📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This project is an inicative of the international local community resident in La Marina who will act as partners. Local individuals have realised there was a need in the Centro Ocupacional to offer their users a space for experimenting senses and to created a Sensorial Garden where art and sensibility will join to be offer to people with special needs who are participating in the activities of Centro Ocupacional La Xara
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will hep in the construction of a Sensoral Garden designed by a local company under non profit conditions. A sensory garden is a self-contained garden area that allows visitors to enjoy a wide variety of sensory experiences. Sensory gardens are designed to provide opportunities to stimulate the senses, both individually and in combination, in ways that users may not usually encounter.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay at Casa Jasmin , a 200 sq m back up hostal specially designed a s a permanent centre of volunteering. The place is located in a small town 10 km away from la Xara. Volunteers will cook for themselves and sleep in bunkbeds, in rooms of 4 to 10. The accomodation is ideal for these type of projects. Transport to the dayly work will be done by our vans and cars.
📍 About the location
La Marina is a lovely area in the North of the Province of Alicante, Spain, on the Mediterranean bed. Sanet i Negrals and La Xara are less than 10 km away from the coast, however it will be possible to go to the beach and explore the area, full of lovely trecking routes and cosy villages. Social and cultural events are to be offered to volunteers run by international and national locals