Xylokastro is situated on the coast of the Corinthinan Gulf, 30 km West from Corinth, in the Peloponnese (South Greece). Xylokastro is a destination for tourists, because of the acient monuments and the "night life" opportunities that offers. The surroundings are very green and most of the locals are employed working in fields (vineyards, citrus fruits). Some small tourist enterprises are also in the region.The county of Corinthia is situated only 50 km west of Athens and it is very easy and comfortable to travel back and forth.

The volunteers will stay in a full-equipped flat and with all the facilities for cooking.

There are no special knowledge, qualification needed from the volunteer. Full training will be provided.

The volunteers will have special guidance and support from the staff and the members of the municipality and from the coordinator organization, in all the cases of highly demanding tasks. From the staff the volunteers will get a high standard support and training, they will prepare them for the activities.

In order to facilitate their work and integration, volunteers will join an obligatory Greek language training from the begining of their voluntary service.

The mentor and the youth advisor will give them a high standard personal support.

We would like also to develop the volunteers' responsibility, creativity, knowledge, and skills and to help them to be prepared if the wish to work in this field. They will also gain more self-esteem and compassion through creative work.

The certification of the volunteers' experience, achievements will be included in the YOUTHPASS certificate at the end of the project.

Our goal the volunteer to acquire during their stay is: European awareness - they will work with national and international youngsters in teams and through this intercultural experience they learn to be tolerant, working in team, to cooperate and communicate

The aim of hosting international volunteers is to establish an exchange of knowledge and to let young people know and participate in conservation activities in a natural environment. International volunteering is good to bring different cultures together, to diffuse the existence of development projects and to exchange experiences and knowledge. A volunteer from a foreign country could be an excellent opportunity for our local community, mainly for the youngsters to overcome language and cultural difficulties and to learn from each other. Moreover this project gives great opportunities for cooperation with the staff and the members of Ä.Å.Ê.Ô.Å.Î. and will be benefit for our local volunteers, because by working together with someone who comes from a foreign country, they will learn the values of tolerance, equality and acceptance.

The volunteers will have the chance to broaden their horizons by living and learning in a foreign country and working in a team of international and national people. In addition, they will acquire experience and skills, which may prove useful skills for their professional future. Our objectives to host volunteers are to introduce them to the local community, to develop the understanding of the European and international cultural context, to provide informal intercultural education and experience to youths, encouraging their social integration, their active participation and to offer them new means of expression and communication through the voluntary work.

We would like to host EVS volunteers to support and help in the everyday work of the environmental program of the municipality of Xilokastro. This includes helping to protect the forest of Xilokastro, protect the coast, planting new trees, make information boards about the trees, they will help making new and repairing the old footpath in the forest, participating in the open-air events, making researches about new and different methods about how to protect the nature.