Descrizione

Support the summer camp of the village. #kids #Interculturalism #Lunarcamp PROJECT : The workcamps in Carignano were started to restore some rooms in a building in the historical center of the town. Through this project volunteers have the opportunity to recover Carignano’s architectural heritage and enjoy the environment whilst meeting young people from all over the world. Moreover “Giovani insieme” organizes different local events such as summer camps for local children, cultural exhibitions, etc. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal: Climate Action-SDG13

Work

Volunteers 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 the children typical songs or dances. There will also be some manual and maintenance work to be done on the playground or the church. Every week the volunteers will go to two retirement homes to present their countries. The volunteers will meet an association that runs a project of taking care of refugees, in this way they can really see how that emergency is managed in Italy. Some Carignano's families will host the volunteers for a dinner in the house to share culture and way of life.

Partner

The camp is organized by Lunaria in collaboration with “Giovani insieme”. The association is composed of young people for young people founded in October 1998 in Carignano with the aim of protecting, promoting and enhancing artistic, historical and architectural heritage, nature and the environment, by proposing summer work camps for young volunteers from all over Europe.

Location

The town of Carignano (8700 inhabitants) is situated on the left bank of the river Po approximately 20 Km from Torino and within the Regional Parco Fluviale (park of the river). Its center is of typical "piemontese" style, characterized by an ancient core with medieval archways and a baroque cathedral. The town's surroundings offer sites of architectural and naturalistic interest, it is also possible to reach Turin easily, as there are frequent coaches to the city. During the free time there are many exciting things to do such as visit the open market of Carignano and take part in some local events. On the weekends it will be possible for the group to organize a visit to Turin (there is a bus to and from Turin), visiting the Egyptian museum, the cinema museum, MAO museum of oriental art, the Holy Shroud etc. The costs of the FREE TIMES activities are not covered by the project. TERMINAL: Nearest Airport Turin; Turin railway station

Accomodation

Volunteers 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 the children typical songs or dances. There will also be some manual and maintenance work to be done on the playground or the church. Every week the volunteers will go to two retirement homes to present their countries. The volunteers will meet an association that runs a project of taking care of refugees, in this way they can really see how that emergency is managed in Italy. Some Carignano's families will host the volunteers for a dinner in the house to share culture and way of life.

Meeting point

The meeting point are: on Sunday 19th of June at 6 pm (18:00) at the bus stop Piazza C.Alberto in Carignano on Sunday 19th of June at 7 pm (19:00) at the railway station of Villastellone A coordinator will be there to welcome you! Please make sure you arrive on time at the meeting point. If you arrive in different time, we kindly ask you to inform the association about it BEFORE YOUR WORKCAMP STARTS!

Descrizione

Regenerate and rebuild an old school to create a “participative gym” for body , imagination to promote active citizenship and solidarity. #community #solidarity #inclusion #lunarcamp #ESCinTeam PROJECT : The aim is to return these restored spaces to the school itself and to the territory, with the creation of an educational and community garden, a historical archive, a “participative gym”, that is for the body, for the imagination and to promote active citizenship and solidarity. The camp will contribute to the creation of a creative and inclusive gym (also accessible to people with disabilities) in the basement of the school. The recovered spaces will be used to carry out activities of socialization, inclusion, creativity and movement and will promote the values of solidarity, human rights, differences, women's rights, education for peace and freedom. Specifically ANITA wants to redevelop 12 spaces (not all of them this summer!), each dedicated to two athletes (one male and one female) who had to overcome socio-cultural barriers in order to play sports and whose story will be illustrated with panels or murals and summarized with the initials of the athletes who can inspire and encourage. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Reduce inequality -SDG10

