📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
PARTNER: Lunaria and Cilento Youth Union have organized several successful workcamps in the last years. Cilento Youth Union is a youth NGO started in Rofrano (SA) in 2015, targeting Italian youth with fewer opportunities from the south of Italy and specifically from the Cilento area. This workcamp is co-organized by Gazania Association, that proposes the study of the Byzantine history of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, the research and enhancement of cultural emergencies and ancient paths that can be traced back to the settlements of Italic monks. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities -SDG11.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: The volunteers will be involved in different activities. Manual work: mow grass, repair and secure the 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, integrating signposting; Garbage collection work along the paths connecting Santa Cecilia and Cuccaro Vetere, until Montesacro summit; Forest work like clean undergrowth and forest floor, prune branches and plants.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: All volunteers will be accommodated at San Francesco ancient convent, located in the centre of the town and equipped with mattresses, toilet and kitchen, where they will prepare meals, arranged according to Mediterranean cuisine. For this reason, volunteers will be assisted by a typical Cilento inhabitant. It’s recommended to bring: sunscreen, work clothes (included gloves, shoes), swimsuit but also warm clothes and K-way, sleeping bug, video-camera
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE TIME: Cuccaro Vetere is a small village included in the National Park of Cilento, Diano and Alburni, in Campania, a region of south-western Italy. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Territory is composed of different types of landscapes and paths, characterized by a high naturalistic value. Cuccaro is known for its healthy and beneficial climate, the “pastorelle”, delicious chestnut sweets, the “Palio del Ciuccio”, the donkey race that takes place in August. It’s situated in the hills, but not far from the Cilento coast. With only 500 inhabitants and its breath-taking panoramas, it is a very exotic and unusual place to visit. The area is rural and inner, far from urban centers, but people are very hospitable and always ready for conversation. TERMINAL: Rome and Naples
⚠️ Requirements
SPECIFICS REQUIREMENT: 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.