📝 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
Conservation and improvement of the areas where the work camp is located and archaeological intervention in Castro da Torre and Castro Vilar.Getting to know the history of the township of Folgoso do Courel and the area where the work will be developed.Cleaning and clearing of the area.Checking and improvement of the routes.Archaeological intervention in Castro da Torre and Castro Vilar.Conservation and improvement of the surroundings of the castro of Torre (Sobredo) and Castro Vilar (Vilar).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Hostel of de Folgoso do Courel (holding capacity of 25 people, health care, kitchen and dining room).
📍 About the location
Workshops (T-shirt painting, clay modeling, basketry, recycling and reusing, environmental about crafts and techniques of caring and protecting the nature, leather, information about Folgoso do Courel).Trekking routes (route of Fervenza (waterfall) of Rexío through Sobredo toward Castro da Torre and route of Devesa da Rogueira).Visits to Castro de Vilar and Castle of Carbedo.Ravines, caving, water activities (kayak, canoe, paddleboard, ...).Music soirees, discussion forums.