CALL FOR SHORT TERM ESC VOLUNTEERS  FOR OLIVE PICKING IN ITALY

Associazione Kora is currently looking for 4 short term ESC volunteers that will support the staff members in farm activities, including olive picking and support to social agriculture projects.

Where: Passignano sul Trasimeno, Italy

When: from 14 October to 02 December 2022 (arrival and departure days included)

Who: 18-30 years old volunteers resident in EU member states, Italy included, and Ukraine

Hosting Organisation: http://www.associazionekora.it, https://www.facebook.com/associazionekora/

Applications deadline: as soon as possible

Associazione Kora was founded in August 2015 to promote environmental, intercultural and social awareness through projects for young people. Kora coordinates non-formal education projects with Erasmus + and with the European Solidarity Corps, such as training courses, youth exchanges and volunteering projects on the topics of environmental sustainability, interculturality and social equality.
It is based on La Buona Terra school farm, the first educational farm in Italy, with over 30 years of experience in working with children, young people and adults of all ages. La Buona Terra produces organic olive oil, essential oils of various aromatic herbs, and offers environmental education for groups of all ages.

The volunteers will support Kora in the following tasks:

• • Gardening and agriculture: preparation of the olive picking process, restoring olive trees field, pruning and picking olives, cutting wood for the winter, experiencing, learning and promoting self-production of food as a mean for sustainable living
  • Social agriculture: supporting a group of people with mental disabilities
  • Common cooking
  • Non formal education activities about environmental topics, interculturality and social equality.

Support:

Food and accommodation will be covered by the European Commission; the volunteers will have health insurance and pocket money (6 euro per day).

Volunteers will cook in shifts and eat together or eat in the association canteen. We support different diets and promote the use of local and sustainable products as much as possible. Please be aware that we do eat animal products and work with animals on the farm.
We try to source as many products as possible, within our budget, through partnerships with local farmers and shops.
If you follow specific diets, please be aware that it might be your responsibility to take care of your own dietary requirements (i.e. cooking or complementing meals if needed), especially when there are no groups hosted on the farm.

Accommodation will be in tiny wooden houses on the farm premises, shared with 1 or 3 other volunteers. Travel expenses will be refunded up until a fixed amount  (180 € from 100 to 499 km distance calculated in a straight line from the sending organisation’s city, 275 € from 500 km to 1999 km, 360 € from 2000 km to 2999 km; 530 € from 3000 to 3999 km; if volunteers travel without flying, so only using buses, trains, boat, carpooling etc, they have the right to a higher budget: 210 € from 100 to 499 km distance; 320 € from 500 km to 1999 km; 410 € from 2000 km to 2999 km; 610 € from 3000 to 3999 km).

Working hours are from 8 am to 1 pm.

Criteria:

• Available for the whole duration of the project
• 18-30 years old
• Resident in EU member country or Ukraine
• Not having participated in any ESC volunteering project before, except for ESC volunteering teams
• Motivated and hard working
• Ready to live in an intercultural context in a rural area, where the closest town with facilities is at 20 minutes on foot
• Ready to share a room and common moments and spaces with other volunteers
• Good time management, flexibility, patience, open-mindedness, team-work
• Basic level in English
• Previous education and working experiences in the described activities are welcome but not necessary
• Driving license is welcome but not necessary.

Please note that Kora and La Buona Terra’s main priorities are sharing life in a rural intercultural context, including responsible work and mature behaviour. While we welcome any kind of diversity with open arms and actively support everybody’s personal growth, we are not the appropriate context for laziness, immature attitude, harmful behaviour or spiritual ceremonies.

For this project in particular, we are looking for motivated volunteers that are able to effectively perform outdoor, physical work from 8 am to 1 am, from Monday to Friday: afternoons, evenings and weekends will be free.

How to apply:

1. Fill the online form below as soon as possible.
2. Send your CV with picture to [email protected], writing “Application for olives short term ESC” in the object of the mail.

The pre-selected candidates will be contacted for an online interview.

Infos and questions: [email protected]