📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Direction for Youth, Participation and Volunteering has among its powers to promote work camps in the Galicia region. This general direction belongs to the Ministry of Social Policy of the regional government of Galicia (www.xunta.gal).
💼 What the programme involves
It is an ethnographic work camp that puts volunteers in contact with the Ribeira Sacra ourense, based on knowledge of the history of Esgos in particular and Galicia in general. An important aspect in this work camp is the enhancement of the recovery of old crafts such as potters, sharpeners, basket makers, ...
Compilation and digitalization of old photographs: our people, environments, old works...
Compilation of legends and old stories told by our elderly people.
Make audiovisual material, website... that culminates with a permanent exposition in Parada Justel Cultural Center of this work.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Young people staying in the hostel Vilar de Ordelles, consisting of 35 beds, a living room and kitchen, toilets and showers and outdoor recreation area. We have a sport pitch five meters away from the hostel and social premises for conducting activities in the case of rain. Breakfast and dinner will be performed by hostel staff and the lunch by an outside company.
📍 About the location
Swimming pool, archery, orienteering race, sports and traditional games, visit Ourense city and its hot springs (Termas de Outariz and As Burgas) in Ourense city, workshop on the traditional wood oven.
⚠️ Requirements
You must bring:
Sleeping bag and a little backpack for routes.
Bathroom towels.
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 plannings development and take part in them.
Contributing towards the workcamps general operation (administration, cleaning, cooking...) Respecting the different believes, ideologies and personal differences among the work camps 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.