Projects saved / New search
Close

Projects in backpack

No projects chosen yet
Save projects
All countries
What do you want to work with?

Language spoken

Length of stay

Italy Italy: Refuge Renovation in Trio (LUNARESC01)

Dates

30/04/2024   -   15/05/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Manual Work
Environmental
Renovation
2
Place(s)
left

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 30
Max number of volunteers
14
Still room for
2
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Access with disability
Yes
Nearest airport
 
Nearest bus/train station
 
Map

Work

WORK : The days will be structured by including a part of manual work and redevelopment and maintenance of the space and area. In particular, the main body of work will be aimed at restoring the dormitories. Volunteers will work around 5/6 hours a day. As always, there will be space to give vent to creativity and much more. Group life, shared management of cooking, cleaning and convivial moments including games, excursions and other experiences.
This workcamp requires a high sense of adaptation, the ability to disconnect from digital devices and the internet connection, the desire to disconnect from everyday life to connect with a life more in relationship with the people around you and nature. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Reduce inequality -SDG10 and SustainableCommunities-SDG11

Accomodation and food

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : The group is accommodated in a tent, in the camping area around the refuge. The shelter and the spaces inside are used by the staff for cooking and rain emergencies.Scarcity of resources, spartan accommodation, with shared bathrooms and outdoor showers. Cleaning and cooking will be managed by the volunteers themselves through cleaning/cooking shifts. The group will have access to a pantry based on which to build a weekly menu respecting allergies/intolerance and particular diets.

Location and leisure

LOCATION AND LEISURE : Rifugio il Trio is located near Poggio Catino, a small village in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium. It is located about 50 kilometers northeast of Rome and about 20 kilometers southwest of Rieti. During their free time, volunteers could make some excursions, workshops and sports.

Project hosted by

PARTNERS : ALA Associazione Liberi Artigiani – organization active since 2009, work to develop educational framework and workshops specializing in activities for youth and adults in the rural areas. The focus of its work is in Sabina, an agricultural area north of Rome ( 40km) where it has made local development and youth policies its main vocation. The methodology and the educational approach mixes non formal methods, art, creativity, and outdoor practices.

Requirements

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS : Come with proper equipment and be ready to go hiking (trekking shoes, working clothes, etc...). Be ready to become part of a local small community. Be open minded.

Italy Italy: The School in the Wood (LUNAR02)

Dates

04/05/2024   -   18/05/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Renovation
Children

Already accepted volunteers from

Belgium Spain Vietnam + more

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 60
Max number of volunteers
12
Still room for
2 Male + 3 Female
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Nearest airport
Roma (Rome) (ROM)
Nearest bus/train station
Anzio train station
Map

Work

WORK : The volunteers will work specifically within the external space of the "Apicio Colonna Gatti" Institute, alternating part of their working hours between childcare facilities (sandblaster, shelter, veranda, maintenance and restoration of the area, etc.) with games with the students depending on the volunteers' skills (music, dance, sports, singing, games, etc.). The volunteers will also meet middle and high school students (11-17 years old) who will discuss the aims of the international exchanges. The working day is approximately 6/8 hours from 8.00 to 16.00 during the school time. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation- #SDG4.

Accomodation and food

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : Volunteers will stay in 3 empty and therefore available classrooms of the "Don Pino Puglisi" plexus with sleeping bags they will have to bring from home. They will have the school's bathrooms at their disposal. For breakfast and dinner, volunteers will have at disposal a camp kitchen that will be set up inside the plexus where their accommodation will be and in which they can prepare their own meals. The lunch will be in the school canteen with children, teachers and volunteers.

Location and leisure

Anzio is a beautiful city located on the Tyrrhenian coast about 60 km from Rome. Apart from being a summer holiday destination, it is also a place of residence. In fact, the city has more than 50,000 inhabitants, including the hamlets. It boasts an illustrious past. But it is also a seaside with beautiful beaches, numerous restaurants and lots of fish (Anzio is an important fishing port of central Tyrolean Italy). Beautiful port (seen in hundreds of films) and the remains of various Roman villas. TERMINAL : Rome Ciampino airport , then COTRAL bus to Anzio (outside the airport) or Rome Fiumicino airport “Leonardo Da Vinci”, then train Leonardo express (at the airport to Roma Termini Station where every hour a train takes direction Nettuno (get down at Anzio Centro).

