To organize workshops, games and activities focusing on
- Theatre and cultural expression - Sport and healthy eating - Learning English
These activities will be done for a group of children (9-11 years old).
Accomodation & food:
In a Youth Hostel with all facilities included.
Location & leisure:
Leisure activities will focus on the knowledge of wine culture at Vilafranca del Penedes, knowledge of the historical roots of Vilafranca as well as an introduction to organic farming and urban gardens in the region.
Requirements:
Motivation letter required. It is necessary to be able to ride a bike. Experience will be asked in (paid or unpaid) work with children. There will be valued knowledge of theatre, sports, music.
Social Work - Sharing time and expertise (IT, languages, cooking), help with daily tasks the nuns of the refuge of Caritas, sorting and distributing food.
Renovation work with Caritas - cleaning, painting and assembling shelves.
Community work - Cleaning paths and the beach.
Accomodation & food:
In a big classroom with wardrobes, bathrooms and showers in the Foster Home. This accommodation is managed by nuns. You must respect the silence.
Location & leisure:
Activities to discover the environment (environmental tours and sites in the city of Tortosa), to learn the Catalan culture (traditional games such as petanque, table games, music workshops and traditional dance), to learn about sustainability (games role-playing, workshops, recycling, organic farming), social cohesion (games and group dynamics, participatory intergenerational workshops, playing sports with young people, lectures, story telling, participation in festivals), participate in village festivals.
Requirements:
Motivation letter required. To take interest as the subject matter of the field of social services, contact with underpriviledged people. The main collaboration will be done with Caritas, a religious entity, but the workcamp is non-religious. Due to the nature of this project (contact with people who in their great majority do not have knowledge of English), it is valued if the participants can speak Spanish.
The work will consist in restoring houses in the district of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona. During the mornings from Monday to Friday participants will develop the housing restoration (cleaning and desinfection of spaces, painting, etc.)
Accomodation & food:
In a cultural centre of Barcelona.
Location & leisure:
Different leisure activities, to be decided together with the participants during the workcamp, visits to museums, parks, villages around the city, etc.
Requirements:
Motivation letter required. There is no need to have knowledge or experience in renovation, but it is necessary to have an interest in social inequalities.
« I would recommend participating in a workcamp, especially with VAP, who ensured that I found a project to suit me and provided essential training for me in preparation for my trip. Being part of a workcamp really is a life-changing experience, oh, and it looks great on your CV! »
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