📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Legambiente Valle Camonica local group has been active since the eighties and has already organized several international workcamps. It promotes initiatives of various issues like the safeguard of rivers, the soil consumption, the landscape protection and care of the environment. In the last 3 years it has realised numerous educational projects on environmental sustainability challenge, both in primary and secondary schools.
💼 What the programme involves
In Malegno : volunteers will be involved in the activities of the local organic farms and will experience agricultural work in various contexts (vineyards, cereals, fruit and vegetables); they will also work in cleaning and recovering footpaths with historical importance and breath-taking views.
In Gianico : volunteers will be involved in the activities of the local organic farms and will experience agricultural work in various contexts (cereals, fruit and vegetables); they will also stay and work in the mountain pastures, particularly in cow breeding, experiencing traditional cheese making and livestock management; they will also work at cleaning and recovering footpaths
🏠 Accommodation on site
The participants will stay for one week with host families of Malegno and the second week with host families of Gianico.
📍 About the location
Malegno and Gianico are small towns in Valcamonica, located in a picturesque mountain landscape, in the central Alps. During the off days, volunteers can visit places and cities with historical and cultural interest, such as: the National Park of Rock Carvings (first italian UNESCO World Heritage Site); Iseo Lake, where Montisola rises, the largest lake island in Europe; the town of Bienno, one of the most beautiful medieval villages in Italy; the cities of Brescia and Bergamo (Culture Capitals 2023)
Nearest airports: Milano Linate (100 km) and Milano Malpensa (150 km) in Milan, Orio al Serio (50 km) served by Ryanair and Easyjet) in Bergamo and Valeria Catullo (120 km) in Verona. The nearest train stations are: Cividate-Malegno, Breno and Darfo Boario Terme (train from Brescia). null
⚠️ Requirements
Ability to walk and work in the mountains. Necessary trekking equipment (trekking shoes and backpack) and warm clothing and a swimming suit.