Project hosted by

PARTNERS : Public Pre- School belonging to a School Institute called Anzio IV situated in Anzio near Rome; this institution has an experimental school plan “The school in the rabbits’ wood” in order to involve our children to become a world citizens and to be encouraged and stimulated for an inter-cultural education and learning by spending time and being involved in group outdoor activities in the nature. In this way the project could increase their world vision, it could educate them to the differences, to the peace and to their ability of integration.
PROJECT : The classes that will participate in the project with different activities based on the age of the pupils are:
- Ten classes (Don Pino Puglisi school): two of which are children from 3 to 6 years of age and 7
primary schools with children aged 6 to 10;
- Secondary school (Falcone school), the students (from 11 to 14 years) will also participate in the project through meetings aimed at cultural exchange.
Our aim is to enrich our educational assortment on offer putting into practice the outdoor method, that is an education and a teaching outside the usual school classrooms in touch with nature. Volunteers will be involved in our experimental school plan “The school in the rabbits’ wood”.
During the school day, children have gaming, teaching and recreational activities in order to achieve social, emotional, relational, motor, cognitive and cultural goals appropriate to their age. The most important aim for this school level is the complete independence of the children.

Requirements

We ask to the international volunteers to commit themselves in the mission of the hosting projects, by showing off an open mind and arriving on the camp, aware that the accommodation conditions may not be suitable for those looking for cheap and comfortable holidays, but they are modest and welcoming. Every project is built by many factors, and we need you, volunteers, to find solutions to improve and support.
Italian language is welcome!

Italy Italy: Agape 1 (LUNAR05)

Dates

06/06/2024   -   20/06/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Manual Work
1
Place(s)
left

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 75
Max number of volunteers
5
Still room for
1
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Nearest airport
Torino (Turin) (TRN)
Nearest bus/train station
Prali bus station
Map

Work

WORK : The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.

Accomodation and food

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.

Location and leisure

LOCATION AND LEISURE : Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.

Project hosted by

PARTNER : It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5, two of the pillars of Agape mission.
PROJECT : Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The work camp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands.

Directions to meeting point

They go via Pinerolo and/or Perosa Argentina

Requirements

Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place .

Italy Italy: Crack Fest (LUNAR07)

Dates

15/06/2024   -   26/06/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Festival
Manual Work

Fee

USD 421 i Fee is paid in two installments:

USD 400 to be paid now.
EUR 20 is to be paid after acceptance.

Note: Total fee can vary depending on bank rates.
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 75
Max number of volunteers
10
Still room for
2 Male + 2 Female
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Nearest airport
Roma (Rome) (FCO)
Nearest bus/train station
Termini train station
Map

Work

During the festival, the place will host hundreds of artists and thousands of spectators, so the international volunteers will be asked to join the local volunteers to manage the entire organization of the event. An average of 6 to 7 hours per day is required, with possible activities organized on the event nights. The volunteers' work is going to involve : the logistic set up, the pub & restaurant tending, the cleanup and other activities proposed by the organizers. After the event, the volunteers will help taking down the structures and cleaning the fortress. The work can be physically hard (and it will be very hot), but the environment will be funny and easy going. The motto is to “Share, Work and Have Fun”. In a few words, get ready to be active and to give your energy to the community working at the Forte Prenestino.

Accomodation and food

The volunteers are going to sleep in a dormitory, yet they will have to bring a sleeping bag. During the festival, they can possibly be asked to sleep a few nights in tents. Please, take good note that the accommodation is really basic. Hand in hand with your team-mates, you will have to clean and to prepare the dorm at your arrival. Consequently, we want you to be aware that the comfort on the camp will be simply basic. The toilets will be collective and they are not what we could call de luxe. As for the showers, they will probably in outside (open air showers), so don't forget your swimsuit/swimming trunks. Regarding the meals, the volunteers are going to use the kitchen for breakfasts and will have meals at the restaurant: they will be asked to help the cookers

Location and leisure

The Camp takes place in Rome. Forte Prenestino Social Center is located in one of these fortresses around the city, in a big working-class neighborhood called Centocelle.

Project hosted by

PARTNER : The workcamp is organize by Forte Prenestino Social Center, in Rome. Forte Prenestino is one of the most important alternative cultural and social project in Italy. It was squatted more than 30 years ago, and now is the promoter of many cultural underground events, hosting an alternative community of artists, activists and social workers. The center has become a place of cultural production, autonomously managed and economically independent. The main goal of their work is to bring together understanding and action; social rights and voluntary activities; the local and the global. They promote not-for-profit projects, which could be useful for the local communities, fight racism and increase intercultural exchanges.

PROJECT : The “Crack” International Comics Festival is organized every year by Forte Prenestino Social Center, in Rome. Crack festival will involve editors and artists coming mainly from European and Mediterranean countries: 4 days of exhibitions, workshops and cultural exchange will involve hundreds of youngsters and experts. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goal: SustainableCommunities-SDG11

Requirements

To be open minded and ready to live in an alternative community.This project request a motivation letter and to sign an agreement to confirm the understanding of the project. Expect a very very basic accommodation.

Italy Italy: Agape 2 (LUNAR09)

Dates

20/06/2024   -   04/07/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Manual Work
1
Place(s)
left

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 75
Max number of volunteers
5
Still room for
1
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Access with disability
Yes
Nearest airport
Torino (Turin) (TRN)
Nearest bus/train station
Prali bus station
Map

Work

The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.

