ItaRom04-06 Milano
02-Jan-06 to 17-Jan-06
CONS/DISABLED 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
ATHLA, UNICEF and the City Hall of Milan organizes a
fundraising campaign to sustain the social project of the organization. Around
Milan’s Dome it will be built an ice-skating track opened to the public. The
money raised will be used for endowing a semi Olympic pool which will be used
for disabled peoples therapy. W: The participants will help in organizing the
event: constructing the track, giving information to the people about the event
and about organization. A: ATHLA headquarter in 2-3 bed rooms
ItaLegW02-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 09-Jan-06
to 23-Jan-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international
work-camps, European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the
region of Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been
fully restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in
little jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw,
necessary for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of
Sirente-Velino: in these five years we have been working with experts from the
Park to count animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind
of garbage, helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted
people: we host every year hundreds of people from different part of the world
and of Italy, offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays ,
seminars or stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu,
permaculture, dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to
experiment the different way of living in the Convent. We work also with
physically and mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will
host international volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of
the Convent working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little
carpentry jobs), in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken,
ducks, goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the
village. The camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group
will be smaller. The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is
very cold (-5 / +10).
Location: Goriano Valli (Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of
L’Aquila, Region Goriano Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome.
(www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal: The nearest international airports are
Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee: 100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120
US).
ItaLeg82-06 Brivio
15-Jan-06 to 28-Jan-06
ENVI 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
P: S. Genesio Park is in a hilly and mountainous
area placed in the southern part of Lecco. The hills contain interesting
ancient rural villages, a lot of which are depopulated. One of these is the
Medieval village of Campsirago, where Legambiente has a "Permanent Centre
for Voluntary Service and Environmental Education", where volunteers will
be hosted. Volunteers will mainly work in the natural reserve called Palude of
Brivio, few kilometres from Campsirago, in one of the most interesting area
from the naturalistic and landscape point of view of the whole Parco Adda Nord.
The natural reserve Palude of Brivio is in the European list of the Community
Important Sites for the conservation of natural habitat and wild fauna and
flora spices. During the workcamp vols will cut the grass and reed on the
footpaths inside the area, moreover we will realize some security corridors in
order to protect the wooden buildings from fire. W: cleaning and maintenance of
paths. L: Lecco district, Lombardia region, North of Italy. A: Voluntary and
environmental education Centre. T: closest international airports and railways
stations are Milan and Bergamo.
ItaRom05-06 Milano
17-Jan-06 to 01-Feb-06
CONS/DISABLED 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
ATHLA, UNICEF and the City Hall of Milan organizes a
fundraising campaign to sustain the social project of the organization. Around
Milan’s Dome it will be built an ice-skating track opened to the public. The
money raised will be used for endowing a semi Olympic pool which will be used
for disabled peoples therapy. W: The participants will help in organizing the
event: constructing the track, giving information to the people about the event
and about organization. A: ATHLA headquarter in 2-3 bed rooms
ItaLegW03-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 25-Jan-06
to 08-Feb-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international
work-camps, European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the
region of Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been
fully restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in
little jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw,
necessary for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of
Sirente-Velino: in these five years we have been working with experts from the
Park to count animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind
of garbage, helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted
people: we host every year hundreds of people from different part of the world
and of Italy, offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays ,
seminars or stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu,
permaculture, dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to
experiment the different way of living in the Convent. We work also with
physically and mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will
host international volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of
the Convent working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little
carpentry jobs), in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken,
ducks, goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the
village. The camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group
will be smaller. The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is
very cold (-5 / +10).
Location: Goriano Valli (Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of
L’Aquila, Region Goriano Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome.
(www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal: The nearest international airports are
Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee: 100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120
US).
ItaRom06-06 Milano
01-Feb-06 to 15-Feb-06
CONS/DISABLED 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
ATHLA, UNICEF and the City Hall of Milan organizes a
fundraising campaign to sustain the social project of the organization. Around
Milan’s Dome it will be built an ice-skating track opened to the public. The
money raised will be used for endowing a semi Olympic pool which will be used
for disabled peoples therapy. W: The participants will help in organizing the
event: constructing the track, giving information to the people about the event
and about organization. A: ATHLA headquarter in 2-3 bed rooms
ItaLegW04-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 13-Feb-06
to 27-Feb-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international
work-camps, European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the
region of Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been
fully restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach the
villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of water
for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in little jobs
in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw, necessary for
our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of Sirente-Velino: in these
five years we have been working with experts from the Park to count animals
(dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind of garbage, helping
in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted people: we host every
year hundreds of people from different part of the world and of Italy, offering
them the occasion to experiment working holidays , seminars or stages(during
Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu, permaculture, dances,….), programs of
excursions and at the same time a way to experiment the different way of living
in the Convent. We work also with physically and mentally disadvantaged people.
W: From December to May we will host international volunteers for two weeks. They
will take part to the life of the Convent working inside to maintain the
structure (cleaning and little carpentry jobs), in the garden, with the animals
of our small farm (chicken, ducks, goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep),
on the paths near the village. The camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but
it may happen the group will be smaller. The work will be outside most of the
time). Here winter is very cold (-5
/ +10). Location: Goriano Valli (Tione degli Abruzzi
– Fontecchio), Province of L’Aquila, Region Goriano Abruzzo, about 3 hours by
bus from Rome. (www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal: The nearest international
airports are Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee: 100Euro to be paid at arrival
(about $120 US).
