The General Directorate of Youth, Participation and Volunteering (www.xuventude.xunta.es) is a department of the Xunta de Galicia (www.xunta.gal) whose priority is to meet the needs and concerns of the young population living in Galicia, firmly believing that youth has much to contribute to society as a whole.
We work to improve the quality of life of young people in our autonomous community, developing actions and programs that benefit them, increase their well-being and allow them to improve their skill.
İş Tanımı
The work camp will try to enhance O Grove through the following centers of interest:
- Cleaning the extraction of invasive species.
- Recovery of various structures in the Contorna dos Burros Fariñeiros, the Grovit Village and for ornithological observation in addition to maintenance tasks in the bird observatories and the infrastructures dedicated to the enhancement and protection of the heritage of these places. Deteriorated timbers will be replaced.
- Improvements will be made to a viewpoint on Toxa Island as well as the sanding and varnishing of surfaces to conserve resources.
- Parallel to these works, awareness and information tasks will be carried out "on the beach" or in the transit areas about the work that the volunteers are doing, trying to raise awareness among the local population and visitors about the importance of their tasks and to disseminate other existing environmental projects in the area (eg: Pío Project) and fauna and flora recovery programs (eg: Píllara das dunas recovery project).
Konaklama ve Yemek
Accommodation (in bungalows) and food will be at Camping Os Fieitás: https://bit.ly/2TJlB0d / https://www.fieitas.com/
Konum ve Serbest Zaman
This work camp`is located in O Grove, a municipality in the province of Pontevedra. O Grove is considered the jewel of O Salnés. This municipality is located in the influenza zone of the National Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia and within the Umia-O Grove Intertidal Complex, in addition to having several points recognized as ZEPA and RAMSAR zones of special protection for birds because it is a stopover zone in European and Euro-African migrations.
As an area with special tourist demand, for several decades it has been threatened by a large number of invasive species that, in many cases, arrived as ornaments and that now threaten the marine, fish, avian and forest ecosystems.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES:
• Discover O Grove.
• Snorkel, Canoe and bodyboard.
• Construction of bivouacs.
• Hiking.
• Intercultural Day.
• Visit to Portonovo and the National Maritime-Terrestrial Park of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia: Ons Island.
• Evenings
Notlar
The incorporation to the work camp is in the afternoon of the first day and the departure the
last day after breakfast.
RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT:
• Toiletry bag and shower towel.
• Sleeping bag and small backpack.
• Mountain shoes and sports shoes.
• Clothing: sportswear (sweatshirts...), warm clothing (suitable for working in the rain or cold weather), waterproof coat, work clothes (gloves, cap/hat, comfortable shoes,...).
