This project offers two type of works to the volunteers that are independent from each other but somehow connected in an ideological way.
The first task:
El Cerro is a local project of creating new natural and agricultural reserve. The project is unique in whole province of Madrid because combines a private company initiative with environmental protection and international volunteering. Camping Monte Holiday, is trying to create a complex of agronomy, pasturage and farming, protection of local fauna, tourism and education. This project leads to sustainability and protection of natural and cultural heritage. The work of volunteers will be manual and diverse, from Monday – Friday, approximately 4-6 hours per day. The type of tasks: to clean and maintain ecologic garden, cleaning hives, discovery of natural springs, troughs for feeding animals, walls, improving the camp site for volunteers, maintaining touristic paths as well as the preparation of some materials such as soap and honey for fund raising of environmental workcamps such as Donkey Caravan.
The second task:
The task will be preparing activities for the local kids of the camping. In order to spreading the environmental and cultural awareness we would like to connect this project with the kids. The volunteers will prepare some environmental workshops and games in English and spend some time with the local kids in the afternoons during 1-2 hour.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation is provided in 1 or 2 person tents in the Camping Monte Holiday (http://www.monteholiday.com/en/home) that offers hot showers, toilet areas, washing machines and recreation areas, swimming pool and free Wi-Fi (not available all the time and not in the sleeping area). Boys and girls will sleep separately. You need to bring a sleeping bag and a sheet.Food will be prepared by volunteers. Volunteers are asked to help with preparation of their own breakfasts and they will be provided with fresh drinks. Lunch and dinner will be prepared by the volunteers. Campsite accommodation itself provides basic conditions and the quality of those depend also on cleanliness and contribution of all participants.
Location & leisure:
The workcamp takes place in Gargantilla del Lozoya, a small village in the "Sierra Norte", a mountain range in the autonomous region of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid). Gargantilla is a part of several municipalities in the Valley of Lozoya, most of these are little villages but you can find all you need to live. It's near Buitrago del Lozoya and Rascafría, these are larger villages, where you can find banks and bigger shops. Gargantilla is approximately 80 km north of Madrid, and you can reach the capital in an hour more or less by car, and two hours by public transportation.The project includes TWO NIGHTS in Madrid at a youth hostel where participants will be able to explore the city, including some cultural activities such as visit of the Prado Museum, under the supervision of an adult volunteer. De Amicitia will cover the youth hostel expenses, sandwiches, dinner at pizza restaurant, and entrance to Prado museum. We will not support public transport or any other extra expenses.
Requirements:
Sleeping bag required.• Capacity to live in tents and in the countryside and to ride a bicycle.• Participants should bring parent authorisation to allow them to go to Madrid the last two days.
Age:
15-17
Location:
Gargantilla del lozoya / madrid
Language(s):
English
Airport:
MAD: Barajas (Madrid, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
Organiser is the Headquaters in Spain for the Movement WWOOF. WorldWide Opportunities on Organic Farms, Spain (WWOOF™ Spain) is part of a worldwide movement linking visitors with organic farmers and growers to promote cultural and educational experiences based on trust and non-monetary exchange thereby helping to build a sustainable global community.
The Aims of WWOOF SPAIN -
To provide individuals from all around the world the opportunity:
To get first-hand experience of organic farming & gardening and to lend a helping hand wherever needed; To help the organic movement, which is often labor intensive Make contact with other people in the organic movement To promote, inform and educate about topics regarding ecological agriculture, livestock husbandry and sustainable lifestyles To arrange cultural exchanges and offer people who live in the cities the possibility to experience life on a farm or in a rural and ecological settlement in Spain To set up and promote volunteer projects. Introducing to our society the ecological agriculture and methodology as a viable alternative. To promote solidarity between people as well as an ethical economy.
