Preparing for sowing, caring of botanic and vegetable garden, arrangement of space and ancient objects for the installation of a farmer museum.
Accomodation & food:
Shared rooms with bathrooms and showers with hot water. There is also a porch for having meals outside in case of good weather. There is also a big room as disposal for activities and meals. Volunteers will cook for themselves and will have a sharing dinner with host. Cooking by following turns in couples of 2. Volunteers will help in domestic chores.
Location & leisure:
The farm is located in Quattordio. In the farm there is table tennis, free wi-fi, guitar, a music keyboard. There are bicycles for the volunteers and cycle path available in the town for a ride among towers, castles, vineyards. At 300 meters far from the farm there is the public pool as well and tennis fields. By train is possible to go to Genova and to reach the sea in about two hours. Quattordio is not so far from Liguria, Tuscany and Milan.
Requirements:
Interest in agriculture and environment activities, and as well interest in renovation of historical assets. Bring rain coat, working clothes and comfortable shoes.
Volunteers will be taking care of maintenance of the rooms in Villa Bona, a wonderful historical villa of the 18th century surrounded by a big park, situated in Carignano. The work will include: the decoration of the walls, doors and windows; cleaning of the staircase and the wrought iron railings; cleaning the garden of the Villa. There will be also some maintenance work on wooden doors of the main church (Duomo di Carignano) built on 1757. Moreover the volunteers will make some gardening work in a club, called Barbo Merenderos , near the river Po and also restoring activities of some typical boat (barca a punta) that belong to that association. In June and some days of July, volunteers also will work with children (from 6 to 13 years old) in the summer camp of the village. For an amazing experience of exchange they could talk about their countries and also teach to the children typical songs or dances. The restoration of Villa Bona is being finalized to use the villa for public events by the committee and local organizations.
Accomodation & food:
In a building with beds, communal bathrooms with 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. The organisation covers the cost of the meals and also the materials for the work. Volunteers must be equipped with a sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase and towels.
Location & 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 centre is of typical piemontese style, characterized by an ancient core with medieval archways and a baroque cathedral. The towns surroundings offer sites of architectural and naturalistic interest, it is also possible to reach Torino 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 organise 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.
Requirements:
YAP project-related motivation form is required. No specific experience is required for the project.
Age:
18-30
Location:
Carignano
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TRN: Torino (Torino, Italy)Vegetarian food will be available
PROJECT: Volunteers will be asked mostly to take care of pathways, which are very culturally important in the area because each of them leads to old mills and ethnographic sites. Castello dell'Acqua is a very small country area. The population is very traditional and loves seeing people taking care of their land. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente Lecco is made up of young and dinamic people, mostly under 30. The main activity of this Legambiente group is the management of an hostel; moreover, it has campaigned against food waste and for the correct waste management. Take a look at https://it-it.facebook.com/legambiente.lecco for details. We also have a new English website (http://www.legambientelecco.it/en/ LOCATION AND LEISURE: Volunteers wiil be shown all the places and costumes of the local farming culture. Teglio, a well-known locality famous for the making of Pizzoccheri, is near Castello dell'Acqua, as well as Tirano. People living in Castello dell'Acqua are really looking forward to welcoming volunteers from all over the world and will gladly help them with their tasks. WORK: Volunteers will be asked to clean pathways, eliminate infested plants and take care of the woods. They will be working with the constant help of experienced voluntary people (local administrations volunteers) that will provide all the necessary tools. On the rainy days volunteers will have to paint the walls of the house they are staying in. STUDY PART: Volunteers will learn about the local community and culture. They will also learn about sustainability, biodiversity and its conservation. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will be hosted in the parish house. Volunteers will be taking turns cleaning all the rooms they will have access to and also cooking for all the group members. TERMINAL: Nearest airport: Orio al serio or Milano Malpensa. Nearest train station: Sondrio SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Predisposition to live, walk and work in the mountains. A project-related motivation letter is required and if necessary a skype interview . LANGUAGE: English
Work:
WORK: Volunteers will be asked to clean pathways, eliminate infested plants and take care of the woods. They will be working with the constant help of experienced voluntary people (local administrations volunteers) that will provide all the necessary tools. On the rainy days volunteers will have to paint the walls of the house they are staying in.
STUDY PART:
Volunteers will learn about the local community and culture. They will also learn about sustainability, biodiversity and its conservation.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will be hosted in the parish house. Volunteers will be taking turns cleaning all the rooms they will have access to and also cooking for all the group members.
