📝 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
Refurbishment of two forest areas: below the lookout and the chapel of Monte da Espenuca through the volunteers work to be enjoyed by local people and visitors. Clearing of weed and removal of alien species such as acacias or eucalyptus.Care and maintenance of specimens of indigenous species such as chestnut trees or oaks.Cleaning and clearing of paths, trails or different structures (stone walls and the like)Clearing of weed in the area adjacent to an archaeological construction, without touching it, as a preliminary step to a subsequent excavation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers are staying in the hostel of Centro Etnolóxico do Mandeo, in Teixeiro, municipality of Curtis
📍 About the location
Visits to interesting sites in Coirós and nearby townships within the Biosphere Reserve of As Mariñas and Terras do Mandeo.Local swimming pools and nearby beaches.Traditional feasts and cultural and sport events taking place throughout the municipality.Visit to the Nature Park of Fragas do Eume.Visit to the cities of Betanzos, Lugo, Santiago de Compostela and/or A Coruña.Trekking routes.