ItaRom07-06 Milano
15-Feb-06 to 25-Feb-06
CONS/DISABLED 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
ATHLA, UNICEF and the City Hall of Milan organizes a
fundraising campaign to sustain the social project of the organization. Around
Milan’s Dome it will be built an ice-skating track opened to the public. The
money raised will be used for endowing a semi Olympic pool which will be used
for disabled peoples therapy. W: The participants will help in organizing the
event: constructing the track, giving information to the people about the event
and about organization. A: ATHLA headquarter in 2-3 bed rooms
ItaRom08-06 Milano
25-Feb-06 to 04-Mar-06
CONS/DISABLED 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
ATHLA, UNICEF and the City Hall of Milan organizes a
fundraising campaign to sustain the social project of the organization. Around
Milan’s Dome it will be built an ice-skating track opened to the public. The
money raised will be used for endowing a semi Olympic pool which will be used
for disabled peoples therapy. W: The participants will help in organizing the
event: constructing the track, giving information to the people about the event
and about organization. A: ATHLA headquarter in 2-3 bed rooms
ItaLegMTV03-06 Verona (Vr) Veneto 01-Mar-06 to 31-May-06
ENVI/MTV 7 V. Ages 18-40 Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Location: For the fifith year Verona will host
international volunteers during the entire year. Verona is a very famous city
(do you remember Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare???) In the north east of
Italy; it is a very touristic place with a long history and culture; rich of
historical monuments, first of all the famous arena (the ancient roman
theatre). Even it is a great example of fortified town, in fact the walls and
the surrounding area is going to become a national park. Unfortunately some
parts of the area are still damaged and abandoned. Legambiente works on two
different medium term projects in this town:
1) VILLA BURI: Buri’s villa is situated at the
centre of the Adige river’s bend and it’s a monumental palace, with a chapel,
some cottages and a majestic landscape-garden, 30 hectares big, where a large
part of it is planted with ancient and precious trees. In September 2001 the
management of the villa was given to a no-profit group of associations which
have created a project to use and renovate the structure. The main goal of this
project is to affirm a culture of peace, to research a bearable and solid economy, and a right relationship
with the environment. To make it possible
it is necessary to suggest concrete and visible stimulus, symbolical but
clear in order to develop all together a cultural articulated and qualified
activity related to peace, environment and an economy of justice. It is
desiderable to form a space of concreteness and effectiveness to the
obligations of those many realities who spend a lot of energies and passion on
the multiple faces of solidarity, offering a place that produces new
experiences of dialogue and confrontation between peoples. In the planned
activities there are some educational and formative ones: meetings,
expositions, training courses, the opening of the park, parties,
manifestations, events where the international volunteers can take part. The
final goal is to restore a part of the park inside four bastions of the XIX
cent. And remains walls from XVI cent. Volunteers will work on the custody of
the park (opening and closing the gates), gardening (taking care of the botanic garden) and cleaning, everything
coordinated by a responsible. Even they will collaborate with the local group
of Legambiente in other activities. They will work about 30 hours per
week. Accommodation: house inside the
park or the villa (two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, a little dining room). 2)
PARK OF WALLS: Legambiente is deeply involved in the restoration and
revaluation of a great green space around. The final goal is to restore a part
of the park inside four bastions of the XIX cent. and remains walls from XVI
cent. In this area Legambiente is deeply involved in action of restoration and
revaluation of a great green space. The hard job has just started. The aim is
to rehabilitate the area comprehended among four bastions of ‘800 and remains
of walls of ‘500 and make it became a Park. Sometimes, these four bastions host
drug addicts, prostitutes or homeless people which find place to stay for some
hours. It’s not dangerous, and you will not work alone. There is a technician
responsible for the maintenance of the Park and another person responsible for
volunteers and their integration in the project and in the town. Volunteers
will work on the custody of the Park (opening and closing the gates), gardening
and cleaning, coordinated by technicians. They will also collaborate with the
local group of Legambiente in other activities as guiding tourists through the
park and other Legambiente projects.
They will work about 30 hours per week. Accommodation: house inside the
Park “Raggio di Sole”, very close to the centre of the town (two bedrooms, two
bathrooms, kitchen, big tv-room for meeting with all volunteers, open air area
when the weather is good…). Both projects’ work is similar and even if they are
hosted in different buildings (only three kilometres distance) volunteers will
be in continuous contact. A volunteer interested in taking part in a MTV
project can choose Verona or apply with a preference for Villa Buri or Park of
walls. In the case they choose simply Verona, the local group together to the
volunteers will decided the place of stay, with possibility of changing project
during the three months. Terminal:
closest airport and railway station are in Verona. Important note: volunteers
are expected not to be older than 40 years old.
ItaYapMtv01-06 Rome
01-Mar-06 to 01-Oct-06
SOCIAL/MTV/LTV 1 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Project description: YAP Italy is looking for an
incoming officer from the 1st of February till the 1st of October. The long
term volunteer will work closely with YAP Italy active members and responsible
and will have the possibility to follow from the inside the work of a national
voluntary service organisation.
Your role in the organisation will be the one of the
workcamp incoming officer and you will receive and accept (or refuse) the
application of international volunteers to our short term projects in Italy.
Beside that you will keep on touch with our international partners abroad, send
them updated information on our free places, work on the preparation of the
travel and project information with our international exchange coordinator and
take care of few other administrative activities in the office. The work of the
incoming officer is a very important one and we need you to speak good English
and to be a very precise and nice person.
During the project you will have the chance to get
to know our work and to get organisational and technical skills you will be
able to use in your daily life and work after the end of your project. At
personal level you will live with an active and international community of long
and short term volunteer and have the possibility to know several different
cultures while being in the same place! In fact our office and flat are a place
where you can meet people from wherever and where you can take profit of lot of
different personal experiences and backgrounds.
You will be asked to adapt your way of life and your
habits to the ones of the office and the country that will host you!
Who can apply ?
If you have the following characteristic,
-interest in international voluntary service and
youth activities
-previous experience as volunteer (please ask the
organisation where you have already volunteer to write a recommendation letter
for you)
-you speak good English and Italian (other languages
will be considered as an asset)
-you have good communication skills
-you are a responsible, precise and trustworthy
person
-you are an hard worker
you can apply!
Holidays or voluntary service?
If you are looking for cheap holidays or towards to
visit Rome and its beauties please consider that you will need to do it before
or after the project.
Voluntary service needs commitment and
participation, attention and care, love and personal open mind ness. In all our
projects we promote international exchanges through voluntary service because
we believe that all those aspects can bring us closer to a more peaceful and
sustainable global society and because we think that only through mutual
knowledge and social commitment we can ameliorate our society and its
processes. If you think you want to be part of this global project you will
have an unforgettable experience and lot of fun, you will share your time with
people from wherever and get to know as much things as you will be ready to
understand.
If, instead, you are looking for a way to have cheap
holidays and to visit Italy, we think you should not apply and look for other
possibilities.
Tasks
-international relationships: you will be in charge
of receiving international volunteers’ applications for YAP It’s work camps and
you will have to be on touch with our international partners and if needed with
the volunteers;
-office work: you will need to answer the phone,
prepare tables and reports, keep on touch with the insurance company, prepare
the invitation letters and facilitate the visa procedures, help the workcamp
coordinator with the preparation of the info sheets, up date our website etc…
-you will take part in the north – south training
and will need to help the workcamp coordinator with the organisation of the
three trainings we have each summer;
Timing
You will arrive in Rome the 1st of February and
start getting to know the city, the office and YAP It community.
In the next months you will smoothly but seriously
enter on touch with the work and start developing all the described activities.
