📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Looking to meet new people from another country? Wanting to participate in a collaborative and social project with youngsters from urban areas? This workcamp is made for you!
You have the opportunity to commit with the inhabitants of Clichy-sous-bois, by participating in the embellishment work of the youth center. Come take part in the realisation of several frescoes and some small renovation work: mosaic, carpentry… The youth house is ideally located in the heart of the city and close to the departmental forest of the Fosse Maussoin, between city and nature and only a few kilometers from Paris. You will have the opportunity to join events organized by the city of Clichy-sous-Bois during the summer including Clichy-Plages.
💼 What the programme involves
You will contribute to the embellishment of the youth center whose rehabilitation works were completed in 2006. The intervention will consist of 2 parts: painting the walls of different rooms and creating frescoes. You will also participate in small renovation jobs: mosaics, carpentry…
The local association “Vis tes Reves” (Live your dreams) will accompany you in this project. They will introduce you to their know-how. You will work with local youths, and share with them your different cultures.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be housed in dormitories set up especially for the occasion inside the youth center that will be made available to the group. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare the meals together. The Youth House will be open to the public during the day and will be reserved for you in the evening.
📍 About the location
Clichy-sous-bois is a town of 30 000 inhabitants, located in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis in Ile-de-France, 17 km north from Paris. In 2006, the town inaugurated the Youth House, in the vicinity of the departmental forest of the Fosse Maussoin. This place hosts young people who live in Clichy, aged between 12 and 20, and organize various artistic projects with them, as well as cultural and educative activities.
You may also enjoy the local event Clichy-Plage, organized by the city in July or go for a walk in the forest next to the youth house. You will be able to visit Paris with the group as well.
⚠️ Requirements
Think to bring gloves, clothes (which could be stained by the paint) and shoes for the work. Nights can be fresh, bring a hot sleeping bag.
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.
ℹ️ Additional information
Fee:
165 €
Meeting point:
TRAM Gargan (93)
Closest airport:
Paris