PROJECT: Festambiente Vicenza is the most important and well-known environmental festival in the North-East of Italy. Since 2002 the event has been focused on subjects such as environment, peace, justice and solidarity and it promotes alternative and sustainable ways of life.  The 2010 edition will be an opportunity for volunteers from all over the world to learn more about the themes of the festival and to discover the city also known as “the city of Palladio” for its refined architecture. It will be a good chance to share experiences with some Italian volunteers who organize the festival.You will take part actively in the organization of the event helping with the logistics and all the practical tasks concerning the festival. Volunteers will also meet people who are interested in the same subjects in order to deepen their knowledge about environmental issues.

WORK: The volunteers will be involved in activities linked to the festival such as supporting the staff at the bar/restaurant, keeping the park space cleaned, building up stages, advertising, handing in flyers to promote the event and  being involved in other tasks.

Name of the Camp: “SLEPCE 2010” 

Dates: 20/07/10 – 30/07/10

Number of participants: 10 VOLS; age 18-35 

Volunteers will enjoy natural beauty of Slepce and nearby villages and learn about local customs and socialize with local people. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about monastery tourism in Demir Hisar municipality. Also volunteers will have workshops about making honey process and fresco painting.

For more information’s visit http://www.culture.org.mk/eMANSLEP.HTM          

Local Organization ‘Refugium Ursorum’ is a refuge for bears that, due to accident or poaching, have been separated from their mothers when they were too young to live independently. ‘Refugium Ursorum’ promotes ecology, sustainable development and eco-tourism.WORK:Volunteers will collect wild fruits, grasses and roots for bear food, building contemplation labyrinth in a mountain meadow, building a shelter for hikers with a compost toilet, improving watering places for wild beasts, improving a village puddle, creating a photo presentation of the works, people and bears, creating a digital photo-documentation about the village, village people and their everyday life. 

Host organization will organise a presentation of the local community and the village associations as well as demonstrations of the local dance kolo and the traditional Croatian instrument tamburica.

TERMINAL: Kuterevo is a village in the mountains, located within the nature park Velebit in the mountain habitat of the European brown bear. The meeting point is in Otočac (17 km from Kuterevo)

Most of the activities are hard physical work.

Participation fee: 30 euro. Not accessible to wheelchairs.