🌿⛰️ Sustainable Living Project in Calabria
The experience
Enjoy access to the Calabrian mountains, sea , nearby villages and event while assisting to maintain the land, foster a sustainable environment, and living consciously! Tasks may include general land maintenance and some assisting with general building. Some days there will be hard work, but rest assured it is a very rewarding experience. Any specific expertise will be useful for the development of the project. ✨🌞
What you offer
25 hours of help per week
Kitchen Hand:
Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Farming:
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Building & Repairing:
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Gardening:
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
What you get
2 days off per week
Private Room:
You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Tent:
You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
Breakfast:
You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch:
You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner:
You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Tours:
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Get free drinks or beverages.:
Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Free Events:
Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Pick Up:
We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Requirements
Intermediate English or Intermediate Italian
Between 22 and 55 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
A chance to enrich your relationship with nature and more intimately understand gardening and other related work, while living in a sustainable-minded environment based in the raw countryside of the Calabrian mountains.
Activities & Shift
Ideal volunteers would enjoy a relatively flexible day-time schedule, with the day's tasks beginning between 7am-10am, and fluxating with working in the evening between 7pm-10pm to avoid the hotter hours of the day. Gardening/Land Maintenance/Using tools to assist in movement of materials or assistance in building or repairing some areas. This will be required for roughly 5 hours a day, with 2 days off in the week to explore and hike the surrounding landscape or visit the nearby town that is a 25 minute walk descent.
Rules
It would be expected that a volunteer has a good attitude, work ethic, and strong constitution, as some days it can be demanding, but very rewarding if this is the kind of experience you're looking for. This is not a party position, though you will have the chance to enjoy some excellent wine harvested from our vineyard. You are expected to maintain composure and consideration. It is expected that volunteers keep their areas tidy.