📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp is born from the collaboration between IBO Italia, the Municipality of Boccioleto and the La Sermenza Association.
The association La Sermenza, established in 2018 but which started informally in 2015, takes its name from a large tributary torrent of the Sesia that crosses the Val Sermenza, one of the three valleys that make up the Valsesia. The association’s commitment is to help protect the landscape by enhancing the centuries-old mountain construction, through dry masonry and carpentry courses, according to traditional valley techniques.
In fact, the attention in Valsesia is mainly focused on the wonderful Walser constructions, a monument and Valsesian symbol, but not enough on the widespread minor building heritage whose characteristic is the suggestive stone roofs (beola or piode) which constitute its identity and ’integrity.
💼 What the programme involves
Carpentry, dry masonry works, including the rebuilding of the dry stone roof of the sink and the deposit. In addition to the restoration of the lime-based plaster.
The volunteers will be followed by local artisans, who will take turns during the week, by professionals such as architects and surveyors and by the project coordinator.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation, there are two possibilities:
1- sleep in the Teatro Comunale of Boccioleto which will be set up with camp beds and mattresses and will in fact become a large dormitory with services.
2- sleep in a tent in the shelter of the tensile structure of the Boccioleto sports center "Il Merendeto" where, in addition to the services, there are also showers.
The Teatro Comunale is 200 meters from the Merendeto which remains the main reference point for showers and the kitchen.
Board:
The dinner will be set up at the Merendeto, where the kitchen is in service.
Lunch is packed at the Fervento site, a town about 3 kilometers from the municipality.
Local volunteers will take care of preparing lunch and dinner.
The work site is about 3 kilometers from the Municipality of Boccioleto, precisely in the Fervento area. Local volunteers are in charge of accompanying IBO volunteers to the construction site with municipal vehicles.
📍 About the location
During the weekend trips will be organized in the Valsesian area (Rima, Carcoforo, Alagna and surroundings, Riva Valdobbia, Val Vogna, Val dʻOtro itineraries of choice)
