📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The wokcamp is organized by Cilento Youth Union and other local partners, NGOs and public authorities operating in local context, an inner and rural area of South Italy. The project Rural Remake in Rofrano – R3 -Lea/i/ving again on the Emmisi Path is focused on a suggestive path maintenance of the National Park of Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni and is in need of volunteers with a passion for the nature, the sustainable and rural development and protecting the environment. Volunteers will get the chance to work in an incredible environment and contribute to improve one of path more important of the protected area, a genuine biodiversity wealth.
It’s about Emmisi Path, whose name is connected to greek and latin mythology. It’s walkable and the promenade stretches for 1,5 km, but some tracts are insecure: help is required for maintenance work on the picket fence, the wood and stone steps and a small wood bridge. At the end of the path, there is a vegetable garden to be reorganized.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will be involved in the following activities for 6 hours of every day:
-Manual work like mow grass, repair and secure the picket fence, wood and stone steps and the small wood bridge, 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 hoeing open field, weeding, watering and planting.
-Forest work like clean undergrowth and forest floor, prune brunches and plants
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in dorms at the public guest house or in houses at the Rofrano village, not far from the work place, which is to be reached on foot, but a car with a driver is available to bring equipment. Participants will be required to carry own sleeping bags, but enough of beds is available. The accommodation has a simple bathroom with shower and kitchen. The participants are requested to take care of the houses and keep them clean and tidy. Three meals per day will be provided. Participants will prepare meals together or they can find homemade from the cooker when they come back from the work.
📍 About the location
Rofrano, an amazing bit of Ancient Cilento, into the National Park of the same name, a sub-region south of Naples and of Amalfi Coast.
Rome and Naples best airports. Salerno is the closeset train station with national trains.
⚠️ Requirements
To Bring: Sleeping bag, sun cream, cup, water bottle, mosquito spray/lotion (Deet), sandals, working gloves and closed work shoes are advisable. Rain coat, light working clothes during working hours and warm clothes at night.
To be: Open minded, lovers of land, clean and tidy, ready to interact with other people of different cultural background - Positive attitude - Willing to share his/her experiences - Flexible to live/stay in simple living conditions - Flexible to eat local food - Ready to do heavy manual work on the project. This is the first workcamp in Rofrano, thus we need to make it a success: previous volunteering experience is needed to take part in this project.