📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Throughout the world, Oxfam is working to find concrete and innovative solutions to help people to emerge from poverty and achieve their full potential. Oxfam also advocates for the voice of the poor people to weight in local and international decisions that affect them. In all its actions, Oxfam works with partner organizations and with vulnerable women and men to end the injustices that lead to poverty.
💼 What the programme involves
The project is to support the implementation of the Oxfam Trailwalker. Its objective is to combat the injustice of poverty in the world. The challenge is to travel on foot and in teams of 4 people a distance of 100 km in 30 hours maximum (it’s the tenth edition). Alongside this, each team raises funds for the benefit of Oxfam-Solidarity projects around the world.
The volunteers will help the Oxfam team (with 350 other volunteers) to set up the facilities in order to receive walkers (1000), their supporters and other volunteers (tents, decoration of the place ...) in the best conditions. During the event, they will be dispatched in different parts of the route to support the organization (give meals and water, welcome and support the walkers, scanning ...).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Arrival in Oxfam office in Brussels to receive sensitization. The first two nights in Brussels. Then departure to the place of the Trail in “Les Hautes Fagnes”. The accommodation will be in a tent or in a building. Take your sleeping bag and mattress with you.
📍 About the location
In the beautiful setting of the “Hautes Fagnes”, a place close to the cities of Eupen and Aachen, close to the German border, one of the most beautiful and best preserved natural regions of Belgium.The first day, volunteers will stay in Brussels. The last day of the project will be a free day in Brussels or elsewhere.
⚠️ Requirements
For volunteers who love nature sport challenges (even if volunteers will not walk the trail).
ℹ️ Additional information
Meals will be prepared for the group and volunteers will eat with the Oxfam team and other volunteers.
Not accessible to wheelchair users.