ESC: Many communities, one heart
Code: 42091 Copied
Italy
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Environment
European Voluntary Service
Social work
+1
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Many communities, one heart
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
T.E.SO.R.I Association was founded in December 2008, from a group of young people who made some volunteer experience in Casa Bosticco, an apartment group for people with mental health, managed by the Cooperative “Arborvitae” (“Tree of Life”) in San Damiano d'Asti. Casa Bosticco is a "therapeutic farm," that’s why the agriculture knowledge of those youngster was important in various activities: for instance, green spaces maintenance, garden and farm animals management and biomass fuel supply. Through the various external works carried out from the guests and workers of Casa Bosticco, the young volunteers could learn the value of the rehabilitation through the work in contact with nature and environmental sustainability.
The main aims of TESORI are:
- Educate young to solidarity and sobriety
- Grant the centrality to the weak persons through the activation of associative, employment, work, and residential groups in agricultural contexts with low environmental impact
- Educating young people to have respect for the environment through example of environmental sustainability and restoring local culture.
To achieve these objectives, the Association organizes the following activities:
- Designing projects for training young people in solidarity and environmental respect;
- Stages in communities for social reintegration (Casa Bosticco and others);
- Funds raising to develop environmental sustainability.
💼 What the programme involves
Your project locations will be in rotation three communities, all in the territory of San Damiano d'Asti: a community for mothers and children, a community for disabled adults and a community for mildly disabled adults.
DAILY CARE: together with guests and operators, you will help prepare meals, clean, maintain the house, process agricultural products, accompany guests, support our other communities on special occasions.
You will participate in workshops and agricultural activities.
In addition: you will help organize walks, trips, workshops, parties, groups – holidays.
TRAINING you will participate in the periodic internal training, in the Italian course and you will have a tutor who will plan your service with you and a mentor who will help you reflect on the skills you are acquiring.
AUTONOMY: you will plan and conduct your own business in the second half of the project. You will document the project with photos and present the ESC project at some local high schools.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Food, accomodation, health insurance and pocket money are provided by European Solidarity Corps Program. The volunteers will stay in a private apartment adjacent to one of the communities. The accommodation has a fully equipped kitchen (food is provided weekly by the Association T.E.SO.RI. through collective food shopping), a living room and bathroom, and they will have a double room. You will have bikes and bus tickets when needed. On duty the volunteers will have a common lunch with the operators and guests.
🎒 Leisure activities
For the first half of the project: learning the language, getting to know each other, reworking individual expectations, resources and limits, getting to know the local area and culture. For the second half: achieving greater security (in the service and in the area), knowledge of local peculiarities including cultural ones, planning own activity with users. Finalisation of Youthpass and assessment of output competences. Participate in regular training meetings (mentoring and tutoring meetings, specific training, association volunteer training, meetings, audits, CSVAA volunteer training, etc).
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: - Young people between 18 and 30 years old;
- Motivated to participate in volunteer activities in the social, agricultural and sustainability fields;
- With the ability to be flexible and adapt to different activities;
- Open to learning from new results and adopting new behaviors;
- With a sense of responsibility;
- Empathetic and aware of the needs and challenges of communities;
- Capable of organizing;
- Interested in a simple and understated lifestyle.
Deadline: 31/08/2024 18:00
Deadline: 31/08/2024 18:00
ℹ️ Additional information
The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
- Training before and after the project
- Health insurance during your project
- round-trip travel reimbursement
- accommodation and food
- pocket money
- language course
- Return Week-end
- Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport
Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.
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15/09/2024 → 14/03/2025
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Deadline: 31/08/2024
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Piazza Rino Rossino, 3, 14015 San Damiano d'Asti AT, Italy
Italy
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 20:59 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Italian