📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Directorate of Youth (www.xuventude.xunta.es) is a department of the Xunta de Galicia (www.xunta.gal) whose priority is to meet the needs and concerns of the young population living in Galicia, firmly believing that youth has much to contribute to society as a whole.
We work to improve the quality of life of young people in our autonomous community, developing actions and programs that benefit them, increase their well-being and allow them to improve their skill.
💼 What the programme involves
The Festival da Luz (festival promoted by the well-known singer Luz Casal, a native of the town of Boimorto), which has been held in Boimorto since 2012 for solidarity purposes. The main activity of this workcamp will consist of collaborating in the organization and launch of the charity music festival through different volunteer actions such as:
• Help in the organization in the days leading up to the festival.
• Collaborate in the assembly and distribution of the different areas of the venue where it is held.
• Participate in the various tasks carried out during the festival, including distribution of wristbands, accommodation, attention to the public at the information stands, collaboration in the children's area....
• Carry out different information and stimulation activities designed and proposed by the volunteers themselves.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Albergue Xuvenil Garatuxa. https://avada.gal/Albergue-Xuvenil-Garatuxa/gl/
📍 About the location
Boimorto Municipality is located in the southeast of the province of A Coruña. It is located in the center of the imaginary triangle formed by the three great cities of northern Galicia: Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña and Lugo. It is also a crossing point for the Camino Norte de Santiago.
Leisure activities:
• Visit Santiago de Compostela and A Coruña cities.
• Battle of archers: Game in which two teams of archers will face each other, putting their aim to the test.
• Cultivation of shiitake in chestnut and oak wood, and we will make a small trunk so that each person can easily obtain mushrooms based on humidity and sun.
• Ponte do Castro Recreational Area, river beach.
• Galician traditional music (Foliada).
• Astronomical Observation.
• We will visit the Cistercian Mosteiro of Santa María de Sobrado and the Lagoa. We will do the Ruta da Carballeira, filming location for the movie El Bosque Animated, by film director José Luis Cuerda.
• Route of Megalitos de Toques.
• Workshops.
ℹ️ Additional information
The incorporation to the work camp is in the afternoon of the first day and the departure the last day after breakfast.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT:
• Cleaning supplies (complete toiletry bag) and shower towel.
• Sleeping bag, mat and backpack for routes.
• Comfortable shoes for mountain and sports shoes.
• Clothes: sportswear (sweatshirts...), swimwear (swimsuit, towel, flip-flops...), warm clothing (suitable clothing to be able to do the job in case of rain or cold), work clothes (gloves, hat)