Location & leisure:
LOCATION AND LEISURE: Volunteers wiil be shown all the places and costumes of the local farming culture. Teglio, a well-known locality famous for the making of Pizzoccheri, is near Castello dell'Acqua, as well as Tirano. People living in Castello dell'Acqua are really looking forward to welcoming volunteers from all over the world and will gladly help them with their tasks. TERMINAL: Nearest airport: Orio al serio or Milano Malpensa. Nearest train station: Sondrio
Requirements:
Predisposition to live, walk and work in the mountains.
Preparing for sowing, caring of botanic and vegetable garden, arrangement of space and ancient objects for the installation of a farmer museum.
Accomodation & food:
Shared rooms with bathrooms and showers with hot water. There is also a porch for having meals outside in case of good weather. There is also a big room as disposal for activities and meals. Volunteers will cook for themselves and will have a sharing dinner with host. Cooking by following turns in couples of 2. Volunteers will help in domestic chores.
Location & leisure:
The farm is located in Quattordio. In the farm there is table tennis, free wi-fi, guitar, a music keyboard. There are bicycles for the volunteers and cycle path available in the town for a ride among towers, castles, vineyards. At 300 meters far from the farm there is the public pool as well and tennis fields. By train is possible to go to Genova and to reach the sea in about two hours. Quattordio is not so far from Liguria, Tuscany and Milan.
Requirements:
Interest in agriculture and environment activities, and as well interest in renovation of historical assets. Bring rain coat, working clothes and comfortable shoes.
Volunteers will be taking care of maintenance of the rooms in Villa Bona, a wonderful historical villa of the 18th century surrounded by a big park, situated in Carignano. The work will include: the decoration of the walls, doors and windows; cleaning of the staircase and the wrought iron railings; cleaning the garden of the Villa. There will be also some maintenance work on wooden doors of the main church (Duomo di Carignano) built on 1757. Moreover the volunteers will make some gardening work in a club, called Barbo Merenderos , near the river Po and also restoring activities of some typical boat (barca a punta) that belong to that association. In June and some days of July, volunteers also will work with children (from 6 to 13 years old) in the summer camp of the village. For an amazing experience of exchange they could talk about their countries and also teach to the children typical songs or dances. The restoration of Villa Bona is being finalized to use the villa for public events by the committee and local organizations.
Accomodation & food:
In a building with beds, communal bathrooms with 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. The organisation covers the cost of the meals and also the materials for the work. Volunteers must be equipped with a sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase and towels.
Location & 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 centre is of typical piemontese style, characterized by an ancient core with medieval archways and a baroque cathedral. The towns surroundings offer sites of architectural and naturalistic interest, it is also possible to reach Torino 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 organise 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.
Requirements:
YAP project-related motivation form is required. No specific experience is required for the project.
Age:
18-30
Location:
Carignano
Language(s):
English
Airport:
TRN: Torino (Torino, Italy)Vegetarian food will be available
Volunteers will continue the work of last year workcamp, they will renovate the space outside and inside of the building, create things for the embellishment of the area, together with migrants living in the SPRAR (Protection System for Asylum Seekers, refugees and humanitarian protected) and local volunteers. People living in the SPRAR are around 14-17 years old.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will share a common room and sleep in mattresses or in beds according to availability. Volunteers will cook together with migrants hosted in the SPRAR and help in domestic chores.
Location & leisure:
Mazzarino is a small town quite active during the summer time. Beaches are no far away. Trip can be arranged among host and volunteers.
Requirements:
willing to manual work, interested in migration. A project-related motivation letter is requested.
