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LUN 04 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 31/05-12/06
6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 05 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 14/06-26/06 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 06 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 28/06-10/07 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 07 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 12/07-24/07 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 08 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 26/07-07/08 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 09 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 23/08-04/09 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 10 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 06/09-18/09 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 11 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 20/09-02/10 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 12 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 04/10-16/10 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 13 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 18/10-30/10 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 14 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 01/11-13/11 6 ARTS/CONS
LUN 15 Mammola (Calabria-Southern Italy) 15/11-27/11 6 ARTS/CONS
Since 1970, people from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds, and
disciplines have participated in the MuSaBa Program, a global project that envisions
the production of art within the unique confines of its historical and natural
context. Spanning 70,000 square meters nestled within the heart of the Calabrian
countryside, the MuSaBa program attracts a medley of enthusiastic participants
such as artists, architects, naturalists, students, and the like.
Our main projects
The precise objective of the MuSaBa Project is to restore, preserve, and further
enhancing the ancient monastic complex. Other prominent areas of importance
within the project are the museum’s ongoing activities in its annex studio,
such as short and long term installations, as well as consistent efforts in
constructing the "foresteria" (residence) and the maintenance/realization of
the archaeological park.
Another current project is the realization of the Project SaBaLizards (Santa
Barbara's lizards), an effort which encourages international artists to design
and implement large art installations for the Mediterranean Environmental Art
Park of the Foundation. This project offers Students the special opportunity
to work with internationally known artists.
Learning techniques of using natural stone, pebbles, mosaics, and other local
materials for the decoration of art works include the primary artistic, sculptural,
and architectural side of the work adventure. The project seeks to encourage
the development and the practice of ancient techniques and methods. To this
end, volunteers take a hands-on approach with construction work and learn a
variety of different building methods, primarily that of working with stone.
Outdoor archaeological excavation requires hard work and patience.
Please keep in mind that this is a WORK ADVENTURE. Be prepared to get your hands
dirty! The hands-on learning experience program involves a lot of physical labour
outdoors. We take pride in our work and expect a high level of commitment and
professionalism from work adventure participants. The rewards are many: the
least of which being able to see the tangible results from your physical efforts.
Previous construction or artistic-architectural knowledge is not a prerequisite
for participation in our program. Possession or use of illegal substances and
excessive use of alcohol is not permitted at MuSaBa.
Accommodation: in a building.
Minimum age: 20 years old.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE TURN: possibility for overstaying
depending on the availability of places.
TERMINAL Roma Airport + Overnight train to MARINA GIOIOSA JONICA.
A MOTIVATION LETTER IS REQUIRED!
LUN 16 Vicenza Folk Festival (North East) 25/05-08/06 12 FEST
Every year the local based association "Uorra uorra" organises a Music Folk
festival that gathers many amateurs of this kind of music. The festival will
be held between the 1st and the 5th of June. Volunteers will help the local
volunteers in mounting and dismounting the structures of the festival and in
the management of the restaurant, serving at the tables and helping in the kitchen.
Of course they will also have the chance to enjoy the performances during the
festival and if they want to perform something on stage. This 5th edition will
be characterised by the choice of selling mainly fair trade products and by
a careful garbage recycling. Volunteers will be given the chance to discuss
these important issues together with persons in charge of different associations
working in this field. Accommodation: In a building.
Terminal Airport, VENEZIA – Train Station VICENZA.
LUN 17 Farfa River (Lazio-Central Italy) 01-07/15-07
10 AGRI/ENVI
‘Fiume Farfa’ is a small co-operative which is setting up a farm with educational
purposes with the declared objective of creating an opportunity for direct contact
between agriculture and schools to inform students of the fundamental role of
agriculture as an important actor of the environmental and cultural wealth and
heritage of the so called marginal territories. Volunteers will undertake the
hard work in the fields, in co-operation with us, people of the co-operative.
The work will consist in: clearing the land of grumble and infesting plants,
clearing an estate road and paths constructing and maintenance of fences. Accommodation:
In a big tent for all the volunteers: if you want, you can bring your own tent.
Only vegetarian food will be available.
TERMINAL Roma.
LUN 18 Ponte di Nona (Roma) 12/07-25/07 15 CHILD
For the second year, this workcamp is organised together with a public day centre
looking after children situated at the extreme outskirts of Roma: being so peripherical,
the situation is not always very easy even because the most of the services
are located far away so the area is more like a place where to go to sleep at
night and it has not its own life. This organisation is trying to set up for
the summer some activities to offer to local people. The work will be focused
on the animation of the district to be performed together with the social workers
of the day centre helping them in the activities dedicated to children. Warning:
this place is 2 hours away by bus from the town centre: if your main aim is
to be a tourist in Rome, this camp definitely represents a wrong choice. Volunteer
with artistic skills are welcome.
