Volunteering on the way of Saint-James

Name: Volunteering on the way of Saint-James
Start: 2019-07-01
End: 2020-09-01
Location: Spain

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Organization: Community of the Monastery of Santa María de Sobrado. The Community of monks that the monastery inhabits belongs to the Order Cistercian of the Close Observance (OCSO).
It is the first Cistercian monastery that existed in Spain. Its origins are date back to the 9th-10th centuries.The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Bonn, approved at its meeting of 5 July 2015 the extension of the Caminos de Santiago site
Compostela: French road and roads of the North of Spain in the List of the World Heritage of UNESCO. This approval integrates some of the monuments that are associated with the roads, among them, the Monastery.

💼 What the programme involves

Generic competences :
To educate boys and girls under the free time of vacations.
Specific competences
Help the educational team of the association
Be a positive reference for them
Build activities of all kinds for the house
Accompany minors in activities

Schedule : from Monday to Friday, usually from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm and someday it may be that some afternoon or Friday is longer. With the opportunity to do more hours always or on the weekend.
With a minimum of 35 hours per week.
Tutoring&Evaluation
Normally there is a training session where they receive training on the tasks and working system during the workcamp. In addition, volunteers have references in the area where the activity is carried out. At all times they will be accompanied by members of the association. In the activity we usually speak in Catalan and Spanish. But we do not have problems to attend some english speaking volunteer, because some member of our association speak English.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation and food
Volunteers will be hosted in several houses of members of the association or children families. In which according to the option of the moment and the season they can be alone or accompanied by the people of the house. The houses are equipped with everything necessary to live. The volunteers will have to do the housework derived from their stay in them, cleaning, meals …
There is a fee of € 25 per week for accommodation, electricity, water and food

📍 About the location

How to get there:
See our Booking Platform
Girona-Costa Brava Airport at 5km.
Train station 1km.
Bus station 1km.
Girona urban line number 5 has two stands at 25m each.
Exit AP-7 motorway at 1km.
Free time:
They will be located in Girona capital city from where they can take buses or trains among other means for tourism on the beaches of the Costa Brava, Catalan Pyrenees. As well as very tourist towns of beach and mountain.
Mountain: Rupit, Ripoll, Besalú, Olot, Osor, Santa Pau …
Beach: Begur, Tossa de Mar, Lloret de Mar, Cadaqués, Port de la Selva, Palafurgell ..
They can take a tour of other capitals of the region such as Figueras, Banyoles .. Visit important museums such as Dalí, the cinema of Girona.
They have the possibility to see scenarios of the city and province of Girona that have been used for series or films like Game of Thrones and 8 Catalan surnames, one of the best restaurants in the world with the Roca brothers, the Bulli … The old town of Girona with its cathedral, wall, Devesa …
As well as the possibility of carrying out all kinds of adventure sports and risk in the natural environments of mountain or sea of the province. Like via ferrata, climbing, trekking, river kayak, costering, ravines, scuba diving, kayak in the sea, roundabouts, ….
A part that in one hour by bus or train can go to Barcelona and all its tourist attraction.

⚠️ Requirements

Age: 18 – 30
Requirements: Young people with interest in Tourism and education activities.

Minimum stay : 15 days

ℹ️ Additional information

ASSISTANCE AND SUPERVISION OF VOLUNTEERS:
Two members of the Community of monks would be responsible for carrying out follow-up / tutoring functions, supported by both members of the Association of Friends of the Monastery.
There are several people available to perform tutoring functions, in English, Portuguese, French and Italian as main languages.

Up to 2 people. Ideally May-October.
Between the months of May and October the hostel of the Monastery receives the greatest influx of pilgrims. During this period of time in 2018, the percentage inflow by country with greater contribution of pilgrims, over 100% accounted.

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