Greece 2011

Elix Workcamps

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ELIX23 SYROS II CYCLADES 03/09 - 18/09/11 ENVI/MANU/A4A 12 (18+)
no more females
WORK
The municipality of Syros has an extended network of footpaths, spreading in a wide area, that have been signalled and chart - mapped by the Cyclades prefecture and the Municipality. Local and tourists ramblers often wander in this footpaths' network for the extra reason that, due to the landscape, it is not possible, in most cases, to create routes for vehicles. Volunteers will work under the guidance of locals in order to clean, conserve, renew the signals and, generally, to highlight some of the most important footpaths of old times, which used to be the main routes of communication among the villages and ports of the island.
ACCOMMODATION & FOOD
Volunteers will be accommodated in Ermoupoli's (the capital of the island) High School. There are toilets, showers (no hot water) and a kitchen. Sleeping bag and carry mat are necessary. Two of the group, everyday in shifts, will be responsible for maintaining the group's accommodation place clean, as well as for the preparation of all the meals of the day for the rest of the group, with supplies that they will provide themselves from stores around the area.
LOCATION
The camp will take place in the beautiful island of Syros, administrative center of the Cyclades prefecture. It is very well connected with the harbour of Piraeus, Syros is connected by ferry with many other Cycladic islands. Syros, like other Cycladic islands, was inhabited from the early prehistoric times. After the overthrow of the Byzantium by the Francs in 1204, Syros came under Venetian domination. The island became part of the Ducat of the Aegean as an independent feudal regime and remained as such for almost three and a half centuries.
TERMINAL
Athens international airport "El. Venizelos".
LEISURE TIME
In their free time, participants will have the opportunity to get in touch with the everyday life of the village; they may attend events organised by the authorities during the period of their stay (concerts, performances, etc.) and communicate with locals and tourists. Volunteers will discuss their free time activities with their camp leaders; together they are going to organise excursions and visits around the area.
EXTRA FEE: 30 Euro

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