Location: The work will take place in Casa Bossi, a historical neoclassical building in the downtown of Novara, in Piemonte region.
Project:
Casa Bossi is one of the most important and beautiful buildings of Novara, a fine work of the architect Alessandro Antonelli. The building has been left close to collapse for years, but in the last five years a group of volunteers established a Committee to save the building. They restored the vital structures of the house and started preservation works for contrasting the decay of the internal rooms. They also started organizing many cultural events to promote the building and make the citizenship aware of this architectonic heritage. Legambiente Novara wants to take part in this preserving and promoting activity also by improving the structure itself.
Work:
The volunteers will be involved in cleaning activities, in the restoration of some important elements of the structure (windows and shutters), in the tidying and cleaning of the front garden. They will also help in organising the events that will take place during the evenings, and organising the final event in order to give visibility to the project to the citizens.
Accommodation:
The volunteers will be hosted in the gym of a secondary school in Novara.
Language:
English will be the official language of the camp.
Terminal:
Milano Malpensa airport, Orio al Serio (BG) airport; Novara railway station (Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord).
Special Remarks:
During the activities in Casa Bossi volunteers could be exposed to dust and moulds; this could be a problem for eventual allergies.
Decontra di Scafa, Pescara district, Abruzzo region, Centre Italy.
Project:
The volunteers’ tasks contemplate the restoration and conservation of the area of Sulphureous Sources of the Lavino River and the Mill of the ‘600 (activity implemented in the framework of the national campaign “Save the Art”). The main actions will be the restoration of the Mill and of some paths among the more used by the tourists.
Work:
Volunteers will be involved in working activities for about 30 hours per week.
- cleaning of the paths; - maintenance of the equipped areas; - cleaning of the contiguous area of the seventeenth-century flour mill; - contribution in the organisation of events and manifestations.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will stay in a guesthouse.
Language:
English will be the official language in the camp.
Terminal:
Roma International airports; Chieti train station.
The aim of the project is to sensitise young people and the local community about intercultural dialogue, racism and the living together peacefully through non-formal education tools. Through this workcamp, the participants and the local community will have the possibility to explore effects and causes of prejudices and stereotypes. Moreover, the presence of young people from different countries and backgrounds will stimulate a wider reflection about diversity and identitary construction.
WORK:
The volunteers will support Vedi Napoli and Traduzioni Loqmane in the running and organisation of meetings and workshops about intercultural dialogue and diversity. They will also take some photos of what/who is in their opinion: the typical Neapolitan person, the typical Neapolitan landscape, the typical Neapolitan dish. The volunteers will also act a typical Neapolitan daily life scene. The results of the activities will be presented during the soirée/event. “Multi ist Kulti” received the endorsement of the City Hall of Naples.
ACCOMMODATION:
In a school. The living conditions are basic, please bring a sleeping bag and a mat as there is no camp beds.
LOCATION:
The city of Naples, capital of the Campania region.
TERMINAL:
Naples International Airport (NAP), Napoli Centrale railway station.
SPECIAL REMARKS:
A motivation letter is required for this camp. To know more about our local partner - http://nuke.traduzioniloqmane.com/
The main aim of the project is to sensitise the local community about diversity by using the theatre as vehicle of social messages. The participants will explore the meaning of being “different” according to the gender and the nationality and to know stereotypes and prejudices linked to these status.
WORK:
The volunteers will cooperate and support the local partner in the realisation of a theatrical representation by using the Forum Theatre tecnique. The volunteers will take part in some workshops about forum theatre, “experience theatre” and folk dances. They will be actively involved in the concept, organisation and realisation of the representation. The volunteers will receive some theoretical and historical notions about Italian theatre and its role and function in the modern society; they will be invited to present the theatre in their own countries. They will possibly meet representatives from local acting companies and other associations. The volunteers will also participate in cultural activities and visits of the city and of the region. “The Forum Thetre Project” received the endorsement of the City Hall of Naples.
ACCOMODATION:
In a school. The living conditions are basic, please bring a sleeping bag and a mat as there is no camp beds.
LOCATION:
The city of Naples, capital of the Campania region.
TERMINAL:
Naples International Airport (NAP), Napoli Centrale railway station.
Location: Anticoli Corrado is a village with less than 1000 inhabitants, 50 km from Rome, in Lazio region.
Project:
Anticoli Corrado could be a milestone for tourism. This because of its proximity to Rome, because it is included in the Aniene Valley (that can be visited on foot or by bike), because it has a long artistic history, because it is a very nice village. Anticoli Corrado has an important museum of modern and contemporary art and is an important touristic place but mostly for people from Rome. However it has an international vocation because of its history and artistic past.Each summer, in Anticoli Corrado, people, local organisations and municipality organise several artistic or cultural events; the youngsters association organise a traditional street festival.
Work:
The volunteers will help in the organisation of the events, contributing to create a "green pattern". They will also contribute to translate some promotional materials in foreign languages and will do conservation and valorization activities for the museum.Therefore, the volunteers will contribute to the creation of a promotional "campaign", to enhance artistic and cultural tourism in Anticoli Corrado, in an intercultural way.
Accommodation:
"Il Casone", a private structure down the hill of Anticoli Corrado.
Language:
English will be the official language in the camp.
