📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our partner is the department of Hérault. We are working with the Environment Department for a fifth consecutive year of partnership! Together, we carry out international projects with the aim of preserving sensitive natural areas. The department owns natural sites and promotes a real environmental policy on a territorial scale in order to preserve its rich but fragile biodiversity.
💼 What the programme involves
Nature lovers, this workcamp is for you!
Situated near the banks of Lake Vésoles, in the heart of the protected natural areas of the Hérault region, a refuge designed to welcome hikers needs to be given a makeover!
What is your mission? Participate in the refurbishment of the refuge. The work will consist of creating new wooden cladding on the outside of the building. Supervised by a specialist, you will be guided to carry out this essentially physical work. The site is magnificent with exceptional biodiversity and a breathtaking landscape! This environment will give you energy at all times!
🏠 Accommodation on site
On the departmental domain of the refuge at Lake Vésoles. Sleeping in individual tents. Bring your own sleeping bag and camping mat. A building will be provided for toilets, showers and meals. You will share the various collective tasks and prepare meals together. A budget will be allocated to the activity leaders and you will participate in the grocery shopping and the preparation of meals, giving priority to healthy and local products.
Please note that the site is very isolated in the countryside, a site for bivouac lovers only!
📍 About the location
The workcamp is located near the Vésoles Lake, in the commune of Fraïsse Sur Agout in the Hérault department. The site benefits from a remarkable environment, both in terms of its fauna and flora, and its magnificent natural landscapes characteristic of its Mediterranean forest and mild climate.
Nearby you will find charming little villages with a typical vernacular heritage, vineyards and olive trees, warmth and friendliness!
You will have the joy of being able to bathe in cool and unusual water gorges and enjoy activities and leisure activities in the open air! You will be able to meet wild animals and contemplate the starry sky!
ℹ️ Additional information
Remember to bring gloves, clothing and shoes for work. Nights can be cool, so bring a sleeping bag for cold weather camping. Isolated site, no WIFI.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.