carignano's families will host the volunteers for a dinner in their home to share their culture and way of life. The last day there’ll be the opportunity to participate to the “Gay pride parade” in Turin
Description of location and leisure:
The town of Carignano (8700 inhabitants) is situated on the left bank of the river Po approximately 20 Km from Torino and within the Regional Parco Fluviale (park of the river). Its center is of typical "piemontese" style, characterized by an ancient core with medieval archways and a baroque cathedral. The town's surroundings offer sites of architectural and naturalistic interest, it is also possible to reach Turin easily, as there are frequent coaches to the city. During the free time there are many exciting things to do such as visit the open market of Carignano and take part in some local events. On the weekends it will be possible for the group to organize a visit to Turin (there is a bus to and from Turin), visiting the Egyptian museum, the cinema museum, MAO museum of oriental art, the Holy Shroud etc. The costs of the FREE TIMES activities are not covered by the project.
The nearest airport: TRN in Torino (Turin),Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Turin railway station
Meeting Point and Time: CARIGNANO bus station, It takes approximately 2/3 hours to reach the bus station from Turin airport.
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will be hosted in an ancient building (under restoring) with beds, communal bathrooms with 2 showers and hot water and a kitchen. Bedrooms are provided with 4 to 6 beds per room. The volunteers are responsible for the cleaning and cooking. Food is provided by the host organization. Volunteers must be equipped with a sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase and towels.
English
Description of specific requirements: It is important to keep in mind that you'll be working with children, which is different than working with adults, and to be prepared to work on manual tasks, which can be challenging at times.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The Emmaus Community of Catanzaro is part of the global Emmaus Movement, which aims to combat poverty and social exclusion through the principles of work, sharing, and mutual aid. EMMAUS Catanzaro manages a community for homeless men with social and economic difficulties based in Satriano (CZ). Emmaus runs the community in self-management and self-financing through the recovery of second-hand goods and the Mercatino Solidale (Flea Market) and through the help of local volunteers. The Community host ONLY male.
Description of work:
Volunteers will help in collecting second-hand goods, arrange the solidarity market, advertising, tidying up and cleaning premises, serving meals. The work is organised only for half a day. One day off withing the week.
Description of location and leisure:
In their free time, volunteers can visit both seaside and mountain areas in the nearby and can visit the archaeological area of Scholacium on their own costs. Half day will be free everyday.
[Travel Information]
The nearest airport: SUF in Lamezia Terme,Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Satriano Marittima
Meeting Point and Time: Satriano Marittima
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will stay on the ground floor of the community in rooms with bunk beds. They will have a bathroom with a shower (extra showers will only be available outside during July-Aug.) Volunteers will experience community life with the community members who host them and will eat meals together. The kitchen is not available to volunteers, but meals are prepared for everyone in the community canteen by an assigned person.
English, Italian
* 현장납부비용 : 50 EUR
Extra fee: 50 EUR
First Language: English
Second Language: Italian
Description of specific requirements: Volunteers should have an interest in charity work and previous volunteering experience is very welcome. The use of alcohol and psychotropic substances is prohibited.Extra fee of euro50 is due to support food expences, it has to be paid upon arrival.
Documents the applicants have to provide:
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The workcamp is organized by Forte Prenestino Social Center, in Rome. Forte Prenestino is one of the most important alternative cultural and social project in Italy. It was squatted more than 30 years ago, and now is the promoter of many cultural underground events, hosting an alternative community of artists, activists and social workers. The center has become a place of cultural production, autonomously managed and economically independent. The main goal of their work is to bring together understanding and action; social rights and voluntary activities; the local and the global. They promote not-for-profit projects, which could be useful for the local communities, fight racism and increase intercultural exchanges.
The “Crack” International Comics Festival is organized every year by Forte Prenestino Social Center, in Rome. Crack festival will involve editors and artists coming mainly from European and Mediterranean countries: 4 days of exhibitions, workshops and cultural exchange will involve hundreds of youngsters and experts. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal: SustainableCommunities-SDG11
Description of work:
During the festival, the place is going to host hundreds of artists and thousands of spectators, so the international volunteers will be asked to join the local volunteers to manage the entire organization of the event. An average of 6 to 7 hours per day is required, with possible activities organized on the event nights. The volunteers' work is going to involve : the logistic set up, the pub & restaurant tending, the cleanup and other activities proposed by the organizers. After the event, the volunteers will help taking down the structures and cleaning the fortress. The work can be physically hard (and it will be very hot), but the environment will be funny and easy going. The motto is to “Share, Work and Have Fun”. In a few words, get ready to be active and to give your energy to the community working at the Forte Prenestino.