You will work 8 hours per day, with an hour lunch
break, from Monday to Friday. It can happen that you will need to work on
Saturday and Sunday when we have the north south training or some special
activity in Rome (please consider this possibility when you apply!)
Technicalities and finances
Insurance: during the project you will be covered by
Yap It insurance but please provide your self with health and accidents
insurance before leaving your countries.
Visa: we will accomplish all the procedures together
with your sending organisation, but please, make sure to be available in order
to accomplish all the procedures on time (go to the embassy if needed etc etc)!
Travel: you will need to cover your travel expenses.
Board and lodging: Yap Italy will guarantee your
board and lodging when you are in Rome.
To be noticed: please note that in Rome your board
and lodging will be provided in the framework of Yap It’ activities and that
you will live with the group of volunteers that are already sharing the space
and the common life. As for all the others you will be asked to participate to
the daily work and house keeping. Your accommodation will be provided in a
shared room. If you are looking for privacy and time for yourself. Please do
not apply! But if you are looking for an interesting intercultural and personal
experience this is the project for you!
How to apply?
Please send registration form to VFP along with;
curriculum vitae in English
motivation letter for the project in English
YAP It application form (do not forget to ask to
your sending organisation to fil up part
ItaLegW05-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 01-Mar-06
to 15-Mar-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international
work-camps, European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the
region of Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been
fully restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in
little jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw,
necessary for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of
Sirente-Velino: in these five years we have been working with experts from the
Park to count animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind
of garbage, helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted
people: we host every year hundreds of people from different part of the world
and of Italy, offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays ,
seminars or stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu,
permaculture, dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to experiment
the different way of living in the Convent. We work also with physically and
mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will host
international volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of the
Convent working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little carpentry
jobs), in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken, ducks,
goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the village. The
camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group will be
smaller. The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is very cold
(-5 /
+10). Location: Goriano Valli
(Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of L’Aquila, Region Goriano
Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome. (www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal:
The nearest international airports are Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee:
100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120 US).
ItaLegW06-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 20-Mar-06
to 03-Apr-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international work-camps,
European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the region of
Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been fully
restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in
little jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw, necessary
for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of Sirente-Velino: in
these five years we have been working with experts from the Park to count
animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind of garbage,
helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted people: we host
every year hundreds of people from different part of the world and of Italy,
offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays , seminars or
stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu, permaculture,
dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to experiment the
different way of living in the Convent. We work also with physically and
mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will host international
volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of the Convent
working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little carpentry jobs),
in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken, ducks, goose,
pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the village. The camp
hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group will be smaller.
The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is very cold (-5 /
+10). Location: Goriano Valli
(Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of L’Aquila, Region Goriano
Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome. (www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal:
The nearest international airports are Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee:
100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120 US).
ItaYapMtv04-06 Various Locations 01-Apr-06 to 30-Sep-06
KIDS/MTV/LTV 1 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Dates are flexible for this leadership opportunity.
Italian language skills require. Please see below. This year Yap Italy has
decided to provide an added value to its activities by opening MTV position in
the framework of the summer work camps coordination.Each project includes the
coordination of 2 or more work camps, a 5 days preparation and a 3 days
evaluation. Applicants should be already experienced in the field, speak good
English and a fair level of Italian. In fact they will be responsible of the
international group coordination but also of local contacts and activities.
They will have a major role in the communication between Yap It national
secretariat, the hosting organisation and the volunteers. During the
preparation they will be introduced to Yap, its activities and to the local
hosting organisation. They will be prepared for the different work camps by
getting to know the local projects and the different strategies. By living few
days with an already established volunteers community they will also get in
touch with our daily philosophy and way of working. On the spot they will need
to work tirelessly in order to coordinate and lead the activities and they will
need to introduce the group to Yap philosophy and work. The evaluation will be
based on their personal feed back, the opinion of the hosting organisation and
the one of all the participants. Who can apply ? If you have the following
characteristic, -interest in international voluntary service and youth
activities -previous experience as work camp participant (experience as work
camp coordinator is an asset) -you speak good English and Italian (other languages
will be considered as an asset) -good communication skills -you are a
responsible, precise and trustworthy person -hard worker you can apply!
Holidays or voluntary service? If you are looking for cheap holidays or towards
to visit Rome and its beauties please consider that you will need to do it
before or after the project. Voluntary
service needs commitment and participation, attention and care, love and
personal open mind ness. In all our projects we promote international exchanges
through voluntary service because we believe that all those aspects can bring
us closer to a more peaceful and sustainable global society and because we
think that only through mutual knowledge and social commitment we can
ameliorate our society and its processes. If you think you want to be part of
this global project you will have an unforgettable experience and lot of fun,
you will share your time with people from wherever and get to know as much
things as you will be ready to understand.
If, instead, you are looking for a way to have cheap holidays and to
visit Italy, we think you should not apply and look for other
possibilities. Tasks -group leading, management and coordination
-accounting -intermediation between the group, the local organisation and Yap
It’ secretariat -organisation of leisure activities Timing You will arrive at
least 5 days before the first work camp in Rome and leave 3 days after the last
one, after the final evaluation (those days should be spent in Rome in order to
get to know the organisation and its member and to be prepared for the work
camps you will then lead and after to evaluate your experience and the activity
in general). You will be fully involved
in the work camp (24 hours a day) from the first to the last day (you will
always need to be available for the volunteers) of each activity. In between the work camp you can decide
whether to travel around or to be hosted in Rome. TO BE NOTICED: we will provide you with the dates of the
projects as soon as our workcamp list is ready. While proposing your
candidature, please consider that our summer season normally start at the
beginning of March and end at the end of September. Technicalities and finances
Insurance: during the work camp you will be covered by Yap It insurance
but please provide your self with health and accidents insurance before leaving
your countries. Visa: we will
accomplish all the procedures together with your sending organisation, but
please, make sure to be available in order to accomplish all the procedures on
time (go to the embassy if needed etc etc)!
