TAKING CARE OF EARTTH S FUTUR
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About the project
TAKING CARE OF EARTTH S FUTUR
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our partner is responsible for the execution of an integrated and decentralized policy for areas of sport and youth, in close collaboration with public and private entities, particularly with sports organizations, youth associations, student and local authorities. The preservation of ethics in sport is still one of the main scopes of our partner. It aims to boost support for youth associations, volunteerism and promotion of citizenship, leisure activities, non-formal education, information and geographical mobility of young people in Portugal and abroad. It is proposed also to revitalize the youth tourism, particularly with regard to youth hostels network and the Youth Card, in order to increase mobility, with efficiency gains and cost savings.
💼 What the programme involves
TAKING CARE OF EARTTH S FUTURE aims to promote environmental education and reflect on the issue of garbage, waste, the cycle of materials and sustainable growth. This project will have as main objective to raise awareness among participants and the local community about the importance of environmental issues, namely the practice of recycling through cleaning spaces (removing garbage improperly deposited in green spaces) and the recovery of organic material that can be composted, transforming it into a natural fertilizer to be used in the vegetable garden or garden, thus enriching the land and reducing the amount of organic matter that is mixed with urban solid waste.
During the Workcamp participants will perform the following tasks:
• collection of garbage and artificial waste in green spaces with collection at collection points;
• clean and prepare the 2 community composting areas;
• construction and placement of the 2 wooden composters;
• construction and placement of 2 litter bins to place bio-waste transport bags;
• elaboration and placement of 2 information panels summarizing the scope of the project, approaching the concept of community urban composting, its benefits, the waste that must be placed, etc;
• construction and placement of 2 wooden fences around the composting pens;
• development of materials for dissemination/awareness of the advantages of using community composters
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMODATION: The participants will stay at Hostel EntryFik. The Hostel is working since 2016 and the building was completely reformulated. The participants will sleep in dormitories divided per gender. INTERNET: The hostel provides free Wi-Fi.
🍲 Food
In the Hostel, we will have a team that clean the accommodation and cook the meals.
MEALS: Meals will be served at the hostel. All special food requirements will be respected if there’s prior information sent to the participants. We will have 5 meals a day (breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and supper).
📍 About the location
TAKING CARE OF EARTTH S FUTURE will take place at Maceira. Maceira is a rural Portuguese parish in the municipality of Fornos de Algodres, in the province of Beira Alta, in the Center region and sub-region of Serra da Estrela, with an area of 8.06 kmI and 229 inhabitants.
⚠️ Requirements
ℹ️ Additional information
Our camps don’t have any fees for volunteers.
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
PT-IPJ 10.6
01/08/2022 → 12/08/2022
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
6370 Fornos de Algodres, Portugal
Portugal
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Western European Standard Time
Local time: 21:42 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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