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ITALY 2 / ÈÒÀËÈß 2
CPI01, PINOCCHIO-THEATRE (ROME), SOCI/ARTS, 28/02-18/03, 10 VOLS
WORK: The workcamp is organised together
with CAVALLO BIANCO (who works with disabled people and who has organised
yearly theatre representations together with YAP Italy). The activity is
financed through a bilateral protocol with Spain, therefore there will
be 4 Spanish volunteers, and 6 other volunteers. The aim of the workcamp
is to help organize and participate in the theatre representation of “Pinocchio”,
together with disabled Italian young people and children from Chernobyl.
The volunteers will arrive in Rome, in the YAP Italy office where they
will start preparations for the theatre. They will continue work with the
children (animation) and with the theatre representation, which will take
place at the end of the camp.
ACCOMMODATION: They will be lodged
in the YAP Italy office. Participants should bring sleeping bags. A washing
machine is available in the office, and the volunteers are responsible
for cooking and cleaning for the 10 participants in the workcamp. The ten
volunteers share a big room for sleeping.
LOCATION: Rome, centre of Italy.
CPI02, VERNASCA, ENVI/AGRI/RENO, 08/03-24/03, 14/18VOLS
WORK: The workcamp is a bilateral
exchange between Japan and Italy. The aims are to develop "eco-village"
by Japanese & Italian voluntary power, to promote awareness and actions
of local people to improve their own community, to create friendship/ understanding
and solidarity between Italian and Japanese. The workcamp will take place
in a mountain area in the Northern Piemonte, near the border with the Switzerland.
Participants will do organic farming, gardening and renovation, help in
some agricultural works, clean the forest and recover ancient paths. During
week-end and free time there will be the opportunity to make excursions
on paths and to visit the near-by places. There will be an excursion to
Castelquato and Veleia Romana. For those interested there will be workshops
on dance therapy and percussion sessions
ACCOMMODATION: The accommodation
will be in common rooms and the volunteers are responsible for cooking.
Bathroom with shower is available. Volunteers are requested to bring a
sleeping bags, thick trousers, boots, raincoats, gloves (optional).
LOCATION: The workcamp takes place
in Vernasca, in the province of Piacenza, northern Italy.
CPI 03 BRONI (PROV. OF PAVIA), AGRI/RENO/FEST, 13/05-24/05, 12 VOLS
WORK: The planned work is to do organic
farming, gardening and to help in building a wood structure for the summer
camp, that will be organized for children. The volunteers will help, also,
local people to organize an ecological party. During the week-ends and
free time there will be the possibility to visit four mediaeval castles
to make excursions walking , riding or using the mountain bikes.
ACCOMMODATION: The lodging will be
in a country house for holidays that is build to host tourist groups or
family’s , with kichen and shower available. The volunteers are responsible
for cooking.
LOCATION: Broni is a village located
in Province of Pavia, northern Italy, at about one hour from Milan.
CPI 04 CHEGGIO (PIEMONTE), ENVI/RENO, 17/06-30/06, 12 VOLS
WORK: The work in the workcamp depends
on the weather conditions. It consists in the transportations of materials
with the cable car, renovation and reconstruction of the old medieval houses,
some already in use, some to be completely renewed. Volunteers are also
supposed to renovate old fences, to work for the recovery of ancient local
paths, and develop activities of maintenance of the forest. The project
also includes building and assembling of sun panels, according to weather.
The work will be physical and quite hard.
ACCOMMODATION: The lodging is in
mountain houses, quite spartan conditions. Volunteers will be responsible
for the kitchen duties. The kitchen is vegetarian. Bring sleeping bag and
mattress, mountain shoes, warm clothing, music instruments and other objects
you would like to share with the others.
LOCATION: Cheggio is a village located
in Northern Piemonte, near the border with Switzerland. It is situated
in a large valley surrounded by high mountains.