Work

Volunteers will work approximately 6/7 hours per day with the contribution of the local community, families, children (age 6-12) and local teenagers (age 13-18). Work will be focused on: • Renovation of the basement of the school: plastering, painting and making simple murals on the walls. Construction of climbing walls for the gym dedicated to this, with preparation work of the walls, carpentry and minor electrical maintenance; • Care of the didactic garden: watering and keeping the spaces clean, creating a compost bin, an earthworm tank, signage in Italian and English, fixing a little wall, renovating doors and windows; • Digitization of the school's historical archive, i.e. the class registers from the fascist period and the war, a very useful material to propose to the school children to do research on the discrimination perpetrated by fascism and the difficulties faced during the war; • Artistic and bricolage activities: we will also try to give space to reuse activities (such as the creation of benches and sensory boards) and artistic activities (such as the creation of murals and a short video to let the school children know what has been done by the volunteer camp).

Partner

The association ANITA (Association New Ideas for an Open Territory at Garibaldi School), composed of families and people from the area active in the "Open Schools" program, is committed to enhancing a public school as a “Common Good”. Since 2013 they are committed to restore spaces of the school previously unused as the garden, the former janitor's house and the huge basement.

Location

Rome, near Piazza San Giovanni, 3 minutes walk from the metro station "Re di Roma" or "Ponte Lungo" (metro A) and 40 minutes walk from the Colosseum. We foresee that the volunteers will be able to make at least one full day excursion in Rome. TERMINAL: The nearest terminal is Fiumicino and Ciampino Airport.

Accomodation

Volunteers will be accommodated in the school itself, in the "House of the Thousand" (former janitor's house), which has all facilities (rooms, toilets, showers) and a kitchen. Volunteers can use the garden of the school to eat outdoors. Accommodation is very basic. Food can be prepared by volunteers themselves. Volunteers will take care of the common space and respect the place.

Requirements

This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps. Food and accommodation are covered by the European Union. Transportation costs will be refunded according to the distance band rules of the programme. No fees are required. The workcamps are open for international volunteers (coming from EU ESC countries projects).

Meeting point

Garibaldi School at 5pm, Via Mondovì 14, Roma, Italy

Descrizione

Support the city forest, planted by the locals 30 years ago to make it more usable by the community. #bamboo #envi #Lunarcamp The workcamps in Carignano were started to restore some rooms in a building in the historical center of the town. Through this project volunteers have the opportunity to recover Carignano’s architectural heritage and enjoy the environment whilst meeting young people from all over the world. Moreover “Giovani insieme” organizes different local events such as summer camps for local children, cultural exhibitions, etc. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: LifeOnLand-SDG15 and ClimateAction-SDG13.

Work

The aim of the project is to restore Villa Bona, a wonderful historical villa of the 18th century and the surrounding park to make it usable for public events, concerts, exhibitions etc. Volunteers will work to implement the city forest, planted by the locals 30 years ago to make it more usable by the community. The work will be close to the river Po in a protected area called “Parco fluviale del Po” where the volunteers will also cut bamboo to protect the endemic vegetation and clean paths and weeds; painting some benches in public gardens in the village and also fences. The work inside the Villa Bona will be scratching wooden doors and painting them. There could also be cleaning work in some bell towers and churches. The volunteers will be also involved in the creation of a big mural “I VOLUNTEER” representing the workcamps season in Villa Bona 2022. Together with the international volunteers there will be a group of local youngsters involved in the same activities. Local volunteers will be Teenagers (14-17) and volunteers from an association called AU.DI.DO (autonomy for disabled people). Every week the volunteers will go to two retirement homes to present their countries. The volunteers will also meet an association that runs a project of taking care of refugees, in this way they can really see how that emergency is managed in Italy. Some Carignano's families will host the volunteers for a dinner in the house to share culture and way of life. The central idea of the workcamp is to exchange traditions and explore other cultures so please be ready to present something typical of your country (a dance, a song, a game, a typical dish,a custom etc.)

Partner

The camp is organized by Lunaria in collaboration with “Giovani insieme”. The association is composed of young people for young people founded in October 1998 in Carignano with the aim of protecting, promoting and enhancing artistic, historical and architectural heritage, nature and the environment, by proposing summer work camps for young volunteers from all over Europe.

