Oreino

Volunteers will be involved in forestry work. In cooperation with local environmental groups and villagers, volunteers will continue the work of last years’ workcamps, connecting Apigania forest and the Gorge of Koutsouras, to the village of Oreino, thus providing a hiking route that connects the mountainous village all the way to the sea while at the same time providing a fire protection zone in an area that had its natural balanced disrupted by a great fire in 1993. More specifically volunteers will: a) Clean the route from old trees and other materials, as a fire protection measure. b) Create and place sign posts and information panels along the path. c) Create wooden fences in exposed parts of the path and wooden steps where needed. d) Help in the organisation and of course participate in the Oreino village traditional party. Volunteers will work 5 hours per day, 6 days per week. We might need to adapt the daily schedule (e.g start working at 6 in the morning or work both morning and afternoon) in order to avoid the hottest hours of the day. Any changes in the working schedule and/or type of work will be discussed and decided as a group and in close cooperation with the local host.