The volunteers will participate in the ongoing Hermete projects, spending one week working in the social carpentry and the other week helping out in the community garden. They will contribute to the projects by helping in some simple manual work that could consist of painting, sanding wood, helping in some wood construction or renovation, and activities in the garden. They will collaborate with Hermete staff and the youngsters involved in the project. Volunteers will work more or less 5 hours per day for 5 days a week.
Accomodation and food
The group will be hosted in “Hermete headquarters” in the village of Fumane. In the house, volunteers will find a kitchen, a bathroom, and a garden outside. The volunteers will sleep in the same room. They will have the shared responsibility to cook their meals and manage to keep the place clean. Food for the main meals will be provided according to the special needs of the volunteers and will be a prevalently vegetarian menu.
Location and leisure
The volunteers will sleep and work in the village of Fumane, a village in Valpolicella hills. Here the landscape is mainly rural and is covered with its famous vineyards. The principal activity of the region is winemaking. In their free time, the volunteers will have the chance to meet local people, participate in local events, and explore and discover the nearby cities, lake, and all the things that this territory has to offer. TERMINAL : The nearest airport is Verona Airport “Valerio Catullo”. Verona city can also be easily reached by train from Milan, Venice, and Bologna. From Verona train station there is a bus to reach Fumane.
Project hosted by
Hermete is a social cooperative created in 1997 that mainly works in the Valpolicella area. Hermete aims to realize socio-cultural projects for the community and the territory, having quality and innovation as big targets. Hermete highly believes in networking, this is why it operates at a local, national, and European level with partners that seriously and passionately believe that education and culture are essential tools to the development and growth of our society.