Walden
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About the project
Walden
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Walden Institute was founded in 1993 and since its creation the cooperativehas managed various projects. Today it manages 2 housing communities for minors, one shelter for mothers and minors and the school assistance service for children affected by autism spectrum disorder. All services are located in Menfi and Sciacca (Agrigento, Sicilia).
The cooperative has always worked in the social sector focusing on knowledge, the experience of daily life, in order to remove the obstacles and in that way strengthen and consolidate the various cognitive and formative processes.
💼 What the programme involves
MAIN AIMS AND ACTIVITIES
Since 2013 the cooperative has decided to join the International Volunteering projects with theaim of providing minors and mothers of various structures a possibility to get closer to differentcultures and traditions. This is an opportunity to help them grow and, at the same time, transmitto the volunteers an experience that serves as personal and professional growth.
VOLUNTEER TASKS & ROLE
The principal tasks they will carry out are:
• After school activities (homework, lessons of foregin language, teaching workshops);
• Recreational workshop: cooking, theatre and music;
• Linguistic workshop in mother tongue;
• Organization of events: Christmas, carnival, Easter;
• Management of daily life in the community or in the shelter: preparing food, cleaning of the rooms and the common areas, taking care of children;
• Helping the user of the centre to get to: doctors, hospitals, gyms, swimming pool, trip to the sea.
📍 About the location
Menfi is an Italian town of 40 538 in habitants in the province of Agrigento, Sicily.
The city rises along the south-western coast of Sicily, between the area of the Doric temples of Selinunte and the area of the archaeological excavations of Eraclea Minoa.
The main sector of the economy is agriculture, in which the cultivation of vines prevails.
The climate is warm and temperate in Menfi. Winter has much more rainfall than summer.
⚠️ Requirements
• Motivated to work with kids and women who come from different social background, survivors of abuse and mistreatment;
• Open to learn;
• Flexible to organized in order to manage working hours and activities;
• Respect of the rules;
• Proactive and creative to organize activity;
• Oready to live in a small traditional town and to share living spaces.
ℹ️ Additional information
DURATION
Minimum (weeks) : 4
Maximum (weeks) : 54
3200 euro pour 6 mois
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📅 Available sessions
ICYE/WALDENAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2025 at 00:00 → 30/12/2027 at 00:00
ICYE/WALDENAUTO-EXT
01/01/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2024 at 00:00
ICYE/WALDEN
01/01/2023 at 00:00 → 31/12/2023 at 00:00
ICYE/WALDENAUTO-EXTAUTO-EXT
31/12/2024 at 00:00 → 30/12/2025 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
533.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
92100 Agrigento, AG, Italy
Italy
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 20:55 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken