Between June 26th and September 1st the activities revolve around the summer school (called Casal de Verano) which we run in the center. The majority of the work during this time involves working with the kids so some of the workshops and training may be affected.
The volunteers will work 35 hours/week, this includes cleaning and maintenance of the living space. The working hours are Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm. The day starts with Morning Glory: a 30’ routine including 15’ of physical activity, this can be yoga, stretching, exercise, etc; 8’ of meditation and 7’ of positive writing.
Every day is planned around the necessary activities of the center:
Monday is check in day!
We welcome in the NGO the new voluntrainees to share community lunch at 1pm, Then we give to the newbies an orientation tour of the NGO. Then, they will have a training on the topic of the day until 17hs.
Then, they will go for a climbing workshop between 17:30 and 19:30.Then they will go to recollect donation of bread between 20hs and 21hs to bring to the food bank of the following day.
Tuesday:
Every Tuesday we start at 10am with the Morning Routine of well being.
The first thing in the morning is prepare the area and disinfect the floor, tables and fridges which will come in contact with the food; inventory control and separate the food that expires soon. The logistics are very important and everybody needs to work together in this! We distribute the food to the local families and once finished we disinfect everything a second time.
Once we end cleaning everything, we gather to attend the meditation workshop.
Wednesday are days in which the volunteers work on the morning with elderly people then on the afternoon they get a training on different projects in which they will have task to realize, for example: communication, administration, arts, maintenance and improvements, hygiene, marketing, etc. There is also six hours of training per week: cross cultural of volunteership, human resources, food regulation, NGO’s finance, etc.
Thursday and Friday: every week either Thursday or Friday we have a partnership with other NGOs in Barcelona. Every Thursday we go to our organic farm in the mountains close to the NGO to share community life and work together on the farm before sharing lunch together. Every second Friday we go to the city center of Barcelona with another NGO and to hand out food to the homeless in the area.
From Monday to Wednesday the days end with a workshop of either climbing, or yoga and meditation.
Friday afternoon we have a weekly meeting in order to plan the next week and also do some team building activities.
Weekends are off to enjoy Barcelona!
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