for a summer of solidarity and legality.
Thousands of volunteers from different regions of Italy and the world each year choose to do a 'work experience, volunteering and taking part in training civilian labor camps on land confiscated from the mafia and managed by social cooperatives Libera Terra. Concrete sign of a will, increasingly popular among young people, want to be on the front line and you want to translate this into concrete action their commitment to solidarity and sharing. The objective of the fields is to spread a culture of legality and public spirit that can effectively counteract the culture of violence, blackmail and privilege that distinguishes the mafia in our country by showing that it is possible to reconstruct a social and economic reality based on the practice of active citizenship and solidarity. In Piemonte, Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia volunteers undertake work, we compare becoming an integral part of the people antimafia. The summer camps are an increasingly Often it is only the start or is already part of a broader process that young people engage in the path of legality, awareness and commitment in the fight against the mafia. The fields are divided into several stages: in the morning work activities for the recovery of property confiscated and their productivity, together with the operators of cooperatives and associations carries on working the land to help produce and then sell quality organic products like pasta, flour, oil, wine, tomato sauce, jam, legumes, and other products. Next to manual labor are organized opportunities for training and information on issues of legality, social use of assets, of the mafia. The evening finally becomes a moment of encounter and engagement between volunteers and between volunteers and local communities through initiatives of territorial and social occasions. The day of volunteer is certainly challenging but, as witnessed by the young people who participated in previous years, marks an important moment of growth and sharing that helps to mature through a concrete, useful and effective. Presence is not just a symbolic gesture, but one more step in to liberation from oppression by the mortgage and that the gangs pose to citizens and the territories. Be present from all parts of Italy and also from many parts other countries (thanks to the fields of international volunteering) would emphasize the attention of those who, increasingly, they believe in the development of the management of assets seized as a resource for economic development, social and cultural fields territorio.I scheduled for Summer 2008: Calabria, Campania , Piemonte, Puglia , Sardinia and Sicily
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