📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Agape Centro Ecumenico is an international dialogue center which has been founded by the protestant pastor Tullio Vinay and has been build by the sole work of young volunteers from all over the world. It has been opened in 1951 and since then organizes camps and conferences both for minors and adults from Italy, Europe and the rest of the world. It is runned by a group of volunteers from all over the world, living in comunity for a year or longer. Main themes of the center are inter-religious dialogue, antidiscrimination, gender equality, peace education and creating a european and international community.
💼 What the programme involves
The project wants to promote social inclusion values in a community contest in the rural and remote territories of Italian Alps in Piedmont. The project is about 3 weeks of volunteering in Agape Centro Ecumenico. It's a community center that organizes different programs in order to promote inclusive, intercultural, participating, democratic, and solidal societies. The volunteer will support the resident group. He/She will help in the working sector in which the work is divided: kitchen, cleaning, bar, servizio (setting tables, washing dishes), maintenance. The volunteer will also be involved in non-formal education moments on several topics. The program also foresee leisure activities such as team games, hiking or creative workshops. The volunteer will in general join the community life of the Center, being an active part of it, having the chance to bring personal contributions with proposals and participating in decisional moments.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will have a shared room, with a shared bathroom. He/she will be provided 3 meals a day, wi-fi connection, bed sheets and towels when necessary. The laundry is available with washing products for clothes. Travel arrangements will be agreed with Agape Ecumenical Center. Insurance and Pocket Money are provided.
🎒 Leisure activities
The project will offer several training moments in order to prepare and support the participating volunteers. The involved organization will propose a pre-departure, on-arrival and a final evaluation moments in group, and the possibility to get individual support during the project activities. Volunteers will also be informed about on-line tools offered by the European Agency tailored for international volunteers.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Participants need to be available for three weeks, not less. Interested youngsters will be selected according to their motivation, their will to get involved in the project activities and bring a personal and active contribution to the placement. They will need to be ready to challenge themselves, to live and cooperate with other people. They don't need to have any previous experience or specific skills, but to be ready to learn and push themselves in new experiences out of the comfort zone.
Deadline: Application deadline: 06/06/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.