Travel: you will need to cover your travel expenses. Board and lodging: Yap Italy will guarantee
your board and lodging when you are in Rome and during the activities,
therefore if in between the work camps you think you will travel around, please
make sure that you will be able to cover your expenses. Pocket money: you will
receive 50 € per workcamp. The total amount will be given at the end of each
activity, therefore if you will decide to travel around, you will get the
amount once back in Rome. To be
noticed: please note that in Rome your board and lodging will be provided in
the framework of Yap It’ summer activities and that you will live with the
group of volunteers that are already sharing the space and the common life. As
for all the others you will be asked to participate to the daily work and house
keeping. Your accommodation could be provided in a shared room. Local transportation: transportation from
Rome to the work camp and vice versa will be covered by Yap It. How to apply? Please send to VFP the following documents: registration form,
curriculum vitae in English, motivation letter for the project in English, YAP
It application form (do not forget to ask to your sending organisation to fil up
part 10 of the application)
ItaYapMtv03-06 Rome
01-Apr-06 to 01-Oct-06
KIDS/MTV/LTV 1 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Project description: The organisation The “Cavallo Bianco” association works with
mentally and physically disabled people in Rome. One of their main goals is to
help those people to find employment and to take part in the civil society
development. Local volunteers are a very colorful and reach group of people
working and developing projects together since long time, they regularly meet
once per week in their roman office and they develop several artistic
activities through the pedagogic theatre methodology. Since about 9 years they
also cooperate with a Byelarussian orphanage in order to host a group of
mentally and/or physically disabled children in Italy for five weeks at the
beginning of summer time. The hosted group is composed by 15 children, two
teachers and a translator (with the task to help the communication between the
children and the locals).
Considering the particular target of the
organisation, Cavallo Bianco stresses the real possibility to communicate and
interact through non verbal and non formal communication and, therefore,
support all those projects that include people from very different backgrounds
and life experiences.
Cavallo Bianco decided together with Yap-Italia to
involve in the development of the project local volunteers, the group of people
they usually work with, and international volunteers (to be noticed: neither
the local volunteers nor the children speak English and it is important to be
ready to communicate in non formal and non verbal ways in order to fully
participate to the project).
Geographical context and project location
Cinecittà is one of the twelve neighborhoods of
Rome, apart from being the local environment where Yap Italy is developing its
daily life activities, Cinecittà is also a neighborhood in the outskirts of
Rome where many other associations, groups, and social centres are trying to
improve the quality of life for all the people living there and Cavallo Bianco
is one of them.
The project will take place in the premises of a
local church where the children are hosted, have lunch and dinner, the group
will have the rehearsals and the final party and performance will take place.
No religious involvement will be asked to the volunteer and the project is open
to everybody. The activities This year, it will be the fifth edition of the
project. Past year it hosted two groups of internationals through the realisation
of a workcamp and the presence of volunteers was recognised as very important
and interesting. One of the aim of the project is to create and to develop a
human link and relationship in between the different persons involved. Cavallo
Bianco stands for integration and participation of all into the community
therefore each person will have to support all the others. Volunteers will take part in all the
activities connected to the project from the spare time to the cleaning. They
will organise games and workshops, will take the children to excursions and to
the beach, will clean the space where children live and sleep, cook for the
children, fully support local volunteers in dealing with the group and will
commit themselves to be part of the all project.
The volunteers, the local association and the
children will organise a theatre performance and they will play it together one
of the last nights of the workcamp (rehearsals will also be part of the
activities connected to the project).
Children can be affected by chronic illnesses but
there will be people responsible and able to deal with all of them (volunteers
will be informed once on the spot or just before the project about those
special situation and will know how to behave in any situation).
It can happen that volunteers are in charge of
different activities. The local coordinator will establish shifts in order to
involve everybody in all the activities according to the possibilities. The
children are in Italy together with two Belarusian mentors, the role of these
mentors does not have any influence on the activities volunteers will develop
even though they are responsible for the children.
Upon arrival the international group will meet with
the local group and it will get to know the draft program (in fact the program
can not be establish with absolute certitude at the beginning of the project
because several activities and excursions depend on weather conditions or local
possibilities that can not always be checked before the activity itself). The
program can be changed according to the evolution of the project, weather,
children’s needs etc. None of these changes are done in order to create
problems or because there is no organization but because of the will to be
flexible and to create a human relationship with all the persons involved.
Who can apply ?
If you have the following characteristic,
-previous experience as volunteer (please ask the
organisation where you have already volunteer to write a recommendation letter
for you)
-you are a responsible, committed and trustworthy
person
-you are open minded and you like intercultural
learning
-you are an hard worker
-you like children
-you want to support civil society and local
development
-you are not looking for holidays but for voluntary
service
you can apply!
Knowledge of Russian and/or Italian language will be
seen as an asset during the selection process.
Holidays or voluntary service?
If you are looking for cheap holidays or towards to
visit Rome and its beauties please consider that you will need to do it before
or after the project.
Voluntary service needs commitment and
participation, attention and care, love and personal open mind ness. In all our
projects we promote international exchanges through voluntary service because
we believe that all those aspects can bring us closer to a more peaceful and
sustainable global society and because we think that only through mutual
knowledge and social commitment we can ameliorate our society and its
processes. If you think you want to be part of this global project you will
have an unforgettable experience and lot of fun, you will share your time with
people from wherever and get to know as much things as you will be ready to
understand.
If, instead, you are looking for a way to have cheap
holidays and to visit Italy, we think you should not apply and look for other
possibilities.
Tasks
-independent organisation of spare time activities
for children;
-assistance during excursions and cultural visits;
-cooking;
-cleaning;
-participation to theatre rehearsals and
performance;
Timing
TO BE ESTABLISHED
Free time: There is no day when the children are
free so that it is not possible to establish before hand when volunteers will
be free. It will be discussed and organised upon arrival together with the
coordinator and the local volunteers (please consider it when applying).
Generally speaking you will have free afternoons or mornings during the week
and one day free in the week ends, but we can not state now how it will be
organised and established with the local coordinator.
Technicalities and finances
Insurance: during the project you will be covered by
Yap It insurance but please provide your self with health and accidents
insurance before leaving your countries.
Visa: we will accomplish all the procedures together
with your sending organisation, but please, make sure to be available in order
to accomplish all the procedures on time (go to the embassy if needed etc etc)!
Travel: you will need to cover your travel expenses.
Further information about the meeting point and Italy will follow with next
mailing.
Language: Italian, English and Russian will be all
languages of the project. Children mainly speak Russian, as well as the
teachers. Local volunteers are mainly Italian speakers, YAP local volunteers
and the coordinator speak Italian and English. Consider that in Italy there are
few English speakers and that in Cinecittà is almost impossible to find some of
them (except YAP volunteers). You can, though, expect to have lot of nice
moments and attentions from all of them!!!
Board: Yap Italy and Cavallo Bianco will guarantee
your board during the project. In particular: you will have lunch and dinner
together with the group in the church where the children are hosted, food will
be provided according to Italian traditions and children’s needs (please get
ready to have pasta, pizza, salad, Italian food for lunch and dinner and
consider that no special needs can be taken into consideration in this project.
