Asociación Nanda Gram

The association Nanda Gram, established in 2003, focuses its activities and projects on education, solidarity and training as means to improve social dynamics. During the previous participation in the EVS and CES programme we developed our activities in the main headquarters called "El Castro", a 15 hectares farm, located in Miengo, Cantabria, where we practice ecological forestry, permaculture and spread our spirit through workshops and seminars on personal development. We have now obtained a tender for the Old Schools of Riaño, in Solórzano, providing us with ample facilities that can accommodate up to 60 people simultaneously. Added to this is almost eight hectares of land that we have recently obtained, less than a thousand metres from the Riaño schools. We have therefore moved our volunteer headquarters to Riaño, using our Miengo project as an example of the progress of permaculture practices and as a location for some of the weekly volunteer activities. With a team of active facilitators, we have a large team of interdisciplinary volunteers offering high quality non-formal education in our three main areas: ecology, healthy living practices and personal development. We highly value education for both youth and adults because we believe it is the best way to reduce poverty: economic and spiritual iniquity. Being aware of the great need for education in society at large, we constantly improve our own skills and learn new ones in order to reach and cope with the needs of modern man. We are, so to speak, a constantly evolving educational team. Our aim is to provide quality practical and useful skills in an effective way, to help our students achieve a comfortable and healthy lifestyle by their own means. We achieve our goals through: - Conducting workshops, seminars and courses in our centres and working in co-operation with other national organisations or institutions. - Participating in the management and implementation of projects with related European organisations. Our courses and training sessions are open to all. We proactively include as many people with fewer opportunities as possible, such as migrants, refugees, people with physical disabilities, ethnic minorities or people with fewer opportunities. We strongly believe that our activities fit perfectly with the objectives of Erasmus+ and we would like to participate in them in order to: - Improve the employment opportunities of our students and volunteers by helping them to develop relevant skills and competences. - Join efforts with Erasmus+ programmes by supporting mobility for learning people and other Key Action 1 programmes. -Promote cultural exchanges and good practices within the European community in a respectful environment. -Introduce the use of YouthPass, Europass CV and the European Solidarity Corps certificate. La asociación Nanda Gram, establecida en 2003, centra sus actividades y proyectos en educación, solidaridad y formación como medios para mejorar la dinámica social. Durante la previa participación en el programa SVE y CES desarrollamos nuestras actividades en la sede principal llamada "El Castro", una finca de 15 hectáreas, ubicada en Miengo, Cantabria, dónde practicamos la silvicultura ecológica, la permacultura y difundimos nuestro espíritu a través de talleres y seminarios sobre desarrollo personal. En la actualidad hemos obtenido una licitación para las Antiguas Escuelas de Riaño, en Solórzano, proporcionándonos amplias facilidades que pueden albergar hasta 60 personas simultáneamente. A esto se le agregan casi ocho hectáreas de terreno que hemos obtenido recientemente, a menos de mil metros de las escuelas de Riaño. Hemos, por lo tanto, trasladado nuestra sede donde residirán los voluntarios a Riaño, usando nuestro proyecto de Miengo como un ejemplo del progreso de las prácticas de permacultura y como lugar para algunas de las actividades semanales que realizarán los voluntarios. Con un equipo de facilitadores activos, contamos con un gran