📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Directorate of Youth, Participation and Volunteering (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
- Cleaning of weeds and elimination of non-native species such as acacias and eucalyptus. - Care of specimens of native species present such as chestnut or oak trees. - Cleaning and conditioning of roads, trails and structures such as walls. - Elimination of weeds in the vicinity of an archaeological structure, without affecting it at all, as a preliminary step for a future excavation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The participants will be housed in the sports pavilion of A Cortella. https://concellocoiros.com/instalaciones/acortella-2/
📍 About the location
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES: Visit to places of interest in CoirEs and nearby municipalities within the As MariE as and Terras do Mandeo Biosphere Reserve. Municipal swimming pool and nearby beaches. Attendance at traditional festivals and cultural and sports events that take place in the municipality. Visit to the Fragas do Eume Natural Park. Visits to the cities of Betanzos, Lugo, Santiago de Compostela and A CoruE a. Hiking trails.
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. It is necessary to bring a sleeping bag, backpack for routes and suitable footwear: mountain and sports.