📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
We are Catfarm Education, an association supported by an intentional community located in a farm, in Poussan.
Our vision aligns with social innovation and autonomy by raising awareness of the world around us, and broadening cultural understanding. We aim to empower youngsters by providing appealing non-formal education methods through human creativity and technologies. We want at the same time being a playground for the general public to promote mindfulness and to create awareness about our world’s limited resources.
In order to contribute with an innovative approach in the educational field, our objectives are: promote the youth activism and implement European volunteer projects; support and develop the knowledge transfer through leaders related to the needs of their home country; influence the general public and motivate them through real opportunities to work, participate, giving and receiving, by following our core values : Community, Sustainability and Creativity.
For reaching our aims, we are developing the following activities:
-Entrepreneurship, to enhance individual sense of initiative from the idea into the action, manage projects, achieve objectives and strengthen their key skills in a changing society.
-Non Violent Communication, to develop empathetic listening, honest expressing and compassion through observations, feelings, needs and requests that leads to mindfulness, tolerance, respect, conflict resolution.
-Gender equality, to raise awareness on the gender dynamics, transform old patterns into equal and inclusive communities and challenge sexual orientation discrimination.
-Women’s empowerment in the process that creates power in individuals and decision-making over their own lives, society and in their communities.
-Permaculture and natural buildings, to construct and inform about the future's need for respectful structures and local development.
💼 What the programme involves
2 months for having a local impact ! The challenge is set. This winter 2023, Catfarm will welcome (4-5) volunteers for a joyful ESC opportunity. As a young international community, we aim to create positive changes in the local surroundings by pumping youthful energy into virtuous projects, because that’s what we do the best !
Are you in between 18 and 30, with a european nationality ? Are you a traveler in the soul, wanting to share your gifts and open to learn ? Are you wishing to connect in deeper ways, feeling like exploring the ecoplace lifestyle ? Then Catfarm needs you !
This season, we will help a local movement for reforesting the areas, planting trees every week. We will also help creating a social event in the village, “The soup celebration”, which will be the first event of a newborn citizen collective.
🏠 Accommodation on site
This project takes place in the south of France, in our english speaking international community.
You will be hosted in a double room.
We are a vegan, drug&alcohol free place.
We have a car, few bikes and bus network close by.
🎒 Leisure activities
There will be around 10 volunteers onsite, and as part of the group everyone takes various chores, roles and duties (For example crafting the DIY products, being in charge of the animals, in charge of the garden…). You will be able to get your hands on and learn about a lot if you have this intention ! (Cooking, baking, woodcraft, carpentry, social medias, project management, arts, eco-buildings, permaculture, …)
A lot of workshops are given by residents, and we will focus on what you will want to learn during the opportunity as best as we can.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: We are searching for open-minded volunteers, traveler in soul and wanting to try community living.
For the rest, bring your gifts :)
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/01/2023
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.