CPI 05, VAL FORMAZZA (PIEMONTE), ENVI/RENO, 27/06-11/07, 7 VOLS
WORK: Participants will do agricultural
work and will help the maintenance of forests in collaboration with
a co-operative of breeders in the high Formazza valley. They will also
clean and restore little walls, court-yards and ancient cowsheds. During
week-ends and free time there will be the opportunity to make excursions
on paths and to visit the near-by places.
ACCOMMODATION: The lodging will be
in an old mountain house. The weather could be fresh and rainy, bring warm
clothes and mountain shoes.
LOCATION: The workcamp will take
place in a mountain area in the Northern Piemonte, near the border with
the Switzerland.
CPI06, BOLZANO, ENVI/FEST, 01/07-07/07, 5 VOLS
WORK: Yearly, the “International Euromediterranean
Festival” takes place in Bolzano. During the event there will be seminars
organised about the globalisation, public debates and exhibitions on the
theme of “desirable globalisation”. Participants will help the local organisers
in the preparation work, organisation and management of show spaces and
will give information to the visitors. They will also have the opportunity,
if interested, to participate in the different seminars, theatre representations
etc. We also have planned excursions to the beautiful mountains in the
surroundings.
ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be
lodged in the “summerschool” together with all the participants to
the festival. Lunch will be organised in the school, and for dinner we
will give tickets valid in all restaurants/pubs.
LOCATION: In Bolzano, chief town
of the South-Tyrol (Trentino Alto Adige region, Northern Italy) characterised
by the co-existence of different cultural and linguistic groups (Italian
and German communities, mainly).
CPI 07 ROME (TORBELLAMONACA), ENVI/SOCI, 01/07-14/07 12 VOLS
WORK: Volunteers will do animation
with children in the green areas of the social centre - EL “CHE”NTRO SOCIALE
TORBELLAMONACA . The will also help restructure the green areas, therefore
do gardening and agricultural work.
ACCOMMODATION: The accommodation
is the centre, in a big common room. No shower available, only bathrooms
with sinks. There is huge room provided of kitchen, and the volunteers
are responsible for cooking. Bring your sleeping-bag.
LOCATION: EL “CHE”NTRO SOCIALE TORBELLAMONACA
is located in the outskirts of Rome, in a very disadvantaged area.
CPI 08 “ZORA” (PROV. OF REGGIO EMILIA), SOCI/RENO, 15/07-27/07, 04 VOLS
WORK: The workcamp takes place in
the day-care center “ODOARDINA” for disabled people. The work is together
with the 16 disabled people who benefit of the day care centre. The work
consists in collection and cleaning of garlic, breeding of hens and rabbits,
working in the vegetable garden, gardening in general, creation of recycled
paper, breeding of snails, gym, cleaning of the kitchen and inside/outside
the building. The work is together with disabled people.
ACCOMMODATION: The lodging is in
a restored farmhouse, in the outskirts of Reggio Emilia. Bring your sleeping-bag,
sport wears, agricultural wears.
LOCATION: The workcamp will take
place in Scandiano, Reggio-Emilia.
CPI09, PALAZZOLO I (ITINERANT IN SICILY),
SOCI/ARTS, 15/07-29/07, 20 VOLS
CPI10, PALAZZOLO II (ITINERANT IN
SICILY), SOCI/ARTS, 30/07-12/08, 20 VOLS
CPI11, PALAZZOLO III (ITINERANT IN
SICILY), SOCI/ARTS, 16/08-30/08, 20 VOLS
WORK: These three workcamps are the
4th edition of the “Ecoart” project, realised yearly since 1999. It takes
inspiration from initiatives already realised within an international environment
by YAP Italy and local partners and foresees the realisation of a series
of artistic performances in the area of the Iblei Mountains, near Syracuse,
in Sicily. The subject of this camp is the relation between man and earth,
intended in the sense of deep cultural matrix of every community. Through
the comparison among different cultures and artistic expressions, we want
to propose a new kind of relation with the environment and the territory,
to enhance the resources and promote the development following sustainable
economical models that guarantee its recovery, its safeguard and its conscious
use. The young volunteers will have preferably followed an artistic school,
or developed artistic attitudes, since they will have to realise initiatives
and performances in particularly significant places, related to the themes
and goals of the project, by guaranteeing all the project long a free cultural
and artistic path which could be accessible to the local population and
tourists. This activity, supported by local authorities, particularly by
the Municipalities of the territory and by the Provincial Board for Tourism
of Syracuse, will increase the publicity and exploitation of the surrounding
landscape, artistic and cultural resources, which we hope will generate
positive economic aspects for the local reality.
