Damiano & Samyo Travel-Schooling in Sicily – Damiano e Samyo ViaggioScuola Sicilia
Fundraising campaign by
Valeria Alberigo
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€385.00raised of €1,000.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
ENGLISH (Descrizione in Italiano a seguire )
We are a multicultural family living in the north of Scotland. Our sons, Damiano(8) and Samyo (6), are two lovely brothers, born in the UK to an Italian mum and a Czech dad. They are lively, creative, enjoy being outdoors and work with their hands (woodwork, making boomerangs, bows and arrows, cooking, gardening, ...). This year we have decided to home-educate them, and offer them an exciting and adventurous range of learning opportunities.
This is why I am raising funds here for our upcoming trip to Italy, where the boys will be learning about life directly from the locals, from nature, and from their experiences. They might spend a day with a farmer or a shepherd, help in a village with preparations for a local festival, cook and bake delicious meals and learn where the food comes from and much, much more. We will start on the island of in Sicily in the very south, writing blogs and making videos along the way to document this journey!
What are we going to do?
The plan is for me (mum) and boys to travel from Scotland to Sicily at the end of March and stay there for about 1 month. In Sicily we will explore village life, traditional crafts and land-based activities for Damiano and Samyo to witness and experience first hand. Some examples of activities:
- Cheese making
- Learning how to make traditional marzipan sweets with local women
- Spending a day with local fishermen
- Market life
- Gardening
- A day with shepherds
Why are we doing this?
- To offer an alternative form of education (desk and screen free) that is based on inspiration and direct experience in connection with the land and its people
- To inspire others, especially children, by producing short Videos or Vlogs to share their experience
Many Thanks for supporting us!
ITALIANO
Questo progetto nasce dal desiderio di riconnettere i miei figli Damiano (8anni) e Samyo (6anni) con la cultura mediterranea portandoli in viaggio in Italia per una esperienza altamente educativa. La nostra famiglia vive nel Nord della Scozia ed i bambini hanno visitato l'Italia da quando sono nati, senza mai confrontarsi con le tradizioni e la ricchezza della nostra terra in maniera diretta. Damiano e Samyo sono bambini curiosi ed amano fare attivita' manuali all'aperto (arrampicarsi sugli alberi e costruire archi e frecce, cucinare, etc) attraverso le quali dare spazio alla fantasia e alla creativita'.
Quest'anno
abbiamo deciso di fare educazione parentale ed offrire una piattaforma
educativa diversa per i bambini in cui ci fosse spazio per viaggiare
insieme (mamma e bambini)
Se
conoscete il programma televisivo "Linea Verde" , potrete avere una
idea
del tipo di esperienza che stiamo organizzando: scoprire la flora e la
fauna locali, imparando ,contestualmente, arti e mestrieri .
Il nostro viaggio si svolgera' in Sicilia ,dove ci tratterremo per circa un mese. Ecco alcuni esempi di attivita' che faremo:
- Imparare a fare la ricotta/ formaggio
- Una giornata con i pescatori
- Una giornata con i pastori
- fare esperienza delle tradizioni culturali - Feste di Paese
- Imparare proverbi in dialetto!
- Esplorare la vita di mercato
- Lavorare con la terra!
Durante
il viaggio creeremo un Video Report a puntate in cui, attraverso lo sguardo dei bambini, documenteremo i
momenti di ispirazione e di esplorazione .
Se desiderate essere aggiornati, contattatemi!! xx
Rewards
A postcard from Sicily written by the boys - Una Cartolina dalla Sicilia scritta dai bambini
A short personalized video message from Damiano and Samyo when in Sicily - un video messaggio dalla Sicilia direttamente da Damiano e Samyo
Organizer
- Valeria Alberigo
- Campaign Owner
- Forres, UK
Donors
- Marien Villafaña
- Donated on Mar 27, 2017
- Anonymous
- Donated on Mar 23, 2017
Have a wonderful time 🙂
- Stacie Whitney
- Donated on Mar 23, 2017
You are inspiring! Thrilled to witness you creating this lifestyle for you and your family, and giving your boys such an amazing opportunity. Much love xx
Nearly There!
Update posted by Valeria Alberigo at 10:15 pmWe'll be heading off to Italy this coming Tuesday 28th, and to Sicily on the 5th of April, where we will stay until the 2nd of May. In this last months I have put up an itinerary on the base of the response of those I contacted to either host. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Marien Villafaña
- Donated on Mar 27, 2017
- Anonymous
- Donated on Mar 23, 2017
Have a wonderful time 🙂
- Stacie Whitney
- Donated on Mar 23, 2017
You are inspiring! Thrilled to witness you creating this lifestyle for you and your family, and giving your boys such an amazing opportunity. Much love xx
- Anonymous
- Donated on Mar 22, 2017
Hi Lovely, it's a great project!!! A small contribution and lots of good energy is what I send you!! Love, Anna
- andrea loatelli
- Donated on Mar 15, 2017
fate un buon viaggio e che sia un'esperienza fantastica per i tuoi boys!
- Anonymous
- Donated on Mar 12, 2017
blessings on your trip. May the Angels be with you.
- Claudia & Bruce& Hannah Matheson
- Donated on Mar 04, 2017
wonderful and fruitful idea ! Great idea
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 28, 2017
- Lisa Shaw
- Donated on Feb 27, 2017
This is such a wonderful opportunity for your boys xxx
- Mohini Frankel-Hutton
- Donated on Feb 23, 2017
Fantastic idea...feeling inspired already...drink in all those experiences fully xx