Location

The town of Carignano (8700 inhabitants) is situated on the left bank of the river Po approximately 20 Km from Torino and within the Regional Parco Fluviale (park of the river). Its center is of typical "piemontese" style, characterized by an ancient core with medieval archways and a baroque cathedral. The town's surroundings offer sites of architectural and naturalistic interest, it is also possible to reach Turin easily, as there are frequent coaches to the city. During the free time there are many exciting things to do such as visit the open market of Carignano and take part in some local events. On the weekends it will be possible for the group to organize a visit to Turin (there is a bus to and from Turin), visiting the Egyptian museum, the cinema museum, MAO museum of oriental art, the Holy Shroud etc. The costs of the FREE TIMES activities are not covered by the project. TERMINAL: Nearest Airport Turin; Turin railway station

Accomodation

The participants will sleep in a building with beds, communal bathrooms with 2 showers and hot water and a kitchen. Bedrooms are provided with 4 to 6 beds per room. The volunteers are responsible for the cleaning and cooking. Food is provided by the host organization. Volunteers must be equipped with a sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase and towels.

Meeting point

The meeting point are: on Sunday 3rd of July at 6 pm (18:00) at the bus stop Piazza C.Alberto in Carignano on Sunday 3rd of July at 7 pm (19:00) at the railway station of Villastellone A coordinator will be there to welcome you! Please make sure you arrive on time at the meeting point. If you arrive at a different time, we kindly ask you to inform the association about it BEFORE YOUR WORKCAMP STARTS!

Descrizione

Concrete work in a garden to to reinforce the paths of social inclusion of fragile people in friendship! #community #solidarity #inclusion #lunarcamp PROJECT : The aim of the project is to reinforce the paths of social inclusion of fragile people with concrete activities. The idea to host a workcamps where international volunteers work with the people with mental disabilities is for the VER.BENE association an opportunity to get out of the routine of an often repetitive everyday life . The opportunity to work in a group in the garden and in the grove of Scifelli meeting people from different parts of the world could be a very nice experience for the hosts of the association. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Reduce inequality -SDG10

Work

Volunteers will help with the following activities: - maintenance of the grove; - painting the exterior walls of the bee house; - flower bed curb installation and maintenance; - maintenance and arrangement of the vegetable garden; - eventual realization of benches or tables with recovered materials. The activities will also involve local volunteers with mental disabilities, the staff of the association VER.BENE will be present to support volunteers.

Partner

The project is organized by Lunaria in collaboration with the association VER.BENE that works with the inclusione and care of people with mental disability. The Association was created for the promotion of synergistic actions in favor of people who manifest mental distress at different levels and for social inclusion.

Location

We are in the heart of Italy. In the province of Frosinone (southern Lazio), the town of Veroli has a small village, a peace oasis, about 690 inhabitants: Scifelli. Particularly important are the Church and a former Redemptorist College close to the church, where the volunteers will be hosted. TERMINAL: The nearest airports are Rome Fiumicino or Rome Ciampino, the nearest train station is Frosinone station on the Roma Termini-Cassino line

Accomodation

Volunteers will be accommodated in single/2 beds rooms with the toilets in each room. The structure has all facilities, a staff will manage the kitchen and volunteers will help. Typical Italian Mediterranean meals will be provided.

Requirements

Motivated to work with people with mental disabilities

Meeting point

VER.BENE: Viale Grecia, 23, 03100 Frosinone FR, near Frosinone railway station (connected to Roma Termini station with about 3 trains per hour). Meeting time: July 11th 2020, at 11.30 a.m.