Work:
Join us in the sunny and fresh Cantabria, North of Spain, from July 29th to August 10th, in the first “quasi wwoofing” summer camp for teenagers. Organised by the WWOOF Coordinators of WWOOF ESPAÑA in its own smallholding, after successful years of experience with wwoofers in this same spot, this year we are pleased to announce this first “pre-wwoofing” camp. The idea is to introduce wwoofing, promote cultural exchange and enjoy in a rural environment of Northern Spain. We are aiming at about 10 participants. There will be always experienced adults supervising their stay and activity, which will include:
Learn and perform basic tasks in an organic farm while wwoofing:
taking care of animals, gardens, trees, land and environment.
Some experience with food:
basic cooking, bread, cheese, preserves making
Learning some useful skills in the countryside like:
knots, orientation & maps basics, some plants identification... Introduction to some other artistic and practical fields: photography, video, painting, music, even computers…
Great outdoor experiences:
camping, trekking, swimming at river & sea
Intercultural sharing:
Languages, culture, games, tolerance & social awareness, forums about some mindful movies … In summary we will create a joyful and practical environment for young people that may awake or expand their interest in alternative, modern lifestyles in rural environment.
Accomodation and food:
Volunteers will sleep in a house and in a wooden hut in the plot, with access to a fully equipped house (toilets, shower, kitchen, etc.) always monitored by responsible adults. Cooking/Cleaning will be done by participants with the guidance/teaching of the Leaders. Food will be local with a mix of organic produce from the garden and typical meals from Spain. Participants should be interested in living in the countryside and be socially active.
Location and leisure:
Cantabria is known as Green Spain. You can look forward to beautiful scenery, excellent gastronomy and unique heritage. You’ll also marvel at the spectacular landscapes, as the coast of Cantabria offers over 60 beaches with fine white sand in holiday resorts such as Laredo and San Vicente de la Barquera. You can try traditional hearty stews like cocido montañés and cocido lebaniego, cakes such as sobaos and quesada pasiega.
Cantabria is in the North of Spain, with very good climate in summer (not too hot) and very green landscape. From the main house, beaches are at about 12 km, via public bus and is possible to swim in the local river within a 40 minutes walk. Lots of places to walk and a small town is nearby with the usual square, shops, etc… Some excursions will be done to the surroundings like beach, river, mountain, town, parks, nearby museum etc.
Finestrat is a tiny town near the Alicante coast. Eventhough it is a very nice town, in the last year s it lost its charm because of neglection. The volunteers will be responsable of the embellishment of the town. They will clean the parks, decorate the streets, renovate the road signs and other activies to bring back the charm of this ancient town.
Accomodation & food:
The accomodation will be in the youth center of the town and the conditions will be basic. There will be matresses provided. And also the food will be provided and it will be cooked by the volunteers. There are showers and bathrooms. Summer sleeping bag and lower sheets will be needed!This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
Location & leisure:
Finestrat is a beautiful coastal town that is also mountainous. It combines the cosmopolitan appeal of its cozy and family-friendly beach destination "La Cala", with the silence of the 1410 meter high peaks of the "Puig Campana". The old town of Finestrat is located 5 kilometers from the beach on a hill. Along the hillside, run narrow streets of Moorish origin through stunning whitewashed and colorful houses.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Finestrat, alicante
Language(s):
English
Airport:
ALC: Alicante (Alicante, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
First the participants will prepare a street theatre with clear environmental message, adding their own creative performances (dance, music, joggling, and singing). They will be sharing ideas and creating a really spectacular performance in each village they visit along the way. The message that the participants will be spreading will be based on environmentalism and creativity. After which, we shall head off on our caravan with our donkeys! We will stop at each village and perform our shows and workshops which we have prepared. The local people can then share their thoughts of environmentalism, donkeys and the workshops we are doing. We hope we will stay in each village we perform in, with tents or sport centres, and meet lots of interesting people along the way, although the final agenda will not be known until few days before the camp starts, as we depend on local municipalities to support the performance or not. The video of past year's Donkey Caravan can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMvzei42xFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B30qOgR5UR8 http://www.dw.de/popups/popup_single_mediaplayer/0,,6606072_type_video_struct_10406_con tentId_6606073,00.html
