🏢 About the local organisation
The city of Montaigut-le-Blanc is hosting for the second time a workcamp volunteers during this summer 2017. This workcamp will be in partnership with the local association Mons Acutus . Since 1999 this organization work for the preservation and enhancement of the town : it is called Mons Acutus (name of the village in the Middle Ages). Website of the association : http://www.monsacutus.com/
💼 What the programme involves
The village is crossed by many byways that provide access to the top of the village where the castle is located. The workcamp will focus on these paths with the creation of a staircase and the implementation of stone. The objective is to facilitate access for people who want to discover this beautiful village. This project is a real opportunity to acquire manual craftsmanship in traditional masonry.You will participate to the work with other international volunteers and a technical supervisor will teach you specific techniques concerning this restoration. The work takes place the morning for 5 hours maximum. Afternoon and weekends are dedicated to activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in tents next to the town center in a green area along the river. Mattress provided, bring your sleeping bag. You will go to the workplace by foot (5 minutes). You will cook in a kitchen in the village hall. Shops in the city of Champeix are located 3 km from Montaigut-Le-Blanc. Jeunesse et Reconstruction will not be responsible for you if you arrive before the beginning of the project.
📍 About the location
The village of Montaigut-le-Blanc has an exceptional heritage making it a touristic village. It is characterized by its old houses arranged in tiers around a rocky outcrop which itself is crowned by a medieval castle. Many activities can be arranged for exploring the area. You will also have free access to the swimming pool of Montaigut-le-Blanc (located nearby the campsite).
⚠️ Requirements
1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated and loving work in group You will share friendly moments with local people : be open-minded and curious.2/ Bring: sleeping bag, warm clothes and rain-coat, bathing suit (for male: short pants prohibited in the public swimming pools, please bring a bathing suit). 3/Bring for work: worn out clothes, safety shoes/boots compulsory. 4/ Bring some material from your culture (documents, pictures, postcards, little gift, musical instruments, games,...) to share with other volunteers and local population and make exchanges easier.5/ 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 on the camp, the volunteers will have to pay for it, and then get reimbursed once back in the home country. 6/ At the end of the work camp, no transportation will be organized by our association. You will then have to arrange with the work camp leader your own means of transport to return to the train station.7/ More info about trains : http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ 8/ It is not possible for foreigners to change traveler-checks into cash money at the French bank agencies: please do it before the workcamp starts at money changers (in airports, main train stations, big cities).9/ A transportation will be organize during the workcamp for activities.10/ If you have a driving license, please bring it along in case of necessity