📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
PARTNER: The host association “Aps Yard" was founded in 2001 and supports projects about many different focus areas: anti-racism, sociability, cultures, territories, active citizenship, human rights, reuse and recycle, mutual aid, non-formal education with young people and children.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: The festival was born to promote melting pot, social inclusion and anti-racism, the housing right for all, and the improving of cultural and social conditions. The international volunteers group will help the inhabitants, the local volunteers and the association's partners to realize the event. Especially the volunteers will help to propose ideas, organize and manage the educational activities for youngsters. Children and kids of that neighborhood often live in socio-economic disadvantages and during summer, with schools closed, they have few opportunities to participate in community activities. The international volunteers will be always side by side with local volunteers of the "Banda dei Pirati Project" with experience in previous festival editions.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD: Volunteers will be hosted at the “Space of Mutual Aid”, a community squat that hosts a lot of social projects and the co-housing of tens of families from all over the world. Here there is one large apartment (130 square meters) entirely dedicated to the volunteers without distinction between males and females. There will be hot water in the bathroom. You can use the Wi-Fi in the building, but not in the room. The food will be prepared together by the volunteers and you can also eat vegetarian.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: The project takes place in Milan, the second biggest city in Italy. During their free time, the volunteers will have the opportunity to visit it. TERMINAL: The nearest terminal is Milan Linate Airport (LIN) or Milan Malpensa (MXP) and Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY). The airports are well connected with the city by coach and railway.
⚠️ Requirements
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). The projects needed a minimum of 10 volunteers to be confirmed. Keep in mind that half of the group could be of Italian volunteers.