Description of location and leisure:
The Camp takes place in Rome. Forte Prenestino Social Center is located in one of these fortresses around the city, in a big working-class neighborhood called Centocelle.
The nearest airport: FCO in Roma (Rome),Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Fiumicino Rome airport + train or shuttle bus to Termini Station / Ciampino airport + shuttle bus to Termini Station.
Description of accommodation and food:
The volunteers are going to sleep in a dormitory, yet they will have to bring a sleeping bag. During the festival, they can possibly be asked to sleep a few nights in tents. Please, take good note that the accommodation is really basic. Hand in hand with your team-mates, you will have to clean and to prepare the dorm at your arrival. Consequently, we want you to be aware that the comfort on the camp will be simply basic. The toilets will be collective and they are not what we could call de luxe. As for the showers, they will probably in outside (open air showers), so don't forget your swimsuit/swimming trunks. Regarding the meals, the volunteers are going to use the kitchen for breakfasts and will have meals at the restaurant: they will be asked to help the cookers.
English
* 현장납부비용 : EUR 20
Description of specific requirements: To be open minded and ready to live in an alternative community.This project request a motivation letter and to sign an agreement to confirm the understanding of the project. Expect a very very basic accommodation.
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▶파일형식: Microsoft Word
▶파일이름: 워크캠프 코드-영문이름(ML)
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▶첨부방법: 신청서 상의 ATTACHING FILE에 첨부
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Legambiente Pisa is an association that has been fighting since 1995 for a healthier relationship between people and the environment, to convey the importance of conscious choices, for social equity through the lens of scientific environmentalism. The activities are possible thanks to the commitment of the volunteers who organize together local and national awareness campaigns, training activities inside and outside the schools, collaborations with public and private bodies aimed at the ecological transition.
Description of work:
The volunteers will use simple tools such as shears, axes and saws to remove invasive vegetation, record data to compare the present situation and check the effectiveness of the action. At the request of the Park, interventions will be possible for easy maintenance operations in areas of naturalistic interest further inland. Restoration of the paths in the naturalistic areas of the
estate and biomonitoring activities within the Park will also be carried out. All movements will be made by bicycles, which the volunteers will also maintain, with the help of the local bicycle workshop.
Description of location and leisure:
The San Rossore estate, in the MSRM regional park, after having been used as a hunting lodge for monarchs and presidents, has since 1989 been the central nucleus of a large coastal park that is a real gem in terms of both fauna and plant species, including several relicts and endemic species, which have found an environment here in which to survive and develop. The estate is within cycling distance of the cities of Pisa, and Lucca, two centres that need no description; from the camp it is also easy to reach other centres of interest, such as Livorno, Calci, Massaciuccoli and the Apuan Alps. Ce Pisa Centrale train station null
Description of accommodation and food:
Flat in a farmhouse on the San Rossore Estate. we will prepare all meals in the apartment. the shopping will be done in local zero kilometer and organic shops
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Legambiente local group: Born in 1987, Legambiente local group in Paestum - Freewheeling – is currently enaged in the running of Dune Oasis a project that aims to protect the delicate dune ecosystem along the coast; and also OrtoMondo, a social housing run by legambiente local group in which live 14 migrants
Description of work:
The work will be always in direct collaboration with the technical staff for the maintenance of the Oasi Dunale. Volunteers will work on maintenance and cleaning of the coasts and beaches and will realize signals for the correct use of the area. The volunteers will be involved also in activities of gardening in the social housing OrtoMondo.
Description of location and leisure:
Paestum is a little town founded during VI century b.C. by Greeks, who built wonderful temples - and civilization – that now consitute a very important archeological area (UNESCO site) among the best maintaines in the Mediterranean. For its art, nature, tastes and events Paestum is one of the most important beautiful cities of Magna Grecia. The old city is located in a strategic position, a few km from the Amalfi Coast that extends along the Tirreno Sea and from the National Park of Cilento. The Archaeological site includes three Temples (it dates back to 550 B.C)
Naples Capodichino international airport. There are buses connection for the central railway station of Naples where is possibile to take a regional train to Paestum. The requested time is about 1hour and 20 minutes.
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will be hosted in bungalows in a camping on the coast. Moreover there is a cottage just on the beach where is possible to have meals after the working activities.