Descrizione

Create a big role play for children! Support them to autonomously manage an entire city. They will discover thanks to you what active citizenship and European citizenship is. #ActiveCitizenship #Summercamp #Culture #LunarCamp PROJECT : This is the sixth workcamp organized in Valpolicella. The project is promoted by Hermete, a local cooperative that promotes the social and cultural project, and by the group of young local people that organized the previous five Valpo workcamps editions. The aim of the workcamp is to create opportunities for cultural sharing and exchange between volunteers and the local community and to promote active citizenship through work with children. Volunteers will be involved in the organization of the summer camp "La Città dei Ragazzi ", where kids emulate life in a city completely managed by them, from the bank to the municipality, passing through shops and leisure spaces. One of the main objectives is to bring children the concept of European citizenship and the concept of active citizenship. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation- #SDG4.

Work

Volunteers will collaborate with Hermete's staff in managing the activities during the “Città dei Ragazzi” summer camp working closely with children aged 6- 11 y.o. Before work, the volunteers will receive a brief training on the project. They will also be involved in the organization of the final party.

Partner

Hermete was created in 1997 and mainly works in Valpolicella. It proposes to realize social and cultural projects for the community and for the territory, having quality and innovation has big targets. Hermete highly believes in networking, this is why it operates at a local, national and European level with partners that seriously and passionately believe that education and culture are essential tools to the development and the growth of our society.

Location

umane is a municipality in Valpolicella hills, where volunteers will work. Volunteers will be hosted in Bussolengo, another small municipality that is 10km away. Thay will have a private van and a private car to use during the camp to move between the different places. The main activity of that region is agriculture (grapes) and winemaking, so the landscape is mainly rural and covered by vineyards. TERMINAL/TRAIN STATION: The nearest airport is Verona Airport (“Valerio Catullo”). Verona city can, also, be easily reached by train from Milan, Venice, Bologna. From Verona train station there is a bus to reach Fumane.

Accomodation

The group will be hosted in “Hermete Office” in the city of Fumane. Volunteers will meet people who work in Hermete and will sleep all in the same room and use the kitchen and the bathroom of the house. During the work Volunteers will eat lunch with the group Città dei Ragazzi. In the other moments volunteers will have to cook their meals and help in the cleaning works. Food for the main meals will be provided according to the special needs of the volunteers.

Meeting point

At San Pietro in Cariano (Verona) bus stop San Pietro in Cariano – Levi Calabrese) at 4 pm Please, let us know as soon as you can the exact time when you’ll arrive at the meeting point!

Descrizione

Don’t miss the opportunity to participate at a farming festival in Tularù. Experience the mix of different cultures around music, workshops and all other kinds of events. Learn more about sustainability and ecology!#festival #TeamSpirit #sustainability #lunarcamp PROJECT : Through the work produced on the work-camp, the volunteers and the locals are going to prepare everything for the feast (a small festival organized around the farmers' work). In 6 years they have created a local network After the Feast in Tularù, volunteers will be involved in other activities with local associations in Cittaducale, like cleaning rural walks or others. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities -SDG11, SustainableConsuption&Production-SDG12, and LifeOnLand-SDG15

Work

A Feast is an event around the agricultural activities going along with a small festival, with music, workshops, and events. All the following tasks will be done by the volunteers: - Preparation of the interior and exterior spaces in Tularù - Assistance in the kitchen, reaping and harvesting by hand during and after the feast. - Public reception. - Reaping and harvesting by hand during the feast. - Collaboration with other local associations for social works like cleaning rural walks or others. One big part of the work is the self-organization and the group work. There are a lot of things to do, but we want you to participate in how these things can be done. It's important to come with a proactive attitude, knowing that sometimes you will do things without us. Being an agricultural activity, the dates of the Feasts should be 22nd ,, 23rd,, 24st July, but they are not fixed in advance since they mostly depend on the weather. In case of bad weather, other tasks will be performed.

Partner

Tularú is a cultural and agricultural project which rose to a start-up after a few years. As a center of sustainable production, their main goal is to use the cultural value of the traditional production techniques in order to create participation. According to them, the bread produced on their farm is not their bread. It is the bread of the territory because everyone has been involved in the production. For that, they use sustainable practices in agriculture and organize events connected to them. You can have an overview of the activities organized by the center : www.tularu.it (in Italian).

