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Help with activities and enrich our experiences with visitors to our village in Tuscany, Italy

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  • Last activity: 28 Mar 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    In April and May we have already some volunteers, missing just an handyman.

    From the reviews of the others you can understand a lot and you can feel what we can share...

    The village is changed, now I live in San Gimignano, north of Siena, in Tuscany, but I am the same person! :-)).

    ** Very often of all the volunteers, one of them works as a handyman and general maintenance worker, and this position can also be paid for hours in excess of the 25 hours per week.

    Hi ! We are a parish situated in the center of Tuscany. We are in a town, really nice and famous, rich of art and history, not so far from Siena. The name of the town is San Gimignano. In our parish we organized many activities with kids and teenagers. Even if there are many tourists around every day, I really like the idea to give to the more young of the community the possibility to share time and experiences with those who have a different background, different experiences, different languages.
    For this reason I decided to open our activities to some people of other cities and countries. We organize activities especially in summer for children and teenagers, some activities here in our own town, others in other places of Italy or even in other countries. It is not to paint an house, to built walls, or to farm animals, but it is to give time other people, sharing a piece of the journey of life with younger people,helping them to grow up.

    An answer is every time useful, even a simple "no" ! :-))

    We do not need volunteers:

    - who are interested in sharing their time only and exclusively with the other volunteers;
    - who consider their host only as a dispensing machine or a taxi driver;
    - who after eating get up from the table and go away without even saying goodbye;
    - who pay no heed to schedules and think the house is a bar or restaurant where people can have breakfast, lunch, or dinner whenever they want;
    - who are interest only in their mobile phones during working hours or meals;
    - who treat anyone living or working in the house as a servant.

    Anyone like that is asked to please go to a B&B!!!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Language practice
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Babysitting and creative play
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Sharing time with an entire village give the opportunity to enter in the normal life of the people. Working with kids, teens and youths is a good way to know also the families and the adults, learning some Italian, eating local food, experiencing an other culture.
    At the same time the volunteers have the possibilities to visit Tuscany (reviews in the profile).

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    this is not a specific job to do, but many little things that should make us richer each other. In the big historical house of the parish there are enough bedrooms to live comfortably. This is not really to live in a family, but to live in a community, an enlarged family to the size of a small city

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent
    Portuguese: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    private room in the apartment, food, laundry, from and to the nearest train station, etc etc

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Possibility of paid work

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 358213971584

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