ACCOMMODATION: Participants will
lodge in Palazzolo and in the different small towns where the camp will
take place (Palazzolo, Sortino, Buccheri, Buscemi, Canicattini, Avola,
Cassaro, Ferla, Noto).
LOCATION: Sicily, island in Southern
Italy.
WARNING: The Sicily region is an area with several difficulties at the level of local infrastructure. We must warn participants that there could be technical problems in the development of the activities that go far beyond the control of YAP Italy because workcamps are organised in collaboration with local administrations.
In Palazzolo I activities will concern
painting and sculpture: realisation of figurative arts (murals, patchwork,
body painting, etc.) within the Communes of the Iblei Mountains. The organisation
of different activities will be cared by the Artistic Direction. In particular,
we will promote the participation of young local painters and will enhance
the artistic handicraft. Realisation of works made with different materials
to insert them in the territorial context. The aim is that of experimenting,
during the meeting, a real interaction between man’s work and nature’s
work in the respect of the reciprocal creative skill.
In Palazzolo II activities will concern
theatre: the volunteers will develop theatre pieces, with all the necessary
steps: a script, direction, acting, etc. There will be a show of the best
works made within the camp theatrical workshops. There will be a exhibition
of local and foreign theatrical groups. The aim is that of realising new
multiethnic and formal works, with reference to the themes of integration
and co-operation among peoples.
In Palazzolo III activities will
concern music: musical performances aiming to enhance the young local and
foreign musicians. The aim is to create a space where all the artists collaborate
together, producing autonomous shows and scenes’ music for the theatrical
exhibitions. Production of CD that will collect the best musical performances
and that will imply the realisation of a technical team, operating with
the necessary instruments during the whole camp.
CPI12, LUCCHIO (PROV. OF LUCCA), ENVI/RENO, 28/07-18/08, 10 VOLS
WORK: The aim of the workcamp is the
promotion of sustainable development through ecological tourism. The practical
work will consist in the recovery of ancient local paths, to make them
usable again, placing signs and arranging the green areas in the surroundings,
in order to recuperate the effects caused by the floods in November 2000.
It is not necessary to have a specific competence to develop the work,
but it is necessary a good skill of adaptation to the mountain’s life and
manual work: the place is quite isolated and far from other centres. This
activity is realised in collaboration with the Province of Lucca
and the Municipality of Bagni di Lucca, and offers a varied cultural programme
for the spare time.
ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation in the
church Canonica, bring a sleeping-bag and climbing shoes. Volunteers are
responsible for cooking.
LOCATION: Lucchio is a little town
in province of Lucca, in the Tuscany region, located on the Apennine mountains.
The local community is very little, poor and mainly involved in rural works.
NOTES: If interested, bring music
instruments, drawing tools, etc.
CPI 13 ENVIRONMENT IN LAZIO (PROV OF FROSINONE), ENVI/FEST, 05/08-19/08, 10 VOLS
WORK: The work in the workcamp consists
in clearing the local paths from grass and bushes, renovating of wooden
signals, participating in ecological events and manifestations that will
be organized during the workcamp. Excursions in the nearby towns and localities
will be organized during free time and week-ends.
ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will be
lodged in the children school in Piglio, with kitchen and services. They
must bring sleeping-bags, mattresses and mountain wear: mountain shoes,
raincoat, rucksack, sunglasses.
