📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Come and join the great project of Citrus, and be a part in the renovation of the future international hosting center of Laguépie. For more than ten years, teenagers from all around the world have come and built, renovated, imagined and given shape to this great project.
Up the hill of the village of Laguepie, Citrus organization is a place for sharing and gathering, where international volunteers are building, stone after stone and year after year, an intercultural hosting center. Since 2012, it\'s in the former hamlet of “La Mayounelle '' that is located the organization Citrus : office, refectory, kitchen, surrounded by green fields, a green theater and a garden. Guided by the workcamp leaders, you will live in the heart of the organization and share daily life with the whole team of Citrus. Your actions will be in accordance with the objectives 3 and 4 of sustainable development (UN) in favor of good health and well-being and of quality education.
💼 What the programme involves
You will take part in the development of the outdoor place, making your contribution to Citrus.
Below the main building, close to the garden, is located the future place to host volunteers during international work camps. Guided by a technical leader of the organization, you will build dry stone retaining little walls to support terraces already created. An ancestral tradition, dry-stone construction allows an ecological building, without concrete or mortar. They promote an ecosystem in its own right. To this main workshop, some others may be added, connected to the maintenance of the green areas around Citrus, decoration of the premises, maintenance of the vegetable garden, etc… From Monday to Friday, mornings will be for technical workshops (4 hours per day). Some people will also be dedicated to do the meal preparations for all the group.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In collective tents of 8 beds, with wooden floor and beds. Please bring a sleeping bag and a pillow if you wish. Bathrooms, kitchen and refectory are in a building nearby. Wifi isn’t accessible and there is no washing machine, so bring enough clothes for the stay, or take something to wash your clothes by hand
You’ll be responsible as a group of cleaning the place and cooking the meals, guided by the campleaders. Some choices will be made to encourage local and seasonal products.
📍 About the location
In the heart of the Aveyron Gorges, you will be able to take advantage of the possibilities offered by the Tarn-et-Garonne: swimming in the Viaur River, accessible on foot, visiting medieval villages, kayaking, and visiting Albi Cathedral, a Unesco World Heritage Site. With the support of the animation team, you will also organize activities to meet the local population: intervention at the market, international meal, intercultural games, etc.