📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Villaggio Carovana is a social cooperative that aims to organize holidays without mental or architectural barriers. More specifically the cooperative owns a country house in which it gives hospitality to people with physical or mental disadvantages who want to have holiday. They are accommodated in rooms without any barrier, to permit everyone to have comfort. Morning activities, eating and relaxing moments are done in community in the common areas of the house. The cooperative offers also a service to accompany people to go to the beach. The house is located in the countryside, surrounded by trees, flowers and vegetables gardens. It is situated in Castiadas, in the south-east of Sardinia, about a 6 km far from the sea and 5 km far from the nearest residential area.
💼 What the programme involves
The work during the camp is hard. Volunteers will support the cooperative worker in their daily activities such as welcoming the guests and giving help to non-self sufficient ones (some examples of requested activities could be accompanying guest to the beach, give them nightly assistance, give them personal hygiene assistance, organize and give entertainment for special guest); entertainment for guests, especially for children.
The work engage about 6 hour a day except ordinary activities needed for maintaining the well being of the house such as cleaning, cooking or taking care of the garden.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated in the Villagio Carovana (Castiadas) in tents or caravan. Bathrooms are shared with also outdoor showers. The “Villaggio Carovana” is in the countryside, isolated from the center and commercial areas (Castiadas is 5 km to Villaggio Carovana). To move it is necessary using bus.
📍 About the location
Cagliari Airport of Elmas; Alghero Airport; Central Train Station of Cagliari; Maritime Station of Cagliari.
⚠️ Requirements
Indispensable strong sense of responsibility, availability in relations, empathy, motivation to work with non-self sufficient people and working within a group. This camps requires a motivation letter and a following skype call with the local partner of the Social cooperative “Villaggio Castiadas”. It is also favourable to be open to community living.
ℹ️ Additional information
During the free time volunteers can go to the beach (6 km from Villaggio Carovana), do trekking or cycling, visit the historical museum or go to Cagliari.
Volunteers must take their sleeping bag, sleeping mat, hat, sunscreen, a flashlight, bug spray, and of course a swimsuit and towel for the beach.
For more information of Villaggio Carovana visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmmQwUX22dw