ECOMEZIO
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About the project
ECOMEZIO
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This camp will be organized by APRISOF, an environmental NGO focused on the protection of rivers in the district of Porto, Portugal.
We promote volunteering activities, environmental training and eduction.
This camp integrates the Municipality of Lousadas sustainability agenda, which includes many environmental projects, always in cooperation with local communities. This camp will be organized by a team of biologists experienced in both science and animation. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about environmental management and nature conservation, and engage in conservation-training activities in the rivers Sousa and Mezio, which need cleaning and ecological restoration in some parts. Volunteers will also get to see and learn about our flora and fauna, local culture, food, rural landscape, etc
💼 What the programme involves
🏠 Accommodation on site
Participants will sleep in a sports complex in Lousada, in shared rooms with sleeping mattresses. There will be separated rooms for boys and for girls. The complex has locker room with hot water showers also separated by gender. Participants have to bring their own towels and hygiene products.
🍲 Food
The organization will provide breakfasts, lunches, break snacks, and dinners. Lunches and dinners are prepared/cooked by the municipalitys staff and served at the sports complex canteen, but some lunches will be served in the field (sandwiches, fruits, etc.). All meals are vegetarian.
📍 About the location
🎒 Leisure activities
- Visit to Guimarães, a UNESCO world heritage city.
- Sketch’n Fun (Pictionary), music, environmental movies night, Portuguese traditional games, sports, quiz night, talks, cultural and environmental tours, fauna (bats, amphibians, birds) and flora observation, visit to museums, visit to Mata de Vilar.
- Local culture workshops (filigrana, apiculture, vinha do enforcado, etc)
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📅 Available sessions
PT-IPJ 10.8
31/08/2020 → 11/09/2020
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 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
4620 Lousada, Portugal
Portugal
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
🛡️ Before you leave
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