DESCRIPTION OF WORK:Assessment of damage and diagnose on the condition of "Fonte das catro estacións" and drafting of a restoration planning.Cleaning and preventive reinforcement of the fountain.Cleaning and clearing of the parterre surrounding the fountain.Dissemination of the project.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
Excursions and guided visits to different landmarks in the township of Betanzos and its area (historic centre, museums...)
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
The accommodation and meals will be held at Colexio "Grande Obra de Arocha" (primary school)
LOCATION:
Betanzos is a municipality in Galicia, in Northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña. It belongs to the shire of Betanzos. The fountain is located within the site of Carregal, in an urban area within the ring road Avd. do Carregal/Avd. Fraga Iribarne e a Avd. Juan García Naveira.The Fonte das Catro Estacións was a part of the once great complex of Gardens of Pasatempo in Betanzos. It was built between 1893 and 1914 by García Naveira brothers, two former emigrants in South America and philanthropists. Apparently their plan was that of replicating the stand of a universal exhibition (so much in vogue in those days) It must have had a total surface of 90.000 m² but the only currently preserved part is of about one tenth due to a long term ruin during the postwar period.
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
By plane: (www.aena.es). Tel. 902 404 704Lavacolla Airport, in Santiago de Compostela. Tel. 981 547 501Alvedro Airport in A Coruña. Tel. 981 187 200Peinador airport in Vigo. Tel. 986 268 200By road- A Coruña-Santiago-Pontevedra-Vigo. Empresa MONBUS (www.monbus.es) Tel. 902 292 900
European Health Card for EU volunteers.Cleaning supplies (toilet bag) and one bath towel.Sleeping bag, mat and backpack routes.Proper shoes and tennis shoes.
Clothing:
sportswear (sweatshirts...) swimwear (swimsuit, towel, flip-flops...) warm clothing (suitable to work in the rain or cold weather) waterproof coat, working clothes (gloves, cap/hat, comfortable footwear, suitable clothes for work at the site, hiking boots...)
SPECIFIC GOALS:
PROFILE - COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS:
INTERNAL RULES:
Promoting community life and relationships- Knowing, respecting and preserving the environment- Encouraging contact between volunteers and locals- Encouraging cross generational exchange
CONTACTS:
Dirección Xeral de Xuventude, Participación e Voluntariado,Tfno.: 981 544838 e 981 957 115camposdetraballo.xuventude@xunta.esServizo de Xuventude na Coruña,Tfno.: 881 881 238www.facebook.com/xuventude.net
EMERGENCY NUMBER:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
It is very important that all the volunteers CHECK REGULARLY THEIR CONTACT EMAIL for further information about the work camp, as some details, especially the contact and emergency numbers, may change. Mind the "junk mail" folder as sometimes our emails end up in there.
The archaeological site of the Baños de la Reina is situated on the coastline, close to the promenade in the coastal town of Calp, whose most significant symbol, besides its beaches, is the massive cliff known as Peñón de Ifach. This coastal site contains the origins of the current town, as this place was populated from the beginnings of the Christian Era to the 7th century AD. The remains found in 15 archaeological campaigns has shown that this site was an important commercial enclave in antiquity.
Both these remains and the area surrounding the archaeological site need maintenance and preservation work. The main aims of the next Calpe campus are the cleaning and tidying up of the site for its future restoration and valorisation. Your help in this task can be invaluable, and we wish you an agreeable stay in this emblematic Mediterranean town The work will be carried out in small groups which will shift place and type of work, so that all participants will be able to work in all places and share the work to be carried out
LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
- Excursions and visits - Workshops and training and leisure activities, etc. - Evening activities, group dynamics, sports activities, games.
These activities will be coordinated by team of entertainment professionals. It will present a plan of cultural and leisure, to be developed by volunteers during evenings and weekends which will complement the voluntary work.
LOCATION:
Calp (ALICANTE)
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
By road - You can use the AP-7 motorway, exits 63 and 64, or the N-332 Valencia- Alicante road.
By train - Trenet de la Marina, a narrow-gauge train which goes along the coast from Alicante to Dénia and calls at Calp station. from Alicante to Dénia and calls at Calp station.
The closest airport is El Altet airport (Alicante), 60 kilometres away from Calpe. Manises airport (Valencia) is 125 kilometres away.