Accomodation and food

Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.

Location and leisure

Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.

Project hosted by

PARTNER : It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5, two of the pillars of Agape mission.

PROJECT : Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The work camp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands.

Directions to meeting point

They go via Pinerolo and/or Perosa Argentina

Requirements

Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place.

Italy Italy: The Old Ways - Local Place and Path Care (LUNAR12)

Dates

27/06/2024   -   06/07/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Environmental
Manual Work

Already accepted volunteers from

Spain Colombia + more

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 60
Max number of volunteers
10
Still room for
4 Male + 1 Female
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Nearest airport
Milano (Milan) (MXP)
Nearest bus/train station
Bus station Cevo/Saviore dell'Adamello
Map

Work

WORK: Participants will be mainly involved in cleaning and maintaining the high and medium mountain and agro-silver-pastoral paths adjacent to the hostel, as well as supporting the activities of agricultural companies. They will also be involved in restoring the signs of the local paths and in taking care of the greenery of the large park surrounding the hostel. For the identification of the routes, obtaining permits, on-site accompaniment, and assistance during the carrying out of activities relating to the paths, we avail ourselves of the support and collaboration of the Cedegolo section of the Italian Alpine Club (CAI), of the Valcamonica Mountain Community, of the municipal administrations of Cevo and Saviore dell'Adamello and finally of some agricultural companies in Valsaviore. The shifts will be 5 hours per day, for 5 days a week, excluding Saturday and Sunday.

Accomodation and food

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD: Meals will be served mainly in the hostel with a predominantly vegetarian menu, however, variations may be made to meet different needs. Where necessary, volunteers are expected to bring a packed lunch, while on other days they will have lunch together with the local community or at the farms that will host them for their tasks. Main meals are provided (breakfast, lunch, dinner); the remainder are paid by each volunteer. Participants will be hosted at the Casa del Parco hostel and accommodated in several shared rooms: each room has 4 to 5 beds, a private bathroom, and a shower. There are several common areas, including reading rooms, a restaurant, and a large outdoor garden, as well as free Wi-Fi (due to the location of the facility in a closed valley, we cannot guarantee a fast connection in case of heavy crowds) and the possibility of using the washing machine once a week.

Location and leisure

LOCATION AND LEISURE: Cevo (province of Brescia, Italy) is a small mountain village of 800 inhabitants located inside the Adamello Regional Park, at an altitude of 1,100 m. Placed at the junction of two valleys closed by the head of Adamello glacier, it offers a barely anthropic, natural environment that counts on a reduced tourism flow. An atmosphere foreign to urban chaos where time seems to flow slowly, ideal for hiking surrounded by nature. Most local people do not speak English fluently.

Project hosted by

PARTNER: Casa del Parco Adamello is a multifunctional, community place where people can meet and discuss mountain culture. It is a space committed to territorial promotion where we can draw a path focused on enhancing potential and local resources. Here we arrange cultural events, workshops, and training addressed to social innovators and people involved in mountain area development.
PROJECT: We co-design camps together with environmental activists: side by side with the community of communities - both local and elected - and institutions, we want to contribute to Valsaviore’s economic, cultural, environmental, and social development. In line with these objectives, the main purpose of this camp is to provide opportunities for concrete action in a wonderful, fragile, and precious mountain context, and to encourage meeting, exchange, and intercultural dialogue between international volunteers and local communities. Not a secondary effect, the volunteers' activity would translate into concrete actions capable of allowing inhabitants and tourists to experience the mountains and the territory safely and without risks, making it a more welcoming, inclusive, and attractive place.
By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities -SDG11, SustainableConsuption&Production-SDG12, and LifeOnLand-SDG15

Directions to meeting point

Orio al Serio airport (Milan Bergamo), take the transfer to Brescia station. From here, take the Trenord Brescia-Iseo-Edolo railway line and get off at Cedegolo station. Trains from Brescia to Cedegolo leave approximately every two hours. From Cedegolo station in Cevo, take the direct bus 23a, which leaves from Piazza Roma (about 500 meters after the train station) and has Cevo/Saviore dell'Adamello as its destination.

Requirements

This project is for all those who like spending time outdoors and hiking a lot - you will get out of your comfort zone and live a very dynamic, active, and intercultural experience for sure!

