📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Il circo pace e bene" is a cultural association dealing with activities of different types addressed to the most vulnerable people on Minena’s territory (children, people with disabilities, teenagers, the elderly, the unemployed, migrants). The organization carries mostly artistic and cultural activities and realizes different projects to raise awareness within the schools of all levels. The association "il circo pace e bene" was founded in 2015 in Milena, Sicily by a group of locals with experiences in volunteering and international mobility. The aim of the association is to foster locals to be active in order to make changes they want to. The Association represents a breakthrough for locals and the territory where it is located through their engagement and support. Its work contributes to the enrichment of the Sicilian culture and territory.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will contribute to the creation of an open-air museum of ancient grains. Volunteers will do manual work like sanding, painting, assembling, and other related activities to exploit the surrounding space.
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 kind of initiatives young people are carrying out within their own community. To promote the initiatives that the European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+ address to young people aged 18-30.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in two houses, and will sleep in beds. The volunteers, divided into groups and following shifts, will take care of the management and cleaning of the house and the "Magazzino", preparing meals in a common kitchen. All meals will be prepared and consumed in a common space at the "Magazzino space". The place of the activities will be reached by the association’s transport, but it is also possible to reach it by foot.
Meals will be cooked by volunteers divided in shift.
📍 About the location
Milena is a small village in the province of Caltanissetta. The village is located in a rural mountainous context at 423 m above sea level. Like most remote Sicilian villages, it is served by a limited number of public transport services, so the organisation of free time could be limited to visiting nearby places or organising excursions out of town.
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers should like the idea of living in a small town and being involved in an experience of collective life. They must be interested in manual work and creative construction and decoration.