PROJECT: "CruscoJazz" was born in 2015 thanks to a group of young creative people who wanted to melt together traditions, arts, good music, typical food and the beauty of their town and Basilicata region. The first two editions of the festival were so successful that they decided to propose it again and improve it. Musicians and artists will arrive from all over Italy. They will play at every corner of the town, important art exhibitions will take place in the old houses of the ancient village and in the castle, typical food will be cooked and served in the streets, creating a sort of route which will guide visitors to the main concert, which will take place every night in the castle. The main aim of our project is to create a friendly and warm environment, open to diversity and new proposals. By breaking down borders and prejudices among generations, cultures and nationalities through arts and music, we would love to welcome in Brienza people from all over the world inclined, as we are, to broaden their horizons. The first workcamp at Crusco Jazz in 2016 was a real success.
Work:
WORK: Volunteers will be involved in different activities, such as cleaning and setting up the castle area, selling food during the festival, welcoming artists and tourists. If you have any artistic skill you could also have your own concert or exhibition.
Accomodation & food:
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : Volunteers will be hosted in an house with a huge garden and close to the river. They will be asked to cook their meals, except for the festival days when they will have a food ticket. Beds will be provided, but it is also recommended to have a sleeping bag. There are 2 bathrooms and an outdoor shower.
Location & leisure:
LEISURE: The castle, the major's house and its churches are interesting places to visit, as well. Maratea, with its fascinating beaches; Matera (European capital of Cuture of 2019), chosen by Pasolini, Gibson and many others for their movies; Pollino natural park, and a lot of touristic places are easily reachable from here.
LOCATION:
Brienza is a small village with a big heart. Surrounded by mountains and crossed by two rivers, is the perfect place to relax and enjoy nature.
TERMINAL:
Rome or Naples airports. To reach Brienza you should arrive in Rome or Naples during the morning, in order to catch the buses on time (leaving at 3pm from Rome and at 2pm from Naples)
The camp is organized by Cilento Youth Union, an organization which has already organized several workcamps in Cilento, and Vivi.Ci. The workcamp aims to promote a local tradition in a international environment, to connect local people with foreign traditions and to promote this part of the italian countryside. The main purposes of the camp are to learn, to socialize, to understand different cultures through the games and the rediscovery of food and wine tradition.
WORK:
volunteers are expected to deal with local culture by preparing traditional meals and traditional games with the help of organizers and taking part in some activities connected to wine production. Moio della Civitella, indeed, was known for production and export of wine until ‘50s. Moreover, the volunteers will help the organizers to carry out all the tasks related to the organization, promotion and execution of “Re Notte”, the local wine festival occurring during the days of the workcamp: the logistic set up, the pub&restaurant tending, the cleanup and other activities proposed by organizers. After the event, the volunteers will help taking down the structures and cleaning the area where the event took place. The workcamp will take place from 14th to 21th August, for 6 to 7 hours per day. 15th August will be a no working day: so, we will spend the day visiting the local archeological site and we will spend the rest of the day with leisure activities. All details of the scheduled activities will be provided in the upcoming future.
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD:
the accommodation will be a house in the center of the village, where volunteers and coordinator will stay all together. Vegetarian menu will be available on request.
LEISURE:
15th August will be a no working day: so, we will spend the day visiting the local archeological site and we will spend the rest of the day with leisure activities. We will also have a photo contest, so the volunteers should take with them a camera or a smartphone, to take photo of the camp and, at the end, we will declare the winner! All details of the scheduled activities will be provided in the upcoming future.
LOCATION:
Moio della Civitella is a small village in the Cilento National Park, situated in Campania, close to the Amalfi Coast and Naples. It is famous for its archeological site and for the international street artist festival.
TERMINAL:
Naples and Rome airports
REQUIREMENTS:
open minded, positive attitude, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background, willing to share own experiences, flexible to live in simple living conditions, flexible to eat local food. We suggest the volunteers to bring with them beach equipping, comfortable wearing and something to put on for the eventually colder evenings.
International volunteers will make up a bigger team of volunteers helping run and TAKE DOWN the festival at the end of the project. During the festival the volunteers will help maintaining site infrastructure e.g. cleaning the area and waste sorting (for later recycling), helping at food stands and restaurants to prepare, sell and serve the food, clean the kitchen and other spaces, arrange the area for the performances, etc. However the volunteers may be asked to do other jobs according to the festival needs. The international volunteers will work for around 7/8 hours per day/night. The work will be done in pairs or small groups in different shifts (to be arranged together with the campleader) in the morning, afternoon and mostly late in the evening. During the free time the volunteers will have the opportunity to join concerts, performances, DJ-sets, etc. in the festival area. Please note that flexibility and adaptability are required, and there might be some physically demanding work from time to time (under the sun or rain sometimes). Be ready to work in a big team of national volunteers and hopefully become wonderful members of this great family International volunteers will have 2 free days, to be arranged with the festival organizers.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will be hosted in a local social centre, called Magazzino 47 , a self-managed place for youth where social, cultural, and political activities are organized. For the whole duration of the festival the social centre is closed for visitors and reserved for the accommodation of the volunteers. There are several toilets and a shower. The accommodation is not well-connected with the festival area by public transport so different pick up shifts will be arranged with the organisers to go to work and to come back to the accommodation. Sleeping bags, goodwill and open-mindedness are required.
