Descrizione

PROJECT : Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The work camp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5 Reduce inequality SDG510 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies SDG516

Work

WORK : The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.

Partner

PARTNER : It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental.

Location

LOCATION AND LEISURE : Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.

Accomodation

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.

Requirements

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS : Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place .

Meeting point

TERMINAL : Torino-Caselle airport, and then Caselle Aeroporto train station and then bus to Prali

Descrizione

PROJECT : Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The work camp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5 Reduce inequality SDG510 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies SDG516

Work

WORK : The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.

Partner

PARTNER : It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental.

Location

LOCATION AND LEISURE : Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.

Accomodation

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.

Requirements

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS : Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place .

Meeting point

TERMINAL : Torino-Caselle airport, and then Caselle Aeroporto train station.

Descrizione

The project will support the organization of "Ambient'Azioni Musicali.. Junior!", a music camp and the "Arzibanda" Festival. "Ambient’Azioni Musicali.. Junior!" is the flagship initiative of the cultural association "Maxima Entropia," During the week of the campus, participants experience intense days of study and fun in an inspiring environment that includes a busy schedule of instrument lessons, choir and orchestra practices, concerts, roaming musical flashmobs, as well as excursions to discover the wonders of the Abruzzo region, leisure moments, and shared experiences.

Work

For both events volunteers will be primarily involved in setting up the spaces for the activities, programming and promoting events (through the creation of video-photo reports and social media channels), supervising artists and participants, as well as engaging in extraordinary cleaning activities at various sites in the town and creating artistic installations. The different tasks will be divided by mutual agreement according to shifts. Naturally, there will also be moments of leisure and excursions to discover the surrounding area

Partner

The camp will be organize in collaboration with Maxima Entropia and Arzibanda association. Both organization are music and cultural organization in a small village in Abruzzo region. "Maxima Entropia," which has always been distinguished by its strong commitment to promoting musical, artistic, and cultural knowledge in areas typically excluded from such programs, with particular attention to excellence in education and the youth community. Since its inception, Maxima Entropia has worked in collaboration with local associations, including the Cultural Association Arzibanda. This association was founded after operating since 1997 as the "Comitato La Rocca," with the primary goal of promoting culture in the region, particularly through the "Arzibanda" Festival, which takes place every summer in the historic center of Capistrello, offering musical activities and street theater.

Location

Capistrello is a town in the province of L'Aquila, with a population of about 5,000 people. Located at 734 meters above sea level, it offers an extraordinary view of the Ernici Simbruini mountains, the upper valley of the Liri River, and the mountain ridge of Fucino.

Accomodation

Volunteers will be accommodated in double and triple rooms spread across two apartments in the center of the town, where they will have access to a usable kitchen and two bathrooms. Volunteers working the morning shift can choose to have lunch for free with the organizing staff or return to their accommodation, while those on the afternoon shift can arrange their own dinner. Wi-Fi will be available in some common activity areas.

Meeting point

TERMINAL: The closest airports to Capistrello are those in Rome and Pescara. From there, you can reach Avezzano via the Prontobus bus line (www.prontobusitalia.it). Once in Avezzano, Capistrello can be reached in just a few minutes by the Avezzano–Roccasecca train line or by the TUA (Trasporto Unico Abruzzese) bus service.

Descrizione

Within this project the volunteers will support the archaeologists at the archaeological museum in Valle Sabbia and the excavation in the selection of samples of ancient woods and sediments. The aim is also to renovate and clean some public space of the Gavardo municipality. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities and Climate Action-SDG13;

Work

Volunteers will be involved in 2 activities type. They will collaborate in the arrangement of archaeological materials and in the restoration of ancient ceramics. The excavation is on a Bronze Age pile dwelling (4000 years ago) in Polpenazze del Garda, a World Heritage List UNESCO site. The second part of the activities will be organize to support the municipality of Gavardo in some renovation and manual work in public space, such us gardening, cleaning of green spaces, waste collection and plogging.

Partner

The workcamp is organized in collaboration with The Valle Sabbia Archaeological Museum and the Gavardo municipality. The museum of Gavardo is founded in 1956 by the Associazione Museo Gruppo Grotte Gavardo, later transferred to the municipality. Housed in a 15th-century building, the Museum offers a broad view of the archaeology of the Valle Sabbia and western Garda area, from the Middle Palaeolithic to the post-Renaissance period. Particular attention is paid to materials from the Bronze Age pile-dwelling settlements of Lucone di Polpenazze, included in the UNESCO site ‘Prehistoric pile-dwelling sites of the Alpine arc’.

Location

Gavardo is a small Italian municipality in the province of Brescia in Lombardy. It is located in the lower Valle Sabbia, near Lake Garda and an hour away from Brescia. The town is mainly hilly, with some mountains surrounding it. Opportunities to explore the area are planned.

Accomodation

:Volunteers will hosted in 2 differents place, for the most of the camp in the Museum's guesthouse with all facilities and for 4 days they will move in a tent campsite to some specific work in the area. Volunteers will prepare their meal for for dinner and breakfast while lunches are provided by the organization.

Requirements

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Meeting point

Nearest Airport Milano/Bergamo(BGY) and Verona. Nearest train station Gavardo