ACTIVE PATHS ´LOZOYUELA 2016´

Tasks to be performed: Restoration of paths/roads: Restore different routes to get to different municipalities: This requires that the following tasks be performed: Access Roman Bridge and Sieteiglesias necropolis: Removal and clearing of vegetation that hides and obstructs, thus favouring the preservation of their traditional uses. Integration of these elements into the landscape to positively impact on their multiple functions (i.e. vegetation, amphibians, watering and landscape). Reposition and replacement of lost elements to ensure their continuity. Old Fountain: Removal, clearing and cleaning of vegetation. Channel runoff water which closes the passage through this area corresponding to the road that connects Lozoyuela to Las Navas de Buitrago. The Old Fountain is an architectonic element. Enhancement of tourist areas: Plant vegetation of native species to embellish those areas. Paths and roads: Removal and clearing of vegetation at the sides of roads and paths, correction of small runoffs, cleaning of remains and improvement of silted water passages. Create signs and/or explanatory panels: About flora and fauna of the environment. Dissemination and environmental preservation: Brochures and information panels will be prepared to describe the behaviour we must show when we are in the nature, i.e. do not throw waste, preserve vegetation, walk only on the signalled path, etc.) COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES: Workshops and group leisure activities will be held together with the young people from Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias. Activity I: Welcome party: All young people in the villages will be invited to this activity, because our main goal is to tell them about the project as well as integration of people with different cultures. A DJ will play music to liven up the evening, and workcamp participants and local youth will be able to meet and enjoy by playing different games. Excursion to Presillas de Rascafría: We will travel to Rascafría where we will hike a trail that will end up in the small dams (presillas). Participants will be able to swim and enjoy the wonderful nature of this area in the high valley of Lozoya, and after lunch they will have the possibility to visit the Monastery of the Paular. Activity II: Watching the Magical sky. A hiking route by night that ends at Sieteiglesias necropolis, where several professionals of astronomy will explain us that wonderful world, with their telescopes. Activity III: Sports party. Inauguration of the restored road by giving it value as a healthy circuit. Party with a popular walk, bikes, dance in the street and activities with water. ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: Parish House Hostel in Sieteiglesias - Calle Real, s/n - 28753 Sieteiglesias Lozoyuela - Las Navas - Sieteiglesias MADRID SPAIN Participants will sleep in bunk beds and mattresses, so they will have to bring a sleeping bag. LOCATION: The municipality of Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias is located north of Madrid Region, in the area of the Sierra Norte (Nothern Mountains) (they are just 66 km. north of Madrid, on the National I highway). Its surface area is around 52 km2 and is located 1,028 m. height above sea level. It consists of three historical towns, which merged in 1973. Lozoyuela, the largest, is located in the center of the municipality, while Navas de Buitrago and Sieteiglesias are located to its west. TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS: From airport to Lozoyuela: Metro and Bus. Take the metro line 8 and get off at Colombia station. Then, transfer to metro line 9 towards Mirasierra, and get off at Plaza de Castilla station. Walk from here to the underground bus exchanger and take line # 191 (Madrid-Lozoyuela). From Renfe Atocha station (Madrid): Metro and Bus. Take metro line 1 towards Pinar de Chamartín, and get off at Plaza de Castilla station. Walk from here to the underground bus exchanger and take line # 191 (Madrid-Lozoyuela). From Méndez Álvaro bus station (Madrid): Metro and Bus. Take metro line 6 and get off at Pacífico station, then transfer to take metro line 1 towards Pinar de Chamartín and get off at Plaza de Castilla station. Walk from here to the underground bus exchanger and take line # 191 (Madrid-Lozoyuela). From Avenida América bus station (Madrid): Metro and Bus. Take metro line 9 towards Mirasierra, and get off at Plaza de Castilla station. Walk from here to the underground bus exchanger and take line # 191E (Sieteiglesias)-194-195 (Madrid- Lozoyuela). (Company: ALSA) Info. phone: 91.177.99.51. Buses leave every hour approximately, from 06:00h until 22:00 h. MEETING POINT: From 17,00 h. at the Parish House Hostel in Sieteiglesias. LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English THINGS TO BRING: European Health Card for EU volunteers. Clothes to work; sturdy