Vi segnaliamo un nuovo campo di volontariato internazionale organizzato dai nostri partner stranieri.  Tutte le informazioni sulle modalità e condizioni di partecipazione, oltre alla lista di centinaia di progetti nel mondo, sono disponibili  alla pagina  www.campidivolontariato.org.

The workcamp SVICA042-16 ´JUBILEE YEAR LEBANIEGO´ II  is in  Tama, the capital of the municipality of Cillorigo de Liébana (Cantabria, Spain) .
The workcamp is from  the 1st to 15th August.
​Volunteers  will  repair   the Chapels (Santa Catalina Miguel, San Pedro, Santa Maria de los Angeles and Cueva Santa....) The environment of the monasteries of Santo Toribio de Liebana medieval remains: consolidation of medieval walls and intervention remains of murals.

You can apply by sending your interest to workcamps@informa-giovani.org

La descrizione dettagliata di questo campo e di altre migliaia di opportunità le trovi su www.campidivolontariato.org

Ti piacciono i paesi nordici? Le grandi foreste e i laghi?
Allora la Finlandia è  il paese giusto per fare un campo di volontariato!

Il nostro partner Alliansi organizza quest'anno 23 campi nel periodo primaverile e estivo.
Alcuni sono anche aperti alla partecipazione di minorenni.
Qui trovi la descrizione di alcuni progetti e ricorda che tutta la lista è disponibile online nel nostro database.

Buona lettura!

• ALLI03  -  NUMMIJARVI  - Dal  06/06 al  17/06 - Età 18+
  Volunteers will have a great chance to get to know Finnish countryside, local culture, traditions and people; they   will work with people from the village and assist in various manual tasks such as painting, repairing furnitures and tidying the environment. They will also organize an international “play day” for local children and youngsters.
  Full description and application form
• ALLI04 (o ALLI10)  -  KEEP LAPLAND TIDY   - Dal  12/06 al 18/06 e dal 10/7 al 16/7 - Età 18+
  The volunteers will be tidying and taking care of the natural surroundings of the Pomokaira area and  will help  the project by cleaning the reindeer fences from the area etc. There will be 15 Finnish volunteers plus 5 international volunteers
  ​Full description and application form
• ALLI05  -  KIDS CAMP  -  Dal  18/06  al  02/07 - Età 18+
  The volunteers will work in a summer camp for local children and youngsters. Volunteers will work alongside the local youth workers and international long term volunteers. Camp activities include arts and crafts, swimming and sauna, hiking, campfire and sports.
  Full description and application form
• ALLI12  -  BENKKU  -  Dal  02/08 al 11/08 - Campo per minorenni
  In this camp the volunteers will work with practical maintenance tasks such as hay cutting, woodwork and other similar activities on the Bengtsår Island. The island is a protected environment area that has a very varying nature. First night of the camp will be in Helsinki Oulunkyla youth centre. In this camp you will meet youth from Finland and other countries and get to learn about the nature and sea.
  Full description and application form

Questi sono soltanto una piccola parte  dei campi di volontariato che i nostri partner organizzano in Finlandia. Per cercare quelli che più vi interessano in base al periodo, all'argomento e alla vostra età,  consultate il database online   e buon campo a tutti!

Fra le mete europee, la Germania è una di quelle preferite dai nostri volontari. 
Il paese offre centinaia di progetti diversi, per tutti i gusti, in primavera ed estate e per tutte le età.
Di seguito vi proponiamo solo alcuni di questi progetti, ricordandovi che nel nostro database online trovate migliaia di opportunità in Germania e nel mondo.
Si va dal lavoro nelle aree protette, al corso di lingua tedesca,  al corso per videomaker, alla ristrutturazione di un parco giochi, e tanto altro...

Buona lettura!

