Help me create an eco-sustainable project in Sicily

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The experience

I would like to create an eco-sustainable project where we can share knowledge and experiences, a place of exchange of beauty, culture and art, where we can remember our roots. Anyone who feels the same call and wants to help me make this dream come true is welcome!

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What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

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What you get

2 days off per week

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.

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

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

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Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Italian

Over 25 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

HI! We are Rani (dog) Agni (cat) and Francesca (me). We live in the beautiful and green Alcantara Valley, at the foot of Mamma Etna and a few steps from the river Alcantara.

I am originally from northern Italy and after graduating I traveled for a few years mainly in Asia, fascinated by the incredible culture and philosophy of those places and travelling, travelling, in 2013 I discovered Sicily, immediately falling in love with the Island and finally feeling at home.

Last year, I fulfilled my dream of living in nature by purchasing this beautiful land, full of olive trees, prickly pears and fruit trees.

Trying to live in harmony with Nature and all hers beings, listening to hers cycles, not damaging the ecosystem that surrounds us and creating the lowest possible energy impact.

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Activities & Shift

Depending on your interest and curiosity you might learn how to grow your own organic food, how to harvest, cook, transform and preserve the fruits and veggies that the soil offers us and how to forage the edible and medicinal wild plants that grow abundantly in this area. Build and renovate with various ecobuilding techniques and put into practice permaculture concepts to transform and evolve this project together.
You can also enjoy the beauty of the area in your free time: swim in the gorgeous ponds of Alcantara river, a few steps from home, hike on Etna, discover the archeological features in the surrounding area, and the sea is just half an hour's drive away.
You may visit the pretty medieval town of Castiglione di Sicilia, immerse yourself in the.I welcome help in maintaining the vegetable garden, fruit trees, harvesting and processing and in constructions using natural materials.