MAKE IT BLUE

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About the project

MAKE IT BLUE

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The workcamp is organized by YAP – Youth Action for Peace with ACARBIO (Associazione Costiera Amalfitana Riserva Biosfera) in collaboration with the local municipality of Minori. ACARBIO is an NGO engaged in the candidature of the Amalfi Coast as Biosphere Reserve within the MAB-UNESCO programme. Its activities focus on the conservation and safeguard of the natural and historical-cultural heritage of the Amalfi Coast, by promoting any kind of sustainable development with projects regarding the environment, biodiversity, tourism, local tradition, mobility, green energy. Among the many activities of the organization, international workcamps are becoming more and more important. Since 2015 ACARBIO organized 16 workcamps about cleaning of green areas, the beach, workshops for kids on recycling and up-cycling, building natural houses, etc. These projects were organized under the name of Make it Green and Make it Blue. As ACARBIO has worked these years promoting a more sustainable approach towards Mother Nature, we believe this project represents an opportunity to raise awareness about environmental protection at local level, and at the same time promoting volunteering, international cooperation and the involvement of youth all over the world. More information about our previous Make it Blue workcamps can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/MakeitBlueAcarbio/ (pictures and videos)

💼 What the programme involves

International volunteers will give their contribution to the achievement of the objectives of the project. The main activities will be focused on supervising the public beach, providing assistance to the bathers by keeping the beach clean from garbage and documenting the quantities and the type of trash they find, empty the trash bins, coordinate the usage of the umbrella-beach holders and make sure they are in their places, clean the main dock of the city from the sand, help building up a small working space on the beach, organize a small workshop for children to raise awareness about the protection of the sea side and the environment as a whole, draw attention of inappropriate behaviour in the beach and boot up demonstrational as well awareness waking activities. They will be protagonists in the communication activities and will send an important message in favour of the environment. Volunteers will be engaged in work for 6.5 hours a day, for 6 days a week.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Board and lodging are guaranteed for all participants. Volunteers will stay at one of the local schools, where there will be bathrooms, showers and a kitchen. Participants will be asked to take their sleeping bag with them. The group will be responsible for preparing meals and cleaning the place. The organization will provide all the food that is needed. Public transportations are available for every day’s movements.

📍 About the location

Minori is a prestigious tourist destination in the Amalfi Coast. It is a small town that counts around 2.800 inhabitants and it is famous for being an ancient vacation destination for Romans. In fact, a well-preserved roman Villa was found in 1932 and now it’s one of the main attractions of the place. This town is very famous for its gastronomic tradition as well, being the place where the production of pasta was born and became an art. Minori also offers a beautiful seaside, stunning landscapes, one of the biggest Basilicas of the area and its bell tower. Famous places like Amalfi, Ravello and Positano can be visited. Naples and Salerno are about 1-2 hours away. TERMINAL: Airport of Naples (closest) or the Airport of Rome. There are public busses that will allow participants to reach the final venue in Minori. From the Airport of Naples there is a direct bus service to the Amalfi Coast. The nearest train station is Salerno, from where a bus leaves to Amalfi, stopping at Minori. Specific instructions on how to reach us will be provided in the info sheet.