📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The town hall of Calpe
💼 What the programme involves
This project is mostly an environmental visibility project. The volunteers will have various task.Volunteers will clean up a natural park located close to the Salinas (a lake in the center of Calpe). During the 1970s this park was totally green and the people were using this park for picnic and childrens playground, nevertheless for some years the areas around have been used by people to leave garbage. Nowadays the town hall wants to make this park green again in order to use it as a playground for children. They had burnt all the rubbish there but all the glasses and the bottles left on the ground.The other tasks that the volunteers have to carry on are;- Creating visibility campaigns in the beach- Cleaning of the small and forgotten beaches.- Fire watching and awareness to fire control.- Fixing some areas of the Casa Coco- Cleaning the botanic garden in the salinasWork will be done Monday to Friday, approx. 6 hours per day. Volunteers are going to start working at around 8:00 and will finish at 14:00.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accommodation will be in the volunteers house which has two big rooms with 4 bunk beds in each. There are also separate bathrooms and shower facilites in the house. There is a kitchen and a common room for the volunteers. Accommodation itself provides basic conditions and the quality of it depend also on cleanliness and contribution of all participants. Nevertheless, it would be just for volunteers and its not far away from the sandy beaches.Sleeping bag is required.This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle.
📍 About the location
The accommodation will be in the volunteers house in Calpe. Volunteers are required to bring summer sleeping bags. The accommodation is basic, but there will enough equipment for the volunteers. And also it would be just for volunteers and sandy beaches are not very far away. This project will include a one day only vegan food day agreed by volunteers for the promotion of environmental sustainable lifestyle. Note: There could be some changes in the accomodation arrangement. The alternative option will be tents in the equipped camping area in the hills of Calpe.
ℹ️ Additional information
The last night of the project, the accommodation will be in a youth hostel is Alicante where participants will be able to explore the city, including some cultural activities, under the supervision of an adult volunteer.