📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The town of La Ferté-Alais is located in a regional natural park called Gâtinais and in the valley of river Essonne. The town has had many experiences hosting international workcamps in the past. The town is very attached to these projects as it celebrates their local heritage and provides some entertainment especially for the local youth. In 2018, the town is starting to host permanently the association Vir´Volt which wishes to contribute to the local animation through the organisation of international workcamps. The association has created an international campsite where young people from different countries come to work and live together.
💼 What the programme involves
During the workcamp, international, French and local volunteers will take part in different works in the town and on the site of the association. Projects will include some construction works on the campsite of the association. The works on the campsite will consist in building environmentally friendly installations (storage for recycled materials, furniture out of recycled material like wood palettes, systems to collect rain water) to promote eco-friendly practices. For this work, you will be trained in wood and construction work.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in communal tents on the association’s campsite. Please bring a sleeping bag with you. The campsite has bathrooms and showers, as well as a kitchen place. Food will be provided and cooked by the volunteers by turns.
📍 About the location
La Ferté Alais is approximately 50km south of Paris, in Essonne region.
Leisure activities: You will have the chance to enjoy the association's campsite and to discover the cultural and natural heritage of the region which is part of a natural park. You will also be given the opportunity to meet and socialise with local young people. Other leisure activities will be organised collectively depending on the wishes of the group and the available budget.
ℹ️ Additional information
This project should not be seen as a sightseeing trip to Paris. If you wish to visit Paris, you should arrive a couple days earlier or stay a couple of days after the dates of the summer camp.