📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Ciampacavallo & EquiAzione are two associations that join together to offer social services to local community. They organize rehabilitation activity, sport and ludic practices for disabled people and people with mental, relational or social disorder. All the activities are integrated; meaning that all single activity is planned and realized together with staff and users. Working together they organize services for all people that want to approach horses in a different way, different from sport or traditional equestrian center. This working way, purely non assistential, allows to create an authentic relational frame. The workcamp will work to settle up a new place south Rome, aiming to welcome more people and offer the opportunity to experience relationship with horses in a natural context
💼 What the programme involves
All the activities at the camp will be organized in mixed group made by volunteers and other users: disable people, children, social workers, local volunteers, fellowship and horse passionate. These users will change from one week to another. The daily activities will be feeding and cleaning horses, kitchen activities, shopping in near farms, cleaning the house. All participants will settle up the camp and prepare garden and vineyard (plowing, enclosure).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation of the volunteers will be in tents, they should bring. Three full bathroom with shower are available for all the guests of the camp. At the camp there will be two kitchens (one inner and one outside) for cooking meals.
📍 About the location
The camp will be settled up at south of Rome, in a place called Pratoni del Vivaro, 30km far from Rome, in direction of Velletri\Roman Castle. The camp will be located at 580mt upon sea level, the nearest town are Rocca di Papa and Rocca Priora 10km far. It is possible to reach Rome by bus in 1.30 h.
⚠️ Requirements
Adaptability, team working, punctuality, flexibility and tolerance are needed. Volunteers should be interested and willing to work with animals (horses), manual skill are welcome and adaptability is needed on a context with little privacy. The camp, in every activities, will included work with disabled people. Location of the camp will be isolated in nature 10 km far from the nearest town.
ℹ️ Additional information
Every guest must have: tent, sleeping bag, waterproof jacket, trekking clothing, trekking shoes, mosquito repellent. There will not be any WiFi connection at the camp location, climate is fresh and variable during summer.