We do apologise with vegetarians or volunteers with special needs but during
the project and considering the organisation of the supplies, it is impossible
to foresee and organise the preparation of special meals in this context). The
organizers will not take into consideration any complains about food and Italian
traditions: an international voluntary service project also means adaptation
and intercultural learning, whether in Italy or abroad.
Lodging: you will be lodged in YAP Italy’s flat,
just nearby the project location.
Please note that your lodging will be provided in
the framework of Yap It’ activities and that you will live with the group of
volunteers that are already sharing the space and the common life. As for all
the others you will be asked to participate to the daily work and house
keeping. Your accommodation will be provided in a shared room. If you are
looking for privacy and time for yourself, please do not apply! But if you are
looking for an interesting intercultural and personal experience this is the
project for you!
How to apply?
Please send to ltv@yap.it the following documents:
curriculum vitae in English
motivation letter for the project in English
YAP It application form (do not forget to ask to
your sending organisation to fil up part 10 of the application)
ItaYapMtv02-06 Rome
01-Apr-06 to 01-Oct-06
SOCIAL/MTV/LTV 1 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Project description
YAP Italy is looking for a precise and trustworthy volunteer for the
updating of its website and for the first promotional activities of the year.
The project will be from the 1st of March till the 1st of May. The long term volunteer will work closely
with YAP Italy active members and responsible and will have the possibility to
follow from the inside the work of a national voluntary service
organisation. Your work will be to
update our website with all the projects we will propose for the season 2006
and to work together with other volunteers at the promotion of the workcamps
and the projects we will have in our programme for the summer and the upcoming
months. In order to develop this work you need to be a very precise person and
to know quite well the geography of our planet!
During the project you will have the chance to get
to know our work and to get organisational and technical skills you will be
able to use in your daily life and work after the end of your project.
At personal level you will live with an active and
international community of long and short term volunteer and have the
possibility to know several different cultures while being in the same place!
In fact our office and flat are a place where you can meet people from wherever
and where you can take profit of lot of different personal experiences and
backgrounds.
You will be asked to adapt your way of life and your
habits to the ones of the office and the country that will host you!
Who can apply ?
If you have the following characteristic,
-interest in international voluntary service and
youth activities
-previous experience as volunteer (please ask the
organisation where you have already volunteer to write a recommendation letter
for you)
-you speak good English(other languages will be
considered as an asset)
-you are a responsible, precise and trustworthy
person
-you are an hard worker
you can apply! Holidays or voluntary service? If you
are looking for cheap holidays or towards to visit Rome and its beauties please
consider that you will need to do it before or after the project.
Voluntary service needs commitment and
participation, attention and care, love and personal open mind ness. In all our
projects we promote international exchanges through voluntary service because
we believe that all those aspects can bring us closer to a more peaceful and
sustainable global society and because we think that only through mutual
knowledge and social commitment we can ameliorate our society and its
processes. If you think you want to be part of this global project you will
have an unforgettable experience and lot of fun, you will share your time with
people from wherever and get to know as much things as you will be ready to
understand.
If, instead, you are looking for a way to have cheap
holidays and to visit Italy, we think you should not apply and look for other
possibilities.
Tasks
-updating of the website;
-preparation of the promotional activities;
-participation to all the promotional activities
together with other international volunteers.
Timing
You will arrive in Rome the 1st of March and start
getting to know the city, the office and YAP It community.
In the next month you will smoothly but seriously
enter on touch with the work and start developing all the described activities.
You will work 8 hours per day, with an hour lunch
break, from Monday to Friday.
Technicalities and finances
Insurance: during the project you will be covered by
Yap It insurance but please provide your self with health and accidents
insurance before leaving your countries.
Visa: we will accomplish all the procedures together
with your sending organisation, but please, make sure to be available in order
to accomplish all the procedures on time (go to the embassy if needed etc etc)!
Travel: you will need to cover your travel expenses.
Board and lodging: Yap Italy will guarantee your
board and lodging when you are in Rome. To be noticed: please note that in Rome
your board and lodging will be provided in the framework of Yap It’ activities
and that you will live with the group of volunteers that are already sharing
the space and the common life. As for all the others you will be asked to
participate to the daily work and house keeping. Your accommodation will be
provided in a shared room. If you are looking for privacy and time for
yourself. Please do not apply! But if you are looking for an interesting
intercultural and personal experience this is the project for you!
How to apply?
Please send toVFP the a registration form and the
following documents:
-curriculum vitae in English
-motivation letter for the project in English
-YAP It application form (do not forget to ask to
your sending organisation to fil up part
ItaYap01-06 Athla Trip Italy 03-Apr-06 to 14-Apr-06
DISABLED/SOCIAL 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
PROJECT: The association ATHLA (www.atlha.it), based
in the surroundings of Milan, organizes "leisure time" activities for
handicaped young people (physical and/or mental), in order to favorise the
balanced development of the personality of any individual with different
opportunities. Willing to develop projects of therapeutic tourism and a real interactions
between their patients and intercultural volunteers, ATLHA is organizing in
2006 several trips around Italy (Aeolian Islands, Amalfitana Coast, etc.), in
Sardinia island, in Austria and in Australia. The volunteers will support ATLHA
in the organization and will be involved in the trips, giving assistance and
animation to the handicaped young people. They will so be entirely be taken in
charge by the organisation (including any travel-costs from and back to Milano
but eventual visa costs not included). We expect very motivated and dedicated
volunteers for these projects. Previous experience with handicaped people
apreciated even if not compulsory. psychology students or specialized animators
most welcome. CV and Motivation letter to be joined with the inscription. ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be
accommodated with the young handicaped peoples they will have the charge of, in
the main center of Athla at the beginning and the end of the project and, in
general in hostels or adapted and accessible residences. LOCATION: The meeting point and the first
and last days of the projects will be spent in Milan. TERMINAL: Milano.
ATTENTION: The CPI 22 project is only open for inscriptions to YAP
members and associated groups's volunteers.
ItaLegW07-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 05-Apr-06
to 19-Apr-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international
work-camps, European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the
region of Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been
fully restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in little
jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw, necessary
for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of Sirente-Velino: in
these five years we have been working with experts from the Park to count
animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind of garbage,
helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted people: we host
every year hundreds of people from different part of the world and of Italy,
offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays , seminars or
stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu, permaculture,
dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to experiment the
different way of living in the Convent. We work also with physically and
mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will host
international volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of the
Convent working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little carpentry
jobs), in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken, ducks,
goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the village. The
camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group will be
smaller. The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is very cold
(-5 /
+10). Location: Goriano Valli
(Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of L’Aquila, Region Goriano
Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome. (www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal:
The nearest international airports are Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee:
100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120 US).
