📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
To embellish is to make something prettier, more attractive and also more charming. And this is exactly what this international workcamp is offering you to do, alongside the town's inhabitants who will be there to encourage you along the way!
Allègre is a medieval town with a very rich heritage. At an altitude of 1,000 meters, the remains of a classified castle overlook the village. The village is crossed by old pedestrian alleys, locally called "Charreyrons". For 8 summers, international volunteers have been taking turns to renovate these alleyways and the remaining of the castle. This year; we do invite you to take part in the rehabilitation of a dry stone wall situated on a “charreyron” under the castle. Local celebrations, meals with the inhabitants and the discovery of the region will be on your workcamp schedule!
💼 What the programme involves
You will continue to restore a path to access the ruins of the castle. You will learn how to rebuild a dry-stone wall from the base upwards, taught to you by a specialized technical instructor. This traditional technique gives a beautiful aesthetic result! The secondary objective for you will be to participate in the reconstruction on the paving of the path, in the centre of the village.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Allègre’s school, located in the centre of the village, will be made available to the group. You will sleep on mattresses on the floor, in three classrooms on the first floor. On the ground floor you will use the fully-equipped kitchen and a large activity room for socializing. The showers and toilets are also on site.
The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
Allègre is a small town located in the Haute-Loire County in the Auvergne region, 30 km north of Le-Puy-en-Velay city. It is a village located in the Natural Regional Park of Livradois-Forez, with picturesque alleyways and red roofed houses, built on the slopes of an extinct volcano, the "Mont Bar". From the "Potence" (gallows) at the top end of the village you can look out across hundreds of kilometres of countryside! You will have the chance to go swimming in lakes, to attend local celebrations and take part in outdoor leisure activities.
For more information visit: http://www.mairie-allegre.com and http://www.auvergnevacances.com.
ℹ️ Additional information
Trinational project: French, German, Korean
This project is supported by the OFAJ, the French-German Youth Office. Some volunteers from France - Germany – South Korea may be eligible to have their travel costs supported on the presentation of original receipts.
Bring work clothes, walking boots and a backpack. Nights can be chilly, so bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Allègre by foot and minibus.
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 then be reimbursed once back in their home country.