📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project stems from the concern to revalue a property confiscated to Ndrangheta, exactly to Mannolo's family, convicted for international drug smuggling. For ten year the building was closed and rejected by multiple agencies including the Church, until 2007 when it was requested and obtained from Crotone WWF volunteers for 10 years with a concession interest-only loan. The building now is a CELA (center of legal and environmental education) and became the symbol of the fight against organized crime in the province of Crotone. In 2012 the building had a good restyling thanks to the the work of the IBO volunteers that they ended the work outside the CELA creating a picnic area for local people, restored the garden of memory and fixed the damages done to the fences. CELA collaborates with “Libera” Association too, that over a year manages 90 Hectares of land confiscated from the mafia in the neighboring municipality of Isola Caporizzuto, for this reason in this mentioned landes could start carrying out the redevelopment works . The project supports the work activities above described and training activities which ranging from the fight against crime, historical and environmental beauty of this area.
💼 What the programme involves
Restyling of the Parco della memoria (Memory Park):in the 2010 the volunteers of the primary School of San Leonardo di Cutro realized the Park of the Memory, where 25 trees was planted an d put some signes close to each tree with he picture and story of the 'ndrangheta victims. After few days the signes were broken. With the spirit never to surrender, they choose to repeat the work and use stronger signals. Also this year they continue the work for the Memory's park, planting trees that will have the names of the 'ndrangheta victims of the local territory and realizing small wall to fence. Maintenance the building work of CELA .
Work in the lands confiscated to the mafia: in the municipality of Isola Caporizzuto there was around 90 ha of grounds confiscated to the Arena powerful crime family. The volunteers will clean and pick up agricutural products in these grounds
Throughout the work the volunteers will be followed and taught by volunteers of WWF
🏠 Accommodation on site
Breakfast, full lunch, snack and dinner, each volunteer will have a bed in rooms of up to 8 people each room has a bathroom and two showers with hot water plus there are two outdoor showers. The volunteers will prepare the meals by themselves. There is a washing machine. Volunteers must be organized to keep clean the structure.