📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Legambiente local group Francesco Lojacono is in favor of a society based on a balanced relationship between man and nature for a development model based on the appropriate use of natural and human resources. The local group also carries out civil protection activities, promotes training, prevention and intervention in the event of an emergency awith a specialization in the protection and safeguard of cultural heritage.
💼 What the programme involves
WORK: Volunteers will be involved in small path maintenance tasks, recovery of portions of public gardens, rearrangement of signs and path markers along paths. Fire control with the aid of sighting points and drones. STUDY PART: Training sessions will be held on the history of Pantelleria, on the civilization of the island, on volcanism and on the nature of this microcontinent.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in a school, a few meters from the sea. Diet will be based on local products.
📍 About the location
LOCATION AND LEISURE: Pantelleria si trova tra la Sicilia e la Tunisia. Nell'isola si trova la riserva naturale orientata Isola di Pantelleria e un ampio lago (lo specchio di Venere) il cui bacino occupa i resti di una caldera vulcanica. Nel 2016 la riserva e un'ampia porzione dell'isola sono stati inseriti nel Parco nazionale dell'Isola di Pantelleria. The base of the workcamp will be in Scauri, one of the small villages in Pantelleria island. Pantelleria is a place of unparalleled charm, in it you can still read very well the remains of the ancient prehistoric civilization of the Sesi and the other monuments of the historic ages.
TERMINAL: Pantelleria airport. Pantelleria port.
⚠️ Requirements
ability to adapt to a very hot climate