Accommodation: In a school.
LUN 20 Paglieta (Abbruzzo-Central Italy) 15/07-28/07 7 FEST
Paglieta is a small town, 40 kms south from Pescara. The workcamp will support
the activities of the tenth edition of a one week local summer theatre festival
focusing on the different expressions of the Mediterranean cultures. This year
the festival will tackle two main themes: 1. "Accidents in the Mediterranean
sea of immigrants and refugees trying to reach the Northern side" and 2 "Search
for local dimension in a globalised world: squares as meeting points" There
will be performances in the street and in different places of the village. Volunteers
will support all the technical necessities of the organisation, including mounting
and dismounting the structures for the performances, hosting the theatre companies
and help them in whatever they may need. There might be the possibility for
those who want to be involved in some theatre actions. Volunteers will be accommodated
in three different families, unless the local Municipality will offer a building,
but this will be known only at last minute. Terminal Airport Roma
A MOTIVATION LETTER IS REQUIRED!
LUN 21 Forano (Lazio-Central Italy) 15/07-29/07 12 ENVI/PHYS
LUN 22 Forano (Lazio-Central Italy) 01/08-15/08 12 ENVI
The aim of this camp is to raise awareness among people of the local community
of the importance of the protection of their environment and favour the inclusion
of disabled people. The group of volunteers will work in a very beautiful area
of the river TEVERE alongside its shores performing tasks of cleaning maintenance
of bushes and meadows and tree planting. Especially during the first turn, the
camp will be run together with an association of disabled people mainly affected
by the Syndrome of Dawn, so the volunteers will stay with them all the time,
working and spending part of their leisure time. Accommodation: In a building
given by the local Municipality.
TERMINAL ROMA.
LUN 23 Casaglia (Ferrara-Emilia) 13/07-28/07 12 RENO
LUN 24 Casaglia (Ferrara-Emilia) 04/08-19/08 12 RENO
Casaglia is about 7 kms away from Ferrara. This camp is organised in partnership
with the Municipality of Ferrara and the local Civil Protection Department.
Two tasks will see involved the group of volunteers. In the morning, they will
repair the abandoned bicycles that the municipality collected in order to donate
them to local youth organisations. In the evening they will perform maintenance
work in the building of the civil protection department that is used for several
educational activities and in favour of local youth. Forecast works include
fencing of the garden and construction of a pavement around the house. Manual
skills are welcome.
Accommodation: In the premises of the association.
TERMINAL Airport BOLOGNA, Train station FERRARA
LUN 25 Monterosso Almo (Sicily island) 26/07-09/08 12 ENVI
In 1996, the Excursion leisure centre "Monte Lauro" was founded to encourage
children and young people to be actively involved in projects that would allow
them to contribute to their community. Volunteers will take part in nature protection
projects, planting, gardening, cleaning polluted environments and tracing paths.
Accommodation: In a building.
Terminal CATANIA.
LUN 26 Scicli (Sicily Island) 26/07-10/08 12 ENVI
LUN 27 Scicli (Sicili island) 12/08-26/08 12 ENVI
This camp is organised with a youth association dealing with recycling of waste
materials. The camp will include the cleaning of the beaches and an action to
raise awareness among local people on the importance of recycling of materials.
Accommodation: In a school.
TERMINAL Catania.
LUN 28 Parco Valle Lambro (COMO) 31/07-14/08 12 ENVI
In the area of the flatland of Erba, halfway between Milan and Como within the
Park of Valle Lambro, there are some small underground channels better known
as "Risorgive" built in the past centuries and used by the local farmers for
watering the fields and quench the cattle. The progressive abandonment of the
agriculture led to a spoiling process and some of the "risorgive" finished to
be buried in the sand. Indeed a lot of maintenance is needed to take advantage
of them in order to use the waters at their best. The workcamp proposed by the
environmental organisation Circolo Ambiente "Ilaria Alpi" will be held in this
framework: this project includes the maintenance and restoration of some fountains,
the construction of an area devoted to visitors and the installation of signs
for tourists.
Accommodation: In a building given by the local Municipality.
Terminal MILANO.
LUN 29 Ceraso (Salerno-Southern Italy) 05/08-19/08 12 Vols ENVI
The camp will be held in the area of the natural park of Cilento in the region
of Salerno, not far from the most famous archaeological site of Paestum. This
project is organised in co-operation with the local municipality for the first
time. The main idea is to raise awareness in the local community on the importance
of the protection and cleaning of two rivers: Palistro and Bruca. Volunteers
will help in cleaning and maintain the area surrounding the two rivers. Several
local organisations are involved in the project.
