Agriculture et construction
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About the project
Agriculture et construction
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Village Pilote is a Franco-Senegalese NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation), which has operated in Senegal since 1994. We strive to get the street children out of their downward spiral. To this end, we focus our efforts on prevention, protection and the reintegration of children at risk.
Our goals are:
- To introduce methods of identifying, making contact with and gaining the trust of these vulnerable children in conflict with society
- To facilitate and promote their reintegration into their communities, school and work via structured training programs
- To increase the understanding and raise awareness of the plight of street children across all sectors of Senegalese society
💼 What the programme involves
- Welcome the new children in the center, follow up their integration and accompany them in their daily activities;
- Contribute to the plannification of the overall projects in the Center related to animation, cultural, sport, school formation activities;
- Support agricultural and farming activities. One of the objective of the village is to increase our independance in food-self sufficiency.
- Help to the construction of the new health center in the village (already started);
- Initiate and animate new activities for the center in agriculture, construction, manual works projects for children
🏠 Accommodation on site
The accomodation fees are on the charge of the volunteer.
The association helps volunteers to find a house (shared houses) around Village Pilot and answer to all questions related to his/arrival. The association can host the volunteer for the first week, before he finds a place to rent.
🍲 Food
During the day, the lunch is offered in the centre.
The other meals (breakfast, dinner) are on the charge of the volunteers.
📍 About the location
The village is situated on the "Petite Côte", 1 hour from Dakar. Next to the famous "pink lake", and the sea.
The life on the center and the villages around is very modest and traditional (no running water, no hot water, no WIFI, no modern facilities and village life).
🎒 Leisure activities
Senegal is very famous for many touristic places and beautiful sightseeings.
The Lac Rose village is situated at 50 minutes from Dakar (capital of Senegal), and next to "the Petite Côte" (Saly, Somone, Toubab Dialaow) on the West littoral of Senegal.
Dakar can be visited; Dakar is the capital of Senegal, an international and a dynamic city. From the cultural point of view, many art manifestations occur each year (Biennale de Dakar, Festival de Saint Louis, Music festival...) and several cultural activities are available all year long (concerts, dance show, theater, art exhibitions...).
Travelling in the country is safe and encouraged! Closest touristic areas are Siné Saloum (2 hours from the Pink Lake). Other famous places can be visited like Casamance (10h from Dakar by boat or 1 hour by plane), and Pays Bassari and Bedick mountains (10 hour by car only).
⚠️ Requirements
Since he/she will be very autonomous (renting his own place and preparing his own food), the volunteer should be very mature and open minded.
ℹ️ Additional information
Minimum 6 months
The volunteer should arrive either beginning of June or after mid September
Ont pour objectif de tendre vers l'autosuffisance, donc besoin de connaissances en agriculture un peu:
- Aussi motiver et transmettre ses connaissances aux jeunes
- Sensibilisation
- Activités de maraichage
L'association s'adapte un peu aux volontaires
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
Agriculture&construction
01/06/2018 → 31/12/2019
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Lake Retba, Senegal
Senegal
🌍 Location info
Local currency
West African CFA Franc (XOF / CFA)
Exchange rate
1 XOF = 0.001531 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Greenwich Mean Time
Local time: 21:14 (12/11/2026)
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