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Help pruning/harvets olive trees in Italy (Sicily)

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The experience

Pruning olive trees it is like a workout cutting small branches and hauling or drag small branches on the olive grove up. The help mainly is to cut small branches by hand with with large garden shears or secateurs and pick-up by hand and move and carry them to a wood pile and move branches in a row in order to be later chipped in small pieces in June for organic fertilizer composting.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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.

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

Additional fee required

Amount: € 10 One time

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities

Description: You get a pair of your own working hand gloves and security glasses for the work activity.

What you get

2 days 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.

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 Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner Italian

Between 18 and 65 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

European Union Passport

United States visa or citizenship

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

After breakfast (7am - 8am) we drive at 8:30am by car or also the possibilty for a 25-30 minutes hike to the olive grove. We start working at 9 am and have at 11 am a short coffee break (15 min) with fresh cooked italian Mokka coffee. Between 1 - 1:45 pm we have a vegeterian lunch break outdoor on the olive grove. During the work conversations are highly appreciated and also to do a rest. We work until 3:30 pm and drive or walk home. We carry by hand all the tools and food we need during the day.

Rules

We cook togehter in rotation vegeterian receipts of our home contries or italian local receipts. Cooking together and sharing meals together is one important pillar of this workout.