The volunteer camp is the result of IBO Italy's partnership with several enviromental organisation of Parma city: “WWF Parma”, the “Monnezzari”, “EcoBoosters”, “Parma Sostenibile”, Plastic Free, associations and artists that promote inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities throught art activities as the Association “Artetipi” and young artists of the city together the Municipality of Parma and “ARPAE – Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione Ambiente Energia and the support of Cariparma Foundation and the Chiesi Farmaceutici Company.

This camp is one of the activities planned by the project “Green UP! A community that heals, educates and regenerates.” A citywide environmental project, taking place in 6 neighborhoods, in continuation with an earlier San Leo Green neighborhood environmental project launched in 2022 in Parma's San Leonardo neighborhood.

The project has the following objectives:
1) raising awareness on environmental issues and specifically involving citizens in the first person as active citizens;
2) the protection and care of green areas of the 6 districts of Parma, including San Leonardo neighbourhood, throught monthly moments that involved all those involved in the project.
3) Artistic urban regeneration through murals and art installations in community places and/or green areas.

The camp is part of one of the activities under the “Green Up!” urban regeneration art project. Volunteers will collaborate on the creation of a Mural, together with young people from the neighborhood, inside the courtyard of the Micheli Comprehensive Institute Middle School.
The drawing that will be reproduced was conceived during the winter and spring months by the students of some classes of the Middle school and then co-designed together with the young adults with disabilities who attend the daytime activities of the Fiorente Cooperative and the adolescents of the “Scuola del Fare” youth centre. The co-designing activities and the realisation of the mural will be carried out under the supervision of a young artist from Parma, who will guide the volunteers in the realisation of the drawing and in the use of environmentally friendly venrnics. Volunteers from the neighbourhood will also join the group of international volunteers in the realisation.

The group of volunteers will be responsible for the reproduction and colouring of the mural co-designed by the young people from the middle school, the Centro Giovani “Scuola del Fare” and the Cooperativa “Fiorente”. Young people from the neighbourhood, who collaborated in the design, and young people interested in environmental issues who are interested in sharing an experience with international volunteers will take part in the activities.
The activities will take place at 2 times of the day: morning 9:00-12:30 and afternoon 15:00-18:00. During the lunch break, moments of acquaintance with realities of the San Leonardo neighbourhood will be organised (ex. International lunches, picnics in the park, etc.)
A meeting with the neighbourhood is planned at the end of the camp, to show the result and recount the experience.

Volunteers will be accommodated in two different flats, each hosting five people, equipped with a kitchen and bathroom.
Breakfast and dinner will be self-catered by the volunteers, who will be able to use the kitchen in their accommodation. Lunches will be organised according to the programme, either as packed lunches at the camp site or hosted by local associations and/or organisations.
It will be possible to move around the city from the accommodation to the camp either on foot, by bus or by bike.

It will be possible to visit both the city of Parma and its province, rich in history, monuments, castles and gastronomy. For those interested in visiting other cities, Parma has a strategic position that allows it to be in the centre between Milan and Bologna; in an hour by train it is possible to arrive in both cities. The railway station is easy to reach on foot and by bus.

Bring: Sturdy trekking shoes, work gloves, sleeping bag, personal medicines, mosquito repellent. If you can play a musical instrument, bring it with you.

On the 22/06 at 5pm at the Parma train station.