AGRICULTURE FOR LEGALITY AND SOCIAL PURPOSES

Name: AGRICULTURE FOR LEGALITY AND SOCIAL PURPOSES
Start: 2018-09-03
End: 2018-09-16
Location: Caltanissetta, Italy

Code: b7a36f5523f9d63c4caae8ab6797bef7 Copied

Italy Manual work Renovation Teenagers Manual work Refugees +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The non-profit organization I Girasoli was founded in 2004 by then is involved in social project promoting hospitality, protection and integration of refugees and asylum seekers. Main aim of the organization is provide hospitality, personal care and assistance, work opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers, and sensitize local community about migration. The organization manages several SPRAR (Protection System for Asylum Seekers, refugees and humanitarian protected) in province of Caltanissetta. Since 2017 they also manage a-9-hectares almonds field, a land confiscated to mafia in which they started a project aimed at reusing confiscated good for social purpose and offering job opportunities for refugees, and to spread education of anti-mafia. This project involves also local factories - for the use of almonds for local food production and organic cosmetics, and local social cooperative too.

💼 What the programme involves

The work will be done in a confiscated land managed by the organization I Girasoli . Volunteers will support local volunteers and young people from community centre to almonds harvest, pruning, wood harvest, create a fence. Also, they will contribute to the renovation of the accommodation where they will live.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The accommodation is a rural house into the countryside that need to have some work done. It is very old, basic and spartan. Volunteers will sleep in inflated matresses on the floor. There is as well the possibility to sleep in tents outdoor i all around is like countryside asset -. There will be fire for cooking only. Electricity is available. The accommodation is at 10mt far away from the almonds field. No internet.

📍 About the location

Excursion can be arranged among host and volunteers.

⚠️ Requirements

Willing to manual work. To adapt to very basic living conditions.

ℹ️ Additional information

Willing to manual work. To adapt to very basic living conditions.

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📅 Available sessions

IG 18-08

03/09/2018 → 16/09/2018

Closed

0 / 9

♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/4

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

16–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

93100 Caltanissetta, Free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

🛡️ Before you leave

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📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Italian