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Year 1
Volunteering Team in Bergolo, Italy
EYES WIDE OPEN 2023
with New Wellness Education
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Our
Story
We are a non-profit organisation that is based in a rural area of Noth Italy. Our projects and activities are closely related to wellbeing of communities and individuals, and one of our goals is to support the local community of Alta Langa by bringing life, impact, and change.
What we will do? The aim is to foster awareness of the relationship between the state of the environment and the health experiences of individuals and communities, especially marginalized communities and people with fewer opportunities. During the 30 days, participants will focus on contributing to the venue and to its green open spaces and learning sustainable practices of living and land management (like permaculture) creating a temporary eco-community among the volunteers
Activity Pillars
PILLAR 1
Maintain & Upgrade
Maintaining and upgrading are all about hands-on actions and activities focusing on the improvement of the place. Among such tasks volunteers were working in a didactic garden following a permacultural approach, building wooden constructions and other initiatives for improving the sustainability factors of the place
PILLAR 2
Outreach the Local Community
One of the parts of the project is to reach out and connect with the local community and the local initiatives of the surrounding area to build strong partnerships and plan common activities. As a part of it participants were involved in planning and organizing Eco-Festival in Alta Langa with a main focus on sustainability, traditional ecological knowledge and music
PILLAR 3
Leave Your Own Mark
We encouraged volunteers to leave their mark in Bergolo. In various ways: a piece of furniture, a piece of art, a video or anything their inspiration called them for
PILLAR 4
Digitalization of Heritage
One week of volunteering was dedicated to disconnection from technology in order to enhance awareness for a more conscious use of such. Participants stayed one week without devices fully immersed in nature. On the other hand, balancing the experience of technology usage, volunteers was involved in the revitalization of Bergolo through the digitalization of the project's impact on the local area, its natural and cultural heritage
About Us
Our vision is to provide education and wellbeing at 360°, with the aim to raise mental and physical wellbeing and in general quality of life for youth either local or foreigners, working on different topics such as youth employability, sustainable practices, permaculture, cyber safety and digital education, entrepreneurial skills, raising activeness and responsible involvement into cultural, social and educational life of the communities, all of these as part of a process of increasing personal and social wellbeing
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