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COLOMBIA ( MERCADO

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About the project

COLOMBIA ( MERCADO

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The objective of this project is to help the local community to strengthen spaces for reflection and awareness about the historical, gastronomic and heritage importance of the Plaza del Mercado of the city of Manizales within the framework of the declaration of the Unesco coffee cultural landscape. This project is organized by the autonomous university of Manizales.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will have to work as a group in order to identify the main gastronomic, cultural and heritage potentials that can be highlighted in the Plaza del Mercado through observation, surveys, and interviews. With this result, they will formulate a proposal for visual, artistic and cultural intervention that allows highlighting the attributes of the Plaza del Mercado in conjunction with the actions that are worked with the culinary arts and gastronomy program of the Autonomous University of Manizales.In the end they will structure a document with the main results and roadmaps of future interventions that can help improve the project that will help to highlight the importance of Plaza del Mercado.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The accommodation will be at a hostel, which will have all the facilities at their disposal namely, private bathroom, hot water, and internet. As well the food will be provided.

📍 About the location

Manizales is a city of steep slopes, its streets evoke the tranquility of a town where all its inhabitants are known but with the turmoil of a city in full transformation and with the dream of consolidating itself as a large city, is a magical tourist destination in Colombia, and its constant cultural activity is well recognized.To learn more about Manizales: https://colombia.travel/es/manizales

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📅 Available sessions

VIVE20.04

08/07/2020 → 21/07/2020

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 5
♂ 0/2 ♀ 0/3

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Manizales, Caldas, Colombia

Colombia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Colombia Peso (COP / $)

Exchange rate

1 COP = 0.000274 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Colombia Standard Time

Local time: 21:21 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish