📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
PARTNERS : Pungiglione is a Co-operative that through the implementation of "Welfare Services" and "production-work" activities contributes to the development of the local community, alongside the municipal and partner organizations in the project, implementation and management of social services and interventions, in a logic of overcoming the assistance in favor of the recognition of the person s abilities. The Arianna s house is composed of a family-house and a social/educational center. PROJECT : The mission of this cooperative is to support people with specific needs to develop their full potential and make them more aware of the environment. The Arianna s house is surrounded by a green space which is about to be transformed into a social garden. The project is composed of two main lines : a physical part and a social part.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK : Volunteers will be involved in activities for about 6 hours a day, and will have two days off. Social Garden - House maintenance : volunteers will be involved in the house maintenance and in the creation of an internal murales. The volunteer will set up a social garden with the creation of decorative ceramic elements and furnishing accessories for the green space.Social aspect: volunteers will take care of daily activities, of the services, in collaboration and contact with the house s beneficiaries. They will work on the creation of an alternative communication laboratory that overcomes the physical and cultural language barriers through non verbal communication.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : In a guest house with a kitchen to prepare breakfast and lunch, dinner instead will take place within the 2 family houses. Local and seasonal products are preferred, and vegetables and fruits are available for any vegetarian menu. As for the accommodation, some of the premises of the facility, with annex services and showers, will be made available, volunteers will need to bring an air mattress.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE : Civita Castellana , a small town in the province of Viterbo (one hour from Rome) is a place rich in history and natural beauty. Located on the hydro geographic basin Treja, famous for its gorges and its historical and archeological trails .is a small town in the province of Viterbo (one hour from Rome) TERMINAL: Airport of RomeSPECIAL REQUIREMENTS : 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). The relationships with the guests and the people with special needs is important, that is why social and communication competences are needed. Keep in mind that this particular structure -RSA could require specific COVID rules.