• ​IJGD 16209 - WORKING IN THE OBERHARZ FOREST - SCHULENBERG/HARZ -  Dal  16/07 al  06/08 - Età 16-26
  Harz, with its mountains, stalactite caves, mining museums and forests is a very popular place for excursions and relaxation. Here you’ll dedicate your time and commitment to helping with the conservation and environmental work on maintaining habitats for (rare) plants and animals. Together with experienced foresters, your group with take care of biotopes and forest stands, you’ll build veterinary fences.
  Full description and application form
• IJGD 16222 -  MY VERY OWN FILM! FILM WORKSHOP IN BREMEN - Dal  02/07 al 16/07 - Età 16-26
  Make your own films! That’s what you can try out in this international media camp. “Learning by doing” is the way forward, and in small groups you can do this by gathering and experimenting with new ideas. After an introduction to the technology involved, you can develop a storyline and get the cameras ready to dive straight into filming - Previsto extra fee
  ​Full description and application form
• PRO-16-16  -  MARBURG NATURFREUNDEHAUS - Dal 07/08 al  19/08 - Età 16-26
  Main work will be in the forest, as maintenance of young stands, field mapping of new trees, planting of rare trees, searching and marking of habitat trees, waters care. Participants will also be doing various manual works to prepare the area around the house of the nature-friends
  Full description and application form
• IBG 15  -  ROTTENBURG-WEILER (BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG)  -  Dal   10/07 al 23/07 - Età 18+
  The playground of a local kindergarten needs to be re-done Professionals will instruct volunteers during the work and the aim is to finish the whole playground within the two weeks.
  Full description and application form
• VJF 3.4  -  BERLIN MAXIM  -  Dal  11/07 al 30/07  - Età 18-26
  During the first week you will help to prepare and run an international drumming festival for children, youngsters and families called aeurooeRAKATAK". It will be run on the 17th of July.  Another task of this project will take place during the 2nd week in the youth club aeurooeMaximaeuro. Your help will be needed to renovate and maintain the building and its surrounding grounds, like painting inside or outside.
  Full description and application form

• Questi sono soltanto una piccolissima parte  degli quasi 200 campi di volontariato che i nostri partner organizzano in Germania. Per cercare quelli che più vi interessano in base al periodo, all'argomento e alla vostra età, consultate il database online  e buon campo a tutti!

Tra le destinazioni extra europee, una fra le preferite dai nostri volontari è il Messico.
I progetti di volontariato organizzati dalle nostre associazioni partner sono in questo momento oltre cento. Tutti i campi in Messico che noi offriamo sono per volontari maggiorenni.
In questa breve sintesi ve ne presentiamo tre, ricordandovi che nel database online trovate migliaia di progetti in tutto il mondo.

Buona lettura!

VIVE16.02 SEA TURTLES Conservation I Guayabitos Nayarit Mexico 06/07-18/07 ENVI 20vols +18 
 
PROJECT: Since 2014 Vive Mexico has organized this project in Rincon de Guayabitos, Nayarit with extraordinary results, the aim of these projects is to protect sea turtles with a team of biologists working in Guayabitos, Nayarit. Volunteers, biologists and locals create a team to perform various activities to ensure sea turtles survival for future generations. If you love nature, want to have a great time in beautiful beaches near the village, with all the amenities of a hotel and witness the magic spectacle of nature happenings since millions of years... then this project is for you! A team of biologists who are working with volunteers want to show you the charm of turtle’s life.
 
ACTIVITIES: The main job is to patrol the beach at night, working hours are around from 20:00 to 8:00, four days per week, this depends on the number of turtles that come ashore, it is recommended that volunteers come prepared to work these hours, depending on the number of volunteers involved in the project, two teams will be split allowing each group to have a day of work, a day off for recovery and two days off in weekends. Some of the activities to be performed are:

• to find adult turtles and collect their eggs
• to move the eggs to a protected place called Vivero
• o release newborn baby turtles into the sea
• to patrol the beaches at night
• to make some reconstruction in the most important turtle camps from the region.

 Together with a team of biologists from La Penita de Jaltemba, volunteers will seek turtles and will be in charge of taking care of their eggs, the team of biologists and local people are very friendly and working with them is always fun. We need motivated volunteers who really want to get involved in a project with sea turtles; the workplace depends on the beach where more turtles arrive, every day biologists will define which beach will be patrolled by volunteers.
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VIDEO: https://youtu.be/j1VAsAVohYE

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VIVE16.08 Art for Everybody Zitacuaro, Michoacan Mexico 03/08-16/08 FEST/ART 6vols +18 FEE: 155€
 
PROJECT: During the FESTIVAL CULTURAL DE ZITACUARO "ARTE PARA TODOS", 2016 EDITION, an “Art for Everybody Cultural Festival, 2016” we are looking for volunteers to collaborate as staff and support in carrying out a program of cultural and artistic activities in Zitacuaro Town, to encourage the use of public space and involve local residents in such activities through workshops and artistic exchanges to attract new and larger audiences for culture and arts. At the same time promote the production, assembly and distribution of different expositions, languages ​​and artistic techniques to strengthen communication and cultural reunion of local inhabitants; raising the values of the community, promoting human development, making a stronger cultural identity of the unity in the diversity.
 
