FATTORIA DIDATTICA SOCIALE ARCA

Name: FATTORIA DIDATTICA SOCIALE ARCA
Start: 2020-01-15
End: 2027-11-23
Location: Italy

Code: b566ab40-3da0-11ea-8b8c-00505603f1ab Copied

Italy Education Education Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Fattoria L’Arca was founded as a farm in 2002, it was certified as a farm in 2005, in 2012 it became a slow food presidium for breeding in the semi-wild state of the black pig of Calabria, in 2014 it was certified as an educational and social farm and a founding members of the BATICOS Biodiversity of the Alto Tirreno Cosentino, and in 2016 the farm was certified as a biological company. Agritourism, which is typically summer, guarantees the farm with the means of support for all the other activities that have not been conceived for profit. In this way we can cultivate in a truly organic way, breed animals in wellness, without exploitation, devote ourselves to the teaching and free reception of people with social, economic and psychological difficulties, as well as having cultural exchanges with volunteers from all over the world.
Main Activities : We have always been committed to promoting the rural lifestyle to make it known to children and adults in such a way that we can raise awareness of the environment, the importance of psycho-physical health and healthy and natural nutrition. We organize educational tours with children and internships with high school students, we participate in projects for training and integration of refugees and immigrants with political asylum, we host work placements, we collaborate with multiple regional, national and international associations.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will be involved in different activities as:

- Agriculture We will show them how to do under the supervision of a manager. Approximately 36 hours a week . They will learn, within the period of stay, the production cycles and the techniques to implement them. Develop a new crop project and learn a profession.

- Animal care We will show them how to do them under the supervision of a manager, then they will start to do alone. Approximately 36 hours a week. They will learn, within the period of stay, the production cycles and the techniques to implement them. Realize or improve a project in the zootechnical field and learn a profession.

- Kitchen The volunteers helps us to make our work with more joy, to achieve better, with better results and to stimulate our motivation. Inventing and making new recipes, learning Italian cuisine for a tomorrow to work or open an Italian restaurant.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will live in the project in the main building in shared double rooms.

🍲 Food

In the morning they will present themselves in the kitchen where they will prepare their breakfast with a choice of tea, coffee, milk, yogurt, cereals, bread, butter and jam, homemade cakes, fruit. At lunch and dinner we prepare meals. Even vegetarians will be satisfied with the choice made available to them. We essentially cook raw materials produced in the farm, organic and healthy.

📍 About the location

Belvedere Marittimo is an Italian town of 9.254 inhabitants of the province of Cosenza in Calabria. The inhabited center consists of two distinct parts: the medieval village, which stands on a rocky ledge located about 150 m above sea level, and the most properly marinara, developed on the coast and known as Marina di Belvedere at 5 m above sea level The latter, built in more recent times, houses tourist facilities and residences. The town enjoys a particularly mild winter climate and hot, but not torrid, summers.

ℹ️ Additional information

EXTRA FEE : 520 euros for one month. 120 euros for each extra week. Project open all year. Placement is individual. Duration of the project: 10 to 24 weeks.

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