English
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First Language: English
Description of specific requirements: Volunteers have to be interested in ecology and human ecology.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The Emmaus Community of Quarrata is part of the global Emmaus Movement, which aims to combat poverty and social exclusion through the principles of work, sharing, and mutual aid. Emmaus takes part as well in solidarity actions in Italy and around the world and raise awareness about their values and mission. Our main activities include the collection, reuse, and recycling of used materials, displayed at the Solidarity Flea Market. We also maintain an organic vegetable garden and care for the community s green spaces. Volunteers will spend their days participating in activities and sharing free time with the people hosted by the community.
Description of work:
Volunteers will participate in the classic activities of collecting, sorting, selling, recycling, and repairing materials that characterize Emmaus communities. They will work alongside local volunteers and community members, both in activities and leisure moments. Volunteers will help organize the solidarity flea market, select and place materials for the market, and participate in the organic zero-mileage vegetable garden. Those interested in salvaging and restyling can assist with improvement projects and workshops such as gardening, painting, wood working, tailoring and space recovery. The main focus of the camp is to regenerate and transform in a creative and sustainable way of thinking the community leaving and working spaces.
Description of location and leisure:
Volunteers can visit nearby places on their own costs. Florence and other locations such Prato e Pistoia can be reached by public transportation. The community is located in a little hill surrounded by a beatifull landscape typical from Tuscany and the Market is in the Village of Quarrata. Excursions and visits of cultural and natural places are organized by the Community as part of the experience.
[Travel Information]
The nearest airport: FLR in Firenze (Florence),Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Quarrata, Pistoia, Toscany
Meeting Point and Time: Time will be provided with the infosheet
Description of accommodation and food:
Volunteers will sleep in the community hall and in other rooms where mattresses and/or camp beds will be provided, there will be separated rooms for girls and boys. The site includes a shaded garden, toilets, showers, hot and drinking water, and electricity. Lunch is prepared by the Community while the volunteer will take care of the dinner. The main diet is Vegetarian/Vegan and meat/fish will be included twice a week.
English, Italian
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First Language: English
Second Language: Italian
Description of specific requirements: Volunteers should have an interest in charity work and previous volunteering experience is very welcome.
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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
Hermete is a social cooperative created in 1997 that mainly works in the Valpolicella area. Hermete aims to realize socio-cultural projects for the community and the territory, having quality and innovation as big targets. Hermete highly believes in networking, this is why it operates at a local, national, and European level with partners that seriously and passionately believe that education and culture are essential tools to the development and growth of our society.
The work camp is organized in collaboration with by Hermete and Rugby Valpolicella. This is the ninth edition of the work camp organized in Valpolicella . One of the goal of the work camp is to create opportunities for sharing and encourage cultural exchange between the volunteers and the local community. This year, the workcamp is part of the META project and will actively involve volunteers in maintenance and improvement tasks for Rugby Valpolicella’s facilities. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Communities SDG #11
Description of work:
Volunteers will be engaged in maintenance and improvement tasks for the rugby field and its facilities. Their contributions will include simple manual work such as painting, cleaning, basic repairs, and other upkeep activities needed to enhance the functionality and appearance of the spaces. The volunteers will collaborate closely with the Rugby Valpolicella staff and local community members involved in the project, fostering teamwork and cultural exchange. Through this work, participants will not only support local sports activities but also become an integral part of a collaborative effort to enhance the infrastructure of a vital community resource. This collaboration highlights the shared values of teamwork and inclusion, creating a unique opportunity for cultural and social exchange between international volunteers and local residents.The volunteers will work approximately 5 hours per day, 5 days a week, dedicating their efforts to making a tangible difference while building connections within the community.
Description of location and leisure:
The volunteers will sleep and work in the village of San Pietro in Cariano, a village in Valpolicella hills. Here the landscape is mainly rural and is covered with its famous vineyards. The principal activity of the region is in fact winemaking. In their free time the volunteers will have the chance to meet local people, participate in local events, explore and discover the nearby cities, lake and
all the things that this territory has to offer.
The nearest airport: VRN in Verona,Italy
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): The nearest airport is Verona Airport “Valerio Catullo”. Verona city can also be easily reached by train from Milan, Venice, and Bologna. From Verona train station there is a bus to reach San Pietro in Cariano.
Description of accommodation and food:
The group will be hosted in a room from the local school in the village of San Pietro in Cariano, they will have one bathroom and will sleep in the same room. They will have the shared responsibility to cook their meals and manage to keep the place clean in the Rugby area, 600mt from the school.Food for the main meals will be provided according to the special needs of the volunteers and will be a prevalently vegetarian menu
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