📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Città del Sole onlus is a non-profit organisation established in 1996 and born from another non-profit organisation called L'altra faccia della Luna (literally Moon's other face). People involved from the beginning in these organizations were a group of social workers very experienced in the field of the adult's mental disadvantage, and new younger members further enriched the founders' expertise. At present, in addition to the positive results reached rehabilitating many disabled people committed to Città del Sole, we would like to expand our target to the age group of 11-17 years old guests. This is the main goal of the project named Alla Stazione (“At the station”) for female teenagers.
💼 What the programme involves
We'd like to involve the volunteers into a project we're glad to name “ri- COLORIAMO il nostro spazio per ri-COLORARE il mondo* (meaning more or less “let's re-PAINT our space to re-PAINT the world”). Our practical task will be repainting the house where we work and we receive our young guests. After laying the first paint coats we'll free our imagination creating mural paintings. Their main theme will be the struggle against any form of social discrimination and marginalisation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated at ground floor, where showers and toilets will be available.
📍 About the location
The camp will take place in the small city of Montiglio Monferrato with less than 2000 inhabitants, in the northern region of Piemonte, about 30km form Turin.
⚠️ Requirements
A good attitude to work in group and to prevent tension or anxiety situations is required to avoid upsetting the disabled people hosted by Citta del Sole. Of course is very advisable a good will to decorate and paint; painting products will be water-based and non-toxic.
ℹ️ Additional information
The volunteers must bring their own safety or working shoes, which in Italian working places (such as Città del Sole) are compulsory, obligatory. Other safety equipment, like plastic glasses and masks, working gloves and protection masks will be provided by Città del Sole. No safety shoes will be provided for volunteers.