EVS Projects in Sicily

- InformaGiovani office - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
The office is the place where we organize all our projects and also run some activities, such as training courses, infoday, “fairs” of volunteering activities and internatinal co-operation organizations. Here volunteers will support the general running of the office and IG network all over Europe. This will give to interested volunteers the possibility to increase their knowledge about organizational management, project cicle and implementation, as well as learning about the local context and how European funding and initiatives can stimulate community development.

- Centro TAU – Inventare insieme - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
Youth centre based in the poor area of “Zisa”, working with young people aged 12-18. Volunteers will support socio-cultural activities, run language courses, artistic workshop

- Centro anch’io - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
Community house for disabled adults and young people. Volunteers will help local staff and volunteers to run daily activities and organize leisure time and workshops for hosts of the community

- Apriti Cuore - 4 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
Community house managed by local social association, where kids from poor families or violent families live.
Volunteers will help the daily running of activities, support educational activities, leisure time, etc.
Due to the specific situation of kids, special motivation letter and reference letter is required.

- Biblioteca dei bambini e delle bambine - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
Based in the poor area of “Albergheria”, the so called “Biblioteca of the girls and boys” is the only cultural free activity offered to the young people of the district and is managed by a group of local volunteers and by families. Volunteers will support daily activities and run artistic workshops for kids.

- Isola delle Femmine - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
Small island close to Palermo’s shore, were InformaGiovani organizes environmental awareness activities for kids and organize environmental workshop and volunteering activities. EVS volunteers will work in supporting the organization of such activities, support the relation with local schools, associations and parishes in involving young people, will support the organization of short-term voluntary projects in the area. Project run in co-operation with LIPU, birds protection league.

- Casa memoria “Peppino Impastato” - 2 volunteers - 1 year, starting 6th of September
The house of memory was founded by relatives of Giuseppe Impastato, a young guy killed by mafia cause he was fighting against it using satire, irony and “new-media” channel as community radios were in 1979. Volunteers will support education activities for schools pupils and antimafia awareness raising campaigns.

- Short term local international voluntary projects - 5 volunteers - 1 months, starting 10th of August
Volunteers will be placed inside local international voluntary projects such as workcamps and other social projects. Main activities can be or in natural reserves or providing help in communities for disabled kids. 

Contact [email protected]  now for more information!