💼 What the programme involves
Main Activity:
The main work will consist of conducting a series of simple infrastructures that will address the needs of the space called 'The Land of the Games'. These actions will create basic elements for the development of activities in this place:
-Conclusion of the oven to bake bread and the bakery: completion of the oven, Spanish roof tile, walls plastering by using traditional lime techniques, wood carpentry in windows, etc.
-Build a shed to be used in activities and workshops.
-Repairs of existing playgrounds.
In all these buildings we will make use of low impact criteria, traditional building techniques and eco-efficient technology.
The young volunteers will gain skills in self-construction, bio-building and sustainability; they will learn stone-carving as well as other mud, lime and wood work techniques; use of local and recycled materials.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES - LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
On the other hand, but simultaneously, the young volunteers signing up for this camp will participate in diverse activities of socio-cultural animation and rural revival, collaborating with distinct municipal associations, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by popular games and cultural tradition. Among others, the following activities are proposed:
- Trade and Craft Fair
- Rural life and culture workshop
- Environmental workshop
- Intergenerational games and activities
- Experience a day with a family
- Artistic creativity workshop: decoration of the Cultural Centre
- Participation in the Cultural Evenings at the Amphitheatre.
Also, to spend their free time, there will be other cultural, recreational or sportive activities and workshops directed to the group of young participants, such as:
- Day trips to Salamanca and 'Las Arribes del Duero' ( portuguese border)
- Workshops of artistic expression
- Dramatization and corporal expression
- Sport activities
- Night activities of animation
- International cooking workshop.
ACCOMMODATION/FOOD:
YOUTH HOSTEL 'LA CABAÑUELA'
C/ Berganciano , 16 CP: 37171 MONLERAS
TELÉFONO: 648 856 611
LOCATION:
MONLERAS (SALAMANCA)
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
From Madrid to Salamanca.
By bus: 'Estación Sur' Bus station (every hour commute, http://www.avanzabus.com ).
By train: 'Chamartín'. Train station. (day scheduling in http://www.renfe.es/)
From Salamanca to Monleras:
By bus: Empresa Criado. Salamanca Bus Station.
Leaves Salamanca from Monday to Friday at 17:30 pm, No service on Saturdays and Sundays.
For further Information: Salamanca Bus station (0034) 923 23 67 17
MEETING POINT:
Salamanca Bus Station, at 17:00 pm
Youth hostel 'La Cabañuela' at 18:30 pm
(50 metres away from bus stop)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
English/Spanish
THINGS TO BRING:
European Health Card for EU volunteers.
Small knapsack, shower slippers, summer clothes, something warmer for the cold nights.
Comfortable and sporty footwear
Working clothes: trousers, shoes, hat or cap.
Sun protection: sunscreen, glasses
Personal hygiene, beach towels.
Bed sheets, blankets and shower towels are provided in the youth hostel
SPECIFIC GOALS:
PROFILE ¿ COMMITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS:
Young people with social concerns, who want to get a better grasp of the rural world through involvement in a community project in a small town in western Castilla. Young people interested in bio-building and the knowledge of traditional culture for sustainable living.