Accomodation & food:
The town hall of Braojos is providing us the youth hostel of the town. The hostel has 10 rooms with bunk beds (rooms for 4 to 10) to share within participants, with separate toilet area. Boys and girls will sleep separately. The volunteers have to bring their own matters, sleeping bags and sheets. Food will be prepared by the volunteers: breakfasts and dinners will be in the hostel and the lunch (in a form of picnic) will be brought to the place of work.This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
Location & leisure:
Sierra Norte (Braojos), Madrid
Requirements:
Mat and sleeping bag required. Motivation letter and skype interview needed! We are looking for volunteers that have GOOD artistic skills (dancing, singing, playing musical instruments) or capacity of filming and community managing to give visibility to the porject. We will make groups of performers, preparation team (decorations and logistic), team for making activities and workshops with local childrens after the performance and the team to deal directly with donkeys. Therefore, please indicate TRULY your experiences in your motivation letter (send a short video of your skills) and do not forget that behind this artistical performance, there is a strong environmental message, a lot of work to do, difficult momments but and incredible happy outcome and experience never to forget.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Braojos, madrid
Language(s):
English
Airport:
MAD: Barajas (Madrid, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
The tasks are designed to recover the archeological site of la Torre de Capdella and to work on the interpretation and classification of objects and structures of the town. At the same time, the goal is to help maintaining and improving the surrounds and the access to the archeological site. It is also focused on learning how to identify and study archeologic materials.
Accomodation & food:
Alberg de Talarn (Shelter of Talarn). Bunk beds equipped with private WC and showers. Fully equipped kitchen.
Location & leisure:
Visit to an old carbon factory in Talarn. Excursion to a lake nearby where the volunteers will be free to play aquatic sports. Other excursions in the surrounds of Talarn. Excursion to Barcelona city. At the same time, they will dispose of different dynamic activities and spare time to go to the swimming pool.
Age:
18-29
Location:
Talarn, alt urgell
Language(s):
English
Airport:
BCN: Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available
Volunteers will clean up a natural park located close to the Salinas (a lake in the center of Calpe). The task will be to collect the rubbish and send it to recycle. The local authorities have been trying to clean it with machinery but because it is a delicate area with its own microorganisms the correct way to clean has to be done by hand. During the camps there could be different environmental tasks for the volunteers; such as;-Cleaning the trashes of the park-Creating a vegetable garden-Preparing ecological soapsThere always seem to be flamingos there and quite a number of other types of wild bird too. Around 300 flamingos are usually cooling their feet in Calpe, they tend only to break their onward journeys at the salinas. Most of the birds are from the Camargue in France or the Fuente de Piedra lagoon in Malaga.
Accomodation & food:
The accomodation will be in the volunteer's house. The accommodation is basic but there will be kitchen and shower facilities, nevertheless, it would be just for volunteers and it's not far away from the sandy beahces.
Location & leisure:
In a work camp we also dedicate some time to a study part. It is an activity of non-formal learning, where you can gain new knowledge or form new opinions on different problems; all this is done in a relaxed, entertaining or amusing way.The intercultural evening is a good way of intercultural learning. In every camp there is one evening, when all participants present their country in a relaxed way – making presentation, watching photos, telling stories, tasting typical dishes, drinks and sweets, dances etc. Please, have this evening in your mind while preparing your luggage to share a piece of your culture with the rest of volunteers.Calpe, a town with a long history and deeply-rooted traditions, is also one of the main tourist destinations on the Costa Blanca. The Marina, the promenade and eleven kilometers of coastline, marked by cliffs, beaches and coves, are some of the many attractions. Another attraction is one of the symbols of the town, the Rock of Ifach, a huge calcareous rock, 332 meters high, that penetrates the sea and gave the town its name. Calpe is a beautiful touristic resort and it has many options for entertainment (concerts, excursions, swimming, archaeological sites, hikes).
Requirements:
sleeping bags and lower sheets will be needed!
