📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Participants
will help our association in its
actions of nature preservation, such as building
boxes for several endangered bird species,
maintaining traditional dovecots, tending to
artificial feeding stations for vultures, rebuilding
dry stone walls as habitat for reptiles and small
mammals, cleaning and restoring of a riparian
forest ecosystem and riverbed and guided walks
with cleaning actions and wildlife observation
🏠 Accommodation on site
Upon arrival will be accommodated in the community center of Uva, consisting of a spacious dormitory with bunk beds, two bathrooms with hot shower and toilet, a fully equipped industrial kitchen and an outdoor sheltered eating area. Meals will be made looking for the use of local foods, with both omnivorous and vegetarian meals being balanced. Tell us if you have any food restrictions. We arrange transport at the moment of arrival and departure from/to one of the nearest bus destinations, as there is no public transport to Uva from any of them.
🎒 Leisure activities
During the Workcamp, Palombar will host the 6 th edition of this event, which will invite experts, masons and pioneers in traditional architecture and sustainable building techniques to our village In the first weekend of the workcamp, the building in which the volunteers will be working will host presentations of traditional and innovative ecological techniques, cultural heritage projects, practical workshops, movie projections on the subject and an evening of animation by the local cultural association Lérias for both the volunteers and local community members to attend.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Young people between 18 and 30 years. Volunteers do not need any previous experience or knowledge, as our goal is to transmit skills and information and exchange experiences. However, we will not exclude volunteers either who do have a particularly helpful skill or knowledge, such as in cultural heritage, architecture, anthropology, pedagogy, biology, nature conservation.
Deadline: No application deadline
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.