Environmental and Renovation works in a small Piemonte village

  Italy

• Torino: 
Torino (Turin)

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: June 9 - June 23

Description: Borgofranco dIvrea is a small rural village born at the end of 1200 as a military outpost. Thanks to its position right on the famous Via Francigena, the village was in the past an important pilgrims passing point and has now become a junction among Italy, France and Switzerland. The village seems to be divided in many different parts, each with a small church, a Romanic age bell tower, and a very peculiar architectural complex of Balmetti, shaped by the wind blowing from natural caves in the terrain.

Volunteers will work on paths maintenance, cleaning, cutting bushes and fixing small walls and fences.

Highlights: The volunteer group will live and work in Borgofranco, Turin, Piemonte, North of Italy.

Cost in US$: USD 290

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18 and over

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.