Location

Tularù is located on the top of Mount Ponzano, in a hilly/mountain (850 m, asl) area, quite wild. The nearest village is Calcariola, a 200 inhabitants countryside, at 5km away from the farm. Nevertheless, the nearest village where it is possible to find a bar and a small supermarket is Grotti, at 6km and 350 meters of height difference from Tularù. TERMINAL : Roma ( Fiumicino and Ciampino Airport). Train Station: Roma Tiburtina. Bus Station: Rieti The satellite coordinates are 42.366999 – 12.939780. You can arrive in Rieti by bus from Roma Tiburtina station (1 hour and a half of travel, one bus every 30 minutes).

Accomodation

The volunteers will be accommodated in the tents provided by the host or by the volunteers if preferred, close to the farmhouse where the local staff lives. Sleeping bags and mattresses are required. There is a compost toilet and a shower outside with hot water (from thermo compost), but in case of need it is possible to use the internal bathrooms. The meals, vegetarian and not, will be cooked together with volunteers. The meals are mostly prepared with the local ingredients, and the base is pasta, rice, vegetables, spelt, eggs, potatoes, chicken and meat of the local cows.

Requirements

Extra fee of 20€. The project is fully self-financed. However, a common budget to support the food costs for special needs will be done with the 20€ extra-fee that has to be given at the volunteer's arrival.

Meeting point

The satellite coordinates are 42.366999 – 12.939780. You can arrive in Rieti by bus from Roma Tiburtina station (1 hour and a half of travel, one bus every 30 minutes). The Rieti Station will be our meeting point where the volunteers will pick up in groups of 4. You can reach Roma Tiburtina Station from the Fiumicino airport by train or from Ciampino Airport by bus.

Descrizione

Support the local tradition of fairy tales and protect the environment. Take the opportunity to immerse yourself in a traditional South Italian village. #NaturalArt #Woods #festival #lunarcamp #ESCinTeam PROJECT : Stella Cilento is a small village included in the National Park of Cilento, Diano and Alburni, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The local population conveys a noble and ancient Cilento tradition: the oral story of fairy tales. The aim of the project is to merge, through art, nature and culture. The activities aim to improve the path called "La Scala Santa – Il Sentiero Sacro del Monte Stella '', using natural waste materials to set up, along the route, pieces of art representative of a typical Cilentan fairy tale, chosen together with the volunteers. This work should stimulate and support the conservation of the environment and natural resources, communicating their inspiring values in an original way. The work camp will end with the Cuntaria Fairy Tale Festival. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities-SDG11 and LifeOnLand-SDG15.

Work

The volunteers' group will be involved in the following activities. Manual work: mow grass, repair and secure the fence, wood and stone steps, rid the path of trees and greenery obstructing the walk, fix dry small stone walls and pave paths with local natural stones, set signage. Agricultural work like hoeing open fields, weeding, watering and planting. Forest protection work like clean undergrowth and forest floor, prune branches and plants. Volunteers will also participate at the popular celebration “Cuntaria Festival” at the beginning of august (a festival dedicated to the narration of Cilento fairy tales).

Partner

Lunaria and Cilento Youth Union have organized several successful workcamps in the last years and this is the third camp supporting the Stella community. Cilento Youth Union is a youth NGO started in Rofrano (SA) in 2015, targeting Italian youth with fewer opportunities from the south of Italy and specifically from the Cilento area. This workcamp is co-organized by the Smak Association, which implements a programme to encourage creativity through the application of ceramic art.

