Cilento Fable Park

The aim of the project is to support the creation and organization of the "Cuntarìa" event, a cheerful village festival dedicated to the story and territorial narration of Cilento and now in its eighth edition. It takes place in the evocative setting of the historic center of Stella Cilento. For five days the entire local community is committed to welcoming and taking care of guests from neighboring towns and the rest of the region. We tell stories and exchange experiences, we play joyfully, we eat well and drink better, we do the market and we also play and dance, celebrating until late at night in the squares and on the streets. By joining this workcamp you will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals: SustainableCommunities-SDG11 and LifeOnLand-SDG15. WORK : Volunteers will help the organization in charge of the Cuntaria festival. All volunteers will work around 5 to 6 hours a day. Some of the main activities include helping the local festival organizations to make all the necessary preparations before all the activities start and after the festival ends. This involves e.g. preparing the village with decorations, helping the participants, keeping the place clean. Under the guidance of local artists, volunteers will participate in the workshops aimed at preparing the public art works that constitute the exhibition. During the event, they will be called upon to carry out organizational tasks (logistical support, stand management, food preparation support, transport, cleaning, arrangement of stands, assembly and dismantling). Once the event is over, they will clean and restore the areas affected by the installations.

All volunteers will be accommodated at the school building, located in the center of the town and equipped with mattresses, toilet and kitchen, where they will prepare meals, arranged according to Mediterranean cuisine. For this reason, volunteers will be assisted by a typical Cilento inhabitant and will be able to pick genuine products from a vegetable garden. Meals will be consumed at the eating room or at the workplace.

Stella Cilento is a small village included in the National Park of Cilento, Diano and Alburni, UNESCO World Heritage Site.. Stella Cilento is a town and community in the province of Salerno, in Campania, region of south-western Italy. It’s located in the middle of Cilento, the subregion which is the birthplace of the Mediterranean Diet and rich in biodiversity. It counts the hamlets of Amalafede, Droro, Guarrazzano and San Giovanni. Stella is situated in the hills, but not far from the Cilento coast, so don’t forget to bring your swimming suit! With only 700 inhabitants and its breath-taking panoramas, it is a very exotic and unusual place to live. People are very hospitable and always ready for chatting… in a very funny dialect!