Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:
The camp is organised by Lunaria in collaboration with the Waldensian Ecumenical Centre Agape.
Agape Centro Ecumenico is a social center that originated after World War II from the ideas of the Waldensian pastor Tullio Vinay in 1947. Its core values of reconciliation and reconstruction continue to shape the center’s identity and activities. The center promotes communal living, volunteer work, and international cooperation, supported by a worldwide community of volunteers who actively contribute to its mission.

Description of work:
In Agape there will be more volunteer teams and a group of guests (around 100 people total). The teams, with different tasks, cooperate to provide a service to the guests: a Camp. Your team will help the Resident Group (volunteers living here) in the daily tasks. More teams from other projects will help you. Another team, the Staff, will lead activities for the guest’s Camp.
Daily tasks divide in 4 sectors:
* Kitchen: Cook for the community! Taking care of lunch and dinner. You’ll work in a professional kitchen. Team of 8 people, listening to music and.. peeling potatoes;
* Cleaning of communal areas: Preparing rooms for new arrivals. Taking care of outdoor areas. More teams of 4 people on different areas;
* Bar: Serving coffees and more to your friends during the coordinated common breaks;
* Service: Serve the breakfast for the community, prepare the hall for meals, and dry dishes. Our professional dishwasher does most of the dirty work!
Volunteers will work in 2-3 sectors during the camp, for 5-6 hours a day. There is one free day each 5 working days.

Prali, Piedmont

Description of location and leisure:
Located in the heart of the Val Germanasca, in the Italian Alps, the center is a remarkable structure that reflects the character of its natural surroundings. Built from local stone and wood, carefully shaped by generations of volunteers, the building forms a large and welcoming house that harmonizes beautifully with the mountain landscape, preserving the authentic spirit of the valley. The area offers countless opportunities for hiking, with trails suitable for different levels and interests. The nearby town provides a variety of restaurants, cafés, and sports facilities, making it easy to relax or stay active during your free time. For those interested in culture and history, several local museums can be visited, and it is also possible to join a guided tour of the historic talc mines in the surrounding area.

Volunteers will be accommodated within the center in shared rooms hosting 3-4 people. Rooms are generally gender-separated and furnished with single bunk beds. Bathroom facilities are shared and located close to the sleeping areas, ensuring easy access for everyone.
Meals are an important moment of community life at the center. Volunteers and guests eat together in the main dining hall, sharing both food and time. The menu is designed to accommodate different dietary needs and preferences, offering a varied selection that combines traditional Italian cuisine with international recipes. Breakfast follows a typical Italian style and is mostly sweet.
Within the center, volunteers can enjoy snacks and drinks at the bar, free Wi-Fi in the common areas, access to a washing machine, and a shared refrigerator reserved for volunteers.
A small town is located nearby and offers basic shops for everyday needs, although the local pharmacy is not open every day.

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Volunteers will work individually among the staff and the other local volunteers in the different sectors.
Travel to Agape can be complicated, being in a very isolated place.

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Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:

The Ortica association aims is to work with adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual and sensory disabilities, supporting the autonomy and independence and offering them habilitative and rehabilitative pathways, with an inclusive orientation. In Val di Nizza (PV) they manage the Cascina Croce Piaggi structure, owned by the ‘Oltre il Blu’ Foundation, offering them opportunities for temporary or permanent stays in a community setting.
Oltre il Blu (Beyond the Blue) is an initiative, created by a group of parents, seeks to foster full development of abilities and ensure a more independent future for their children. A house has been purchased in a rural area to provide a community environment, where live in nature. The aim of the project is to re-think the nature in a new way, developing new ways to help and interact with the ecosystem into a community way of thinking. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Action-SDG13; Reduce Inequality-SDG510

Description of work:

Volunteers will work in the woods surrounding Cascina Croce Piaggi, an area that requires restoration and care to ensure a peaceful environment for wildlife. In collaboration with the local association and forestry authorities, volunteers will help enhance the area. The tasks will primarily involve on-site work, such as redefining paths with paint, maintaining existing plants, and planting new ones. Volunteers will also construct birdwatching shelters to promote exploration of the woods. Additionally, they will focus on cleaning the forest by removing dry vegetation, marking trails in partnership with CAI - Voghera, and identifying and cataloging plant species in cooperation with the Volo di Rondine Association. The project will also include building a bench made from recycled pellets, providing a resting spot for travelers in the woods. International volunteers will work with the young people with autism spectrum that live in the Cascina.

Description of location and leisure:

Val di Nizza (Val Nisa in the Oltrepò Pavese dialect) is a scattered Italian municipality of 576 inhabitants in the province of Pavia in Lombardy. It is located in the high hills of Oltrepò Pavese, in the valley of the Nizza stream. The surrounding area is filled with nature and paths and medieval castles.The surroundings of the farmstead (Cascina Piaggi) are surrounded by woods, the environment is peaceful and green with opportunities for sports, walking, swimming pool, open-air cinema.

Description of accommodation and food:

The volunteers will be host in a farmhouse called Croce Piaggi. Oltre Il Blu has a large garden (over one hectare) with an outdoor swimming pool, and a panoramic lounge with 80 seats. There will be 4 rooms with 3 beds in each. Kitchen and toilets are provided. The volunteers are responsible for the cleaning and cooking. Food is provided by the host organization.

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Description of specific requirements: It is important to keep in mind that you'll be working with young people with autism spectrum that in general spent they days in the Cascina during summer. A professional educator will work with the group

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Join the staff of Crack Festival and support them through it! Explore and immerse yourself in the world of comics and have an amazing experience! #lunarcamp #csoaforteprenestino #comics #workcamps

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

WORK : During the festival, the place is going to 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.

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.


TERMINAL : Fiumicino Rome airport + train or shuttle bus to Termini Station / Ciampino airport + shuttle bus to Termini Station.

ACCOMMODATION 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.

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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.

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