📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Associazione EcoParco Sant’Anna promotes actions, initiatives, seminars, family days, activities for schools, and events open to the public to spread the culture of environmental sustainability and to enhance the use of the urban park "Sant’Anna Nature Park" located a few steps far from the village of Giuliana. Starting from the idea of triggering an active and responsible participation of the local community, the association promotes initiatives, seminars, activities for families and schools, public events to enhance art and
crafts. The activities carried out over the years are LudoNatura, excursions, educational trips, family days, thematic workshops on art and natural elements. The Association also aims to enhance the natural, cultural, social and historical resources of Giuliana, a small medieval mountain village, in synergy with the Municipality of Giuliana and local associations.
💼 What the programme involves
As agricultural life is a necessary way of subsistence and Transformation of agricultural areas, the volunteers will experience life on a farm located in a countryside by carrying out agricultural tasks, taking care of animals and land, harvesting, and repairing or building structures used for animals, etc. Other activities will be organised in the closest urban park in Giuliana named "Parco Sant’Anna" and will concern: maintenance of the park spaces, building wooden signs, maps, marking paths, etc. Furthermore, activities such as making murales and decoration of urban space will be carried out in the
village of Giuliana.
Volunteers will take part to a small party held in the urban park for the St. Anne’s celebration.
STUDY PART
To raise awareness of the possible challenges faced by young people living in remote geographical areas and how these are experienced
and/or overcome by the local community; what initiatives young people promote within their own community. To promote the initiatives of the European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+ for young people aged 18-30.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated on the farm in shared rooms. They will
contribute to the daily dynamics and household tasks, preparation of meals, cleaning, tidying up of spaces, etc.
📍 About the location
Giuliana is a small village. During the free time volunteers can organise
trekking to the Monte Genuardo nature reserve, as well as trips to nearby
small villages (Sambuca di Sicilia, Bisacquino, Chiusa Sclafani, Corleone,
Sciacca, etc) to visit local organic farms and local artisans. The nearest
beaches are Sciacca and Menfi (about 45-50 km away) but connections
may be unavailable or very limited.
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers have to like the idea of living in a small country setting, the animals, and be interested in experiencing collective life in a farming environment.