📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
"Cammini di Pace" (Peace Routes) is a 3-month ESC volunteering project, that foresees the hospitality of 3 young volunteers in Italy (Southern Puglia). The host community will be Alessano, in the province of Lecce (Southern Italy), the headquarters of the "Terre del Capo
di Leuca - De Finibus Terrae" Participation Foundation (PCE) .
The initiative intends to trigger development paths of the host community with an intercultural approach and to encourage youth participation, discussion and collective growth, on issues such as social inclusion, integration, active citizenship, environmental protection and youth entrepreneurship in rural areas.
"Cammini di Pace", thanks to an important network of organizations led by the PCE, will involve European volunteers in local solidarity activities, like training, practical and assistance and personal care.
The learning process of young people will be guided by the PCE tutor and will be certified with the YouthPass Certificate.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The organizers will guarantee participants a "special accommodation" located close to the center of the town of Alessano, in the province of Lecce: this is the "Holiday Conviviality House": a former Convent of the Capuchin Friars equipped with n. 23 beds and the volunteers will stay in single rooms equipped with bathroom, furniture, TV, wi-fi and heating/cooling services, common spaces. It will be possible to reach, on foot or by bicycle shops, pharmacy, green spaces, library, postal services. It will be the responsibility of the PCE staff to guarantee extra-urban travel, in complete safety.
🎒 Leisure activities
Through the action of young volunteers, the PCE intend to trigger development paths of host community with an intercultural approach. The guys will have the opportunity to confront and grow together, on the issues of training and social inclusion, integration, active citizenship and entrepreneurship and entry into world of work in rural areas.
During the 3 months young volunteers will better understand the most important European values. Moreover, at the end of the experience, participants participate in greater personal growth and a significant improvement in the english and local languages.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: The six volunteers will be aged between 18 and 30. Volunteers will have to show willingness right away, passionate and enthusiastic in living an important experience in a purely peripheral context. Applicants will have to demonstrate that they also have a strong propensity for mobility, curiosity, a spirit of adaptation, a desire to learn language of the host country and to gradually integrate into the habits and customs of the small villages of southern Salento. Therefore it will be an evaluation of these characteristics was carried out, with priority over specific curricular skills.
Deadline: Application deadline: 17/05/2022
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.