ItaLegS01-06 Imbersago (Lc) Lombardia 09-Apr-06
to 23-Apr-06 ENVI
8 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $0.00 REPORT REFUND: $0.00
Project: the Park Adda Nord includes those territories
along the river Adda situated on the plain highlands close to Como lake and
including the lakes of Garlate and Olginate. The river winds across the narrow
banks with typical outcroppings of conglomerate reefs (the so-called
"ceppo") and it forms a characteristic landscape where thick woods
alternate with more populated areas. The most interesting area is the covered
by the wide wetland of the marsh in Brivio. The archaeological and monumental
aspects have a special importance, with some hydraulic engineering works dating
back to the beginning of the century like Leonardo's locks (Trezzo sull'Adda),
the bridge in Paderno, and the industrial village of Crespi d'Adda. Volunteers
will work at the environmental maintenance of the cycle-pedestrian paths along
the river, between the villages Airuno, Brivio and Imbersago. Work: maintenance
of the cycle-pedestrian paths along the river Location: Imbersago (Lc)
Accomodation: Sport center and tents.
Terminal: closest international airports and railways stations are Milan
and Bergamo (BGY).
ItaYap02-06 Athla Trip Italy 14-Apr-06 to 02-May-06
DISABLED/SOCIAL 10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
PROJECT: The association ATHLA (www.atlha.it), based
in the surroundings of Milan, organizes "leisure time" activities for
handicaped young people (physical and/or mental), in order to favorise the
balanced development of the personality of any individual with different
opportunities. Willing to develop projects of therapeutic tourism and a real interactions
between their patients and intercultural volunteers, ATLHA is organizing in
2006 several trips around Italy (Aeolian Islands, Amalfitana Coast, etc.), in
Sardinia island, in Austria and in Australia. The volunteers will support ATLHA
in the organization and will be involved in the trips, giving assistance and
animation to the handicaped young people. They will so be entirely be taken in
charge by the organisation (including any travel-costs from and back to Milano
but eventual visa costs not included). We expect very motivated and dedicated
volunteers for these projects. Previous experience with handicaped people
apreciated even if not compulsory. psychology students or specialized animators
most welcome. CV and Motivation letter to be joined with the inscription. ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be
accommodated with the young handicaped peoples they will have the charge of, in
the main center of Athla at the beginning and the end of the project and, in
general in hostels or adapted and accessible residences. LOCATION: The meeting point and the first
and last days of the projects will be spent in Milan. TERMINAL: Milano. ATTENTION:
The CPI 22 project is only open for inscriptions to YAP members and associated
groups's volunteers.
ItaLegW08-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 03-May-06
to 16-May-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting hundreds
of volunteers in different occasions (national and international work-camps,
European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the region of
Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been fully
restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in
little jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw,
necessary for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of
Sirente-Velino: in these five years we have been working with experts from the
Park to count animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind
of garbage, helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted
people: we host every year hundreds of people from different part of the world
and of Italy, offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays ,
seminars or stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu,
permaculture, dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to
experiment the different way of living in the Convent. We work also with
physically and mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will
host international volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of
the Convent working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little
carpentry jobs), in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken,
ducks, goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the
village. The camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group
will be smaller. The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is
very cold (-5 / +10).
Location: Goriano Valli (Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of
L’Aquila, Region Goriano Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome.
(www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal: The nearest international airports are
Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee: 100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120
US).
ItaYap03-06 CASA DEL BOSCO 08-May-06 to 22-May-06
ENVI/SOCIAL 12 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
PROJECT: La “Casa del Bosco in Collina” is involved
in local development through organic farming and environmental protection. The
association is developing activities for children following the Rudolf Steiner
philosophy. Volunteers will be involved in some of the following activities:
they will work in the garden, paint the house and other spaces. The volunteers
will also help local volunteers to organize an ecological party that usually
opens the spring and summer activities.
TO BE CONSIDERED: Broni is quite isolated from the
city and the house itself is far away from the village. This work-camp is for
nature lovers or for people willing to spend time doing voluntary service
outside from the usual chaos we live in...
TERMINAL: Milano.
ItaSci09.4-06 Sordevolo
12-May-06 to 25-May-06
ARTS 6 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Villa Cernigliaro, an historical stately home
situated in Sordevolo is under the protection of the Ministry of Public
Instruction, sponsored by the Sovrintendenza dei Beni Architettonici of
Piedmont. At the beginning of the last century during the fascist regime, the
Villa became a meeting place for free- thinking political dissident
intellectuals like Antonicelli, Ginzburg, Bobbio, Pavese, Einaudi, Croce, Mila,
Zini, Pirandello, Montale, Colonnetti, Frassati, Linati, Levi and others.From
1998, Villa Cernigliaro became the official seat of the no-profit Association
"Zero Gravità", a cultural experience for the promotion of visual
art, performance and happenings of the historical avant-garde. The volunteers
work from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 12 am and from 2 pm to 5.30 pm:
settlement of plants in the vegetable
garden, planting trees, cleaning of river stone gutters, general maintenance of
the park and Italian garden, painting of iron and wood furnishings. Study part
on natural reserves and historical houses. A: in guest-rooms of Villa
Cernigliaro. L: English
/Italian/French. Not accessible for wheelchairs.
ItaLegW09-06 Goriano Valli - Abbruzzo 18-May-06
to 31-May-06 ENVI
10 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $120.00 REPORT REFUND: $75.00
Introduction: Legambiente is running since 1999 the
ex-Convent San Giorgio, a Volunteering Permanent Centre that has been hosting
hundreds of volunteers in different occasions (national and international
work-camps, European Volunteering Service,…). The Convent is situated in the
region of Abruzzo, centre of Italy, about 150 km away from Rome. It has been
fully restored by the local institution Mountain Community and we furnished it
following as much as possible “static free” standards. The project aims to
bring new economic, tourist and especially cultural and spiritual movements in
an area quite isolated. It deals with sustainable living, no waste, recycling
and clever use of all energies (human included). The role of volunteers during these years has been fundamental,
and all people passing through the Convent for different occasions as seminars,
stages, parties have contributed to bring on these activities. Themes as peace,
solidarity, ecologism are linked. For the realisation of the idea it is
necessary that different intellectual and spiritual forces, positive thought
and energies flow in the same direction.