Age:
15-17
Location:
Calpe, alicante
Language(s):
English
Airport:
ALC: Alicante (Alicante, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
This project offers two type of works to the volunteers that are independent from each other but somehow connected in an ideological way.
The first task:
El Cerro is a local project of creating new natural and agricultural reserve. The project is unique in whole province of Madrid because combines a private company initiative with environmental protection and international volunteering. Camping Monte Holiday, is trying to create a complex of agronomy, pasturage and farming, protection of local fauna, tourism and education. This project leads to sustainability and protection of natural and cultural heritage. The work of volunteers will be manual and diverse, from Monday – Friday, approximately 4-6 hours per day. The type of tasks: to clean and maintain ecologic garden, cleaning hives, discovery of natural springs, troughs for feeding animals, walls, improving the camp site for volunteers, maintaining touristic paths as well as the preparation of some materials such as soap and honey for fund raising of environmental workcamps such as Donkey Caravan.
The second task:
The task will be preparing activities for the local kids of the camping. In order to spreading the environmental and cultural awareness we would like to connect this project with the kids. The volunteers will prepare some environmental workshops and games in English and spend some time with the local kids in the afternoons during 1-2 hour.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation is provided in 1 or 2 person tents in the Camping Monte Holiday (http://www.monteholiday.com/en/home) that offers hot showers, toilet areas, washing machines and recreation areas, swimming pool and free Wi-Fi (not available all the time and not in the sleeping area). Boys and girls will sleep separately. You need to bring a sleeping bag and a sheet.Food will be prepared by volunteers. Volunteers are asked to help with preparation of their own breakfasts and they will be provided with fresh drinks. Lunch and dinner will be prepared by the volunteers. Campsite accommodation itself provides basic conditions and the quality of those depend also on cleanliness and contribution of all participants.
Location & leisure:
The workcamp takes place in Gargantilla del Lozoya, a small village in the "Sierra Norte", a mountain range in the autonomous region of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid). Gargantilla is a part of several municipalities in the Valley of Lozoya, most of these are little villages but you can find all you need to live. It's near Buitrago del Lozoya and Rascafría, these are larger villages, where you can find banks and bigger shops. Gargantilla is approximately 80 km north of Madrid, and you can reach the capital in an hour more or less by car, and two hours by public transportation.The project includes TWO NIGHTS in Madrid at a youth hostel where participants will be able to explore the city, including some cultural activities such as visit of the Prado Museum, under the supervision of an adult volunteer. De Amicitia will cover the youth hostel expenses, sandwiches, dinner at pizza restaurant, and entrance to Prado museum. We will not support public transport or any other extra expenses.
Requirements:
Sleeping bag required.• Capacity to live in tents and in the countryside and to ride a bicycle.• Participants should bring parent authorisation to allow them to go to Madrid the last two days.
Age:
15-17
Location:
Gargantilla de lozoya, madrid
Language(s):
English
Airport:
MAD: Barajas (Madrid, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
The work will consists basically to restore an old path, but also to restore traditions. Social life would be also very important, so be prepared to meet some youngsters of the area and try to encourage them to participate in the work you are doing. The project is meant to learn the Basque/Navarrean culture and history as well.
Accomodation & food:
The accommodation will be in an old house, actually the priest's house. Volunteers will cook for themselves.
Location & leisure:
Workcamp is situated in the province of Navarra, in the north of Spain. It takes place in a valley between the cities of Pamplona (50 km), Vitoria (50 km) and San Sebastian (70 km). Bilbao is more or less 100 km away. Volunteers will be able to enjoy green and mountainous landscape and good weather: hot in summer, but not too much. If you like to do a beach trip, San Sebastian is a beautiful city with great beaches. Bilbao also offers a lot for those who want to visit a bigger city.
Requirements:
You should bring your insurance.You should be able to ride a bicycle
Age:
18-99
Location:
Lakuntza, navarra
Language(s):
English
Airport:
BIO: Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
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