The work to do is about cleaning and taking out introduced herbalspices (mainly canes and other introduced spices that grow in the zone and can be found in the margin of the paths in the zone called "Bultra" in the "Hortad'Avall" in Balaguer. Volunteers will help to the creation of a natural itinerary for trekking.
Accomodation & food:
The accommodation is in a hall of a school with Matrasses, a full equipped kitchen in the outside of the school. The volunteers will use the bathroom and showers of the gym. The food is km0 and mostly vegetarian.
Location & leisure:
Afternoons: Workshops: Comunication games, Orientation games, Traditional games workshop from each participant's country, magnet workshop.
Evening:
Party with the youth from the city , traditional songs from each participant's country, game with the city'schildren, traditional camps' games, closing party.
Cultural visits:
Night route to the monastery of Santa Maria de les Franqueses, Cultural Visit in Balaguer.
Integration:
Welcome's dinner, party with the associations of the city, cultural visit in Balaguer with local guides, participant's participation in organized activity around the city promoted by different associations.One day route with the train of La Pobla to Sant Llorenç de Montgai, Vilanova de la Sal
Age:
18-29
Location:
Balaguer
Language(s):
Catalan; Valencian, English
Airport:
BCN: Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available
The project is focused on the roads recovery and the construction of paths with dry stones in the natural park. The participants will also construct planters and mobile wooden games in order to decorate the schoolyard situated in the natural park. The workcamp aims to raise awareness on the importance of conserving the environment, make known the territory, create a happy work environment and promote educational and fun activities.
Accomodation & food:
Mongolian Yurts fully equipped with kitchen, beds and bathrooms. For showers we'll use Sport center showers, the access to them is near the workplace. Sleeping bags are needed. The conditions are very basic.
Location & leisure:
Activity to improve group relations and human values.Astronomy, botanical workshop, ethnology (observation and study of insects), theatre and musical evening.Excursions to the most important and characteristic places of the natural park and to the river.
Age:
18-29
Location:
Cornudella del montsant
Language(s):
Catalan; Valencian, English
Airport:
BCN: Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available
The main task of the volunteers will be creating awareness through environmental issues and youth policies. The volunteers will run an environmental and youth campaign in the town by cleaning the beaches, collecting trashes and documenting the datas. The idea is showing the locals and the tourist the main environmental problems and try to convince them to fight for climate change. There will be also some other tasks for volunteers such as rehabilitating parks and the river of the town.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation will be in a country house 1 km away from Altea La Vella, which is a small town 4 km away from Altea provided with matterses and pillows. There are several bunk beds in the house. The accommodation is basic but cozy with a small kitchen and bathrooms. Volunteers will cook for themselves. Sleeping bag and sheets required.This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
Location & leisure:
Altea is a charming touristic town, located in the seaside. It offers possibilities of swim in the sea, take a sun bath on the beach, play beach volleyball and other activities in your free time. It is also possible to see another nearby towns on the weekend such as Benidorm, Calpe or the city of Alicante.
Age:
15-17
Location:
Town hall of altea. since the last year this town hall is developing a policy of sustainable tourism which includes the recuperation of deprived environmental areas and cultural heritage.
Language(s):
English
Airport:
ALC: Alicante (Alicante, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
This project is mostly an environmental visibility project. The volunteers will have various task.Volunteers will clean up a natural park located close to the Salinas (a lake in the center of Calpe). During the 1970's this park was totally green and the people were using this park for picnic and children's playground, nevertheless for some years the areas around have been used by people to leave garbage. Nowadays the town hall wants to make this park green again in order to use it as a playground for children. They had burnt all the rubbish there but all the glasses and the bottles left on the ground.The other tasks that the volunteers have to carry on are;- Creating visibility campaigns in the beach- Cleaning of the small and forgotten beaches.- Fire watching and awareness to fire control.- Fixing some areas of the Casa Coco- Cleaning the botanic garden in the salinasWork will be done Monday to Friday, approx. 6 hours per day. Volunteers are going to start working at around 8:00 and will finish at 14:00.
Accomodation & food:
The accommodation will be in the volunteer's house in Calpe. Volunteers are required to bring summer sleeping bags. The accommodation is basic, but there will enough equipment for the volunteers. And also it would be just for volunteers and sandy beaches are not very far away. This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
Note:
There could be some changes in the accomodation arrangement. The alternative option will be tents in the equipped camping area in the hills of Calpe.
Location & leisure:
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.
