📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Unforgettable days await you on this naval work camp where you will work on building a schooner and walk along the docks of Bordeaux!
ARPEJE is an association that works on social and educational reintegration of youth. For 5 years, they have built and rehabilitated wooden sailboats. In collaboration with Concordia for a fourth year, ARPEJE brings together the volunteers, its clients and neighboring associations for a rich and dynamic exchange. As an added bonus, you will get to discover the exceptional city of Bordeaux.
💼 What the programme involves
You will mainly contribute to the renovation of the inside part of a 35m long schooner. You also can participate to the construction of a single-hull sailboat designed to be used by a person with a disability. Work involve: carpentry/woodworking, painting and interior fittings.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Camping. Tents for 2 will be provided. Please bring your mat and sleeping bag. A collective tent for cooking and other group activities and an old bus transformed into a house will also be available to the group. The group will share collective tasks, manage the budget along with the camp leaders, shop and prepare meals made of local healthy products as a team.
📍 About the location
ARPEJE is located in the middle of the wet docks of the Bacalan district, northern Bordeaux. This city is rich in history and known throughout the world for its wine. Among the planned activities, you will visit the city, famous neighboring chateau and vineyards and sail the Atlantic Ocean!
⚠️ Requirements
Bring clothes, gloves and work shoes, a raincoat, hiking shoes and a swimsuit. The nights can be cool; so take warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also take recipes from your country, musical instruments and games.
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.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
Bordeaux train station
Closest airport:
Bordeaux