Italy Italy: BEES FOR TREES (LUNAR15)

Dates

07/07/2024   -   21/07/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Manual Work
Environmental
Disabilities
3
Place(s)
left

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 75
Max number of volunteers
8
Still room for
2 Male + 1 Female
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Access with disability
Yes
Nearest airport
Torino (Turin) (TRN)
Nearest bus/train station
Turin railway station.
Map

Work

WORK :The work will be close to the river Po in a protected area called “Parco fluviale del Po '' here the volunteers will also cut bamboo to protect the endemic vegetation and clean paths and weeds. We’ll also support a project by Torino University, building `bee hotels” and bringing them to some summer camps for children to share with them the consequences of climate change. In case of rain, the indoor work could also be cleaning work in some bell towers and churches. The volunteers will also be involved, with local teenage volunteers, in the creation of a mural representing the work of this year. Moreover, for the first week of the workcamp, some Italian volunteers could be involved from an association called AU.DI.DO (autonomy for disabled people). To exchange traditions and explore other cultures so please be ready to present something typical of your country (a dance, a song, a game, a typical dish, a custom etc.) and also every week the volunteers will go to a retirement house to present their countries. The volunteers will also meet an association that runs a project to take care of refugees, in this way they can really see how that emergency is managed in Italy. Some of Carignano's families will host the volunteers for a dinner in their home to share their culture and way of life.

Accomodation and food

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD : The volunteers are going to stay in a building with beds, communal
bathrooms with 2 showers and hot water and a kitchen. Bedrooms are provided with 4 to 6 beds per room. The volunteers are responsible for the cleaning and cooking. Food is provided by the host organization. Volunteers must be equipped with a sleeping bag (or sheets), pillowcase and towels.

Location and leisure

LOCATION AND LEISURE : The town of Carignano (8700 inhabitants) is situated on the left bank of the river Po approximately 20 Km from Torino and within the Regional Parco Fluviale (park of the river). Its center is of typical "piedmontese" style, characterized by an ancient core with medieval archways and a baroque cathedral. The town's surroundings offer sites of architectural and naturalistic interest, it is also possible to reach Turin easily, as there are frequent coaches to the city. During the free time there are many exciting things to do such as visit the open market of Carignano and take part in some local events. On the weekends it will be possible for the group to organize a visit to Turin (there is a bus to and from Turin), visiting the Egyptian museum, the cinema museum, MAO museum of oriental art, the Holy Shroud etc. The costs of the FREE TIMES activities are not covered by the project.

Project hosted by

PARTNER : The camp is organized by Lunaria in collaboration with “Giovani Insieme”. The association is composed of young people for young people founded in October 1998 in Carignano with the aim of protecting, promoting and enhancing artistic, historical and architectural heritage, nature and the environment, by proposing summer work camps for young volunteers from all over Europe.

PROJECT : The workcamps in Carignano were started to restore some rooms in a building in the historical center of the town. Through this project volunteers have the opportunity to recover Carignano’s architectural heritage and enjoy the environment whilst meeting young people from all over the world. Moreover “Giovani Insieme” organizes different local events such as summer camps for local children, cultural exhibitions, etc. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: LifeOnLand-SDG15 and ClimateAction-SDG13.

Directions to meeting point

MEETING POINT in CARIGNANO bus station, It takes approximately 2/3 hours to reach the bus station from Turin airport.

Requirements

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS : It is important to keep in mind that you'll be working with children, which is different than working with adults, and to be prepared to work on manual tasks, which can be challenging at times.

Italy Italy: Love the mountains in Alpe Dosso! (LEG02)

Dates

14/07/2024   -   27/07/2024

Feedback from 107 volunteers

Tags

Environmental
Manual Work
3
Place(s)
left

Already accepted volunteers from

Turkey Denmark Spain + more

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 99
Max number of volunteers
12
Still room for
1 Male + 2 Female
Languages
English
Nearest airport
 
Nearest bus/train station
 
Map

Work

Participants will be involved in interventions of environmental enhancement, such as: maintenance of footpaths, cleaning of pasture lands and preparing hay for the deer.

During the acitvities they will be guided by the expert volunteers of Consorzio Montagna Viva, who will also provide the necessary tools.

The volunteers will be working for approximately 5 hours per day or less, depending also on the weather.

Accomodation and food

For the first and the last night, volunteers will be hosted in the parish of Delebio. For the rest of the days they will stay in the mountain hut of Alpe Dosso (1600 m).

The diet will be vegetarian.

Location and leisure

The camp will take place in the gorgeous Orobie Valtellinesi Mountains Park. Specifically, the volunteers will stay in Alpe Dosso, but they will also explore the surrounding area both during the working activities and during their free time. They will have the chance to take part in some beautiful hiking trips in the park.

It is important to acknowledge that the mountain hut is quite isolated from the town and it will only be possible to visit Delebio on the first and last day.

The closest airports are: Milan Bergamo Airport, Milano Malpensa Airport and Milano Linate airport.

From there you can take shuttle buses or a train called Malpensa express (from Malpensa airport) that will take you to Milano Centrale station.

From there you have to take the train to Tirano (not Torino!!) and get off in Colico railway station. null

Project hosted by

Legambiente Lecco is made up of young and dynamic people, mostly under 30. The main activity of this local group is the management of an eco-hostel in Monte Barro Park in Galbiate. It is also involved in campaigns against food waste, it organizes Erasmus+ projects for young people and promotes sustainable mobility with the project Piedibus in Lecco.