Calp has a regular bus service to other towns in Alicante, and to Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:1º Cleaning the beds of dinosaur footprints.2º Filling the cracks.3º Waterproofing.4º Mending and fixing loose rock fragments.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
Information about the lower part of the region of La Rioja (Rioja Baja), including geographical, economic and sociocultural aspects. Trips to areas of paleontological interest and fossiles.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
Albergue Juvenil de Igea. http://www.irj.es/igea
LOCATION:
Igea is a small village situated in the "Rioja Baja". It's 76 km. away from Logroño.Basic economy is agriculture and farm. It's the main producer of honey of La Rioja.
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
Bus station of Logroño. Telephone number: 941 23 59 83Bus from Logroño to Arnedo:Empresa Logroza S.L. (Autobuses Jiménez)
Bus Station of Arnedo. At 14,10 hours or at 21,10 hours on the Bus Station of Arnedo the first day. In this point, the organization will gather the volunteers and will move them to the Youth Hostel of Igea. Or you can incorporate directly into the Youth Hostel in the town of Igea throughout the first day.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
Spanish and English.
THINGS TO BRING:
European Health Card for EU volunteers.Identification card / passport.Warm clothing.Work-clothes.Work-gloves.Waterproof coat.A sleeping bag (optional).Trainers and mountaineering boots.
EMERGENCY NUMBER:
900 200 272 (IRJ.- Free telephone) - Javier Vázquez (Hostel of Igea) = 649 852 608
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Instituto Riojano de la Juventud (Institute Riojano of Youth)C/ Muro de la Mata, nº 8, bajo26071.- Logroño (La Rioja)
941194001. Fax: 941176049It is very important that all the volunteers CHECK REGULARLY THEIR CONTACT EMAIL for further information about the work camp, as some details, especially the contact and emergency numbers, may change. Mind the "junk mail" folder as sometimes our emails end up in there.It is very important that all the volunteers CHECK REGULARLY THEIR CONTACT EMAIL for further information about the work camp, as some details, especially the contact and emergency numbers, may change. Mind the "junk mail" folder as sometimes our emails end up in there.
This work camp will allow young people from all over the world to participate in the fascinating task of learning to produce salt in a historic cultural landscape and to restore it; a place where a simple stroll becomes an experience. While actively collaborating in the recovery and maintenance of Salt Valley, young volunteers will learn to produce salt in the way salt workers do by using the salt springs, and taking advantage of the sun and the wind for a natural evaporation process. The ultimate aim is to achieve an overview of the work performed by saltworkers in Salt Valley throughout the year, due to the seasonal nature of salt production, and obtain basic notions of some of the techniques used in the valley to build the salt pans.
SPECIFIC GOALS:
- Promote knowledge and coexistence among young people from different countries through volunteer work and encourage their capacity to be responsible and participate in large groups. - Educate participants in coexistence and team work for the general good. - Facilitate cultural exchanges among work camp participants and the local population. - Promote values, such as coexistence, tolerance, solidarity, participation, intercultural values.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
The entertainment team will propose a series of activities to facilitate the relationship between all the people participating in the work camp and the community where the camp is located. This will lead to a better understanding of the environment in which the work will be performed and enable participants to become familiar with Basque Country culture and customs (sports, games, excursions, cultural visits...). All these activities will include all the people in the group and will be carried out in the evenings and on weekends.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
Participants in the work camp will be accommodated in a green area near the Salt Works and the town church. The accommodation will consist of an 80 square metre tent divided into 3 sections (sleeping area for men, sleeping area for women and meeting area). There will be 2 fixed modules next to the tent. One will be the bathrooms, showers and dressing rooms and the other will be a dormitory for the instructors. The kitchen facilities, food storage and dining room will be in the town's Social Centre.
LOCATION:
Located in Valley of Añana , province of Alava, in the Basque Country. It is 30 km from Vitoria- Gasteiz , capital of the Basque Country. Location map of Salt Valley of Añana (Álava).
TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS:
The nearest international airport is Bilbao (88 km).
By highway * Route Bilbao / Burgos: Freeway AP-68 (Exit 6 Pobes / Nanclares) * Vitoria / San Sebastián /Pamplona / Madrid: A-1 (Exit 340) Bus line - Vitoria-Salinas de Añana - Vitoria: 50A (Tel. +34 945 285 000)
MEETING POINT:
The meeting point will be on the first day of the work camp at the Town Hall in Salt Valley of Añana at 18:00.