LOCATION: In Southern Lazio, the
region of Rome, there are some hill and mountain areas that need to be
protected and valorized, in order of safeguarding the environment and making
these places a natural tourist attraction. The participants will work near
the towns of Piglio and Rojate, on Scalambra mountain.
CPI14, BRESCIA - WORLD OF PEOPLE FOR FREE RADIO, FEST/SOCI, 09/08-25/08, 12 VOLS
WORK: During this period a multiethnic
party is held in Brescia, one of the provinces of the Lombardia region.
The work will consist in helping the management of different stands (peeling
fruits, cutting bread and various food, collaborating with the pizzeria,
restaurant, steak house, brewery, etc.) and cleaning the kitchen and the
other spaces. The work will last about 04-05 hours a day in the afternoon-evening,
the morning is free. It will be possible to participate, without paying,
to concerts, theatre, performances, cinema and disco.
ACCOMMODATION: The accommodation
will be at the local social centre named “Magazzino 47”, an auto-managed
space from youngsters where social, cultural and political activities (presentation
of books, theatrical performances, voluntary and assistance activities,
etc.) are organised. There is huge room provided of kitchen, mattresses,
basic hygienic services. Bring your sleeping-bag.
LOCATION: Brescia, one of the provinces
of the Lombardia region, Northern Italy.
CPI 15 MOGLIAZZE (PROV. OF PIACENZA), ENVI/RENO, 23/08-06/09 12 VOLS
WORK: Volunteers will develop agricultural
works (collection of fruit, harvesting, conversion of the fruit into marmalade/jam,
use of medical herbs), and to give help in the restoration of a stone building.
It is necessary a good skill of adaptation to the mountain’s life and manual
work.
ACCOMMODATION: the place is quite
isolated and far from other centres and has basic hygienic services. The
accommodation is in a stone house. There is huge room provided of kitchen.
Bring your sleeping-bag.
LOCATION: The “Cooperativa Agricola
Mogliazze” (“Mogliazze’s Agricultural Co-operative”) is located near Bobbio,
in a beautiful place in the centre of the Emilian Appennine between the
provinces of Genoa and Piacenza.
CPI 16, VERNASCA, ENVI/AGRI, 20/09-01/10, 12 VOLS
WORK: The workcamp will take place
in a mountain area in the Northern Piemonte, near the border with the Switzerland.
Participants will do organic farming, gardening, help in some other agricultural
works and clean the forest. The agricultural works includes collection
of grapes and conversion of the grapes into wine. During week-end and free
time there will be the opportunity to make excursions on paths and to visit
the near-by places. There will be an excursion to Castelquato and Veleia
Romana. For the volunteers that are very motivated there is the possibility
to remain for a longer period.
ACCOMMODATION: The accommodation
will be in common rooms and the volunteers are responsible for cooking.
Bathroom with shower is available. Volunteers are requested to bring a
sleeping bags, thick trousers, boots, raincoats, gloves (optional).
LOCATION: The workcamp takes place
in Vernasca, in the province of Piacenza, in northern Italy
CPI 17 CHEGGIO (PIEMONTE), ENVI/RENO, 29/09-06/10, 12 VOLS
WORK: The work in the workcamp depends
on the weather conditions. It consists in the transportations of materials
with the cable car, renovation and reconstruction of the old medieval houses,
some already in use, some to be completely renewed. Volunteers are also
supposed to renovate old fences, to work for the recovery of ancient local
paths, and develop activities of maintenance of the forest. The project
also includes building and assembling of sun panels, according to weather.
The work will be physical and quite hard.
ACCOMMODATION: The lodging is in
mountain houses, quite spartan conditions. Volunteers will be responsible
for the kitchen duties. The kitchen is vegetarian. Bring sleeping bag and
mattress, mountain shoes, warm clothing, music instruments and other objects
you would like to share with the others.
LOCATION: Cheggio is a village located
in Northern Piemonte, near the border with Switzerland. It is situated
in a large valley surrounded by high mountains.
Note: There are other projects in
preparation.
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