Age:
15-17
Location:
Calpe, alicante
Language(s):
English
Airport:
ALC: Alicante (Alicante, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
The general objective of the workcamp is to show the environmental reality of aterritory and how to intervene in it by:1. Contributing to the improvement and conservation of the Natural Area of Silswetlands.2. Knowing the biodiversity and the characteristic habitats of these humid zones3. Knowing the landstewarship, the actors in the territory that participate andgood practices.4. Transmitting values of cooperation and respect towards the environment and itsinhabitants5. Offering a space for exchange and discovery of the different realities of theparticipants, mainly in environmental issues and for the conservation and managementof natural spaces.6. Encouraging responsible consumption in every way. On the one hand, as animportant measure for our environment; on the other hand, in the use of newtechnologies and other aspects related to the care of oneself and the community8. Promoting participants to become diffusers9. Showing Catalan culture through vividness and networking
Accomodation & food:
The type of accommodation is in format camping. Therest area will be located about 500 meters from the house, between a meadow and aforest. This space, due to its extension, will allow us to create differentiated areas andareas of shade and more sun depending on the time of day. In this space there will betends of maximum five people, a tend for material and a toilet area. Food as much as possible of the organic, local and products in custody.We consume practically no fish and little meat, meaning no meat is eaten daily. Themenu is balanced so that it provides all the necessary nutrients with the environment inmind. No problem if we are vegetarian, vegan and / or with allergies and / orintolerance.
Location & leisure:
There will be leisure activities every day, and some days some excursions, hereattached a list of the main activities that will be done:- Knowledge activities- Group cohesion dynamics- Self management activities "DO IT TOGETHER"- Bats observation- Table games- Dynamic on gender- Excursion to Santa Coloma de Farners with the organizations of the Guild of the"Ratafia" and "La Bulla" Association- Excursion to Girona- Excursion to Farners chapel and castle- Excursion to Marimurtra Botanic Garden and Blanes town- Excursion to Argimon- Human castles group
Requirements:
Comfortable clothes for the technical work.
Age:
18-29
Location:
Sils
Language(s):
Catalan; Valencian, English
Airport:
BCN: Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available
This project is mostly an environmental visibility project. The volunteers will have various task.Volunteers will clean up a natural park located close to the Salinas (a lake in the center of Calpe). During the 1970's this park was totally green and the people were using this park for picnic and children's playground, nevertheless for some years the areas around have been used by people to leave garbage. Nowadays the town hall wants to make this park green again in order to use it as a playground for children. They had burnt all the rubbish there but all the glasses and the bottles left on the ground.The other tasks that the volunteers have to carry on are;- Creating visibility campaigns in the beach- Cleaning of the small and forgotten beaches.- Fire watching and awareness to fire control.- Fixing some areas of the Casa Coco- Cleaning the botanic garden in the salinasWork will be done Monday to Friday, approx. 6 hours per day. Volunteers are going to start working at around 8:00 and will finish at 14:00.
Accomodation & food:
The accommodation will be in the volunteer's house in Calpe. Volunteers are required to bring summer sleeping bags. The accommodation is basic, but there will enough equipment for the volunteers. And also it would be just for volunteers and sandy beaches are not very far away. This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
Note:
There could be some changes in the accomodation arrangement. The alternative option will be tents in the equipped camping area in the hills of Calpe.
Location & leisure:
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.
Age:
15-17
Location:
Calpe, alicante
Language(s):
English
Airport:
ALC: Alicante (Alicante, Spain)Vegetarian food will be available
Volunteers have to do will be working in the archaeological excavations of the fountains that are found in the Altea some years ago. The volunteers will be in charge of the excavations of those 18th century fountains. They work physically on archaeological excavation site. Volunteers will work together with local archaeologists who will explain them work and the background of the site. The municipality will ask volunteers to do other types of manual work for the environment, depending on the necessities of the municipality in a certain moment.
Accomodation & food:
Accommodation will be in a volunteer house of De Amicitia in Finca Santa Barbara. There are several bunk beds, bathrooms and a small kitchen that volunteers can cook for themselves. The accommodation is basic, nevertheless, it would be just for us and it is located 2 km far from the beach.This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
Location & leisure:
Altea is a charming touristic town, located in the seaside. It offers possibilities of swim in the sea, take a sun bath on the beach, play beach volleyball and other activities in your free time. It is also possible to see another nearby towns on the weekend such as Benidorm, Calpe or the city of Alicante.
Requirements:
Sleeping bag and/or sheets required. Living conditions are basic and work may be quite demanding (physical work under hot sun). Volunteers are asked to be very motivated for such project. You need to bring your own bottom sheet.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Altea, alicante
Language(s):
English
Airport:
ALC: Alicante (Alicante, Spain)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available
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