Location & leisure:
The festival takes place in Brescia, a city in Lombardy region in the north of Italy.
Requirements:
YAP project-related motivation form is required. Volunteers must be motivated to work hard to make the festival a success, be enthusiastic and open-minded.
CircoCentrica is a circus and juggling international convention promoted by “La Torre” Social Center and “Corpi Pazzi Popular Gym” , one of ”La Torre” projects. In 2017 there will be the 12th edition. “La Torre” is a social project promoting a number of activities including sports, cultural events both social and political since 1994 in Rome. It covers an extensive part of the Valle dell’Aniene Natural Reserve Park, an extensive green area of the Roman north-east outskirts. This Social Center is equipped with a restaurant, a pub and a gym open daily to the community. It offers courses and sports activities, theatrical performances, evening concerts, photographic exhibitions, political debates, films and documentaries, book launches, a farmer market every fortnight and a number of other activities.
“Corpi Pazzi ” is a grassroot self-funded gym. It promotes sports and circus arts by the provision of training spaces and creative laboratories to people in the community of any age, race or sex at affordable prices. CircoCentrica is a 4 days event where participants will be camping in the park next to the Social Centre “La Torre” and takes place from the 7th to the 10th September 2017. The program for the 4 days includes circus art workshops all day long and evening shows. Saturday afternoon a parade through the streets of the neighbourhood of all participants along with musical bands. The parade ends near the female prison, in order to be visible to its interns. The sunday morning is dedicated to children activities, whilst the afternoon Juggling Olympics will take place, a series of resistance and ability races for both individuals and teams.
WORK:
The international volunteer will support the convention organization. Volunteers are needed and will work at the preparation and management of the event. During the days before CircoCentrica Convention, volunteers will help in setting up structures and stages for the artists and athletes, cleaning the outdoor areas, organising and preparing camping facilities that include lighting, signposting, tables disposition, open showers and toilets etc ...
During the convention volunteers will support the event management in day to day tasks such as catering and distribution of meals, welcoming and signposting guests, green areas maintenance and both technical preparation and dismantling of the structures. Kitchen aid for people attending the shows will be a task for volunteers during the Convention too.
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD:
“La Torre” has a kitchen that will provide meals to volunteers. Vegan menus will be always available. During the workcamp volunteers will help local volunteers preparing meals. Volunteers will sleep in 3/4 persons tents. Outdoors showers and shared bathroom. Expect basic conditions.
SPECIALS REQUIREMENTS:
No particular skills are needed. You will run the event together with the local volunteers. To achieve this you will act independently and as part of a team of volunteers to deliver our equality policies in an intercultural context.
Particularly welcome are athletes and artists, and people with long term technical experience in live show management ( Audio-Video and lighting). Work will be mostly in the open air and September in Rome can be very hot, so be advised. Open only for partners of NOMADS projet, will be open for all after the 1st of August.
LOCATION:
Roma
TERMINAL:
Airports - Roma Fiumicino/Roma Ciampino; Train Stations - Roma Tiburtina/Roma Nomentana; Underground - Metro B Rebibbia.
The workcamp is organized by Sport Adventure Team (ASD) a sport association operating in Cervia (RA), Italy. The organization have organized several triathlon events in the past yet. The goal of the project is to organize the first big events in Italy related to triathlon discipline, called "ironman" in Cervia (Italy). The event will involve around 2,500 athletes and thousands of visitors and the race consist in 8km swimming, 180km bike and a marathon at the end. Hundreds of local volunteers will support the organization of the event. The triathlon event will be from 21th to 24 September 2017.
Work:
WORK: volunteers will help the organization in the following tasks: installation of fences, gazebos, signals for track cycling, running & swimming. During the event they will help athletes and visitors. When the event will be finished volunteers will dismount the structures and clean the areas in the park. For more information visit the website www.ironman.com.
Accomodation & food:
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD: The volunteers will be accommodated in Cervia. The accommodation will include rooms and shared toilets. The volunteers will be in a self management for the daily life, meaning that we will organize a group system for cooking and cleaning. The food will include vegetable and meats.
Location & leisure:
LOCATION: Cervia is a sea city located in the Emilia Romagna coast in the north of Italy with almost 30,000 habitants. People are very friendly due to the large presence of tourism especially in the summer. Cervia is an historical city and it is possible appreciate several historical monuments and churches like Town Hall, Sant'Antonio da Padova Church, Madonna del Pino Church and Santa Maria Assunta Church etc..
TERMINAL:
Airports Rome, Bologna and Milan. Train station Cervia.
« I can say that the best things about the workcamp and this whole experience were the chance of making a real difference to the lives of very needy children. This is an extremely valuable project where volunteers can have a massive impact. Also the possibility of learning a huge amount about a country so different from our own. I learnt ten times as much by carrying out a workcamp than I would ever do backpacking. »
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