📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The city of Saint Macaire (www.saintmacaire.fr) plans to set up and manage a connected campus (state-approved project). The campus is made for an individual or collective workspace where students can follow distance learning courses near their home, with the benefit of local support. The project is part of a desire to support and involve the local population (especially the youngest) with the team of volunteers from the international workcamp. That’s why several workcamps will be organized at the same time (Verdelais and Pian-sur-Garonne in August). You will also participate and meet the volunteers of the Frayse'Toch Festival, which takes place every summer in Fargues Saint Hilaire.
💼 What the programme involves
Take part in the creation of a connected campus in the heart of the medieval city of Saint-Macaire!
In order to host a campus for young people from university, you will participate in the restoration of a former caretaker's house, which neighbors the town hall. You will renovate the old building (decoration strip, painting), create an open-air space (weeding and clearing) and finally, you will fit the campus' interior out in order to create peaceful work space that encourage calm and convivial moments of relaxation. You will be supervised by a technical leader who will teach you different renovation processes.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in tents and a collective room will be available in the Maison Forte de Tarde which overlooks the Garonne. You will share the various collective tasks and prepare meals together. A budget will be allocated to the group leaders; you will participate in the grocery shopping and the preparation of the meals, opting for healthy and local products.
The banks of the Garonne have outdoor lounges to enjoy your free time in the sun and have fun.
📍 About the location
Saint Macaire is a Medieval City in the South of the Gironde. Between ramparts, vestiges and cloister, the city will make you travel throughout the Middle Age time. The town is full of little secrets, walks and outdoor activities, it's a great place to live and everyone knows each other!!
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring a sleeping bag for cold weather, work clothes, sports shoes, warm and rain clothes, a torch lamp, a swimsuit and sunscreen.
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 will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
