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Almatà’16

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About the project

Almatà’16

📝 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 Medina and at the Pla d’Almatà in Balaguer. The volunteers will work with manual tools: brushes, wheelbarrows, shovels, hoes, picks, etc. All the technichal work is coordinated by the specialists from the museum Museu Comarcal de la Noguera.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In one of the village’s schools. 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. There will be an adapted outdoor infrastructure to cook. The dining room will be located under the outdoor porch. The volunteers will use the showers (with hot water!) and bathrooms of sports hall.

📍 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.

⚠️ Requirements

Accessing: For socioeconomic background and mental disabilities. Not for reduced mobility

ℹ️ Additional information

New camp! Accessing: For socioeconomic background and mental disabilities. Not for reduced mobility Extra fee: 20 euros, to be paid in advance.

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📅 Available sessions

CAT09

17/07/2016 → 31/07/2016

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 24
♂ 0/12 ♀ 0/12

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–29 years old

Solidarity donation

20.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Balaguer, Lleida, Spain

Spain

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish