Italy

EXPLORA KIDS 5

Code: 
LUN23-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Kids
Dates: 
Sunday, 14 August, 2011 - Sunday, 28 August, 2011
Explora Campus Association works to raise awareness on civic protection and active citizenship. Explora will host kids in summer camps, giving them the chance to become a good “civic protector”. The volunteers will support the organization of the summer camps, working to provide an added value in term of intercultural exchange. The international volunteers will help in the activities (exercises and simulation of possible emergencies, climbing, management of camps, animation, logistics etc) involving the kids in a fun way.

GREEN GOLD FOR CULTURE

Code: 
LUN29-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Agricultural
Dates: 
Tuesday, 15 November, 2011 - Monday, 5 December, 2011
The cultural association Musa works to promote cultural and artistic events. This year to fund their self-financed activities the local volunteers will work together to pick up olives and produce oil to be sold. For 5/6 hours per day the volunteers will perform all the needed action to pick up olives and carry them to the oil mill.

OPEN NATURE 3

Code: 
LUN28-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Agricultural
Dates: 
Saturday, 19 November, 2011 - Friday, 2 December, 2011
“Fiume Farfa” is a cooperative farm, besides developing and carrying out its main agricultural activities, Fiume Farfa also creates an opportunity to provide information to schools and young people. The group will undertake work in the fields, in cooperation with the local volunteers. The work will consist of: cleaning and making paths in the gorge of Farfa, maintenance of the olive groves, renovation work of a wooden structure.

OPEN NATURE 2

Code: 
LUN27-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Agricultural
Dates: 
Friday, 4 November, 2011 - Thursday, 17 November, 2011
“Fiume Farfa” is a cooperative farm, besides developing and carrying out its main agricultural activities, Fiume Farfa also creates an opportunity to provide information to schools and young people. The group will undertake work in the fields, in cooperation with the local volunteers. The work will consist of: cleaning and making paths in the gorge of Farfa, maintenance of the olive groves, renovation work of a wooden structure.

OPEN NATURE 1

Code: 
LUN26-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Agricultural
Dates: 
Thursday, 20 October, 2011 - Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
“Fiume Farfa” is a cooperative farm, besides developing and carrying out its main agricultural activities, Fiume Farfa also creates an opportunity to provide information to schools and young people. The group will undertake work in the fields, in cooperation with the local volunteers. The work will consist of: cleaning and making paths in the gorge of Farfa, maintenance of the olive groves, renovation work of a wooden structure.

CERQUOSINO

Code: 
LUN25-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Manual
Dates: 
Thursday, 1 September, 2011 - Thursday, 15 September, 2011
The volunteers in collaboration with local volunteers will be involved in the renovation of the greywater treatment systems to purify wastewater of the house laboratory Cerquosino. The work will be focused on the planting of bamboo canes, rebuilding of the fence that mark off the area, cleaning of the existing plants.

AGAPE 6

Code: 
LUN24-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Manual
Dates: 
Sunday, 21 August, 2011 - Sunday, 4 September, 2011
Agape International Economic Centre is a community based in beautiful natural surroundings. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and of reconciliation between people. Today it is a place of education and development, theological exploration and political engagement. A resident group still lives at Agape and every year they have many visitors from different religious, cultural and political backgrounds who come to get know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme.

AGAPE 4

Code: 
LUN12-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Manual
Dates: 
Sunday, 10 July, 2011 - Saturday, 30 July, 2011
Agape International Economic Centre is a community based in beautiful natural surroundings. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and of reconciliation between people. Today it is a place of education and development, theological exploration and political engagement. A resident group still lives at Agape and every year they have many visitors from different religious, cultural and political backgrounds who come to get know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme.

CANTINANDO

Code: 
LUN22-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Festival
Dates: 
Wednesday, 10 August, 2011 - Wednesday, 24 August, 2011
The project involves environment revaluation (cleaning wine cellars with hoes, shovels and rakes, cleaning of roads of the urban park of wine cellars, arrangement of paths, cleaning of wood) of places of natural interest around Barile (in the chestnut wood of Monte Vulture). Volunteers will also be involved in manual activities necessary for Cantinando festival, in practical help to the management of the festival. Volunteers will collaborate closely with the youngsters of the local association.

CLOWN IN AKRAI

Code: 
LUN21-11
Country: 
Italy
Project Theme: 
Social
Dates: 
Monday, 1 August, 2011 - Tuesday, 16 August, 2011
Every year clowns coming from across the world take part in this project visiting hospitals, centres for mental health and houses for orphans. The clown is conceived as a “social actor”, who is able to help people in difficult situations. In the first days the volunteers will be trained as clowns, then will take part in a tour. Volunteers will be involved in planning the performances as well as taking part.

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