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Environmental activities: to conserve the surrounding of the island, to help in prevention of forest fires and to help to clean seaweed wearing neoprene clothes in the South Island. Participate in the information activities to visitors and to help physical disabled (wheelchair or old people) visitors and to collaborate with the Environment Service of the National Park. COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES: Leisure and sport activities (snorkel). Visit by fishing boat around the islands. Note: These activities are for your guidance and may be changed in the development of work camp ACCOMMODATION/FOOD: Participants will be accommodated in tents in the work camp of Cies Islands (Vigo-Pontevedra). The site also has buildings as dining room and bathrooms. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided by specialized staff. LOCATION: This work camp is located in the Cies Islands, in Monte Agudo Island (on the north) to be precise, on the Ría de Vigo, in Vigo Municipality. The Cíes Islands and archipelagos of Cortegada, Sálvora and Ons, belong to the National Park of Atlantic Islands of Galicia. The ecologic value of its marine habitat is invaluable because here there are some of the most representative examples of Atlantic marine eco-systems. Marine habitat of the National Park is a big mosaic of different habitats that support an extraordinary diversity of flora and fauna. We can find habitats defined by the European Community like community priority: reefs, lagoons or sandbanks covered all the time by no deep marine waters. On land we can find community priority habitats too, likes the grey dunes or the ¿aerohalins¿ littoral bushes or the southerner Atlantic humid heath bushes. The most important problem in the National Park conservation is the human pressure. In Cies Islands the eucalyptus plantations, pines and acacias have occupied the place of native plants. The eradication of these plantations is a very long place process and the National Park is working in and the results will be seen gradually. Nowadays, it is being developed an appropriate management of the public use, the islands residues, the navigation, the sail, etc. NOTE: This work camp has no access for physical disabled people. TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS: The access to the Work Camp it will be by ship from Estación Marítima near Nautico in Vigo Port. The trip to Cies Islands takes it 50 min. By plane: (www.aena.es). Ph. +34 902 404 704 Santiago de Compostela airport. Ph. + 34 981 547 501 A Coruña airport. Ph. +34 981 187 200 Vigo airport. Ph. +34 986 268 200 By road: - Service A Coruña-Santiago-Pontevedra-Vigo, service Lugo-Pontevedra, Service Ourense-Vigo. Company: MONBUS (www.monbus.es) Ph. +34 902 292 900 Bus stations: A Coruña. Ph. + 34 981 184 335 Lugo. Ph. + 34 982 223 985 Santiago de Compostela. Ph. + 34 981 542 416 Vigo. Ph. + 34 986 373 411 (www.vigobus.com) Pontevedra. Ph +34 986 85 24 08 Ourense. Ph. + 34 988 216 027 Ferrol. Ph. + 34 981 324 751 By train: RENFE (www.renfe.es) Ph. + 34 902 240 202 FEVE (www.feve.es) Ph. + 34 981 370 401 By ship: From Vigo city. Route Vigo-Cies Islands. Company: NAVIERA MAR DE ONS. Tel. +34 986 225 272 (www.mardeons.com). MEETING POINT: First day, from 16.00 h. in the Work Camp of Cies Islands (Vigo-Pontevedra). LANGUAGES SPOKEN: Spanish and English THINGS TO BRING: European Health Card for EU volunteers. Or other kind of sanitary or medical insurance National Identity Card or Passport Personal cleaning items Sleeping bag and a little backpack for routes. Shoes for mountain Warm clothes, waterproof clothes, working clothes, sport clothes, sport shoes and swimming costumes. Work gloves Solar protection and a cap. SPECIFIC GOALS: PROFILE - COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS: INTERNAL RULES: To be a volunteer involves: Working selflessly the hours stipulated on the labour planning, during five days a week. Cooperating with the leisure time activities, planning, development and taking part in them. Contributing towards the workcamp general operation (administration, cleaning, cooking¿) Respecting the different beliefs, ideologies and personal differences among the work camp participants. Staying at the camp during the programmed period. Respecting the internal and life together rules: accepting the person in charge instructions, respecting the schedule. Not using private vehicles during the workcamp length CONTACTS: Dirección Xeral de Xuventude, Participación e Voluntariado, tel.: 981 544 838 and 981 957 115 [email protected] Servizo de Xuventude Vigo, tel.: 986 817 656 www.facebook.com/xuventude.net EMERGENCY NUMBER: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: www.xuventude.net. This is the portal for youth information in Galicia (D. X. de Xuventude, Participación e Voluntariado. Xunta de Galicia) with all the information about workcamps in Galicia, leisure, tourism, youth activities... www.santiagoturismo.com. Information about Santiago de Compostela town, transports, Access... www.hoxe.vigo.org Information about Vigo town, transports, Access... www.xacobeo.es. Official site about Pilgrim¿s way to Santiago and other events. www.turgalicia.es. Official portal with all the touristic information about Galicia. www.alsa.es. Site with information about transport from other towns and cities of Spain 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.