English
ItalianoWHERE: Sasso Marconi, Italy
HOSTING ORGANISATION: Centro Tutela e Ricerca Fauna Esotica e Selvatica - Monte Adone
TOPICS: environment and natural protection
WHEN: 10 months, starting in April 2021
APPLICATION DEADLINE: closed
HOSTING ORGANISATION: Centro Tutela e Ricerca Fauna Esotica e Selvatica - Monte Adone
TOPICS: environment and natural protection
WHEN: 10 months, starting in April 2021
APPLICATION DEADLINE: closed
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Volunteers will be actively embedded in the multiethnic and stimulating environment of Bologna, so they can act as protagonists thus making the most of the unique opportunity of the ESC. This close contact with the local community and their active participation in volunteering, informative and formative activities will widely enhance the growing possibility for the volunteers. Bologna is very open to youths and it offers a lot in terms of personal growth and cultural activities. The volunteers will be actively embedded in this multiethnic and stimulating environment by exploiting the activities and the network of contacts of Centro Sociale Montanari. The Montanari Centre promote and stimulate intergenerational and intercultural solidarity in order to fight social isolation.
They are promoting intergenerational integration and stimulate participation to prove the usefulness of mutual exchanges between generations by involving individuals of different ages in their daily activities. The Montanari Centre promotes intercultural integration thus representing a true cultural, entertainment, research and educational output from which the entire local community will benefit. Volunteers will be organizing and implementing a variety of adapted cultural, entertainment, socializing and exchange activities to maintain the elderly people’s sensorial, linguistic, creative, intellectual and DIY skills and capabilities active in an open-minded and inclusive environment.
Some of the examples of the activities of Centro Montanari are: festa di primavera (finger food festival), concerts, theater shows, travel presentations, poem nights, dances shows, cooking classes together, gym for seniors etc. In general in Montanari there are some seniors volunteering and the participants of the activities are also mostly seniors. They offer opportunities for volunteers to organize language classes or develop their own projects based on their personal skills and abilities.
Volunteers will be actively embedded in the multiethnic and stimulating environment of Bologna, so they can act as protagonists thus making the most of the unique opportunity of the ESC. This close contact with the local community and their active participation in volunteering, informative and formative activities will widely enhance the growing possibility for the volunteers. Bologna is very open to youths and it offers a lot in terms of personal growth and cultural activities. The volunteers will be actively embedded in this multiethnic and stimulating environment by exploiting the activities and the network of contacts of Centro Sociale Montanari. The Montanari Centre promote and stimulate intergenerational and intercultural solidarity in order to fight social isolation.
They are promoting intergenerational integration and stimulate participation to prove the usefulness of mutual exchanges between generations by involving individuals of different ages in their daily activities. The Montanari Centre promotes intercultural integration thus representing a true cultural, entertainment, research and educational output from which the entire local community will benefit. Volunteers will be organizing and implementing a variety of adapted cultural, entertainment, socializing and exchange activities to maintain the elderly people’s sensorial, linguistic, creative, intellectual and DIY skills and capabilities active in an open-minded and inclusive environment.
Some of the examples of the activities of Centro Montanari are: festa di primavera (finger food festival), concerts, theater shows, travel presentations, poem nights, dances shows, cooking classes together, gym for seniors etc. In general in Montanari there are some seniors volunteering and the participants of the activities are also mostly seniors. They offer opportunities for volunteers to organize language classes or develop their own projects based on their personal skills and abilities.
To learn more about the hosting organisation, take a look at their Facebook page and website!
PARTICIPANT PROFILE:
- between 18 and 30 years old
- prepared for a country and outdoor lifestyle (at the Centre, the work is physically demanding especially during autumn/winter when daily work is often accompanied by cold, rain and snow)
- proactive and creative attitude, organizational skills and problem solving attitude
- knowledge of one of the languages: Italian, English, Spanish or French
- Anti-tetanus vaccination;
- Time flexibility
- In turn commitment on public holidays;
- Good state of general health
- COVID-19 test (it must be done few days before your arrival)
- between 18 and 30 years old
- prepared for a country and outdoor lifestyle (at the Centre, the work is physically demanding especially during autumn/winter when daily work is often accompanied by cold, rain and snow)
- proactive and creative attitude, organizational skills and problem solving attitude
- knowledge of one of the languages: Italian, English, Spanish or French
- Anti-tetanus vaccination;
- Time flexibility
- In turn commitment on public holidays;
- Good state of general health
- COVID-19 test (it must be done few days before your arrival)