- Provide the area of San Antolín with a social use through this team work project. - Due to the importance of the Historic Memory aspect of the project, a number of activities will also be performed in the town to explain and acknowledge the work performed by the young people. - Facilitate the coexistence of young people from different countries through volunteer work as well as promote intercultural relations between the participants and the local population. - Perform a tasks that will benefit society - Educate volunteers through coexistence and team work. - Promote values,such as tolerance, solidarity, participation, intercultural ideas, coexistence and team work
LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
The entertainment team will propose a series of activities to facilitate the relationship between all the people participating in the work camp and the community where the camp is located. This will lead to a better understanding of the environment in which the work will be performed and enable participants to become familiar with Basque Country culture and customs (sports, games, excursions, cultural visits...). All these activities will include all the people in the group and will be carried out in the evenings and on weekends.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
Accommodation will be in schools. These provide appropriate facilities such as showers, municipal sports facilities, 4 halls, a large lounge, kitchen, refectory and municipal swimming pools.
LOCATION:
Lemoa (Euzkadi), 3 km. from the work area.
TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS:
FROM BILBAO - This is the easiest way to reach Lemoa. If you arrive at the airport, Bilbao is 10 km away and Lemoa is at a distance of 16 km. There is a coach every half hour from Bilbao Airport to Bilbao that will take you to Termibus (the Bilbao coach station). From Termibus, you can take a Bizkaibuz coach to Lemoa which covers the BILBAO - LEMOA - ZEANURI line. The trip takes about 30 to 45 minutes, depending on whether the coach takes the motorway or the dual carriageway. Euskotren also has a service to Lemoa, with variable frequencies, from Atxuri Station. The trip takes approximately 20 minutes. More information at Euskotren. IMPORTANT: A single Creditrans ticket is available for Bizkaibus, Tram, Bilbobus and the Metro (Underground).
FROM VITORIA-GASTEIZ - BY COACH You can catch a coach belonging to the company LA UNIÓN (Contact telephone numbers - Vitoria: 945 26 46 26 and Bilbao: 94 427 11 11). The trip can take one hour and ten minutes or one and a half hours; depending on the number of stops.
FROM DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN - To reach Lemoa from San Sebastián by coach, the best idea is to go to Bilbao. Once there, follow the advice provided above. By car, take the A-8, direction to Bilbao, to the Amorebieta-Etxano exit. Once in the centre of this town, take the BI-635, direction Lemoa (5 km).
MEETING POINT:
The meeting point will be on the first day of the workcamp at the EUSKOTREN Train Station in Lemoa at 18:
00.
LANGUAGE:
English
REQUIREMENTS:
People with good knowledge of English, who are interested in history and the recovery of historical heritage. Any person with the will to work who finds this topic interesting. Participants must also be able to work in a team and enjoy coexisting with and meeting people from other countries.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:1º Cleaning the beds of dinosaur footprints.2º Filling the cracks.3º Waterproofing.4º Mending and fixing loose rock fragments.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
Information about the lower part of the region of La Rioja (Rioja Baja), including geographical, economic and sociocultural aspects. Trips to areas of paleontological interest and fossiles.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
Albergue Juvenil de Igea. http://www.irj.es/igea
LOCATION:
Igea is a small village situated in the "Rioja Baja". It's 76 km. away from Logroño.Basic economy is agriculture and farm. It's the main producer of honey of La Rioja.
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
Bus station of Logroño. Telephone number: 941 23 59 83Bus from Logroño to Arnedo:Empresa Logroza S.L. (Autobuses Jiménez)
Bus Station of Arnedo. At 14,10 hours or at 21,10 hours on the Bus Station of Arnedo the first day. In this point, the organization will gather the volunteers and will move them to the Youth Hostel of Igea. Or you can incorporate directly into the Youth Hostel in the town of Igea throughout the first day.
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
Spanish and English.
THINGS TO BRING:
European Health Card for EU volunteers.Identification card / passport.Warm clothing.Work-clothes.Work-gloves.Waterproof coat.A sleeping bag (optional).Trainers and mountaineering boots.
