O pasado luns, 8 de xuño, pechouse para este curso a programación de Poetas Di(n)versos, que coordina a poeta Yolanda Castaño xuntando por pares creadores de noso e de fóra no Centro Ágora de A Coruña. As poetas convidadas eran a india Rati Saxena e luguesa -canceladesa de orixe- Helena Villar Janeiro, que é membro de honra de Castaño y Nogal, asociación representada neste recital polo presidente, Antonio Álvarez González, e o compañeiro José Ramón Liñeiro. A poeta oriental expresou nos seus versos –traducidos detrás un por un ao galego pola tamén poeta Yolanda Castaño- a problemática das mulleres e outros aspectos da afastada cultura milenaria. A poeta galega, que presentaba o libro “Remontar o río”, fixo alusión á orixe do poemario que, como indica o seu título, son impresións da propia vida río arriba, desde o Danubio –onde empeza a viaxe real que promoveu esta creación- ata o Donsal, o seu querido río de Quintá de Cancelada, onde exerceu de mestra desde 1962 a 1968 e onde se fixo poeta. Nun xesto emocionado, agradeceu a nosa presenza ao comezo da súa intervención. Castaño y Nogal felicita cordialmente á organizadora e ás participantes, e agradece o convite a un acto no que se puxo de minifesto a clarividencia creativa de dous escenarios ben distintos unidos pola difusión da cultura e das linguas en compromiso social coa literatura e coa xente.

CAMP DETAILS /  BASES CAMPO DE TRABAJO

The same information in OportunidadEuropa: HERE

ENGLISH:  http://www.asociacioncastanoynogal.com/InternationalVoluntaryCamp.html

ESPAÑOL:  Bases Convocatoria

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Country: Spain
Date: from 2015-08-15 to 2015-08-30
Deadline for submission: June 18,2015
Number of volunteers: up to 8
Volunteers’ age: 22-35
Cost: 90 € free and insurance
Additionally, the European Insurance Card or a Personal Medical Insurance will be required.

Description:
Castaño y Nogal Association aims to promote sustainable rural development, rural tourism included, and to preserve the natural and cultural richness of the Becerreá region (Galicia-Northwest of Spain). One way of doing this is through recovering and preserving old walking footpaths and rural architecture that have been neglected for many years. In this way, the local population as well as nature lovers, mountaineers, etc., can fully explore the region, enjoy and appreciate its beauty.

Type of work:
The main aim is to restore a 15-km-long, traditional footpath along the banks of the river Donsal in order to prepare it as a trekking route. It would involve working about 5 hours a day, 5 days per week. A certain amount of physical outdoor work is to be expected.
It includes the following tasks:

Reconstruction of old mini electrical stations and other old architectural elements existing along the footpath (for instance water mills, repairing wooden bridges…).
Identification of local plant species.
Signalization of the footpath according to international standards (for instance painting).
Cleaning the footpath, moving stones, weeding, cutting wood.

Work clothes will be provided upon arrival. Task work is of a low and medium intensity

Aims
1) Environmental tasks to clean and keep the trekking route along the Quinta-Donsal river
2) To develop and mark known this quiet rural area surrounded by a genuine landscape with beautiful woods.

Additional activities:
In order to get to know the living way and the traditional culture of the area, workshops and meetings will be organized together with the local community, some of which are listed below:

Meeting the locals and visiting local houses to get to know the lifestyle in Galician rural area
Taking part in workshops with the locals about handicraft and rural foodstuff in the area, like traditional bread, cheese, honey…
Visiting the most interesting ethnographic places in the area: Navia de Suarnia, Becerreá, and Piornedo villages; Piedrafita do Cebreiro, hamlet placed in Camino de Santiago; Lugo and A Coruña cities
Taking part in the music-poetic concert, on 30th August, in honour to the volunteers and contributors

Lodging:

A house fitted with 3 rooms with bunk beds, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, office, meeting room and a shed. The dorms may be mixed.

Volunteers should cook and clean for themselves on a rota basis.

Language:

English and Spanish. All volunteers should speak and understand at least some Spanish.

Qualifications:

We are looking for motivated, mature and experienced volunteers, who enjoy outdoor working and have an interest in a simple rural lifestyle, nature, traditions and community development.

Place:

Becerreá, Lugo (SPAIN). Medium temperatures (22-32°C) are expected in the area during summer.

Registration:
Volunteers who want to apply to be selected and eventually participate in this International Workcamp are kindly asked to fill out the form attached in this announcement, clearly indicating their level of Spanish language.
This form is to be submitted either by e-mail to contacto@asociacioncastanoynogal.com or by post to the address written on the form.

Web page:  www.asociacioncastanoynogal.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asociacion-Casta%C3%B1o-y-Nogal/77062553646
Contact: contacto@asociacioncastanoynogal.com
Talking about us: http://casaxeuropa.org/2015/04/23/campo-di-lavoro-in-spagna-gallizia-2/

More information HERE
Application form: DOWNLOAD HERE: PDF or WORD