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PARTNER

The Emmaus Community of Quarrata is part of the global Emmaus Movement, which aims to combat poverty and social exclusion through the principles of work, sharing, and mutual aid. Emmaus takes part as well in solidarity actions in Italy and around the world and raises awareness about their values and mission. Our main activities include the collection, reuse, and recycling of used materials, displayed at the Solidarity Flea Market. We also maintain an organic vegetable garden and care for the community’s green spaces. Volunteers will spend their days participating in activities and sharing free time with the people hosted by the community.

WORK

Volunteers will participate in the classic activities of collecting, sorting, selling, recycling, and repairing materials that characterize Emmaus communities. They will work alongside local volunteers and community members, both in activities and leisure moments. Volunteers will help organize the solidarity flea market, select and place materials for the market, and participate in the organic zero-mileage vegetable garden. Those interested in salvaging and restyling can assist with improvement projects and workshops such as gardening, painting, wood working, tailoring and space recovery. The main focus of the camp is to regenerate and transform in a creative and sustainable way of thinking the community leaving and working spaces.

ACCOMODATION AND FOOD

Volunteers will sleep in the community hall and in other rooms where mattresses and/or camp beds will be provided, there will be separate rooms for girls and boys. The site includes a shaded garden, toilets, showers, hot and drinking water, and electricity. Lunch is prepared by the Community while the volunteer will take care of the dinner. The main diet is Vegetarian/Vegan and meat/fish will be included twice a week. Alcohol is forbidden inside the community.

LOCATION & LEISURE ACTIVITY

Volunteers can visit nearby places at their own costs. Florence and other locations such as Prato e Pistoia can be reached by public transportation. The community is located on a little hill surrounded by a beautiful landscape typical from Tuscany and the Market is in the Village of Quarrata. Excursions and visits of cultural and natural places are organized by the Community as part of the experience. If leisure activities include people from the local community, the consumption of alcohol is forbidden.

REQUIREMENTS

Volunteers should have an interest in charity work and previous volunteering experience is very welcome. A willingness to participate in all assigned tasks and activities. A positive, respectful attitude towards community members and fellow volunteers. Flexibility and adaptability to different working conditions and schedules. VERY IMPORTANT. Restriction on alcohol consumption in the community and in presence of community members’ and fellow volunteers.

Host organization

ASSOCIAZIONE INFORMAGIOVANI

The "Informagiovani" association was founded in Palermo, Italy at the end of 2001 by a group of volunteers.
It began its international activities in 2008 and is now the coordinating body of an international network of youth and volunteering organisations with 23 members in 20 different countries.
The association's aims are to:
a) promote and defend human and civil rights, paying particular attention to the rights of children and young people;
b) promote young people's right to information and participation;
c) defend social and collective rights, paying particular attention to the rights of young people and students;
d) promote volunteering as a tool for social change and active citizenship.
Its volunteering projects cover a range of themes, from environmental to social, and involve both manual and animation work in different regions of Italy and beyond.

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L'associazione “Informagiovani” è stata fondata a Palermo, in Italia, alla fine del 2001 da un gruppo di volontari.
Ha iniziato la sua attività internazionale nel 2008 ed è ora l'organismo di coordinamento di una rete internazionale di organizzazioni giovanili e di volontariato con 23 membri in 20 paesi diversi.
Gli obiettivi dell'associazione sono:
a) promuovere e difendere i diritti umani e civili, con particolare attenzione ai diritti dei bambini e dei giovani;
b) promuovere il diritto dei giovani all'informazione e alla partecipazione;
c) difendere i diritti sociali e collettivi, con particolare attenzione ai diritti dei giovani e degli studenti;
d) promuovere il volontariato come strumento di cambiamento sociale e di cittadinanza attiva.
I suoi progetti di volontariato coprono una vasta gamma di temi, da quelli ambientali a quelli sociali, e comprendono sia lavori manuali che di animazione in diverse regioni d'Italia e oltre.