💼 What the programme involves
WORK : The main goal of the project is the requalification of public spaces. The volunteers' work will be divided in two parts : 1- Maintenance of benches and rampes in the historical center (the volunteers will have to sand the walls and to paint them). 2-Cleaning and fixing of abandoned areas in the City. The volunteers are going to work together. Each morning, they will be guided by the Contro Tendenza's partner. An average of 7 hours of work a day is required he volunteers are going to work from Monday to Friday.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: During the project, the volunteers are going to cook in turns. They will get to eat typical Sicilian meals, cooked with local products and meat, and seasonal vegetables. Everything will be provided by our farmers and host. Lunch and dinners will be prepared by the participants. Besides, they will have the opportunity to take part in culinary workshops organized and presented by Sicilian peasants with whom they will discover the art of Sicilian cuisine in countryside.
📍 About the location
LEISURES: The organization is currently preparing excursions to Palermo and to Cefalù. That way, the volunteers will be able to go to the beach and to visit the cities. Besides, they are going to visit some typical farms wich produce local goods, such as meat and cheese. In this schedule, an entire day will be dedicated to the shearing of sheeps, using traditional methods.
LOCATION :Collesano (Sicilian) is a small town in the Province of Palermo, Sicily. lt is situated at 70 kilometres away (43 miles) from Palermo. lt lies on the Madonie's Park between the hills and the Tirrenian see and is also famous to be crossed by the Targa Florio Circuit since the beginning (1906). Actually, the town owns the official Targa Florio Museum. The millenary history of Collesano belongs also to the history of old inhabitants of Sicily called "Sicani", people coming from Spain, and later to the town of lmera, country of the poetry Stesichorous, the old Greek town founded by Calcidide (Eubea lsland) inhabitants and destroyed by Annibale in 408 B.C. During the Middle Age, Collesano began a count and changed this name in Golisano, before coming back to Collesano. Many aristocratic families have been succeeded in the government of the town such as the countess Adelicia de Alife, nephew of the Norman king Ruggero Il; the count of Avene ; the Ventimiglia's; the Cicala's; theCentelles'; the de Folch Cardona; the Aragona; the deMoncada's; the Ferrandina. There are many monuments to visit: the ruins of the Norman castle, the Cathedral of St. Peter, the churches of St. Mary "the OId",St. James, St .Sebastian and Fabian, St. Dominic or St. Mary "the New", of St. Mary of Jesus, the Pedaly's Abbey and the Targa Florio's Museum. Collesano is also famous for its ceramics artwork and the Mystery Plays: la "Cercha" a procession with the Penitents organized every year in the Holy Week and la "Casazza" the "Cycle of Collesano " that has been represented in the last century five times.
TERMINAL: Palermo