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Discover Sardinia and help us keep our non-profit sailing school!

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The experience

We're a non-profit sailing assosiaction and school since 1982, with our summer base in north-east of Sardinia, Italy. We offer sailing and windsurf courses from June to September for kids (age 9-17) and adults, on dinghies and catamarans, and we organise weekley crouises around the island.

We're a bit like a big family and at the end of every week it feels like you've been with us for a longer that you imagined.

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Child Care: Caring for, playing with, and spending time with children.

Additional fee required

Amount: € 50 One time

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities

Description: Volunteers must present a medical certificate with a valid electrocardiogram to participate in water activities. This fee will not be charged if you already have a medical certificate with a valid electrocardiogram or if you are not interested in participating in our aquatic activities. If you do not have one, we can take you to a sports medicine doctor to obtain this certificate; the fee is paid directly to the doctor.

What you get

1 day off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

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!

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent Italian or Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We're loking for ground volunteers who can help us for a minimum of two weeks up to a month, to keep our base a welcoming place for our sailing students. The three role we're looking for are:
(IMPORTANT NOTE: IN ORDER TO BE AN ANIMATOR YOU MUST HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN TO INTERACT WITH KIDS)

- General ground volunteer: someone with DIY ability, handy person with some experience in wiring and carpeentering, not afraid to lift heavy weights.
- Cambusiere: being a cambusiere at our base means being the caretaker of the common areas and the kitchen. Keeping a general state of cleaninliness around the main house and help and coordinate the students during their dishes cleaning turn (comandata).
- Animator: being an animator at Levante is a little bit like being an elder brither/sister. Our underage students come to our school to learn how to sail, therefore the majority of the their time is in the water with their instructor, but when they're at the base (meals time and after lunch and dinner) they need someone to look after them and be available in case of need and organizing games and activities.

At Levante we value the presence of different culture and we're always happy to host volunteers from different part of the world. Our team of sailing istructor is very happy to keep a positive and pleasant atmosphere wether it's an aperitivo in the sunset or a pic-nic on a boat you're always welcome to partecipate in our activities.

Activities & Shift

During their free time worldpackers can explore the areas around. Our base is located inside a camping facing the sea surrounded by nature, and there's a bus connection that in only 10 mintues will bring you to the town of Palau, where you can take a walk geeting to know local people or take a ferry to visit la Maddalena archipelago.

Inside the camping we have two main beaches, and there are a lot of facilities like scubadiving, e-bike rental, kayak rental, tennis and football camp and swimming pools.

At the camping we there's a cafè, restaurant, minimarket and ATM service, while in Palau you'll find major facilities like pharmacy, supermarkets, bar, shops etc.

Rules

You may not drink alcohol or smoke in front of students, as a sign of example for them.