ACTIVITIES: Volunteers will help as staff in the development of the festival, which will take place during the months of May to October 2016; during the days of the project, volunteers will carry out activities such as:

• to participate in logistics, assembly, distribution and exhibition of expositions, concerts, dance and theater shows where artists, children, youth and adults, as well as the general public will take part
• to collaborate in the production of urban art workshops and create workshops for children, youth and adults
• to collaborate in the mediation of roundtables with topics such as the importance of the recovery of public space, cultural policies, the right to culture, expressions of urban art, the benefits of culture and art as social development
• to assist in the achievement of taking 1,000 artistic photographs as acquisition for the municipality of Zitacuaro, inspired by the tangible and intangible belongings of the region for the massive exhibition "Foto Mural, Zitacuaro en 1000 imagenes".

  
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VIVE16.15 Art Therapy for Children Morelia Michoacan Mexico 07/09-20/09 KIDS 6vols +18 FEE: 155€

PROJECT: Cancer patients suffer not only physical discomfort, but also various psychological alters: depression and anxiety. In Mexico, cancer is the second leading cause of death, it is estimated that each year 7,000 new cancer cases occur in women under 20 years. Plastic art and music therapy can help cancer patients, this will help to have a better quality of life, to cope with their disease and get a better life. Volunteers will develop art therapy workshops helped by music and visual art, through various art techniques that brings benefits such as reflection, expression and relaxation. This activity is a process of self-expression, which helps patients to organize their internal reaction product of the events happening in their lives. These art therapy workshops, developed by volunteers and artists who work on a voluntary basis, will be an outlet to channel and express the point of view from patients without pressure, just being guided by artistic techniques. It is important that volunteers notice that we do not necessarily work with psychologists, since these therapies are occupational made by artists. No courses are given to volunteers by  any psychologist or psychiatrist.
 
ACTIVITIES: The activities are driven to benefit both patients and volunteers:

• to conduct art therapy workshops in an organization who assists children with cancer disease; led by volunteers and professional artists on a voluntary basis for children and teenagers with cancer aged under 20 years old, where the subject is music
• to create plastic works of sculpture and collage, inspired by specific musical pieces
• to raise public awareness through the pieces of art produced by children and tenagers with cancer
• to raise awareness through activities that involve the visual arts, so that volunteers contribute and help these fragile groups
• to ensure that volunteers and artists will contribute with their knowledge, time and effort to this vulnerable group.

 
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NAT-WC-16-15  JAGUAR DE MADERA BICIMAQUINAS 07/10-21/10  +18 FEE 145 

The project:  Jaguar de Madera (the Wooden Jaguar) is an educational center of ecotechnologies established in 2007 in order to promote the bio-construction, permaculture, carpentry and cultural exchange. After a process of rescue and cleanup of a vacant lot and the support and collaboration of other organizations, it was carried out the rehabilitation and construction of what would become a training center for use and application of various alternative technologies for recycling materials and natural resources. The mission of Jaguar de Madera is to aim the use of efficient natural resources, the sustainable self-sufficiency and improvement of life quality with a positive impact in the environment. Some of the bio-construction techniques applied are; superblock, construction with bottle, cob and adobe. It also develops organic agricultural projects and renewable energies such as bicimaquinas (bike-machines), solar panels and wood stove. Likewise, members of the center, follow the alternative philosophy of energetic Kung Fu, with the slogan : Learn to fight for not to fight. The warrior s battles are with himself . So this way they give a spiritual sense to their work (optional practice for volunteers).f

