📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Imagine a place where youngsters can rebuild themselves thanks to their passion for horses… come to discover that place and help us to make it live.
Cheval Horizon is a living place for children and youngsters aged from 6 to 18 years old where everyone can find their place surrounded by a professional team. This is a big house surrounded by green and wooden areas in the heart of the Drôme. Thanks to a friendly relation with animals, youngster can boost their self-confidence and empower themselves. Come to discover that very welcoming place and help us cleaning the numerous equestrian hiking paths. You will also participate in the building of an oven in natural materials. We expect you to interact with youngsters of the centre, it will be a deep intercultural relationship!
💼 What the programme involves
You’ll participate in the cleaning and the development of the area, especially the riding paths: clearing the brush, thinning the wooded areas, cutting some wood, sign marking the paths… This work will be done only with small manual tools. The group might be divided to allow the ecological construction of a big oven. The team of Concordia will be composed of three animators (two animation leaders and a technical leader) the permanent staff of the centre will also help supervising the group.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep under two people tent (separated boys and girls), bring your sleeping bag and a carry mat. Everyday life will take place in a building provided by the centre. The centre is very sensitive to ecological problems that’s why composting toilets will be used. 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 shopping with giving priority to products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
The equestrian center is located close to the city of Montrigaud (500 Inhabitants) in the Drôme department, Auvergne Rhône Alpes region. It is 45 km north of Valence, 75 km west of Grenoble and 100 km south of Lyon. You’ll be able to visit many natural places thanks to the van made available by the centre.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please take working gloves clothes and shoes, that you don’t mind getting dirty. Nights can be cold, so bring a warm sleeping bag and warm clothes. Hiking shoes are strongly recommended. Don’t forget you solar protection (Hat, glasses, cream…) and your swimsuit! Group leisure activities will be programmed together with our camp leaders taking into account your suggestions! You will plan together your visits and activities during your stay. If you would like to share a bit of your culture (cooking recipes, traditional stories, unusual objects…), do not hesitate to bring a piece of your country in your backpack!
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 them, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.