Requirements

In order to better enjoy this experience volunteers are requested to have a great will to walk and work.
Volunteers will be involved in working activities for about 30 hours per week.

Italy Italy: Regenerating the Pedagogical Garden in rural Italy (IT-SCI 13.2)

Dates

17/07/2024   -   27/07/2024

Feedback from 18 volunteers

Tags

Agricultural
Environmental
Manual Work

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
20 - 99
Max number of volunteers
10
Still room for
4 Male + 4 Female
Languages
English
Nearest airport
 
Nearest bus/train station
 

Work

The activities will be in the Pedagogical Garden. We have an aerea dedicated to the proper garden, an area for gatherings, a storage area, a tent and a recently planted food forest. However, over time, a lot of waste materials have accumulated and a lot of grass has covered our food forest. Having lacked possibility to maintain it, the Garden has lost a bit of its initial charm.
Planned activities are:
- general cleaning of the area and re-organisation of different spaces;
- maintenance of our toolshed and of our teepee (big tent);
- classification of the plants on the Garden;
- cleaning the food forest from invasive plants;
- finalising existing walking pathways and water lines
- maintenance of plants in the food forest;
- helping in the organisation of one event with activities.

Accomodation and food

Participants will sleep in the house we use for hosting our activities. It has a kitchen, one dining room, one living room, two bathrooms with showers and four rooms where volunteers sleep together. No sleeping bags or mattresses are needed, but towels, working shoes, clothes and gloves are. The house is provided with WiFi (at least in common areas). Participants have their own fully equipped kitchen where they can prepare and consume meals. We do not exclude that some other hosts may visit the house in the same period. Added value could be if participants bring their driving licence.

Project hosted by

Movesi is a NGO operating since Jan. '23, in a rural internal area near Salerno. It is a cross-municipal organisation working on local community development with a focus on rural areas and internationalisation. The main mission of Movesi is “facilitating movements”: generating fluxes of people and ideas to ignite processes of change in territories where many have lost hope and opportunities.
The main mission of Movesi is to reconnect, stimulate and empower local communities by creating opportunities and by fostering activism among youngsters, municipalities, CSOs and entrepreneurs.
One of the main activities of Mòvesi is the Giardino Pedagogico: Mimí e Peppino. This garden is imagined as a community space that can host different activities for different beneficiaries.

Additional comments

Please kindly note that there is an additional incoming fee of 50 Euros for all volunteers applying through Partner organisations or Contacts of the SCI network. Check the status here: https://bit.ly/3vhBD5J. This fee covers hosting costs, insurance, a small travel fund to enable disadvantaged volunteers to join projects and administration costs.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Cities and Communities Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Italy Italy: Agape 4 (LUNAR19)

Dates

18/07/2024   -   01/08/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Manual Work
1
Place(s)
left

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 75
Max number of volunteers
5
Still room for
1
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Access with disability
Yes
Nearest airport
Torino (Turin) (TRN)
Nearest bus/train station
Prali bus station
Map

Work

The workcamp is an international experience, giving the volunteers the opportunity to meet young people from all over the world. In terms of communication, the main watchword at the Center is diversity and open-mindedness. This is your chance to discover different cultures, and ideas and exchange experiences. The work accomplished on each camp is very important, the volunteers themselves are the main reason for Agape is able to keep organizing more and more projects every year. Thanks to a group of people living there all year long (the so-called Resident group), but also to the ecumenical and international community coming to help, the center has an effect on its visitors' life. As a volunteer, you will be asked to work with the Resident Group. Every Resident has a sector for which they are responsible (kitchen, cleaning, bar, maintenance,... and so on), in which you will help them, and each of the Residents will be there to help you and support you. You will have 6-7 working hours per day. The Centre will organize every year's national camps in the place and the international group will work in parallel with the permanent residence to guarantee the running of all other project schedules. Volunteers will help in the following tasks: kitchen, meal service (tables and dishes), cleaning, maintenance, bartending, and babysitting.

Accomodation and food

Volunteers will be host in 3-4 bed bedrooms with shared toilets on the floor. The meals are typical Italian Mediterranean cuisine, with limited consumption of meat for environmental reasons, and the possibility of choices for those who require a special diet. There is a washing machine available for the volunteers.

Location and leisure

Agape is in the Alps, close to Prali commune. Games, discussions, and outings can be organized during free time. Programmed activities (especially in the evening) are most of the time open to the volunteers, as long as they do not clash with work commitments. The place is beautiful but isolated, though you will stay together with many international participants attending the meetings of Agape.

Project hosted by

PARTNER : It’s been ten years that Lunaria and Agape are working side by side to create a space where people can meet in harmony. Agape International Ecumenical Centre is an important point of reference in Italian Protestantism, being for 70 years a place of education and development, theological exploration, political engagement, acceptance and validation of differences. A resident group still lives at Agape throughout the year. Agape was built after the Second World War as a sign of hope and reconciliation between people, thanks to the voluntary work of many young men and women. The dimensions of community and voluntary service remain fundamental. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: QualityEducation-SDG4 and GenderEquality-SDG5, two of the pillars of Agape mission.

