📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The volunteer camp will be developed by the Magdalena Moran Association for a Living Rural World in collaboration with the General Directorate of Youth of the Community of Madrid.
💼 What the programme involves
Thanks to the use of recycled materials you contribute to the improvement of the environment. The objective of this project is the construction of infrastructures with sustainable materials, meeting bioclimatic criteria, using biodegradable and recycled materials. Your volunteering will imply that you minimize the environmental impact by using recycled materials and abandoning construction materials that are used today.In "Bioconstruct leisure spaces", the participants will develop a series of actions in a space managed by different associations and whose beneficiaries are groups of young people who will use the infrastructures created as a meeting point and as a training space.During 15 days, you will enjoy very special holidays, and will meet people from other regions and countries.Work will be carried out in two different spaces, within the same land that has previously been used for pastures and in the future it will serve as a place for different associations and groups to carry out environmental education, sports and socio-cultural revitalization projects.- On the one hand, a meeting, rest and reflection area will be built, transforming an area shaded by ash trees through wooden seats and tables.- In another nearby place, a shelter from the sun, wind and rain will be built, using natural elements (stone, wood, straw) and ancestral techniques: dry stone, light framework, straw walls and lime plaster.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Workcamp base RascafrEa Youth Hostel (Avda del Valle, 45. 28740-RascafrEa- MADRID). The food will be made at the hostel and will consist of breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as a mid-morning snack.
📍 About the location
RascafrEa, together with Oteruelo del Valle, is located in the Alto del Lozoya Valley, in the northwestern part of the Community of Madrid, in the Sierra de Guadarrama, a place of extraordinary beauty declared a National Park in 2013. Historically, the Paular Valley has been linked to the Batanes Estate as an industrial development model linked to sustainable use of resources, such as the use of different hydraulic devices to harness water power. This year, the proposed actions are a continuation of those of previous workcamps, and are intended to add value to the remains of these infrastructures as well as other conservation measures. In the volunteer camp, not everything is work, and you will have the opportunity to enjoy leisure and free time activities:-Swimming days in the natural pools of Las Presillas, in the RascafrEa municipal pool and water activities in the Lozoya reservoir.Walks and routes through the natural environment of the municipality.-Visit to the City of Madrid and the city of Segovia.-Night evenings, video forum, dynamics and games of knowledge and cohesion of the group.-Visit to NavafrEa, the area of Los Chorros and Buitrago de Lozoya.-Equestrian activities, theater, traditional music concert
ℹ️ Additional information
Things to Bring Clothes to work: Sturdy boots, gloves, long-sleeve, t-shirts, long pants to prevent mosquito bites, a cap, sunscreen. Outerwear and rainwear, swimsuit, mosquito repellent, a torch, towel and cleaning supplies. No need to bring a sleeping bag. There are bed sheets at the hostel. A day at the volunteer camp (Schedule) In general, the technical tasks of the camp will be carried out in the morning, from 09 a.m. to 1:30 p. m. In the afternoon there will be leisure and free time activities: swimming pool, workshops, sports, etc. Generic Schedule: - 08:00 ( Good morning - 08:30 ( Breakfast - 09:00 ( Technical work - 11:00 ( Half hour break to eat a snack - 11:30 ( 13:30: Technical work and collecting materials - 14:00 ( Lunch - 15:00 ( Rest break - 17:00 ( Leisure and free time activities - 20:30 ( Dinner - 21:30 ( Night activities - 23:45 ( Good night Insurance The managing entity of the volunteer camp has civil liability and accident insurance.