EMERGENCY NUMBER:
900 200 272 (IRJ.- Free telephone) - Javier Vázquez (Hostel of Igea) = 649 852 608
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Instituto Riojano de la Juventud (Institute Riojano of Youth)C/ Muro de la Mata, nº 8, bajo26071.- Logroño (La Rioja)
941194001. Fax: 941176049It is very important that all the volunteers CHECK REGULARLY THEIR CONTACT EMAIL for further information about the work camp, as some details, especially the contact and emergency numbers, may change. Mind the "junk mail" folder as sometimes our emails end up in there.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:Restore the exterior of an old wagon located at the front of the French's lobby of Canfranc¿s Station. It's corresponds to the "Costa" wagon type, conserved by the Spanish Railways Fundation.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
1. Environmental study activities: walks, environmental and landscape interpretation, knowledge of wildlife, flora, fauna, biodiversity, geomorphology and anthropology. 2. Trekking activities: two big excursions in the area of Collarada-Ip and the area of Canal Roya-Anayet. 3. Evening Excursions: Gabardito and Coll de Ladrones. 4. Visit the surrounding villages and towns: Villanúa, Castiello, Urdos and Jaca. 5. Mountain sports: Orientation, cartography, hiking, etc.. 6. Leisure activities: parties, games and free time. 7. Training activities: workshop on European citizenship 8. Awareness activities: guided tours heritage, European values
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
Canfranc restored traditional house as a shelter. Capacity: 74 seats
8 + 1 (extra) The Refuge has a large living room with wooden tables, which can be used as multipurpose aims, the room could be use for parties, meetings, games, etc. There are also another room with TV, public use computers, video, DVD, games, music and so on. Where everyone can do all kinds of fun or training activities as they want.The Food¿s well designed to keep the needs of adults who perform physical activities, rich and according to Mediterranean diet, with rich taste recipes. Professional staff made every day the menus in the kitchen of the hostel. The dining room is spacious and connected to the kitchen. Each group of dining have to be organized according to their needs, taking care of the preparation of the tables, distribute the food and their total collection when the eating time finish.
LOCATION:
Canfranc Pueblo, at 20km from Jaca
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
By Road:
From Zaragoza or Huesca to Jaca, with the bus company ALOSA (http://www.alosa.es) info: Zaragoza: 976 229 343. Huesca: 974 210 700. Jaca: 974 355 060. From Jaca to Canfranc¿s Refuge, with bus Commonwealth (http://www.arrakis.es/ ~ saman / mavaragon.htm). Commonwealth Alto Aragón's Valley: 974373017
By Railway:
From Zaragoza, Huesca and Jaca via regular line up Canfranc's RENFE Station. Regular line of regional trains. (http://www.renfe.es/wf/ix.exe?IBIF_ex=hir&U=VR&O=71000&D=74217). RENFE, single information phone: 902240202. From Canfranc¿s Station to Canfranc¿s Refuge, with bus Commonwealth (http://www.arrakis.es/ ~ saman / mavaragon.htm). Commonwealth Alto Aragón Valley: 974373017
MEETING POINT:
Sargantana's Hostel:
Village of Canfranc Pueblo
SPOKEN LANGUAGES :
English, Spanish
NEEDS TO BRING:
European Health Card for EU volunteers.Sleeping bagTowel Sport and waterproof clothesHiking shoesHiking backpackLantern SunglassesSunscreen
SPECIFIC GOALS:
Start the recovery of the second museum wagon.Monitoring and conserve the recovery of the first museum wagon recovered the last years.Collaborate in the development of the idea of "The Canfranc's Station environment as a tourist place"Ensure that participants enjoy the nature environment surrounding of the StationGet the habitants of Canfranc perceive the continuity of the rehabilitation as the elements of the railway through the collaboration of the work camp and the good humor of the participants
PROFILE - COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS:
Young people interested in the rehabilitation of old and historical objects to preserve or interested in the history of the railways. People with spirit of teamwork and able to be part of this big family of workers during the exchange.
INTERNAL RULES:
The work camp is an activity with a big spirit of collaboration and teamwork. There isn't be able by law to smoke or drink alcohol inside the hostel. The cleaning and canteen tasks require the cooperation of participants organizing it every day by small group of people, who will realize that as a work task more.
+34 686933130It is very important that all the volunteers CHECK REGULARLY THEIR CONTACT EMAIL for further information about the work camp, as some details, especially the contact and emergency numbers, may change. Mind the "junk mail" folder as sometimes our emails end up in there.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK: - Volunteer work for enhancement the urban archaeological site Roman Circus. - The project presented will continue the previous edition, as these interventions are the only care which this cultural space of Toledo receives. This is an unique archeological site, located in a upscale urban environment that requires deliberate action to put value back into this place and to be an example to the youth of the city.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
- Water activities and swimming - Sport Games. - Evening meetings. - Recreation activities - Leisure games. - Multiadventure activities in San Pablo de los Montes.
