ALDEA DO COUTO

The experience means carrying out works of cleaning footpaths, natural places in a natural area of great wealth and, on the other hand, to cooperate in the organization and development of the young festival Con V de Valarés. COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES: Visits to emblematic places of the Costa da Morte, contact and participate in activities of popular culture (Galician tales and legends, traditional games...), fancy-dress party, jugglery, and sport activities. ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: The volunteers will be lodged in the municipal sports pavilion and their catering will be provided by a restaurant... LOCATION: Ponteceso is a municipality located in Costa da Morte, in the province of A Coruña, with an important natural and cultural heritage. Its two main representative artists are: the writer Eduardo Pondal and the painter Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor). TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS: Byairplane: (www.aena.es), tel.: 902 404 704 Airport of Lavacolla in Santiago de Compostela, tel.: 981 547 501 Airport of Alvedro (The Coruña), tel.: 981 187 200 Airport of Peinador (Vigo), tel.: 986 268 200 By road: - Service A Coruña-Santiago-Pontevedra-Vigo, service Lugo-Pontevedra, Ourense-Vigo Service. Company MONBUS(www.monbus.es), tel.: 902 292 900 - Services of Costa da Morte Company: Autos Vázquez. Tel. 981 25 41 45 Company: Aucasa. Tel. 981 58 88 11 Stations of buses: A Coruña, tel.: 981 184 335 Lugo, tel.: 982 223 985 Santiago de Compostela, tel.: 981 542 416 Vigo, tel.: 986 373 411 (www.vigobus.com) Ourense, tel.: 988 216 027 Ferrol, tel.. 981 324 751 By train: RENFE (www.renfe.es), tel.: 902 240 202 FEVE (www.feve.es), tel.. 981 370 401 MEETING POINT: On 6th of August throughout the afternoon in the Casa dos Veciños (O Couto) LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Spanish, Galician THINGS TO BRING: European Health Card for EU volunteers. Cleaning supplies (toilet bag) and a shower towel. Sleeping bag, mat and backpack (for hiking) Trekking shoes and sports footwear. 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: Exchanging experiences, linguistic knowledge and habits. Knowing the techniques of conditioning and improvement of natural routes. Motivating the participants to get a better knowledge of our earth and all of its resources, taking the cultural and social background into account. Favouring the communication, collaboration and cooperation. Promoting the feeling of service to the community with the given works. PROFILE ¿ COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS: INTERNAL RULES: The specific and compulsory tasks of the camp will be developed in the morning. The volunteers will be divided into groups and will work under the guidelines of the director of the camp who will coordinate the tasks. In the middle of the morning there will be a break for refreshment with a piece of fruit and water. As for the voluntary activities in the afternoon there will be many activities to choose from. The evening activities will offer several options (games, visits to near villages¿) Cooperation and teamwork will be encouraged in order to improve the development of the camp. CONTACTS: José María Varela (Tel. 00 34 620 069 373) Dirección Xeral de Xuventude, Participación e Voluntariado, Tel.: 981 544 838 and 981 957 115 [email protected] Servizo de Xuventude A Coruña, Tel.: 881 881 238 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.