📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
PARTNER : Hermete is a social cooperative created in 1997 that mainly works in the Valpolicella area. Hermete aims to realize socio-cultural projects for the community and the territory, having quality and innovation as big targets. Hermete highly believes in networking, this is why it operates at a local, national, and European level with partners that seriously and passionately believe that education and culture are essential tools to the development and growth of our society.PROJECT : The work camp is organized by Hermete and is the eighth work camp organized in Valpolicella. The goal of the work camp is to create opportunities for sharing and encourage cultural exchange between the volunteers and the local community. This is going to be achieved through the active participation of the volunteers in some community projects of Hermete. Currently, Hermete is carrying out several projects involving young people from the area, who are not studying or working. The volunteers will mainly help in two of these projects. One is called Ortiche and is focused on the implementation of a community garden. The other is called Sherwood and is a social carpentry in which are realized various wood objects and games. This last project is also involved in the International Festival of Street Games that takes place in Verona in September. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Communities SDG 11
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will participate in the ongoing Hermete projects, spending one week working in the social carpentry and the other week helping out in the community garden. They will contribute to the projects by helping in some simple manual work that could consist of painting, sanding wood, helping in some wood construction or renovation, and activities in the garden. They will collaborate with Hermete staff and the youngsters involved in the project. Volunteers will work more or less 5 hours per day for 5 days a week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The group will be hosted in Hermete headquarters in the village of Fumane. In the house, volunteers will find a kitchen, a bathroom, and a garden outside. The volunteers will sleep in the same room. They will have the shared responsibility to cook their meals and manage to keep the place clean. Food for the main meals will be provided according to the special needs of the volunteers and will be a prevalently vegetarian menu.
📍 About the location
The volunteers will sleep and work in the village of Fumane, a village in Valpolicella hills. Here the landscape is mainly rural and is covered with its famous vineyards. The principal activity of the region is winemaking. In their free time, the volunteers will have the chance to meet local people, participate in local events, and explore and discover the nearby cities, lake, and all the things that this territory has to offer.