📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This project will be in collaboration with the authority of the city of Esneux and the CDPA (Centre de Dépaysement et de Plein Air d’Esneux). The CDPA welcome primary school students with their teacher who are coming there to have holidays and leisure activities. The main building is a castle from the 19th century, it is located in a huge park of 35 hectares.
💼 What the programme involves
With the help of technical leader, your hand is welcome for different outdoor tasks: reconstruction of a dry stone wall, setting up of the greenhouse and preparation of the vegetable garden, and a few maintenance tasks (such as cleaning the stream and the green spaces near the castle). But also manual work inside the castle: maintenance and cleaning of the woodwork, or even help with daily tasks of the domain (cleaning, cooking …)..
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will sleep In a dormitory with all the facilities on the grounds of the castle (showers, toilets, sinks...)
The food will be providing by the kitchen team of the Domain. Volunteers must notify beforehand about specific diet.
📍 About the location
Esneux is a lovely town (13.000 inhabitants) located in the French speaking part of Belgium. This town is appreciated by the tourists who are coming here to do some hiking near the Ourthe’s Valley and to enjoy the nice atmosphere of the downtown. You can find everything there: schools, supermarkets, industries…The city of Liège is about 20 minutes by train.
⚠️ Requirements
This project is not suitable for people in a wheelchair.
ℹ️ Additional information
The Rond Chêne’s Domain is about 4 km of the Esneux’s downtown, it will be impossible to go to the town each day, so enjoy the nature around the domain.