PROJECT: The project includes some local actions about: - restore and adding cycle paths billboards; - planning and building up a new path through the S. Stino forest; - cleaning of the trails among trees in the wood; - promotion of local products through the involvement of associations and companies of this territory. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente "Pascutto-Geretto", as local group, was born almost twenty years ago at the urging of Geretto Franco, a native of Torre di Mosto, which also identifies the territory of the Eastern Veneto the need for a critical environmental and purposeful presence that vigilant about a territory in the process of rapid transformation. The club is named after the Romano Pascutto important dialect poet and writer born in S. Stino di Livenza. Later, after the death of the founder, the members decided to assign to the club the surname of Geretto. LOCATION AND LEISURE: The town of San Stino di Livenza, where the Green Station is located, is a rich area in terms of environmental values, historical and landscape, as well as being a central node in the system of mobility infrastructure such as highway, railway and waterway, features that make it an crucial junction for the tourist itineraries. WORK: Small maintenance of the forest such as cutting herbaceous and shrubby plants, waste cleaning, making posters/billboards, signage for cycling trails. Promotion on social events related to the local cycling. STUDY PART: Involving in authorities and local technicians interconnection on strategic planning cycle tourist infrastructure. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: The Green Station is equipped with 2 rooms with bunk beds, a kitchen, a bathroom with shower, a laboratory for the bike repairing, a dining room and Internet access. TERMINAL: Venice, Marco Polo Airport, VeniceTrieste railway SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: No specific skills required, except for being able to ride a bike!!!!!!!! LANGUAGE: English
Work:
WORK: Small maintenance of the forest such as cutting herbaceous and shrubby plants, waste cleaning, making posters/billboards, signage for cycling trails. Promotion on social events related to the local cycling.
STUDY PART:
Involving in authorities and local technicians interconnection on strategic planning cycle tourist infrastructure.
Accomodation & food:
The Green Station is equipped with 2 rooms with bunk beds, a kitchen, a bathroom with shower, a laboratory for the bike repairing, a dining room and Internet access.
Location & leisure:
LOCATION AND LEISURE: The town of San Stino di Livenza, where the Green Station is located, is a rich area in terms of environmental values, historical and landscape, as well as being a central node in the system of mobility infrastructure such as highway, railway and waterway, features that make it an crucial junction for the tourist itineraries. TERMINAL: Venice, Marco Polo Airport, Venice / Trieste railway
Requirements:
No specific skills required, except for being able to ride a bike!!!!!!!! LANGUAGE: English
PROJECT: The Parco del Castello di Verde technical staff people are creating ecological connections among the different natural environments of the Park, in order to improve the biodiversity of the area. During the camp, volunteers will be involved in the creation of the footpaths and their road signs. LEGAMBIENTE LOCAL GROUP: Legambiente Voghera-Oltrepò has been active in the area for 30 years. Environmental and cultural variety defense, fight against all forms of discrimination and social injustice, promotion of volunteering, solidarity and peace are main objective of our local activities as well as promotion of a more modern waste management, renewable energies, biodiversity and sustainable development. We coordinate green areas cleaning days, planting trees, educational workshops in schools. The volunteer camp will provide an opportunity for environmental awareness, helping out and live an eco-friendly life experience. LOCATION AND LEISURE: The Park is a conservation area at 750 metres of altitude. It's located between Val Tidone and Valle Staffora. It has various natural features in its area. There are interesting and naturalistic point of views. It includes the beautiful "Giardino delle farfalle" (Butterfly's garden) where specific plants and flowers lures butterflies with their scent so that it's easy to observe many of them. WORK: The volunteers will be involved in the creation of Parco del Castello di Verde footpaths and road signs with the aim to improve the usability of the Park. The work will be always in direct collaboration with the local technical staff. STUDY PART: Naturalists and skilled staff will be available to volunteers during the whole workcamp duration. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will be hosted in a hostel, which is a building completely remodeled in 2015, with self-managed kitchen. Wi-fi internet is provided. TERMINAL: Milan airports, Voghera train station and bus stop in Ponte Nizza (bus line Voghera-Varzi). Car rides provided from Ponte Nizza to Camp location on request SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Motivation letter is required. LANGUAGE: English
Work:
WORK: The volunteers will be involved in the creation of Parco del Castello di Verde footpaths and road signs with the aim to improve the usability of the Park. The work will be always in direct collaboration with the local technical staff.
STUDY PART:
Naturalists and skilled staff will be available to volunteers during the whole workcamp duration.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will be hosted in a hostel, which is a building completely remodeled in 2015, with self-managed kitchen. Wi-fi internet is provided.
Location & leisure:
LOCATION AND LEISURE: The Park is a conservation area at 750 metres of altitude. It's located between Val Tidone and Valle Staffora. It has various natural features in its area. There are interesting and naturalistic point of views. It includes the beautiful "Giardino delle farfalle" (Butterfly's garden) where specific plants and flowers lures butterflies with their scent so that it's easy to observe many of them. TERMINAL: Milan airports, Voghera train station and bus stop in Ponte Nizza (bus line Voghera-Varzi). Car rides provided from Ponte Nizza to Camp location on request
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