📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Several Workcamps have been done in the village of Clansayes for many years, thanks to the willingness of elected officials to improve the quality of life and quality of reception reserved to young people by the population. Clansayes has many attractions for those who want to discover the history, culture and landscapes. Website Clansayes: http://www.clansayes.fr/accueil/
💼 What the programme involves
Supervised by local volunteers, you will participate during three weeks to make the village more beautiful than it is already. You will perform various work : clearing and embellishment, especially around the ramparts... for 5 hours in the morning, five days a week. PHYSICAL WORK you have to carry heavy loads You will also participate in the l village feast and local volunteers will help with the installation of animations.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a municipal building, in the heart of this lovely traditional village Mattresses, Kitchen and WC available. Showers close to the sleeping place. Meals will be prepared by volunteers, in teams of 2. JR provides you with small mattresses but please, TAKE YOUR BEDSHEETS AND SLLEPING BAG. We can not take care of you if you arrive before the beginning of the workcamp. (In case,Accomodation by your own, some possibilities: Montelimar : Hotel restaurant des Blaches : 04 75 01 84 02 - Hotel restaurant La Pignata : 04 75 01 87 00 or contact the Tourism Office : 04 75 01 00 20) .
📍 About the location
Clansayes (500 inhabitants) is located in South Drome, at the broder with Provence. 20 km away from Montelimar and 5 km away from St Paul 3 Chateaux. The village has many traces of a rich past (see pictures). Be open, the inhabitants love to welcome the volunteers Be careful, no shops and no public transportation
⚠️ Requirements
Clansayes is a very beautiful rural area ; No public transportation and no shops 1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated, curious and loving work in group 2 / Our association does not provide a car during the workcamp. 3 / At the end of the workcamp, no transportation will be organized by our association. You will then have to arrange your own means of transport to return to the train station and plan it during the camp with the team leader and the inhabitants. 4/ More info about trains : http://www.voyages-sncf.com/?rfrr=PropositionAller_header_ACCUEIL5/ European volunteers should bring their European health care card, and everybody must, in any case, BRING THEIR INSURANCE CERTIFICATE. If health issues on the camp, the volunteers will have to pay for it, and then get reimbursed once back in the home country. 6/Do not forget to bring : a sleeping bag, warm clothes (socks, sweaters and rain-coat), a bathing suit. For male volunteers: short pants are generally prohibited in the public swimming pools in France, please bring a bathing suit. For work : worn out and protective clothes and strong shoes. Your games, songbooks, cassettes, musical instruments and recipes, will be also welcome To make exchanges and meetings easier, please also bring photos of your home, some postcards, small gifts. 7/ It is not possible for foreigners to change traveler-checks into cash money at the French bank agencies: please do it before the work
ℹ️ Additional information
chantier ouvert a partir de 17 ans pour les participants francais