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15h
- Hours per week
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- Painting & Decorating
- Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
- Building & Repairing
- Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
- Gardening
- Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
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2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Shared Dorm
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- Use our equipped kitchen
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- Stay at least
- 10 days
- Stay up to
- 8 weeks
The Experience
The project is to create the basic conditions for a rural community-ecovillage in Morano Calabro fixing old houses and creating new ecological and sustainable jobs. Morano is one of the most beautiful village in south Italy where it is possible to buy cheap, ancient houses made with stones. The help is mainly in renew old houses and maintenance of olive groves, these works are in Morano Calabro and the near village Castrovillari
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- Intermediate English or Beginner Spanish
- Between 18 and 80 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
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Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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51 Reviews
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Hours & Tasks
Eco Village
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 41 Meeting international travelers
- 36 Immersing in the local culture
- 33 Meeting locals
- 31 Get in touch with nature
- 24 Learning about sustainability
- 17 Practicing English
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 29 15. Life on land
- 22 12. Responsible consumption and production
- 17 8. Decent work and economic growth
Joya
United States
The eco village was a really cute small town. It was a bit hard to actually get to the town me and another volunteer were arriving together so we had to call a taxi from where the bus dropped us off. Just like most of the other reviews, Francesco takes a little bit of warming up before he's cracking jokes and stuff with you so just wait a few days. The work can definitely be hard some days when you're moving furniture up and down for three hours but you get the rest of the day to yourself. All in all it was a really rewarding experience. Would definitely recommend.
about 1 month ago
Lanume
Brazil
Sometimes work is hard, but have a lot of free time. the eco village is a small and charming village. Francesco welcomed me well, we had a good time together.
2 months ago
Cielo
Mexico
Amazing, the town is beautiful, and working with Francesco was a pleasure!
4 months ago
Xavier
New Zealand
The eco village is a beautiful place and I was lucky enough to be there during festa della bandiera which was amazing. Personally I had a bit of an odd experience especially at the start. I wasn't all to welcomed, I arrived late on day one but it was due to my bus braking down, I could have communicated this better but once I had arrived he had no interest in hearing me out even though I had proof of the brake down. That evening the messages he sends me were “I don't think this is the right place for you” and “one mistake and you're out” He eventually did warm up to me but it took quite some time.
about 2 months ago
francesco andrea replied
As I had sensed from the first moment, my house was not the right place for Xavier. I would have done better to listen to my intuition and not accept him in my house. The jobs I assigned him were done badly trying to waste as much time as possible
Anita
United Kingdom
My feelings are mixed, stayed for 10 days, up until the 9th I enjoyed it. The town is lovely, the work was ok, and Francesco was nice at first. On the 9th day, out of nowhere, he told me he was leaving me a bad review. I was confused, he didn't seem upset with me before this. Work with him was uncomfortable after. I asked if he would explain what happened, he responded aggressively about dissatisfaction with work, he was then rude and demeaning, so I left after completing my hours. Supportive feedback earlier would've been nice, instead of irrational psychological games. Q's welcomed.
3 months ago
francesco andrea replied
This person got the answers she needed but simply ignored them like a lying sixteen year old teenager
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