boots, gloves, T-shirts, long pants, outerwear or rainwear, and cap. Clothing for the rest of the day, comfortable shoes, sportswear, swimsuit, outerwear or rainwear. Towel and cleaning supplies. Canteen, hat and sunscreen. Sleeping bag Upon arrival, the participant must show the workcamp coordinator the receipt of payment of fees (accommodation, food, entertainment and technical staff, and the scheduled tour included). Transport to the workcamp area is paid for by the participant. SPECIFIC GOALS: - Develop respectful attitudes towards traditional models of environmental management. - Investigate land management systems that may act as a replicable model of productive structures based on sustainable management of biodiversity in rural areas. - Encourage processes of education, awareness, integration and coexistence among participants. - Value volunteer, group and interdisciplinary work. PROFILE - COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS: The workcamp targets young people between 18 and 30 who are interested in the environment.. INTERNAL RULES: A workcamp is an activity in which a group of young people from different backgrounds, voluntarily and selflessly work to develop a social aimed project and complementary activities during a set period of time. Performing the project is a way to promote values of coexistence, tolerance, solidarity, participation, intercultural learning, etc. From Monday to Friday morning the actual work of the workcamp will be carried out. A technical director will supervise the tasks. In the afternoon, as well as in the weekends, leisure and recreation activities will be held. A team of monitors will be available for the programmed excursions. Regarding volunteers As the workcamp is a community of specific objectives, each participant must assume the basic principles stated above, which are mandatory rules: 1.- Working selflessly the hours stipulated in the project for five days a week. 2.- Collaborate in the organization of the schedule entertainment activities and participate in them. 3.- Contribute to the general organization of the workcamp in its specific tasks. 4.- Respect the different ideological beliefs and personal differences of participants. 5.- Stay on the workcamp for its whole duration. 6.- Respect the internal and coexistence rules of each workcamp, including: - Accept the indications of the responsible staff for each activity. - Meet schedules. - Do not use private vehicles for the duration of the workcamp. - Do not consume alcohol or/and illegal drugs. - No outsiders are allowed in the workcamp. 7- Active participation and generous collaboration, help fellow volunteers and contribute value that enrich the group. The non-acceptance or non-compliance with established rules may result in immediate expulsion from the workcamp. CONTACTS: Workcamp Programme, Department of Youth and Sports (Programa Campos de Trabajo, Dirección General de Juventud y Deportes), phone number: 91/ 276 75 19, 91.276.70.03 Pº Recoletos 14- 3th. floor, 28001, Madrid. Service hours: 9.00 - 14.00 Monday to Friday. EMERGENCY NUMBER: 638 218 441 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Workcamps are a way of approaching the voluntary work, mainly from the coexistence in a group of youth involved in a project of social dimension. Participants are usually young people from different countries or regions, therefore coexistence is based on mutual respect and non-discrimination for ideas and beliefs on sex, race or social origin. Participation is entirely voluntary, however, as in every group, there are rules to be met that must be known before the enrolment. This will permit that young people to experience life in group and life at the Community where they offer their voluntary service, to discover different cultures as well as the historical and socio-economic reality of a country or a specific region. A WORKCAMP IS... Rules: A place of creation where respecting rules by all participants helps create an atmosphere of friendship, participation and collaboration Environment: One way to understand and integrate into the environment where the workcamp is run (through activities, excursions, etc). Experience: A way to break away from routine activities and open up to new experiences. Work: Active and joint participation in a social service for the community where the workcamp is run. Entertainment: Enjoying novel, uncommon activities, as an alternative to typical holidays. Values: Experience of group life in contrast to the individualism by experiencing the values of group life. Acquisition of social values (tolerance, solidarity, ...) Willingness: A group of participants willing to live, work and play together by adapting to the group. Meeting: A meeting place of people from different backgrounds where their culture and customs are exchanged Availability: A place where everything is done by all. 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.