Work:  Volunteers will be able to learn and practice different techniques of bio-construction, using low cost local recycled materials and natural resources. The tasks will depend on climate conditions and needs of the center, but hard physical work as to be considered, each workcamp will have as principal aim to achieve the following activities according to the next calendar. *October; Making of bici-maquinas (bike-machines)

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The objectives of the EVS project are:
    Facilitate the access  - to resources, services, programs, structures and existing possibilities  to people between 13 and 25 years old in need of being accompanied in the research of a future project ;
     Help and support -  social workers in their collective mobility projects of international exchange of young people in difficulties  as well in the mobility programs that exists for everybody above 13 years old;
     Sensitize  - the public opinions on an international level, the authorities and professionals on the Youth Aid sector to address socio-professional issues when it comes to the insertion of young people in difficulties.

Find more information about the EVS opportunity attached.

The application deadline is the  8th of April 2016.
The project is for 10 months from  September to June.

Please send your   CV and motivation letter for   the project   to  evs.dynamo@gmail.com.
Please contact  InformaGiovani  at   infogio.wcs@gmail.com   after your acceptance. ​​​

The EVS volunteers will  work closely with families in need and with organisations involved in community  projects​.
The volunteers will  be working with the organisation staff (administrative mentors and technical supervisors) and with the  
social worker in charge of the family, the volunteers prepare and assure the technical, financial and  human aspects on the building site. They also try to make the families involved in the improvement  of their living conditions by working together on the site.

The volunteers will  share a flat or a house in one of  the places where we host volunteers in France : in Brittany (in Rennes and Brest), in the Loire Valley  (in Tours), in Provence (in Marseille), in Montpellier (Languedoc), in Bordeaux (Aquitaine) and in  Reunion’s island.

Find more information about the EVS project  attached.
The application deadline is the  1st of April 2016.
The project is for 12 months from  September 2016.

Please send the application form  to n.mesny@compagnonsbatisseurs.eu.
Please contact  InformaGiovani  at   infogio.wcs@gmail.com   after your acceptance. ​​​

We would like to inform you about free EVS vacancies in the  Steinfurt district in Germany. If you are looking for an EVS placement please get in  touch with us!

The application deadline is the  8th of April 2016
The projects are long term EVS, for 12 months, staring on the 1st of September.

All vacancies of the EVS projects in Germany are listed below in the attached document.  


In case you are interested and avaliable in the proposed activitiy time, send your application (attached below).
by email to youth@kreis-steinfurt.de.
Please contact  InformaGiovani  at   infogio.wcs@gmail.com   after your acceptance. ​​​

Soltanto 50 euro di spese di iscrizione, invece di 100.

E' questa l'offerta "I campi: un'esperienza scontata" che è valida per tutti i nostri campi internazionali di volontariato nei mesi di  marzo, aprile, maggio, settembre, ottobre, novembre e dicembre.
Sono già online più di 1.000 proposte di campi di volontariato per il 2016 ed entro pochi giorni saranno più di 2.000.

Dalla Francia alla Finlandia, dall'Islanda al Messico, dalla Thailandia alla Palestina, ci sono progetti per tutti gli interessi e sotto tutte le latitudini.

Per invogliarvi a partire, una "offerta" contro la crisi.

Coloro che si iscriveranno  ad un campo che non si svolge nei mesi di giugno, luglio e agosto  pagheranno  soltanto 20 euro di quota di iscrizione, oltre la tessera InformaGiovani (che serve per la copertura assicurativa) e l'eventuale costo aggiunto da pagare sul posto (un "extra fee" che trovate eventualmente già indicato nella scheda del campo).

Quindi 50 euro totali invece dei 100 euro che si pagano di solito.

Che aspettate quindi a consultare   il nostro database dei progetti?

E ricordate che per essere sempre aggiornati/e sulle ultime novità, potete  iscrivervi alla nostra newsletter specifica sul volontariato.
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 E' ufficialmente iniziata la stazione dei campi internazionali di volontariato, organizzati in tutto il mondo da diverse associazioni.

Anche se non tutti, molti di questi progetti sono aperti alla partecipazione  di ragazzi e ragazze minorenni.
In particolare ci sono progetti:

• aperti a tutti e quindi ANCHE ai minorenni (campi di breve durata)
• aperti SOLO ai minorenni (teen camps)
• aperti ai minorenni ACCOMPAGNATI dai genitori (family camps)

Ci sono campi in tutta Europa, dall'Italia alla Germania, dalla Russia alla Francia,  dall'Islanda  alla Spagna.

