📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
SVI (International Volunteering Service), is part of the Spanish Institute for Youth (Instituto de la Juventud-Injuve), a Public Institution dependent on the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, whose main purpose is to promote international volunteering projects and activities among youth people. The SVI coordinates the international work camps organized by the Autonomous Communities and Autonomous Cities in Spain, and is responsible for managing the exchange of available places between the Work Camps in Spain and the International Organizations.
💼 What the programme involves
This work camp will take place in Huesca, a small town (50.000 inhabitants) near the Pyrenees Mountains. The History of Huesca has a vast legacy of legends and tales. The aim of this work camp is spreading this legacy for tourism development through performing arts. So, participants will create and perform dramatized sightseeing routes. At the end of the work camp we will play our show to the audience.The work camp is divided into two parts:Part 1, Study and knowledge of the legends and tales of the city of Huesca during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. We will make this work by visiting archives, museums, historical buildings in which the events took place.Part 2, Creation, design and implementation of dramatized touristic routes which will value the immaterial heritage of the town. Participants will help to write scripts, design props, choose costumes... Everyone will have a role in the play. The play will be held in Spanish, but don′t worry if you don′t know a word, it is no necessary. We will rehearse the show to be presented to the audience. Participants will be accompanied by History and Drama experts during the whole process.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be held in shared rooms with beds at the Students Residence Santo Domingo in Huesca which is located in the central district along with the bullring and the university. The residence, with capacity to accommodate more than 20 people in shared rooms, has common areas and dining room with TV. The residence also offers free WiFi access. Participants may help in the general cleaning of common areas.Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be normally served at the residence. The meals are home made by the residence cook. If you have any allergy or food intolerance please let us know to warn the cook in advance. Some days if we are in a journey or if we have a very tight scheduled we can have a package lunch with sandwich and some fruit.
📍 About the location
Besides visiting museums, archives or monuments and rehearsing this work camp will offer other activities such as group games to know each other, journeys to the surrounding villages and countryside, Gymkhanas, Photo rally, multicultural dinners, swimming pool...
⚠️ Requirements
The work camp is divided into two parts:Part 1, Study and knowledge of the legends and tales of the city of Huesca during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. We will make this work by visiting archives, museums, historical buildings in which the events took place.Part 2, Creation, design and implementation of dramatized touristic routes which will value the immaterial heritage of the town. Participants will help to write scripts, design props, choose costumes... Everyone will have a role in the play. The play will be held in Spanish, but don't worry if you don't know a word, it is no necessary. We will rehearse the show to be presented to the audience. Participants will be accompanied by History and Drama experts during the whole process.