The Project The project based on the Convent San Giorgio has different
working situations: -the garden: most of the food we eat comes from our garden
where we practice organic cultivation and experiment new techniques for “clean
agriculture” as permaculture -work in the village: during these years we have
re-opened and maintained many paths which in the past were the ways to reach
the villages in the valley; cleaned fountains which were the only source of
water for people living year; collaborated with farmers of the village in
little jobs in their farms (as cleaning stables from manure or from straw, necessary
for our garden). -collaboration with the Regional Park of Sirente-Velino: in
these five years we have been working with experts from the Park to count
animals (dears and wild-pigs), cleaning areas from different kind of garbage,
helping in spreading environmental awareness -work with hosted people: we host
every year hundreds of people from different part of the world and of Italy,
offering them the occasion to experiment working holidays , seminars or
stages(during Summer: yoga, tai-chi, ceramics, shiatsu, permaculture,
dances,….), programs of excursions and at the same time a way to experiment the
different way of living in the Convent. We work also with physically and
mentally disadvantaged people. W: From December to May we will host
international volunteers for two weeks. They will take part to the life of the
Convent working inside to maintain the structure (cleaning and little carpentry
jobs), in the garden, with the animals of our small farm (chicken, ducks,
goose, pigeons, rabbits, goats and sheep), on the paths near the village. The
camp hope to host around 10 volunteers but it may happen the group will be
smaller. The work will be outside most of the time). Here winter is very cold
(-5 /
+10). Location: Goriano Valli
(Tione degli Abruzzi – Fontecchio), Province of L’Aquila, Region Goriano
Abruzzo, about 3 hours by bus from Rome. (www.conventosangiorgio.it) Terminal:
The nearest international airports are Pescara and Rome. Inscription Fee:
100Euro to be paid at arrival (about $120 US).
ItaLegMTV04-06 Verona (Vr) Veneto 01-Jun-06 to 31-Aug-06
ENVI/MTV 7 V. Ages 18-40 Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
Location: For the fifith year Verona will host
international volunteers during the entire year. Verona is a very famous city
(do you remember Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare???) In the north east of
Italy; it is a very touristic place with a long history and culture; rich of
historical monuments, first of all the famous arena (the ancient roman
theatre). Even it is a great example of fortified town, in fact the walls and
the surrounding area is going to become a national park. Unfortunately some
parts of the area are still damaged and abandoned. Legambiente works on two
different medium term projects in this town:
1) VILLA BURI: Buri’s villa is situated at the
centre of the Adige river’s bend and it’s a monumental palace, with a chapel,
some cottages and a majestic landscape-garden, 30 hectares big, where a large
part of it is planted with ancient and precious trees. In September 2001 the
management of the villa was given to a no-profit group of associations which
have created a project to use and renovate the structure. The main goal of this
project is to affirm a culture of peace, to research a bearable and solid economy, and a right relationship
with the environment. To make it possible
it is necessary to suggest concrete and visible stimulus, symbolical but
clear in order to develop all together a cultural articulated and qualified
activity related to peace, environment and an economy of justice. It is
desiderable to form a space of concreteness and effectiveness to the
obligations of those many realities who spend a lot of energies and passion on
the multiple faces of solidarity, offering a place that produces new experiences
of dialogue and confrontation between peoples. In the planned activities there
are some educational and formative ones: meetings, expositions, training
courses, the opening of the park, parties, manifestations, events where the
international volunteers can take part. The final goal is to restore a part of
the park inside four bastions of the XIX cent. And remains walls from XVI cent.
Volunteers will work on the custody of the park (opening and closing the
gates), gardening (taking care of the
botanic garden) and cleaning, everything coordinated by a responsible. Even
they will collaborate with the local group of Legambiente in other activities.
They will work about 30 hours per week.
Accommodation: house inside the park or the villa (two bedrooms,
bathroom, kitchen, a little dining room). 2) PARK OF WALLS: Legambiente is
deeply involved in the restoration and revaluation of a great green space
around. The final goal is to restore a part of the park inside four bastions of
the XIX cent. and remains walls from XVI cent. In this area Legambiente is
deeply involved in action of restoration and revaluation of a great green
space. The hard job has just started. The aim is to rehabilitate the area
comprehended among four bastions of ‘800 and remains of walls of ‘500 and make
it became a Park. Sometimes, these four bastions host drug addicts, prostitutes
or homeless people which find place to stay for some hours. It’s not dangerous,
and you will not work alone. There is a technician responsible for the
maintenance of the Park and another person responsible for volunteers and their
integration in the project and in the town. Volunteers will work on the custody
of the Park (opening and closing the gates), gardening and cleaning,
coordinated by technicians. They will also collaborate with the local group of
Legambiente in other activities as guiding tourists through the park and other
Legambiente projects. They will work
about 30 hours per week. Accommodation: house inside the Park “Raggio di Sole”,
very close to the centre of the town (two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, big
tv-room for meeting with all volunteers, open air area when the weather is
good…). Both projects’ work is similar and even if they are hosted in different
buildings (only three kilometres distance) volunteers will be in continuous
contact. A volunteer interested in taking part in a MTV project can choose
Verona or apply with a preference for Villa Buri or Park of walls. In the case
they choose simply Verona, the local group together to the volunteers will
decided the place of stay, with possibility of changing project during the
three months. Terminal: closest airport
and railway station are in Verona. Important note: volunteers are expected not
to be older than 40 years old.
ItaYap04-06 SAN GIORGIO
03-Jun-06 to 24-Jun-06
RENO/PEACE 15 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
PROJECT:The city council of San Giorgio a Cremano,
at the boundaries of Napoli, started a working program about education to the
culture of peace in cooperation with YAP Italy and BIPPI
(http://basho.ath.cx/~bippi). The Volunteers, together with a group of local
young people, will be involved in small renovation work of public spaces. In
the free time they will have regular group activities related to peace
education. Main topics of the workshops will be the conflicts in Western Sahara
and Burundi. ACCOMMODATION: The
Volunteers will stay in a school with a kitchen and showers available. The
organisation and tasks will be done in group.
LOCATION: The city of San Giorgio a Cremano is disadvantaged piece of
the urban tissue surounding the big city of Napoli (Naples) TERMINAL: Napoli
ItaSci11.3-06 Roma
05-Jun-06 to 19-Jun-06
ENVI 5 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
The workcamp will take place in an old house
belonging to the Municipality of Rome and managed by SCI Italy (Casale) in
order to organize local and international activities (the project is called
"La città dell'Utopia").The volunteers will support the artistic and
social activities foreseen for next summer. They will help in advertisement,
setting the place and will be involved in maintenance works on the building,
like renovation of rooms and gardening.The group will be flanked by the local
volunteers living in the building. On 10th June SCI will take part to the
Festival for Culture, the volunteers will participate in advertisement and in
setting the place. All the activities will be open to the public and in
particular to the local community living around the Casale.Volunteers with
artistic skills are very welcome. Not accessible for wheelchairs.Please note
that the living conditions are quite primitive, hot water and beds (not sheets)
will be available anyway.