Ecco alcuni esempi estratti dal nostro database (ma i campi sono molti di più)

• ​Germania - Marburg 29 maggio - 10 giugno Campo PRO-1-16 per ragazzi/da 16 a 26 anni
  Main work is with the partner "Nature friends": work will be in the forest, as maintenance of young stands, field mapping of new trees, planting of rare trees, searching and marking of habitat trees, waters care. Participants will also be doing various manual works to prepare the area around the house of the nature-friends.
  Maggiori informazioni nel database 
• Russia - Cheboksary 17 giugno - 2 luglio Campo RU-SOD 7.5 per ragazzi e adulti
  Local and international volunteers organize leisure time and basic english course for local kids aged from 8, on the banks of the lake  Shap  in a pine forest
  Maggiori informazioni nel database 
• Spagna - Gargantilla del Lozoya  1-12 luglio Campo ESDA-0116 per soli minorenni  (col codice ESDA-0216 si ripete dal 11 al 27 luglio)
  In the frame of the local project to create an ecologica farm "El Cerro", international volunteers will help in keeping clean a garden  and build bird boxes, maintaining turistic paths
  Maggiori informazioni  nel database
• Francia  - Vassieux-en-Vercors  11-25 luglio Campo JR16/207 per soli minorenni - Campo in lingua francese
  During the stay, volunteers' mission will be to finish the 4th eco-hut on which last year’s volunteers worked. The project is implemented in a natural park and is aimed to  build an educational centre on environmental issue. Main work will be to finish a path with natural and recycled material.
  Maggiori informazioni nel database
• Belgio - Vresse-sur-Semois 2-16 luglio Campo CBB03 per  soli minorenni 
  Organized in co-operation with Natagora, one of the biggest environmental organization in Belgium, the camp will involve volunteers in  some outdoor tasks: pruning, cutting invasive trees, moving of wooden heaps.
  Maggiori informazioni nel database
  
• Islanda - Stodvarfjordur 23 giugno -4 luglio Campo WF154 per soli minorenni
  Our teenager’s camp aim is to provide fun and educative time for the young participants. During the 12 days program participants will have the chance to get to know Icelandic nature, history and people
  Maggiori informazioni nel database
• Italia - Santu Ius Surgiu   (Sardegna)  22 agosto - 5 settembre Campo IG 06.13 per tutti
  BauMela is a non profit association, managing a wide area on wild mountain. Volunteers will help in: clean and manage the organic garden, support the staff in seasonsl seeding and plantation, cleaning and management of mountain paths, picking and transformation of wild plants and fruits (berries), bio-architecture using wood and stones 
  Maggiori informazioni nel database
  
• Italia - Pitignano  (Toscana)  1-12 settembre - Campo IG 06.09 per tutti
  Poggio del Castagno is a biodynamic organic farm where is possible to experiment techniques of innovative farming as well as re-discover ancient traditions. Volunteers will mainly help in harvesting hazelnuts and eventually in making tomato sauce and dry tomatoes
  Maggiori informazioni nel database
  

Questi sono soltanto alcuni esempi: nel nostro database ci circa 130 progetti aperti alla partecipazione di ragazzi e ragazze, anche in Italia.

Vi segnaliamo un nuovo campo di volontariato internazionale  organizzato dai nostri partner stranieri.  Tutte le informazioni sulle modalità e condizioni di partecipazione,  oltre alla lista di centinaia di progetti nel mondo, sono disponibili  alla pagina  www.campidivolontariato.org.
  
There are many new workcamps taking place in Finland. One of them is  "Keep Lapland tidy,  Sodankylä".  The organizer of the camp, Keep Lapland Tidy is an environmental organization established in 1987. Its  purpose is to help preserve the clean and enjoyable environment in Lapland, Finland and to increase  environmental awareness by educating, developing waste management and organizing projects and  volunteer work and camps.  
The workcamp "Keep Lapland tidy,  Sodankylä"  is from  12.06 to 18.06.2016.

