📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Local partner is town hall of Lozoyuela, De Amicitia has collaborated with them in the previous years.
💼 What the programme involves
In the town there will be summer camp for kids and they want them to have some experience with English and contact with volunteers. Our volunteers will join itand help to co-create the workshops in English for local children. There will be local monitors who are responsible to propose and organize activities. Each day, approx. four hours workshop/activities will be given in the mornings. English language is the pending subject of Spain. It is well known that Spaniards level of English is not so good, even though it is studied at school for more than 9 years. Simultaneously, the workshops will try to teach other values such as the respect for the environment and promote the culture of peace. Participants are really asked to try their best, even if they speak Spanish, to communicate with children and encourage them to speak English.location and leisure Lozoyuela is a little village in the Sierra Norte of Madrid. Every year its municipality celebrates different cultural holidays. Participants will enjoy the festival and will exchange their culture too. The area around Lozoyuela is mountainous, actually it is located 1000 meters above the sea level. The highway that links Madrid to Bilbao passes right beside the town: this makes transportation to Madrid easy, and the town grew bigger than the other town nearby.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Town hall will provide a confortable rural hostal for the volunteers where they will have rooms, showers, toilets and a kitchen to cook. This accommodation is really comfortable dwellings, maybe not the type you expect in a workcamp but with a double bed and extra beds designed for families to come for weekends Volunteers should bring a summer sleeping bag and lower sheets will be needed. Town hall will provide the food for and it will be cooked by the volunteers.There will be a chance to check emails nearly every day.
📍 About the location
Lozoyuela is a little village in the Sierra Norte of Madrid. Every year its municipality celebrates Summer camps for children. The area around Lozoyuela is mountainous, actually it is located 1000 meters above the sea level. The highway that links Madrid to Bilbao passes right beside the town: this makes transportation to Madrid easy, and the town grew bigger than the other town nearby
⚠️ Requirements
Desire and ability to work with children. Previous experiences are very welcome. Some knowledge of Spanish.Sleeping bags, a pillow and sheets are needed. No Info sheet will be given as it is only one volunteer needed, only explanations on how to arrive