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THE SILVER WAY IN SALAMANCA

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About the project

THE SILVER WAY IN SALAMANCA

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Casa Escuela Santiago Uno:Our entity takes care of children and young people of this group, being an entity of social interest in this matter that will collaborate in the actions of the project.

💼 What the programme involves

This activity proposes carrying out environmental activities that promote biodiversity using recycledmaterials and bio-construction techniques on the VEa de la Plata as it passes through Salamanca.Environmental actions in natural public spaces. The main activities are of environmental nature andwill be linked to the VEa de la Plata (the Silver Way) as it passes through the city of Salamanca, in line with LIFE LA PLATA project, and the "Savia Strategy" of the Salamanca City Council. The CONTRIBUTIONS of this volunteering camp provide solutions, within this project, based on nature, health and awareness of the population. Social integration of young people at risk of social exclusion.FIRST WEEK - ART IN NATURE IN SAN MIGUEL DEL ROBLEDO(Mon - Fry 09:30 - 14:00)The "Laberinto Serrano" (Serrano Labyrinth) shows on the ground, to scale, the tourist route of the mountain villages (including Ruta de la Plata) through a micro-walk, marking by means of milestones, the different localities (in each one a differentiating motif of the iconography of the Serrano embroidery is inserted, as well as a relevant photograph with a QR code allusive to its resources).SECOND WEEK - SALAMANCA(Mon - Fry 09:30 - 14:00)Monday 11: Design and construction of a house for owls using bio-construction techniques. Tuesday 12: Construction and installation of the owl house. Wednesday 13: Construction of nest boxes and insect hotels. Thursday 14: Placement of nest boxes and insect hotels at key points along the VEa de la Plata. Friday 15: Collection of litter and placement of insect hotels and nest boxes on the route El Camino Natural VEa Verde de la Plata, from Carbajosa de la Sagrada to Alba de Tormes. During the different outings to place the shelters for biodiversity, environmental, landscape, anthropological and social interpretation will be carried out about the VEa de la Plata and the socio-cultural aspects that surround this historical path.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will be lodged in the Youth Hostel "Betania". It has 3 rooms with bunk beds, one with 8 beds and two with10 beds and a room for monitors with 2 beds. In order to increase the interpersonal space as a COVID 19 health security measure, 4 tents with 6 places each will be set up outside.Breakfast and dinner will be served in Betania.If necessary, there will be menus adapted to food allergies and intolerances, elaborated naturalfoods, as well as for different tendencies and cultures.In Salamanca: https://goo.gl/maps/SodYzeukHwMaczYD6In San Miguel de Robledo: https://goo.gl/maps/bibB25NaNqQJ8wyG6

📍 About the location

Friday 1: Reception and distribution. Dynamics of presentation. Presentation of the project.Saturday 2: Guided visit to the Lorenzo Milani Environmental Education zoological Centre. Nightwalk through Salamanca.Sunday 3: Tourist discovery of the centre of Salamanca. Another way of getting to know the city.Tapas tour.Monday 4: Serrano embroidery workshop.Tuesday 5: Hiking to Sequeros. Visit traditional wineries and preparation, tasting of the "serranolemon".Wednesday 6: Hiking to San Martin del CastaE ar. Visit to the Interpretation Center of the BiosphereReserve.Thursday 7: Cycling route to Villanueva del Conde. Visit Medieval Gardens / Bath in a natural pool.Friday 8: Hiking to "asas del Conde. Visit to a wood craftsman.Saturday 9: Visit to the historical sites of La Alberca and Batuecas. Swimming.Sunday 10: Visit to Mogarraz and Miranda del CastaE ar. Return to Salamanca.Monday 11: Visit to the Mil Caminos cheese factory.Tuesday 12: Municipal swimming pool.Wednesday 13: Visit to the archaeological site "Cerro de San Vicente". Thursday 14: Guided visit to the Isla del Soto de Santa Marta. Interpretative route of the riverside forest and traditional trades. Night visit, with light and sound show, to the medieval towers of the cathedral "Ieronimus".Friday 15: Free afternoon.

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📅 Available sessions

SVICL03-22

01/07/2022 → 15/07/2022

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 14
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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

Salamanca, Spain

Spain

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish