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Recovery of old roads and dry stone building elements and discovery of an unusual valley in the Pyrenees

Camp code:
ES-CAT 13.3
Country:
Spain - Catalunya
Start Date:
Sep 26, 2022
End Date:
Oct 07, 2022
Topic:
13: Community life
Work Types:
Construction / Environment / Cultural heritage
Number of volunteers:
10
Number of places still available:
1
Free places last update:
Sep 21, 2022
International age:
18 - 99
National age:
16 - 99
Required Language:
English
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Description: BalmesBlancs (www.balmesblancs.com) is an association that started its activity by organizing thematic experiences in nature with the aim of knowing the environment in different topics, such as: canyoning with geology, snowshoeing with learning snow , trips to the sea with knowledge of marine fauna, etc. From 2013 the entity began to manage the Vall de Siarb Refuge (www.refugivalldesiarb.com), a rural accommodation located in the village of Llagunes (Pallars Sobira), a town located on the southern slope of the Port del Cantó , 12 km from Sort, which meant that from then on its activity in this valley, the Vall de Siarb: excursions to get to know the Pallars Front during the Spanish Civil War, knowledge of ancient rural life in the Pallars Sobirà, geology of the Pyrenees etc.

Type of Work: The technical work that will be carried out in the field of work consists, in general, in different related tasks with improving the paths of the Valley. The maintenance of the paths is a way of maintaning the history of the place and the its culture, as they were used by the people of the villages in the area to go to their fields and other villages.The main ork that will be done is:

  • Clearing paths
  • Rebuild the dry stone wall sections
  • Remove stones from the path
  • Improvement of paved sections
  • Improved signage with paint

Accommodation: The accommodation will be at the Refuge Vall de Siarb. It's located in the village of Llagunes, a beautiful small village of 15 habitants. There are comun spaces like kitchen and dining room. Two showers and twotoilets are provided, a multipurpose room and bedrooms with bunk beds or single beds.

Language: The language of the camp is in English, in order to keep the environment inclusive for all.

Approximate Location: Llagunes, Vall de Siarb

Notes: Additional Fee of €50.00

This fee will cover - local hosting costs; insurance costs of the volunteer; a small travel fund to enable disadvantaged volunteers to join projects; administration costs of SCI International.

If you reside in a country where there is an SCI branch and you apply through the SCI branch the fee will be included in the fee you pay to your sending branch. If you apply through a partner organisation you will pay the fee on arrival at the project; direct to the hosting SCI branch or through different payment platforms. When accepted on the project, the SCI branch will give you more details of the various payment options. Here is the link to the SCI web, to check which is an SCI branch or SCI partner. https://sci.ngo/about-us/our-movement/where-we-are/

Organization Description: SCI Catalunya is the Catalan branch of SCI, one of the 2 SCI branches in Spain. We are based in Barcelona and our working area covers the Catalan countries (including Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and Andorra). The other provinces of Spain are covered by SCI Madrid. SCI was founded in 1982 and he organization works on both a global and local level. On the global level, we organize international workcamps in the above mentioned territory Long Term Voluntary Projects (including EVS), trainings and seminars. . On the local level, we work to promote peaceful social transformation of society in order to encourage sustainable human development and a culture of peace, through volunteer groups, involving our community and local networks.

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