📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The project wants to promote youth cooperation by enhancing the cultural and artistic heritage, on which the community identity is based, it feeds a civic and social education (historical memory) and establishes a transversal dialogue that allows the construction of peaceful, fair and inclusive societies. The project will involve 15 young volunteers, between 18 and 30 years old, both Italians and Internationals. The activities will take place in a rural residence for artists and activists with the aim of creating a social platform for the development of practices of territorial regeneration. This experience will allow volunteers, through a specific program, to be part of the artistic initiatives, the rural and community life of a mountain residence in the heart of the Waldensian Valleys, named Stone Oven House. The facility promotes harmony with nature, the value of historical memory and cultural heritage and the importance of art as a privileged means for an integral human education.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Each volunteer will have a shared room, with a shared bathroom in a traditional farm house. He/She will be provided three meals a day, wi-fi connection, sheets and towels when necessary. Food, Accommodation, pocket money will be provided by the placement.
🎒 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, an on-arrival and a final evaluation moments in group, and the possibility to get individual support during the project activities. Volunteers will also have a daily reflection space where they can evaluate the daily activities and confront themselves with the others. Volunteers will also be informed about on-line tools offered by the European Agency tailored for international volunteers.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: A minimum level of English is required in order for volunteers to be able to connect with each other and participate actively in the project’s activities. Among the possible candidates, the profile most akin to the objectives is a strong spirit of sharing and listening; ability to collaborate and adapt to contexts strongly isolated from major urban centers and at a pace of life dictated by nature; artistic curiosity and
sensitivity to the surrounding environment; respect for the habits and customs of others and willingness to change and convert one’s prejudices; interest in rural life.
Deadline: Application deadline: 04/07/2022
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.