Terminal:
Leonardo da Vinci airport (Fiumicino - FCO); international train station (Roma Termini or Roma Tiburtina) , local train station: Mandela, Roviano (2 km)
Volunteers will take part in the walking of 330 km from St Peter to St Thomas from 20th of July 2013 to 3rd of August 2013; they will hike from St Peter Square in Rome, where they will assist to the traditional catholic celebration of the Angelus and bless by Pope Francis, to Ortona where there ll make a big event to celebrate, with all the other different travellers, the end of the journey. The volunteers will be part of the group of Italian hikers who move from Rome to Ortona on July 20th and will do the path with other participants, helping to manage some little manual work during the route and updating profiles of the event on social networks twitter and facebook in their mother tongue.
Accomodation & food:
Being participants of the walk, the volunteers will have the same conditions with other hikers: accommodation during the trekking could be in a hostel, BB, hotel or camping (to be confirmed few weeks before the event). The same is for food: the organization will provide three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) but sometimes it can be packed meal. In some cases due to specific issues of the program the volunteers could receive pocket-money for food.
Location & leisure:
The participants will have the chance to see a lot of small villages and towns on their way from Rome to Ortona.
Requirements:
Motivation letter is required. The volunteers should have some past experience in trekking and be ready to long hike every day with all the weather conditions (More then 330 Km walking). Preferable a basic knowledge of Italian language. A personal photo-camera and bloggin skills are also appreciated. Sometimes the volunteers will be invite to release interviews (in English or with another participant as translator) to local media, so a good attitude to this public-moments are appreciated.
The association "Il Cammino di San Tommaso” (The Path of St Thomas) aims to create a trekking route that connects Rome and Ortona promoting the concepts of "experimental tourism", "slow-tourism" and "active travelling". Instead of being simple tourists participants become travellers and make new experiences through activities, events, and workshops with network of local associations. “The Path of St Thomas” was established recently, in February 2013, but has already worked out numerous collaborations with institutions and organizations that fund activities through national and/or regional support of the development of tourism. This event was already organized last summer (26th May – 9th June) when 20 trekkers and 3 international volunteers walked from Ortona to Roma in 15 days during the main project “Da Tommaso a Pietro, In Cammino” that moved also 20 horse riders, 50 cyclists and 300 pilgrims on the same route and days, obviously with different departures from Ortona. All the participants arrived together in St. Peter Square in Rome where they assisted to the traditional catholic celebration “Angelus”, during which, they received a particular greeting by Pope Francis. Website - http://ilcamminodisantommaso.wordpress.com/ (in Italian).
WORK:
Volunteers will take part in the walking of 330 km "from St Peter to St Thomas" from 03rd of August 2013 to 17th of August 2014; they will hike from St Peter Square in Rome, where they will assist the traditional catholic celebration of the "Angelus" and blessed by Pope Francis, to Ortona where there will participate in a big event to celebrate, with all the other different travellers, at the end of the journey. The volunteers will be part of the group of Italian hikers who move from Rome to Ortona on 03rd of August and will do the path with other participants, helping to manage some little manual work during the route and updating profiles of the event on social networks: twitter and facebook in their mother tongue.
ACCOMMODATION:
Being participants of the walk, the volunteers will have the same conditions as other hikers: accommodation during the trekking could be in a hostel, B&B, hotel or camping (to be confirmed few weeks before the event). The same is for food: the organization will provide three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) but sometimes it can be packed meal. In some cases due to specific issues of the program the volunteers could receive pocket-money for food. The participants will have the chance to see a lot of small villages and towns on their way from Rome to Ortona.
TERMINAL:
Pescara or Rome.
SPECIAL REMARKS:
Motivation letter is required. The volunteers should have some past experience in trekking and be ready to long hike every day with all the weather conditions! (More then 330 Km walking). Preferable a basic knowledge of Italian language. A personal photo-camera and bloggin’ skills are also appreciated. Sometimes the volunteers will be invited to release interviews (in English or with another participant as translator) to local media, so a good attitude to these “public-moments” are appreciated.
“Big up Bellini! Second Edition” is part of the “World Heritage Volunteers 2014 Action for Sustainability” campaign (http://www.whvolunteers.org/whv01_e.html). The project aims at the promotion and valorisation of the Historic City Centre of Naples, on the World Heritage list since 1995. (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/726). The project will take place in a central square of the city centre, Piazza Bellini (Bellini square), very popular among young people. Surrounded by bars, historical buildings and universities, it also hosts some Greek rests of the ancient Neapolis. Although the beauty and the artistic and architectural value of the square, it is going through negligence and degradation. The involvement in raising-awareness activities of the people who live, work and hang out at the square is really necessary for the protection of the site.
WORK:
The volunteers will be in charge of the maintenance and promotion of Piazza Bellini, Historic Centre of Naples. This is a follow-up project that Vedi Napoli has decided to held again due to the very good results of the first edition. The volunteers will be in charge of the cleaning of the square, the maintenance of the green areas of the square and the promotion of the concept of “Heritage” through the organisation of cultural activities. Moreover, the volunteers will take part in 3 workshops: “World Heritage and Patrimonito”, “World Heritage and Preservation” and “World Heritage and Culture” and will participate in cultural activities and visits aiming at a better knowledge of the local heritage and the problems linked to its preservation. “Big up Bellini! Second Edition” received the endorsement of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the City Hall of Naples.
ACCOMODATION:
The volunteers will live in the social centre managed by Opera Don Calabria (15 min walking to the city centre). The association has a catholic background. The living conditions are basic, please bring a sleeping bag and a mat as there is no camp beds. The centre is equipped with showers and a small kitchen so volunteers will clean and cook as a group.
LOCATION:
The city of Naples, capital of the Campania region.
TERMINAL:
Naples International Airport (NAP), Napoli Centrale railway station.
SPECIAL REMARKS:
A motivation letter is required for this camp. To know more about our local partner - http://www.doncalabrianapoli.it/
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