La descrizione dettagliata di questo campo e di altre migliaia di opportunità le trovi su www.campidivolontariato.org.

Stai pensando di fare un campo di volontariato  in Gran Bretagna?

Guarda il video del nostro partner VAP - Voluntary Action for Peace sul suo campo a Londra.

Questo e migliaia di altri campi li trovi nel nostro database www.campidivolontariato.org

The volunteer will be  particularly involved in  the programme  “Volunteering, leisure  time and disability”. This  programme aims to   develop a better 
awareness about  disability among young  people, as well as to favour the social participation of people in situation of mental disability.
The EVS volunteer will be in charge of the preparation,  animation and evaluation of residential week-ends, summer camps and evening activities for  groups of young volunteers and people with mental disability.
During his/her EVS, the volunteer will live in Marche-en-Famenne. The town offers all  modern facilities (shops, supermarkets, sport centre, cinema....).

Find enclosed the full description of the project in English.
The description is also available on the EVS database at this link:
http://europa.eu/youth/volunteering/organisation/20000212144_en

The deadline to apply is Friday, March 25th 2016 at 12.
Period of volunteering is from  the  1st of  October 2016 to the 30th of  September 2017; for  12 months.
Please send a  CV and a motivation letter explaining why you want to take part in the project to  evs@compagnonsbatisseurs.be.
Please contact  InformaGiovani  at   infogio.wcs@gmail.com   after your acceptance. ​​

The EVS project is located in  Pelči parish, Kuldiga region, Latvia.  Pelči parish administration cares about the education and personal development of its younger generation, promote its involvement in active citizenship and widening the life perspective of young people by providing new opportunities and experiences through international projects.
The volunteers have all of the options out there to work with children and young people. So there is totally equipped space volunteers could use for the workshops, lectures, thematical evening, games etc. beside the work in the library.

Please find more info about the EVS in the documents below.

Deadline for your application is  the  31st of March 2016.
The project is for  9 months  from September 2016 to May 2017.
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Volunteers willing to apply should fill in the attached application form and send to the project coordinator Agata Babina  agata@radividipats.lv .

Please contact  InformaGiovani  at   infogio.wcs@gmail.com   after your acceptance. ​​

Vi segnaliamo un nuovo campo di volontariato internazionale  organizzato dai nostri partner stranieri.  Tutte le informazioni sulle modalità e condizioni di partecipazione,
oltre alla lista di centinaia di progetti nel mondo, sono disponibili  alla pagina  www.campidivolontariato.org.

One of the workcamps of the organization Jeunesse et Reconstruction is  CREATIVE PAINTING IN THE FRENCH ALPS.  If you are a creative arts’ enthusiastic or curious about learning how to Paint, this workcamp is  made for you! Your mission will be to participate in the revalorization of a part of the Saint Jean Bosco’s school. The place is located  on the foothills of the most beautiful mountains in the Nothern Alps and next to the famous  Grande Route des Alpes, the cute town of Cluses - 17000 habitants – is located in an amazing area!

La descrizione dettagliata di questo campo e di altre migliaia di opportunità le trovi su www.campidivolontariato.org.

 Vi segnaliamo un nuovo campo di volontariato internazionale  organizzato dai nostri partner stranieri.  Tutte le informazioni sulle modalità e condizioni di partecipazione,
oltre alla lista di centinaia di progetti nel mondo, sono disponibili  alla pagina  www.campidivolontariato.org.

The Spanish organization De Amicita just released many  new workcamps  for motivated volunteers.
One of them takes place in  the farm El Cerro. The farm is a local project of creating new Natural and agrocultural reserve. The  project is pilot and unique in whole province of Madrid.  Thinking of all aspects – agronomy, pasturage and farming, protection of local fauna, tourism  and education – this project leads to sustainability and protection of natural and cultural heritage.  
Volunteers will   clean and maintain ecologic garden, make construction of bird boxes, troughs for  feeding animals, walls, mantain touristic paths and make marks for these, and so on.
The workcamp takes place in Gargantilla del Lozoya, small village of Sierra Norte  about 80km far away from Madrid.

La descrizione dettagliata di questo campo e di altre migliaia di opportunità le trovi su www.campidivolontariato.org.
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