Location

Stella Cilento is a town and commune in the province of Salerno, in Campania, region of south-western Italy. It’s located in the middle of Cilento, the subregion which is the birthplace of the Mediterranean Diet and rich in biodiversity. It counts the hamlets of Amalafede, Droro, Guarrazzano and San Giovanni. Stella is situated in the hills, but not far from the Cilento coast, so don’t forget to bring your swimming suit! With only 700 inhabitants and its breath-taking panoramas, it is a very exotic and unusual place to live. People are very hospitable and always ready for chatting… in a very fun dialect! But once you are here you can’t miss a great cappuccino at Bar of Park, where the bar-owner will wish you “Buon Giorno”... definitely a jump into traditions and community life. TERMINAL: Naples and Rome.

Accomodation

All volunteers will be accommodated at the school building, located in the center of the town and equipped with mattresses, toilet and kitchen, where they will prepare meals, arranged according to Mediterranean cuisine. For this reason, volunteers will be assisted by a typical Cilento inhabitant and will be able to pick genuine products from a vegetable garden. Meals will be consumed at the eating room or at the workplace.

Requirements

This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps. Food and accommodation are covered by the European Union. Transportation costs will be refunded according to the distance band rules of the programme. No fees are required. The workcamps are open for international volunteers (coming from EU ESC countries projects).

Descrizione

Join an international workcamp to help redevelop the waterfront in the San Giovanni a Teduccio. New green areas for the daily life of the community. #suburbs #Citizenship #green areas #lunarcamp #ESCinTeam PROJECT : The idea of the workcamps is the result of the meeting and synergy of these three realities operating in the eastern suburbs of Naple. The idea of the project stems from the need of the staff and volunteers of these three organizations to recover some public spaces in the eastern suburbs of Naples, where they work and live. For this reason, it was decided to join forces and organize an international workcamp to help redevelop the waterfront in the San Giovanni a Teduccio neighborhood and the surrounding green areas to make these places, central to the daily life of the community, accessible and with a sufficient standard of services.By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities-SDG11

Work

Volunteers will work a maximum of 6 hours per day, 5 days per week (weekends off). The camp aims to rehabilitate the waterfront area of the San Giovanni a Teduccio neighborhood and the green areas nearby. For this reason, the volunteers will participate in cleaning actions, gardening activities, installation of horizontal and vertical signs with messages on how to use the spaces, and various types of rehabilitation work (painting of railings, etc.). The staff of the host organizations will organize the days so that the participants can also take part in intercultural activities to get to know each other and have fun together.

Partner

The workcamp is organized by Lunaria in collaboration with 3 Naples associations operating in the eastern suburbs of Naples. The Association Noi@Europe with the aim of providing information on European mobility opportunities and other study, work and research opportunities for young people, also developing project ideas in the field of youth exchanges, culture, training and active citizenship. The association "TerradiConfine", a voluntary organization which supports active citizenship among young people. The association deals with urban regeneration of the territory, social justice and anti-mafia. The working methods refer to non-formal education with the aim of creating an active community in defense of the common good and the Cooperative "VeSpe - Verde Speranza" that maintains green spaces, works for territorial development and social inclusion.

Location

The volunteers will live and work in the eastern suburbs of Naples, which used to be an industrial area of the city. The socio-economic fabric of the area is very critical, but the people who live here are very sociable and friendly. During the day, the inhabitants of the neighborhood tend to live outdoors, making the streets very lively. However, in the evening after 20.00 there are no shops and/or bars open in the evening. The neighborhood is well connected to the historic center of Naples. TERMINAL: The nearest airport is 'Napoli Capodichino'. Nearest train station "Napoli Centrale - Piazza Garibaldi".

Accomodation

The participants will be housed in the spaces of a former school building that has been redeveloped and re-functionalized. The rooms are mixed and we ask them to bring their own sleeping bags.There are 4 toilets and two showers in the building and WiFi access is available. The facility has a large kitchen where participants can cook together.

Requirements

This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps. Food and accommodation are covered by the European Union. Transportation costs will be refunded according to the distance band rules of the programme. No fees are required. The workcamps are open for international volunteers (coming from EU ESC countries projects).

Meeting point

Stazione di SAN GIOVANNI - BARRA della metropolitana LINEA 2 (la stazione è capolinea).