📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Associació Catalana de lleure formatiu (ASCALFO)
💼 What the programme involves
The technical work will consist of doing excavations at the Islamic Fort of Agira in Balaguer. The volunteers will work with manual tools: brushes, wheelbarrows, shovels, hoes, picks, etc. All the technical work is coordinated by the specialists from the museum Museu Comarcal de la Noguera.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In the village school La Penya. The participants will sleep in the sports hall of the school. Mattresses will be provided but there will be no pillows. Tables and benches will be provided for the volunteers to arrange their bags and clothes.
📍 About the location
A wide range of afternoon and weekend activities will be proposed: communication and recycling activities, traditional games from each country, activity with local kids, etc. There will also be different cultural excursions: night excursion to Mor-mur, Cultural visit of Balaguer, and an excursion to the Franqueses monastery. Two-day excursion from La Pobla to Vilanova de la Sal sleeping in a shelter (called La Tolla) with bunk beds and bathrooms with no hot water. During the two-day excursion the group will visit the salt mines in Vilanova de sal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Hard Work: no
Motivation letter: No
Don’t forget : Participants have to bring comfortable clothes to do the technical work.