📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
CSA Semi di Comunità is a great novelty for the Roman agricultural environment and for the whole of central Italy. In fact, we are the first agricultural reality not to sell vegetables! We produce our own food in our large garden, deciding together what, how and how much to plant. This practice allows us to minimise food waste. We are driven by values of solidarity, inclusion, sharing knowledge and respect for nature and human beings. The participation of members in agricultural activities in the fields is one of the fundamental practices of our project, allowing us to pass on knowledge, share experiences, work side by side, share moments of conviviality and forge bonds of friendship.
💼 What the programme involves
Generally, Roman summers are hot and not very rainy, and to avoid the hottest hours the activities in the camps will be divided between the morning (7:30 - 11:00) and the afternoon (17:00 - 19:00). (Sundays and Mondays are planned as rest days).
Among the main activities :
- Transplanting and sowing seedlings.
- Weeding weeds from the rows by hand and with light tools.
- Harvesting vegetables and helping to prepare and divide them.
- Picking and tying tomatoes.
- Mount the fields with irrigation hoses.
- Manually control insect pests.
- Weather permitting, eco-building activities are also planned during the week of the work camp, such as plastering a thatched structure with lime or extraordinary maintenance activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in tents. Volunteers are invited to bring their own tent, maximum size 2 people, sleeping bag, sleeping mat, headlamp, comfortable shoes and clothes, sun cream, hat and a towel. The tent area is on the edge of the forest, well protected from the heat of the day and dedicated to volunteers only.There are 3 handmade solar showers. It is important to use only biodegradable and environmentally friendly soaps. There is a Compost Toilet shared. In a separate area there is also a gas cooker and a washing machine. Activities and life in the CSA is entirely outdoors.
📍 About the location
Via Prato della Corte, 1602, Roma, Lazio, Italia
⚠️ Requirements
A desire to get involved and learn. A desire to chat and share experiences. Desire to make a little physical effort: work in the fields can be tiring, but here everyone goes at their own pace and takes the breaks they need!
ℹ️ Additional information
Additional Fee In 2022 many SCI workcamps will have an additional fee of €50.00. This will cover - local hosting costs; insurance costs of the volunteer; a small travel fund to enable disadvantaged volunteers to join projects; administration costs of SCI International. If you apply through an SCI branch the fee will be included in the fee you pay to your sending branch. If you apply through a partner organisation you will pay the fee on arrival at the project; direct to the hosting branch or through different payment platforms. When accepted on the project the host branch will give you more details of the various payment options.