- Cultural visits to the Toledo heritage:
Cathedral, synagogues, mosques, archaeological sites, army museum and Castilla-La Mancha library (Alcázar de Toledo). Visits to unknown heritage of the city. - Tours and legends through the streets around the Toledo historic center
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
Youth Hostel "San Servando," inside San Servando Castle, Tel: 0034925224554 http://www.portaljovenclm.com/fichaAlbergue.php The facility has 96 beds in rooms fully equipped. Besides dining, kitchen, bar, cafeteria, TV rooms, meeting rooms, pool and locker rooms, sports courts, gardens, bathrooms, toilets, showers and hot water
LOCATION:
Toledo, declared World Heritage Site , it is a mixture of all times and people, cultures and religions, all styles are in their sights, all secular activities are shown in she and her visit exalts the soul, intelligence and culture. Toledo is not lost and we think about it as the place we always want to go back and find places that never met. Embraced by the meander of the Tagus river, its geographical position keeps the important causes of his long. Man always found in the Tagus Torno strategic place to settle privilege. In high and surrounded by a natural moat of the river, leaves no doubt of its defensive location and surveillance . Therefore, some of the important monuments are related to their military structure : The Alcazar , the wall or the San Servando Castle ... Toledo stands as a tolerant city that understood to be chosen by different peoples that lived and learned to respect his footsteps preserving still important and well-preserved footprints, that have given the nickname of City of the Three Cultures. The Toledo legends, telling the traveler that there are a hundred toledos to enjoy : the Greco, the night, the artisan, the Jew, the literary ... the city invites you to stay and savor with calm frame of your past, your present modernity , which offers us many possibilities to spend more than a day ... and still want to return.
- Talavera de la Reina - Toledo (Vilar Buses Group 902 25 70 25) from Monday to Friday:
06:00 and 15:00; saturday 8:00 and 16:00; Sunday and holydays 18:45
By Train:
Madrid - Toledo
Tlf:
902240202 web: www.renfe.es
MEETING POINT:
The addition will take place 3rd of august, at the Youth Hostel San Servando Castle (Toledo).Tel: 0034.925224554. http://www.portaljovenclm.com/fichaAlbergue.php Regarding the incorporation of young people will move on their own, both on arrival and at the end of the field, and will include lunch on the first day and ending with breakfast on the last day of the activity
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
English - Spanish
THINGS TO BRING:
European Health Card for EU volunteers. - Tools for Toilet - Towels (shower and pool) - Swimsuit
- Specific equipment for field work:
comfortable clothes, hard-soled shoes, hat, scarf and sunscreen. - Health cards and ID card
SPECIFIC GOALS:
PROFILE - COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS:
INTERNAL RULES:
Like voluntary / voluntary acceptance the following commitment, by means of the signature) at the foot of the same: 1. To develop disinterestedly the tasks during the hours stipulated in the project during five days to the week. 2. To collaborate in the development of the programming of the activities of animation and to take part in the same ones. 3. To contribute to the general organization of the activity in the own tasks of the same one (cleanliness, kitchen, etc ¿). 4. To respect the different beliefs, ideologies and personal differences, of all participants of the workcamp. 5. To join to the beginning of the activity, not leaving it until the end. 6. To respect the own procedure of interior schedule and of living together in each activity, which will be among others: 1. Persons in charge of the activity Accept the indications of them. 2. Fulfillment of the schedules in general. 3. Particular vehicles will not be in use The breach of the established procedure, it he can give place to the exclusion of the work camp
CONTACTS:
- Sección de Juventud en Toledo, Avenida de Europa (45071- Toledo), Tfno.: 0034925330201 - Dirección General de Juventud y Deportes
Web page:
http://juventud.jccm.es
E-mail:
camposdetrabajo@jccm.es
EMERGENCY NUMBER:
618988708
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
www.portaljovenclm.com It is very important that all the volunteers CHECK REGULARLY THEIR CONTACT EMAIL for further information about the work camp, as some details, especially the contact and emergency numbers, may change. Mind the "junk mail" folder as sometimes our emails end up in there.
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