Help with our olive harvest in October in Vuno, Albania

The experience

We need 50 volunteers to help with our olive harvest this year. We will have a big operation and volunteers will stay in one of 3 traditional and beautiful houses in the village of Vuno. We will work in teams and alternate between morning and noon shifts. The work is 4-5 hours a day and the rest of the time you are free to explore the beautiful beaches nearby, walk in the mountains, go to Himare or relax around the village with others.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

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

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.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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.

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

Requirements

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We help the old people of the village (where 50% is older than 70 years old) to make olive oil from their trees. Vuno cultivates olives for more than a thousand years but because all young people left the don't have anymore a way to do it. That's what we are doing: We want to bring the oil from Vuno back to the moderne market, that also in the next years young people will return back to their village. Hopefully they see that there are jobs and opportunity.

Activities & Shift

Harvesting Olives

Rules

We highly prefer travellers who are willing to stay the entire month of October as we will be a big group.