PROJECT : Every year many people, with different ages and religious, cultural and political backgrounds, come to Agape to discuss and to be challenged, to get to know themselves and each other and to exchange experiences around a particular theme. The work camp will support the management and support the meetings on issues of political, social, cultural and religious interest. The center is volunteers-driven, and its management is in your hands.

Directions to meeting point

They go via Pinerolo and/or Perosa Argentina

Requirements

Volunteers should come ready to accomplish each task and with an open mind. Travel to Agape can be complicated, very isolated place .

Italy Italy: Basilicata outdoors - hiking and mountain renovation (LUNAR22)

Dates

23/07/2024   -   03/08/2024

Feedback from 148 volunteers

Tags

Environmental
Renovation

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 75
Max number of volunteers
10
Still room for
3 Male + 3 Female
Languages
English
Vegetarian food
Yes
Nearest airport
Napoli (Naples) (NAP)
Nearest bus/train station
Potenza train station
Map

Work

Georeferencing hiking trails in the park (2-3 people per group); securing and installing hiking signs; training sessions on cartography and the outdoors in general; management of the outdoor base camp. A working presence of 5 hours per day, 5 days per week is required. In the free time, it is possible to visit neighboring villages and/or go hiking and/or follow the other work on the site (donkey management, beekeeping, organic vegetable garden, chestnut grove).

Accomodation and food

The site is immersed in the Lucanian Apennine National Park, at an altitude of about 1100 m. in a wild chestnut grove. Accommodation is in 4-season tents of various sizes in the tree-lined square in front of the Association headquarters. There are two bathrooms and a shower. Meals are all self-produced and local organic food (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), mainly vegetarian/vegan. Accommodation in mixed or divided tents is at the group's discretion.

Location and leisure

Pignola is a small medieval mountain village nestled in the National Park. It is a few kilometers from Potenza, the most important city, and during the summer the village comes alive with numerous cultural events.

Project hosted by

PARTNER : Fuorisentiero is an association for environmental study, protection, and research in the Basilicata region. The primary tools chosen for the enhancement of the area are trekking, and slow crossing, in various forms, to better enhance the exceptional nature of the places crossed, but also the care, maintenance, and promotion of mountain areas; fundamental, in this sense, is the activity of pathways and mapping, through which the territory is made more usable and it is possible to activate practices of permanent protection and preservation of the Lucanian landscape.

PROJECT : The workcamp is based on these objectives, in that it proposes a period of voluntary co- planning and implementation of a trail network in the Lucanian Apennine National Park, as well as a series of training moments on cartography and the outdoor world.
By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities-SDG11,SustainableConsuption&Production-SDG12, and LifeOnLand-SDG15

Requirements

This project is for all those who like spending time outdoors, sleeping in tents, and hiking a lot - you will get out of your comfort zone and live a very dynamic, active, and intercultural experience for sure!

Italy Italy: Rural life in the Pre-Alps of the Vallecamonica (LEG05)

Dates

26/07/2024   -   04/08/2024

Feedback from 107 volunteers

Tags

Environmental
3
Place(s)
left

Already accepted volunteers from

Spain Syria + more

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 99
Max number of volunteers
10
Still room for
1 Male + 2 Female
Languages
English
Nearest airport
 
Nearest bus/train station
 
Map

Work

The volunteers' efforts are focused on assisting farmers with their daily tasks, significantly easing their workload. When working with cattle herds, the activities include milking cows, guiding them into enclosures by moving electrified wires, assisting the cheesemaker in various stages of cheese production, collecting wood, and helping with cleaning and meal preparation. In contrast, working with sheep primarily involves managing the flock's movements, as milking is not required. Additionally, maintenance tasks are crucial and involve cleaning paths, roads, and green picnic areas, as well as refurbishing signage and fences where necessary. This comprehensive involvement offers volunteers a deep understanding and hands-on experience of rural farm life.

Accomodation and food

Volunteers will be accommodated in self-managed alpine refuges, where they will have the opportunity to contribute to daily tasks and meals. The diet will primarily consist of pasta, rice, and other cereals, along with a variety of vegetables, and a limited amount of meat. Options for vegetarian and vegan diets will also be available, ensuring that individual dietary preferences and needs are catered for.

Location and leisure

Vallecamonica is one of the most wide valley in the italian Prealps and it is recognized by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve thanks to the extraordinary biodiversity it hosts. Specifically, Gianico and the mountains behind it are lush places with excellent pastures and good water availability. The structures that will host the volunteers are typical Alpine refuges built over the past two centuries and renovated over time. There are chances of spotting wildlife such as marmots, deers, eagles and so on.

