We offer short-term and long-term volunteering. Short-term is from 2 weeks up to 59 days and long-term is from 60 days to 12 months.

The volunteering will be in Betanzos with active participation of Spanish and international volunteers. We aim to support solidarity in Betanzos by focusing on protecting cultural heritage, supporting sustainable rural development, raising awareness about fight against cancer, supporting entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurship education through the activities.

Tâches du volontaire:

1.0rganic Farming: Volunteers will engage in daily farming activities like planting, weeding, harvesting, and processing various crops. They will learn about crop rotation, permaculture, and sustainable soil management.

2.Youth Fair: The foundation will host organisations that provide services for young people with the participation of NGOs, governmental organisations, schools and private companies. During the fair, the organisations will introduce their services, experiences, tools and methodologies, opportunities for young people. The foundation will represent in the fair area with European Solidarity Corps volunteers to inform young people about youth opportunities, volunteering, solidarity and youth participation.

3.Daily Guided Visits to Pazo de lllobre: The foundation will organise daily guided visits (in English and in Spanish) to the Pazo de lllobre in order to explain the history of house and present the facilities and the surroundings during the mobility.

4. Afforestation Day: The afforestation day will be carried out by the foundation with the aim of raising awareness among the public about the importance of afforestation works and the protection of forests and the services they provide, especially in combating erosion. During the day, the local community and volunteers will afforest the foundation assets and learn more about protection of forests by participating in fire fighting training.

5. My own Creative Project: The mobility will include dedicated sessions for volunteers’ own projects. The volunteers will be supported with tools by the foundation in order to create their own project, sessions and/or present their talents with the community.

6. lntercultural Night at Pazo de lllobre: An intercultural night will be organised in order to let volunteers present their countries, their cities, their own traditions with the local community.

The volunteers will be supported by a mentor throughout the whole project. The mentor will be there to answer questions, support volunteers during their activities, plan timeline and learnings. They will guide the volunteers in what they want to try/learn and will plan the activities accordingly to decired learnings and the needs of the hosting organization. The volunteers will have evaluation and regular meetings with the mentor to reflect the volunteering activity.

Betanzos is in the province of A Coruna. The town is located in a fertile valley close to the Atlantic Ocean, and it has one of the best preserved old quarters in Galicia.
You can find shops, gyms, supermarkets, etc. in the town. The accommodation is located on the top of the hill from where you can see the whole city. If you are not a fan of walking up the hill, don’t worry, there is a bus going from the town near the accommodation.

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This European Solidarity Corps opportunity is open to all young people from Programme Countries between the age of 18 – 30 years old.
Volunteers will be selected in a fair, transparent and objective way, no matter their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or political opinion. The selection process will be done with the cooperation between supporting organization and the hosting organization.

Someone who:

• is ready to work with children, young people and local communities
• is creative, communicative and open-minded
• is positive and proactive
• is adaptable and flexible
• is able to work as a part of a team
• can plan, organise and manage activities