📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The work camp is organized by the Sessa Cilento Community, in collaboration with the Cilento Youth Union Association. Sessa Cilento is a small village included in the National Park of Cilento, Diano and Alburni, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Territory is composed of different types of landscapes and paths, characterized by a high naturalistic value. Its the cradle of the Mediterranean Diet: the locals usually eat the products of their own garden. The goal of the project is to create an immersive experience in the typical social and environmental context of Cilento, discovering the cultural values and the typical beauties of emblematic small town of the inland areas of Southern Italy, contributing to the maintenance of the path and the relaxation areas of the Valle dei MuliniIn addition to being engaged in cleaning and arranging the path and the green areas of the Valle dei Mulini, the volunteers will also carry out workshops to discover nature for the knowledge of the local fauna and flora and practical workshops in agriculture.By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities -SDG11, SustainableConsuption amp;Production-SDG12, and LifeOnLand-SDG15
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers group will be involved in the following activities every day:Manual work like mowing grass, repairing and securing the picket fence, wood and stone steps, rid the path of trees and greenery obstructing the walk, fix dry small stone walls and pave paths with local natural stones, set signage.Agricultural work like hing open fields, weeding, watering and planting.Forest work like clean undergrowth and forest floor, prune branches and plants. Volunteers will also participate at the programming of events in the area and in some food and wine themed evenings and on popular traditions organized ad hoc.QUALIFICATION OF PARTICIPANT : open minded, attitude to outdoor manual activities, positive artistic attitude, flexible to eat local food, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background, willing to share own experiences, flexible to live in simple living conditions.
🏠 Accommodation on site
All volunteers will be accommodated at the guesthouse of the Parish, located in the center of the hamlet of an Mango and equipped with 4 bedrooms (with mattresses), 1 bathroom and a kitchen, where, in turn, they will prepare meals, arranged according to a Mediterranean cuisine. For this reason, volunteers will be assisted by a typical Cilento housewife and will be able to pick genuine products from a vegetable garden. Meals will be consumed at the eating room or at the workplace
📍 About the location
Sessa Cilento is a Municipality of the Province of Salerno, located in the heart of the Cilento National Park, Vallo di Diano and Alburni, at the foot of Monte Stella (1131 m), in the area of the so-called and amp;quot;Cilento Antico quot; from which the toponym.The Municipality is spread over an area of about 18 sq km, which includes the top part of Monte Stella and five hamlets with their characteristic villages - Sessa capital, San Mango, Santa Lucia, Valle and Casigliano -, some districts and various attractions historical and cultural sites, including the Valle dei Mulini, the ancient Church of Santa Maria degli Eremiti (also known as the and amp;quot;Old Church quot;) in San Mango, Palazzo Coppola in Valle and the megalithic prehistoric remains of Monte Stella with the dolmen called Preta ru Mulacchio.TERMINAL : The nearest airports are Rome Fiumicino or Rome Ciampino, and also Napoli