Nearest airports:

Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY) 54km

Milano Linate (LIN) 102km

Verona Valerio Catullo (VRN) 112km


Nearest train station:

Darfo-Corna 3km

Darfo-Boario Terme 5km


Nearest bus station

Darfo Boario Terme 5km null

Project hosted by

Legambiente Vallecamonica was founded in the 1980s on the slipstream of the national ecologist movement. Since its birth the circle has supported and organized initiatives regarding air and water pollution, plastic free, the fight against food waste, sustainable agriculture and sustainable mobility. Nowadays there is an active group of educators who bring environmental education in school here in Vallecamonica. The Camp is also one of its historical activities and it aims to create a healthy cultural exchange that promotes ecological awareness and universal citizenship but enhancing local peculiarities.

Requirements

A basic level of fitness is necessary for the mountain treks, as participants will be required to carry their personal belongings during these journeys. We anticipate walking for at least two hours each day, so it's important that volunteers are prepared for this physical aspect of the experience.

Italy Italy: Environmental protection of Codera Valley in the Rhaetian Alps! (IT-SCI 10.3)

Dates

26/07/2024   -   08/08/2024

Feedback from 18 volunteers

Tags

Manual Work
Study

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 99
Max number of volunteers
10
Still room for
3 Male + 3 Female
Languages
English
Nearest airport
 
Nearest bus/train station
 

Work

Environmental restoration activities such as: manual work in the fields used for the cultivation seasonal vegetables; cleaning the fields and paths; arrangement of abandoned and uncultivated plots of land with digging; cleaning of portions of the forest from weeds and arrangement of the wood obtained; reconstruction of dry stone walls supporting the terraces; cleaning and recovery of ancient pedestrian roads.
The activities will be conducted for the first five days in Salina and Piazzo. Later the volunteers will move to Codera and the following day to San Giorgio, on the opposite side of Val Codera. At the end of the camp, the descent to Novate Mezzola will take place from San Giorgio.
Volunteers will work approximately 6-7 hours per day, including walking time to/from activity locations.

Accomodation and food

For the first five days, accommodation is in Salina historic/rustic homes with essential services (no electricity); in Codera vilage the accommodation is Rifugio Osteria Alpina and in San Giorgio at the Parish House. There are bunk beds with mattress, pillow and blankets, and volunteers will be provided with sheet bag. Bathrooms are common, with hot water showers; the latter is available in limited quantities in Salina. The meals are prepared by Friends of Val Codera Association with the help of camp volunteers; simple cuisine, mainly based on pasta and vegetables.

Location and leisure

The activities will be held in Valle Codera, part of Novate Mezzola municipality in Sondrio province. Accessible only by foot via hiking trails from Novate Mezzola, the trek takes about 2 hours to Codera (800 meters climb) and 1.5 hours to San Giorgio (500 meters climb). Villages sit at 750-950 meters altitude, enjoying a mild climate. Nearest cities include Sondrio (50 km), Lecco (50 km), Como (80 km), Bergamo (90 km), and Milan (110 km).

Project hosted by

The Friends of Val Codera Association was founded in 1981 and has been involved for over 40 years in the protection and eco-friendly promotion of the Codera valley, located in the Rhaetian Alps in the province of Sondrio. The valley has no road access and the villages found there can only be reached on foot. This isolation has preserved the cultural and environmental authenticity of the valley.
The main objective of the association is protection and valorisation of the environmental and cultural heritage of the valley (a typical example of Alpine civilisation) and encouraging slow and conscious tourism that is able to appreciate the particular attractions of the place.

Additional comments

The camp occurs in an inaccessible Alpine valley without road access/shops. Volunteers with dietary needs must inform in advance. Phone signal varies; internet available on request at Osteria Alpina. Hiking opportunities, peaks reaching 3000m, and swimming in Codera river. Museums in Codera and San Giorgio managed by Friends of Val Codera Association offer cultural visits.

Please kindly note that there is an additional incoming fee of 50 Euros for all volunteers applying through Partner organisations or Contacts of the SCI network. Check the status here: https://bit.ly/3vhBD5J. This fee covers hosting costs, insurance, a small travel fund to enable disadvantaged volunteers to join projects and administration costs.

Requirements

Volunteers need motivation, basic manual skills, physical endurance, and the ability to engage with locals for wilderness recovery work in isolated areas. They should share the association's spirit of preserving a genuine environment. For the eco-sustainable development workshop, volunteers must bring materials on environmental resistance from their contexts.