ItaSci09.1-06 Bologna
09-Jun-06 to 19-Jun-06
FEST 5 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT
REFUND: $0.00
The FEST-FESTival/Bologna Interculture Festival is a
festival of theatre, music, dance, cinema and cooking that takes place in the
outskrits of Bologna, organized a social centre for senior citizens. The
festival is preceded by Par tòt Parade, a large-scale event including
percussion, brass bands, street theatre, clowns, stilters, puppets, juggling,
with live music and lots of energy. The parade is preceded by approximately
thirty workshop which involve people that will become the protagonists of the
Parade: children, young and old people, families, natives and not. It occurs in
order to send a clear message to the city to reinvent itself into something
creative, ecological and respectful to everyone. The overall goals include:
involving citizens in every way possible and avoiding a 'top-down' operational structure, spreading a concrete culture
of tolerance, opening a mostly localized city to international influences and
developing a European citizenship that is not only an economic one, but also
founded on personal relationships, artistic exchanges and really living
together. Work required: final setting up of the Parade, FEST-Fesival park
preparation, bar and kitchen help, cleaning, sound system help, help in
organizing the artistic workshops. The volunteers should be able to handle new
situations and relationships, love to work in group and work in a new context
and take personal responsibility. Not accessible for wheelchairs.
ItaLeg01-06 Vico Equense Campania 10-Jun-06
to 24-Jun-06 ENVI
12 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $0.00 REPORT REFUND: $0.00
Project: Vico Equense is located near Naples,
Pompei, Positano and Sorrento, in a suggestive area, rich of natural and
archaeological beauties. Volunteers will work in the Environmental Educational
Centre called "Il Melograno", placed on the Lattari Mounts, that are
a natural park. The work will consist in the maintenance and cleaning of some
paths just around the centre, connected with the highest mountain of the zone:
Faito Mountain. In the area there is still a spring where there are the
"pinguicula hirtiflora", the unique carnivore plant of Apennines W:
maintenance of paths A: school L: Vico Equense, Naples district, Campania
region, South of Italy Tl: closest international airport of Naples
ItaLeg02-06 Quincinetto Peimonte 12-Jun-06
to 26-Jun-06 RENO
14 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $0.00 REPORT REFUND: $0.00
P: The workcamp will take place in the municipality
of Quincinetto and it will aim at the renovation of ancient footpaths included
on the Big Alps Crossing, which gets from Quincinetto to higher picks in the
close mountains. These trails let discover the environmental and anthropologist
particularities of this area called "Dora Baltea Canavesa": fauna and
flora, quartz mines, rocky imagines This camp is included in a bigger campaign:
"Walk the mountains and discover the old villages of the Dora Baltea
Canavesa". Volunteers will collaborate in the maintenance and restoration
of the wooden signs, "dry walls" and stockades and also cutting
shrubs in the green area. Moreover they will participate to
anthropologic-naturalistic meetings and excursions with experts and will have
the opportunity to discover the traditions of the area W: restoration wooden
signs, "dry walls" and stockades A: alpine house
L: Quincinetto is situated in Piemonte region, North
West of Italy T: airport is Turin
ItaSci01.1-06 FORUM SOLIDARIETA’-Collecchio 13-Jun-06
to 27-Jun-06 SOLIDARITY/FEST 12 V. Ages 18+ Fee:$250.00
Xtra Fee: $0.00 REPORT REFUND: $0.00
Several local associations, coordinated by
"Forum Solidarietà", has been organizing a Multiethnic Festival for 9
years, now. The festival takes places in the "Parco Nevicati" in
Collecchio, a town near Parma whose local administration has always been very
interested in social issues. The aim of the festival is to help the immigrants
and local population to know each other better, to understand each own culture,
tradition and habits. There are concerts, dances, ethnic food prepared by the
different communities, exhibitions of arts and crafts from the countries of
origin and an afternoon section for children. There are also debates, public
discussion and round tables about various issues regarding immigration and
integration.Volunteers are expected to help preparing the park for the
festival, mounting equipment, to help taking care of various aspects of the
organization (kitchen, back-stage, exhibitions), to take part in the activities
with children, to help in the surveillance also during the nights, to clean
during the festival and in the dismounting of equipment at the end.The study
part will be on immigration phenomena in Europe and northern Italy in
particular, related social aspects, society transformations. There will be
meetings with the immigrants communities, volunteers associations, local
testimonials.The camp language will be English. Some knowledge of Italian is
welcome, to better interact with the locals. Also knowledge of Spanish and French
might be useful, being spoken by many immigrants. If you also know some Swahili
or Arabic you are most welcome! Not accessible for wheelchairs.
ItaLegMTV07-06 Oliveto Lario Lombardia 15-Jun-06
to 21-Aug-06 MTV/ENVI
2 V. Ages 18-26 Fee:$250.00 Xtra
Fee: $0.00 REPORT REFUND: $0.00
LegMTV07 Oliveto
Lario (Lc)Lombardia 15/06/06 31/08/06 ENVI 2
Project:: this project is a collaboration between
Legambiente and the municipality of Oliveto Lario, placed by the lake of Como
and comprehending about 7 km of lakeside, 3 km of which developed in beaches.
The local authority periodically runs activities of ordinary maintenance of
these very important areas from a naturalistic and tourist point of view.
Legambiente, as well, organises actions of environmental promotion and
education through many projects with volunteers all over the district of Lecco
territory. Volunteers will work in the management and maintenance of the
beaches, through activities of promotion of environmentally friendly practices
towards tourists, collaborating with local authorities and people, through
animation and environmental education activities. Volunteers will operate in
the cleaning of the beaches, removing rubbish with a program of interventions,
restoring also the access points to the beaches. Volunteers will be provided
with bicycles to reach the places of intervention.
Volunteers will initially be supported by
Legambiente operators, that will show and organise the activities for the
project; Legambiente will also provide food and insurance for volunteers.
Location: Oliveto Lario (lake of Como, Lecco
province, area of Milan, Northern Italy)
Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in a 4 bed
flat, property of the municipality of Oliveto Lario, with bathroom, shower and
kitchen.
Conditions: Accommodation and food provided by Legambiente Lecco. Travel cost to and from O