📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This workcamp is the result of the cooperation between the townhall of Chemillé-Melay, the social centre of Chemillois and Concordia.
The municipality has developed in recent years the facilities in the park of the Cloister to be used by the locals. For three years, fifteen young people actively participated in workcamps near the park of the Cloister and the community center.
💼 What the programme involves
Work of valorization in the Cloister’s park. You will take part in the restoration of a wall, and will learn ancient technics of masonry: clear off undergrowth, masonry work, repair the joints of the bricks by using traditional techniques (e.g. lime mortar).
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a shared accommodation under tents, boys and girls separated. Lavatory in the locker room. Collective life and cooking at the leisure camp “les Cloîtres”. Cleaning and cooking tasks will be done together. Bring a sleeping bag and a mat.
You will experience a sustainable lifestyle within the camp (local organic food, composting, energy saving).
📍 About the location
Chemillé-Melay is a small city (8755 inhabitants) of the Maine-et-Loire County located between the cities of Cholet and Angers. It’s the head city of the Chemillé district and propose a lot of services to the population: swimming pool, parks, playgrounds, cinema… Discovering the region, media creations “video, pictures, radio…” with the support of the Regional Numerical space of the Chemillois, bathing, hiking, concerts and all the ideas you could propose will be considered. More information about the project on www.trouve-ton-monde.com
⚠️ Requirements
This project is French-speaking only. An intermediate level in French language is needed to be part of it. A motivation letter in French is required. Bring suitable shoes, warm and waterproof clothes, a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. 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.