EMMAUS ETOILE - SOCIAL COMMUNITY FR SPEAK
France
Environment
Social work
Environment
Social work
Fixed dates
About the project
EMMAUS ETOILE - SOCIAL COMMUNITY FR SPEAK
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
You want to experience solidarity holidays? You are interested in social work, or simply curious about discovering an alternative way of life and work? Join the Emmaus project in Etoile-sur-Rhone, located in the middle of Drome, between Provence and Vercors This is a demanding yet fascinating workcamp, which will not leave you indifferent. Emmaus is a community that welcomes people in difficulty or marginalised, and offers them a place to live and work, in a real solidarity spirit. There are 3 founding principles and every Emmaus communities : welcoming everyone (no matters their origin or their past); working, which is considered as crucial to have a stable life and as the way towards social rehabilitation and self-estime reconstruction; finally sharing is the 3rd foundation of the communities. The community located in Etoile welcomes every summer teams made of international volunteers, who are integrated in a group of ) compagnons i (this is the name of the community s members) for 3 weeks of exchanges and common work. Our volunteer s mission ? It is to make the effort of participating in the community life and bring their dynamism, their curiosity and their ideas during their stay
💼 What the programme involves
Your mission is to take part on the community s work which involves reuse of furnitures, objects and second-hand clothes. Along with your fellow workers, you will take part in collecting, selecting and refurbishing the objects given to the community : furnitures, books, decorating objects, clothes, accessories-.Your role will be also to place the objects in the big selling shed, which is a true Ali Baba s cave, and to help with the selling and the connection with the public when the shop is openBe aware that the working days are long Volunteers will work from Tuesday to Saturday, 7 to 8 hours a day. Sundays and Mondays are free, you can take advantage of them by having a nice time with the compagnons and discovering the region
🏠 Accommodation on site
For three weeks, you will be lucky to experience the daily life of the community, which involves about twenty persons : men, women, teens, elders and children, from France or elsewhere The balance of the community is based on its members and the respect of the rules, including the ban of drinking or bringing alcohol in the community. You will also be expected to respect those rulesThe meals are taken together with the compagnons (men) and compagnes (women) who successively cook ; you will be welcomed in the kitchen to help them, and maybe cook a mean from your own country. Everyone commits to take part in the different daily tasks like cleaning, tidying-.About the accommodation, your group of volunteers will be hosted in a building that belongs to the community, with and independent access : the compagnons will bring beds and mattresses for you, yet don t forget your bed linen and sleeping bag. Shower and toilets will be located nearby your accommodation.
📍 About the location
Welcome to the Emmaus Community of Etoile sur Rhone, a beautiful village made of stones typical from the region, between Provence and Monts du Vercors. You will have time in the evenings or the weekends to explore the surroundings: visit of Valence, Crest or Montelimar, swimming in the Drome, bike riding, visit of a local farm and local food tasting. We also count on your spirit of initiative to suggest animations and activities to do with the compagnons In any case, do not hesitate to bring your board games, music instruments, food from your country or your favorite recipes, photos and memories to share with the compagnons and the volunteers for a beautiful experience of cultural exchange
⚠️ Requirements
IMPORTANT : By coming to an Emmaus community, you commit to respect the rules and the compagnons. You commit to be tolerant and open-minded 1/ French speaking project; we expect volunteers with at least a basic French level. Language used in the daily life and the work organization will be French. No other specific competences for this workcamp, except liking team-work and being very motivated, in a good mood and willing to exchange with the compagnons 2/ EU volunteers: bring along with you your European Health Insurance Card; non-EU volunteers: do bring your CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE. Each health expenses will be paid by the volunteer and refunded when back in its own country. 3/ You need to bring along with you: Bed linen, sleeping bag, working clothes, resistant shoes for work, warm clothes for fresh nights, hat/sunscreen/sunglasses/swimsuit, your camera, photos/souvenirs/little things from your own country. For the boys : do not forget to bring your swimming trunk in addition to your short pants (which are prohibited in the French public swimming pool). 4/It is no longer allowed to change foreign traveller s checks into money in the French banks: think about doing it in the foreign exchange counter (airport, stations, big cities) BEFORE arriving to the workcamp
ℹ️ Additional information
Chantier social et francophone Lettre de motivation demandee. French speaking and social project Please send us a motivation letter
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JR16/214
24/07/2016 → 13/08/2016
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Rhône, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
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🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French