📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Directorate of Youth, Participation and Volunteering (www.xuventude.xunta.es) is a department of the Xunta de Galicia (www.xunta.gal) whose priority is to meet the needs and concerns of the young population living in Galicia, firmly believing that youth has much to contribute to society as a whole. We work to improve the quality of life of young people in our autonomous community, developing actions and programs that benefit them, increase their well-being and allow them to improve their skill.
💼 What the programme involves
The work to be done are as follows: - Cleaning and rehabilitation of the hiking route MuiE os da Torrente: We will carry out a deep cleaning of the trails of this route. - Reform of the forest park Outeiro de Cela: We will paint the letters MUIE OS NATUREZA VIVA, revision of the signage of the whole park (arboretum, signpost pond of the ducks). - O Corgo Tourist-Sports Complex: Signaling from the Tourist-Sports Complex "O Corgo" to all the towns of the City Council (38) with its distance in kilometers. - Environmental awareness talks: During the summer season, thousands of children from all over Spain and Portugal gather at the O Corgo Tourist and Sports Complex. - Workshops for the construction of shelters and feeders for birds and pollinating insects, in the areas affected by forest fires to recover the avifauna. We will use natural and waste materials.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The participants will stay at the O Corgo Complex in MuEE os (Ourense). http://www.concellomuinos.com/o-corgo
📍 About the location
FREE TIME COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES Nautical activities. Sighting of nocturnal fauna. Geocaching through the Nature Reserve. Recognition of mountain fauna and flora. Observation of forest ecosystems and landscape interpretation. Activities to identify fauna tracks and signs. Environmental, ethnographic and interpretive routes through the natural park and the surrounding towns. Environmental and recycling workshops. Video-forum. Role playing games. Baths in the Maus de BaE os hot springs. Visit to Allariz (ANDREA association donkeys, leather museum, O Rexo environmental center, biosphere reserve market, leisure and bathing in Allariz)
ℹ️ Additional information
The incorporation to the work camp is in the afternoon of the first day and the departure the last day after breakfast. Recommended equipment: Sleeping bag, mat and backpack for routes. Shs suitable for mountain and sports shs. Clothing: sports (sweatshirts,...), bathing (swimsuit, towel, flip-flops...), warm clothing (clothes suitable for carrying out the work in the rain or cold), water (raincoat), work (gloves, hat , comfortable shs, hiking boots,...)