📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
PARTNERS : ALA Associazione Liberi Artigiani – organization active since 2009, work to develop educational framework and workshops specializing in activities for youth and adults in the rural areas. The focus of its work is in Sabina, an agricultural area north of Rome ( 40km) where it has made local development and youth policies its main vocation. The methodology and the educational approach mixes non formal methods, art, creativity, and outdoor practices.
PROJECT : The association works to build an idea of an inclusive educational community where everyone can find the space to express himself, outside of any social judgment. Daily it deals with youth aggregation, active citizenship, and participation, welcome and receptivity and local development for the purposes of sustainable tourism, redevelopment of abandoned or disused public spaces. Since 2014 it has managed several reception spaces, including two shelters, a hostel and a library.
For 3 years, the Il Trio refuge has been an educational space that hosts summer camps for children. To increase the usability of this space, the association aims to set up an external teaching room suitable for children and families, aimed at increasing socialization with the mountain environment.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK : The days will be structured by including a part of manual work aimed at creating and setting up the external teaching room. Volunteers will work around 5 - 6 hours each day.
Furthermore, the field involves: group life, shared management of cooking, cleaning and convivial moments including games, excursions and other experiences.
It requires a high sense of adaptation, the ability to disconnect from digital devices and the internet connection, the desire to disconnect from everyday life to connect with a life more connected to the people around you and nature. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Reduce inequality -SDG10 and SustainableCommunities-SDG11
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : The group is accommodated in a tent, in the camping area around the refuge. The shelter and the spaces inside are used by the staff for cooking and rain emergencies.
Scarcity of resources, spartan accommodation, with shared bathrooms and outdoor showers.
The management for cleaning the spaces and the preparation of meals will be managed by the volunteers themselves through cleaning/cooking shifts. The group will have access to a pantry based on which to build a weekly menu respecting allergies/intolerances and particular diets.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE : Rifugio il Trio is located near Poggio Catino, a small village in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium. It is located about 50 kilometers northeast of Rome and about 20 kilometers southwest of Rieti. During their free time, volunteers could make some excursions, workshops and sports.
⚠️ Requirements
Come with proper equipment and be ready to go hiking (trekking shoes, working clothes, etc...). Be ready to become part of the local small community. Be open minded.
This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps. Food and accommodation are covered by the European Union. Transportation costs will be refunded according to the distance band rules of the programme. No fees are required. The workcamps are open for international volunteers (coming from EU ESC countries projects).