📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Concordia is a French non-governmental and non-profit making organization, founded in 1950 with the aim to promote international exchanges of young volunteers. Concordia's objectives are :
- To contribute to the social life of communities through bringing together volunteers from different countries/regions and backgrounds ;
- To facilitate European and international mobility and exchange of ideas, through international exchanges in order to develop knowledge, mutual understanding and peace.
- To promote an educative project, encouraging an active citizenship of people for a democratic, united and participatory society.
Concordia is a member of the Alliance of European voluntary service organizations, of the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS –UNESCO), of the National Committee of Youth and Popular Education, and of Cotravaux (Coordination of French Voluntary Work organisations). Concordia has the approval of the French Ministry of Youth and Sports.
Concordia has its headquarters in Paris and eleven regional delegations, including the Auvergne delegation, located in Clermont-Ferrand, coordinating projects in all Auvergne territory, including :
- Organizing international volunteers workcamps ;
- Sending, hosting and coordinating European Solidarity Corps projects ;
- Working within the framework of the French Civic Service program ;
- Organizing Youth Exchanges and Mobility of Youth Workers projects.
💼 What the programme involves
"Learning to be different is the source of our humanity". We invite you to give your time alongside people with disabilities and break down barriers and prejudices about disability!
The educating team of the Monziere home is looking forward to seeing you. It is essential for the residents to meet people from outside. The residents would like to develop the green areas of their home and they have some very specific ideas. You will build a large wooden terrace where they will set up chairs and tables for sunbathing. You will also build a petanque court (French traditional ball game). They have been waiting to play for a long time!
You'll spend about 30 hours a week on this site. Under the instructions of a technical leader, these tasks will help you gaining more experience in using tools and in participating in all stages of wooden construction. It will be a very enriching experience!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay.
Your accommodation will be located at the municipal campsite of Bourbon l’Archambault, which is 5 minutes’ walk from the Monziere home. You will sleep in individual tent set up in the grass. You will have a kitchen and a collective room in the stadium.
The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of meals, prioritizing local products from the market. Wi-Fi available in the Hand washing of laundry.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking for motivated candidates interested in our project. Eager to share daily life with other participants. It is important that the volunteers can organise themselves well and take initiative.
Deadline: Application deadline: 16/05/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.