Accommodation: In the premises of the local church.
Terminal Napoli Airport – Salerno train station.
LUN 31 Laurentino 38 (Roma) 20/08-03/09 10 CHILD/RENO
This workcamp is organised together with an association involved in social and
cultural activities in favour of the local community. The association is situated
at the extreme outskirts of Roma: being so peripherical, the situation is not
always very easy even because the most of the services are located far away
so the area is more like a place where to go to sleep at night and it has not
its own life. Volunteers will work in some renovation work in the premises of
the association and in a football playground and there will be also a part of
animation of children.
Warning: this place is 2 hours away by bus from the town centre: if your main
aim is to be a tourist in Rome, this camp definitely represents a wrong choice.
Volunteer with artistic skills are welcome.
Accommodation: In a building.
TERMINAL Roma.
LUN 32 Valle Aniene Park (Roma) 19/09-03/10 10 CONS
This project is held in a farm that hosts a "self-organised" social centre named
"La Torre" that have been running several socio-cultural activities for the
past ten years in the park of the "Valle dell’Aniene". One of the main aims
of this organisation is the sustainable development of our societies. In the
centre a photo workshop, a library, a sort of a pub, and a selling point of
vegetables grew by an association of disabled young people are active together
with a co-operative dealing with alternative energies.
Volunteers will restore the outside garden and construct some structures for
an open-air restaurant together with gardening tasks. The work will be quite
hard.
Accommodation: In the premises of the social centre.
TERMINAL Roma.
LUN 34 Gela (Sicily Island) 19/07-30/07 25 CHILD
The work camp is proposed by Agesci (Association Italian Catholic Guide and
Scout) group GELA 4. The aim of the Association is to contribute, according
to educational principles to the growth of young individuals. We address young
people and we offer them the chance to they to express themselves as intuitive
human beings. Our educational action is performed through experiences of communitarian
life, in the engagement and the participation to active social life.
The volunteers will be accommodated in the park of Montelungo (immense green
plain close to the sea). The activities will be carried out in a nearby district.
Aim of this camp is to realize activity of animation for children. The job of
the volunteers is to realize in the afternoon a workshop in order to help the
children to learn the English language.A good knowledge of English is requested.
Other asset will be to help the local entertainers in the realization of the
activities of song, music and drama.
Accommodation: In a building.
TERMINAL: Catania.
LUN 36 Casperia 2 (Central Italy) 17/08-31/08 12 ENVI
Casperia is a small town of 1157 inhabitants, 50 kms away from Rome totally
lying in a green area. Built in the XII century, still have a medieval architecture
and it is one of the six towns in Europe where it is impossible to enter with
cars. Thanks to these features Casperia became a turistic attraction.
Work: volunteers will help to renovate a historical pathway leading from the
wood into town. They will clean the street and help building a little stair
leading to the view of a landscape.
Accommodation: the volunteers will sleep in a gymnasium of Casperia’s school.
TERMINAL: ROMA.
LUN 37 Noto (Sicily Island) 31/07-11/08 10 PHYS
This camp is organised together with the association "Vivere come gli altri"
that was founded 4 years ago by a group of disabled people and their families
in order to promote the rights of disabled persons in the social economical
and cultural field. The group of volunteers will be involved in several leisure
activities of the group of disabled of all ages. They will go with them in different
excursions in the surrounding of Noto that are really beautiful and prepare
parties and other animation activities.
Accommodation: in a building.
TERMINAL: Airport CATANIA Train station: SIRACUSA.
LUN 38 Civitella d'Aglianico 31/07-14/08 12 ENVI
Civitella is a tiny village of about 2000 people, located 100 kms North of Roma.
Civitella has a medieval structure, lying on a hill, it is full of stairs with
patches of green areas. Volunteers will work in cleaning and restoring this
areas inside the village and will have many contacts with the local youngsters.
Accommodation: In a building.
TERMINAL Airport ROMA.
LUN 39 Borgata Finocchio (Roma) 01/07-15/07 12 KIDS
This workcamp is organised together with different organisations involved in
social and cultural activities in favour of the local community. The association
is situated at the extreme outskirts of Roma: being so peripherical, the situation
is not always very easy even because the most of the services are located far
away so the area is more like a place where to go to sleep at night and it has
not its own life. Volunteers will perform animation activities with the kids
of the area taking part to excursions and games already designed for them. Warning:
this place is 2 hours away by bus from the town centre: if your main aim is
to be a tourist in Rome, this camp definitely represents a wrong choice.
Volunteer with artistic skills are welcome.
Accommodation: In a school.
TERMINAL: Roma.