Do you have interest for agricultural and food issues, biodiversity and environment? Do you want to live an intercultural experience? Do you want to volunteer in France from June to November 2015? If you are Italian and aged between 18-30 years old, this European Voluntary Service project, coordinated by Pistes Solidaires Méditerranée, is for you!
Where?
Volunteer will participate in the life of Epicurium, the hosting organization, located in Avignon, South of France. Epicurium is a living museum, wholly dedicated to fruits and vegetables bound for a wide public. The objective of the museum is to foster a greater understanding of the wealth and benefits of fruit and vegetables, and the way of cultivating them in a sustainable agricultural approach. Epicurium therefore offers an exhibition about fruit and vegetables from seed to plate, a patch through the gardens (orchard, vegetable garden, greenhouse, hive), not forgetting a year-round program of cooking and gardening workshops. All this adds up to a unique venue for the sensory, scientific and cultural discovery of fruits and vegetables, which promotes important values such as health, education, biodiversity, environmental preservation, sustainable agriculture, food quality…Epicurium welcomes individual visitors and groups of all ages, particularly the school public from the nursery school to the high school.
EVS volunteer activity
Volunteer will help the team of Epicurium in the following activities :
- welcoming the children groups, and facilitating pedagogical activities (workshops) for them: about environment, food, art, etc.
- organizing events for the individuals visiting Epicurium (workshops, tastings, festivals);
- harvesting fruit and vegetables, and learning how to tend the garden in a natural way.
Since Epicurium has a small team, volunteer will have opportunity to learn in various areas of the organization, according his/her own interest and capabilities.
The volunteer will be involved in these activities for 30 hours per week.
If you are interested, send CV and Motivation letter, both in English, to giuseppe.lafarina@cesie.org by the 29th of December 2014 .
