📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Red-Cross center of Natoye « Le Relais du Monde » is an open center for asylum-seekers of various origins. The residents of the center benefit from social and material assistance and medical care during the waiting period of their application for asylum (in order to be recognized as a refugee). The center has the capacity to host up to 250 people, but after the massive arrival of migrants in Belgium in 2015, it hosts 280 persons (and 20 of them are non-accompanied minors). The aim of the workcamp is to encourage intercultural meeting between the volunteers and the residents of the center, and to propose leisure activities to the residents.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will organize and lead different activities for the residents (children and adults): sport, handicraft and art workshops, cooking, visits, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will sleep in one of the rooms of the center. The comfort is very basic.
📍 About the location
The center “Le Relais du Monde” is located, 300 meters from the Natoye train station, in a 10 ha domain. Natoye is a village located near Namur.
⚠️ Requirements
A motivation letter in French is requested. Volunteers with an experience with kids and/or creative volunteers are particularly welcome. For your information, the budget granted to the Centers for Asylum Seekers was drastically reduced in 2014 and remained the same despite the increasing number of resident. Volunteers are then encouraged to realize activities at a lower cost and bring material.
ℹ️ Additional information
Only for volunteers from 20 years old. Non accessible to wheelchairs.
The budget for the food is very restricted for the resident, this aspect can be an issue for some volunteers (not very various and delicious). Please take some food with you if you think it can be a problem.
For more Information on the center :
http://www.croix-rouge.be/activites/asile-et-migration/les-centres-de28099accueil/le-relais-du-monde-natoye/