Social Cooperative Giuseppe Garibaldi

Description

The social cooperative Giuseppe Garibaldi is born from the activism of parents of mental disabled youngsters, attending the Giuseppe Garibaldi high school sited in the same area. The school is specialized in agricultural and biological production and it is placed in a real oasis in the middle of the Italian capital. Part of its area together with a farmhouse completely restored, has been devoted to the development of social, cultural and working activities carried out by the cooperative and more than 100 volunteers. Each activity is involving at least one youngster with mental disability (asperger syndrome, autistic, mental deficiency…) included in a local pathway of autonomy.
The educative activities proposed to young disabled are very concrete, with an easy accessibility and aimed to reinforce their daily life skills. The disabled youngster are members and owners of the social cooperative. The mission of the cooperative is to adapt the working environment to its members needs in order to guarantee their access to a fundamental right of any citizen: the right to work. That’s why, a Trattoria, an Agritourism, an Open-Air Market and Urban Community Gardens for families are the doors for socialization, letting the outside coming inside, “normal” people meeting “special” people. Cooperativa Garibaldi’s mission: to foster and increase the pathway of the House of Autonomies. International volunteering perfectly fits with it, bringing Europe and the intercultural dimension in such a reality

Activity description:

This project will be developed within the activities carried out by the Cooperativa Garibaldi. The volunteer will be involved 4 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) from 8.00 to 14.00 in the activities addressed to young disabled at the social cooperative Giuseppe Garibaldi, supporting the specialized staff and other Italian and European volunteers acting as peer educators.
The tasks of the volunteer include:
 Welcoming the young disabled in the morning and setting up the space
 farm activities in the community: vegetable garden (picking, sowing, irrigating, digging, cleaning) with young disabled. Especially in the early morning everybody is engaged in collecting fresh products for the Trattoria and the market.
 manual activities linked to seeds growing and transplanting are developed thanks to the cooperation with the House of Gardens of Rome Municipality
 helping in the Cooking Lab: supervised by the cook, local products are prepared for the kitchen to prepare meals for the Trattoria. Table settings and service tips are part of the lab, with the aim to foster young disabled skills in their daily life
 helping to install a dedicated stand placed near the schools in the same area of the cooperative, young disabled take care of interaction with local citizens to sell fresh vegetables
 helping in the Trattoria, which is managed by young disabled and open to external people for lunch and dinner. Volunteers may suggest and lead intercultural proposals
 realizing video and photo documentation of the experience

Logistic conditions:

The volunteer will normally sleep in double room in the Agritourism of the cooperative, together with other volunteers or hosts of the cooperative. It is possible to ask for an individual room, if available in the chosen period, but an extra grant will be requested. Bathroom and kitchen are shared services. It is possible at luch to eat at the Trattoria for a smart price. The accomodation will be clean when the host arrive and the volunteer has to take care of keeping it clean during the whole voluntary period

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The volunteer interested to take part to the activities of Cooperativa Garibaldi has to have nothing against autistic persons and to love agriculture and simple life.

Economic Conditions:

540 €
The cost indicated is including: pre-departure preparation in your country, accommodation in a shared room (all included), insurance, organisation of the hosting placement and local support.Board, International travel costs and local transports are not included and the volunteer is directly responsible for them.

660 €
The cost indicated is including: pre-departure preparation in your country, accommodation in a shared room (all included), insurance, organisation of the hosting placement and local support. Board, International travel costs and local transports are not included and the volunteer is directly responsible for them.

765 €
The cost indicated is including: pre-departure preparation in your country, accommodation in a shared room (all included), insurance, organisation of the hosting placement and local support. Board, International travel costs and local transports are not included and the volunteer is directly responsible for them.