📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Fundación Cruz de los Ángeles is a social service which gives special attention to families, children and teenagers and specifically to those who are socially disadvantaged, people with less opportunities. They work to promote and enhance the comprehensive development of children and adolescents in the personal, family, educational and social fields, looking for the best way to their personal and group development. Through a creative and motivating learning, based on the coexistence of the languages of the participants, activities and specific proposals that fit our reality and our needs. De Amicitia and Fundación Cruz de los Ángeles started this collaboration last year and we continue with it encouraged with the great impact and meaning for kids and memorable experience for volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
The aim is that volunteers communicate with children in English, to encourage them to overcome the fear of speaking in a foreign language through non-formal educational methods and setting. In first two days of the workcamp participants will get a formation by Fundacion Cruz de los Angeles in order get to know the local environment and to understand the legal context of working with children under state protection (that includes signing confidentiality contracts and to comply with some restrictions). Children we're going to work with are aged from 6 to 18, therefore our group will be split into two non fixed teams, where participants will rotate and organize different activities according to the kids age group. We will prepare activities and materials in English on different topics, such as archaeology, music, food, animals.. With the older kids – teenagers we will spend time in the afternoons, and mornings are for the younger kids.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a house situated near Colunga. Volunteers will stay apart from the group of children. Food will be provided by the Fundación Cruz de los Ángeles. Breakfasts will be prepared by volunteers, lunch and dinner in the house or together with kids, depending on daily activities.
📍 About the location
The province Colunga lies on the Cantabrian Sea and is located in the north of Spain, which is considered as the green area of Spain (lots of trees and plants). Playa de la Griega - is a very beautiful place and it is the nearest beach to the center town of the province, Colunga. This place is famous for one particular thing - here the footprints of dinosaurs were found. East of the beach on the cliffs is the famous and spectacular site of dinosaur footprints. The enormous size of these footprints, some of them reach 1.30 meters in diameter, allows it to be considered ones the largest footprints discovered so far. Places to visit: nearby lighthouse Lastres and Jurassic Museum of Asturias (MUJA), cities Gijon and Santander. Volunteers will have 2 free days in the middle of the camp to discover the area.
⚠️ Requirements
Criminal record to be sent in advance. Bring some information about your country or region to share between the other participants and to create activities with kids in the programe. You can bring photos, music, sweets, typical receipts, post cards, ideas for traditional games or dance.