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Autumn projects

Long-term goal of the project

The development of educational tourism. Cleaning the rocks from the inscriptions.
Preliminary scope of work: Volunteers will have to clean the rocks from inscriptions made by tourists on the rocks.

There is always a team leader in the group - the team leader who organizes the work, and a translator that provides communication between the participants.

The average working day is 6 hours with a lunch break. Depending on the weather and the condition of the group, the team leader has the right to change the daily routine.
Dates
September 20-22, 2019 (3 days)
Location
Russia, Irkutsk Region, Pribaikalsky National Park, Circum-Baikal Railway, Staraya Angasolka settlement.
Project languages
Russian English
Accommodation and meals
Volunteers are located in the houses of the base.

According to the duty schedule established by the team leader, the project participants prepare food. You can familiarize yourself with a sample menu.

BBT purchases products for the project, and also provides the necessary group equipment and tools.
Workloads on the project: On the first day of the project, volunteers will have to walk on foot with their personal equipment from the station of Dark Pad to the village of Staraya Angasolka (4 km).

During the work of volunteers waiting for movement to a distance of 2-3 km, work.

The volume of your backpack should be at least 70 liters. In connection with the peculiarities of the local climate, it is necessary to take a jacket from rain and wind, a warm sweater and trousers. Also pay attention to shoes - they should be comfortable, light and non-slip.

We strongly advise you to familiarize yourself with the list of necessary equipment, information on tick-borne safety, as well as general information for BBT volunteers.

Directions

The project began at the city of Irkutsk. Volunteers meet on September 20 at 8.30 a.m. at the Irkutsk train station. We recommend arriving in the city either the day before the start of the project (we recommend staying at the BBT hostel) or early in the morning on the day the project starts.

BBT provides:
  • Transfer Irkutsk - Angasolka
  • Foreman
  • Group first aid kit. (Caution! If you have a chronic illness or need certain medications, please take them with you)
  • Products, as well as the necessary group equipment, tools.

FEE for participation in the project is 2500 rubles for three days.
Registration of your participation occurs when a prepayment of 500 rubles is transferred to the account of the organization. Prepayment is used to prepare the project and is not refundable.
Read more about project contributions here.
* Please fill out the application only if you are 100% sure that you will participate in this project.

* If you have not received an answer within a week or if you have any questions related to participation in the project, contact our coordinator directly by writing to russian-volunteers@greatbaikaltrail.org.