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Cities and Communities Responsible Consumption and Production
Italy Italy: Campo dei Fiori (LEG07)

Dates

05/08/2024   -   19/08/2024

Feedback from 107 volunteers

Tags

Environmental
2
Place(s)
left

Already accepted volunteers from

Turkey Belgium France Spain Germany + more

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 99
Max number of volunteers
12
Still room for
2
Languages
English
Nearest airport
Milano (Milan) (MXP)
Nearest bus/train station
 
Map

Work

Volunteers will work in different sites of the park , in areas of great historical and natural importance such as linea Cadorna that was a defensive system on the border with Switzerland, designed and built between 1899 and 1918, and actually never used, and Villaggio Cagnola that is an area used by the Park to create a centre for environmental education and nature's preservation. The work will be: foothpaths cleaning and maintenance, removing weeds from grassland at the top of the mountains etc. We'll work with local volunteers and citizens to support the organization of a local food fest on the weekend.

Accomodation and food

The accommodation is a self managed hostel (one shared room with bunk beds) in a public area of a little village. Meals will use season’s, organics and local products and will mostly be vegeterian.

Location and leisure

The natural Park “Campo Dei Fiori”. In the area there are several interesting natural and historical sites. http://www.parcocampodeifiori.it. The particular geographical location and the geological features favored the presence of a various vegetation. Typical flora of the rocky areas, marshy and peaty zones rich in wildlife. The park also contains interesting historical and artistic sites and also the Unesco heritage Sacro Monte at Santa Maria del Monte. Volunteers will have the opportunity to visit the most beautiful and characteristic places in the province.

Milano Malpensa airport, Varese train station (about one our far from Milano) last bus to Cunardo from Varese at 19.25 null null

Project hosted by

Legambiente Varese Onlus is a local group of Legambiente, that, beside giving contributions to main Legambiente national campaigns mind about the environment of the district of Varese since the eighties. Legambiente Varese coordinate 14 local groups of Legambiente volunteers and it's the connection between local, regional and national offices of the association. Thanks to this organization we can carrying out several activities such as the management of natural areas, the organization of work-camps, environmental education addressed to youngest generations and promotion of environmentally frie

Requirements

Volunteers have to be interested in ecology and soustanibility and motivated to work with local people.

Italy Italy: A path between nature and history (LEG03)

Dates

20/08/2024   -   30/08/2024

Feedback from 107 volunteers

Tags

Environmental
Manual Work

Already accepted volunteers from

Turkey Czech Republic Spain + more

Fee

USD 400
Details
Add to backpack
Close

Details on the project

Age
18 - 70
Max number of volunteers
12
Still room for
4 Male + 1 Female
Languages
English
Nearest airport
 
Nearest bus/train station
 
Map

Work

The restoration of the trail involves hands-on labor, with volunteers dedicating approximately 6 hours each day, primarily during the early morning hours. Participants will assist Legambiente in clearing and maintaining the path stretching from Lago Grande to the megalithic walls of Monte Pallano. This project includes organizing and cleaning the trail, as well as reclaiming sections that have been overgrown with vegetation. Additionally, new signage will be installed along the route to enhance its accessibility and usability.

Accomodation and food

Volunteers will be accommodated in a repurposed school building equipped with a self-managed kitchen. The diet will be eco-sustainable, focusing on local products with minimal meat consumption. Please note that there will be no Wi-Fi available at this location.

Location and leisure

The Monte Pallano and Lecceta d'Isca d'Archi area is enchantingly beautiful, rich in natural and archaeological wonders. Its strategic location and the presence of water sources have made it a hub of human settlement over the ages, as evidenced by the remains of the ancient Pallanum settlement, the impressive Megalithic Walls, and signs of human presence from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic, and through to the Hellenistic-Roman period. In Tornareccio, there is an open-air mosaic museum.


Traveling from Rome (Ciampino Airport, Fiumicino Airport, Tiburtina Bus Station):


By bus: From Rome, you can travel from Tiburtina station directly to Tornareccio (tickets available at: https://clikbus.sotrap.it/home).

By train: Arrive at Pescara train station, then take a bus from Pescara train station to Tornareccio (Ch), or travel by train to Fossacesia - Torino di Sangro station and then take a bus to Tornareccio.

Alternatively, take a bus to Atessa (the city before Tornareccio) and contact Legambiente volunteers to arrange a car ride for the last part of the journey null null

Project hosted by

The Legambiente Geo A.P.S. association was born in Atessa in 1989 thanks to the enthusiasm and the care of a group of young volunteers. Since 30 years our association deals with the improvement of the environmental and cultural quality in our area in order to satisfy the need of participation, cohesiveness, knowledge and identity of people. During the last years we have fighted against waste trade, land consumption, for the Sangro river safeguard and the Val di Sangro evironmental quality. Thanks to our devouted and determined work, we set up the SIC Monte Pallano and Lecceta d’ Isca d’ Archi area. It is a place where environmental and archaeoligical excellences coexist. Legambiente, in this area, manages Casanatura Fontecampana center, a place where people of any age can meet each other and share their love for nature and environment and broaden their knowledges about them through various activities. Since 2017, tanks to volunteers, Legambiente runs the recycling center in Atessa.

Requirements

Volunteers should have an interest in and be comfortable with working in a group setting.