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A pioneering repopulation project in Galicia, Spain, offers housing to those who want to live in the villages. And it is completely free: you only pay for the work because those interested must commit to restoring abandoned houses with their own hands. The prize: the house, free of charge. This is the plan devised by Aldealista, a unique project in Spain, which seeks to rescue abandoned villages in the province of Ourense. This project is joined by many others in which Aldealista is trying to give new life to the villages of Galicia that have lost a large part of their population in the last 50 years. In this program, we talk with the founder of the project, Juan Carlos Pérez, and also with the mayor of San Xoán de Río, a small municipality in Ourense that is committed to bringing fifty migrants to his municipality. The mayor wants to find housing and work facilities for all those who want to live and work in quiet villages, with good food and a very high quality of life. In this programme, the founder of Aldealista and the mayor of San Xoán de Río answers questions from all those interested in living and working in cheap towns in Spain. In this case, in Galicia.