📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
As a whole, this project wishes to promote commitment, ledearship, autonomy and resilience in order to make our daily life more ethical. The current crises (health, environmental and social) require us to think about how within our daily lives we must promote respect for the environment and living together. Volunteers will experience a quality intercultural learning and an openness to the world, having the chance to free themselves from judgements. In terms of activities, the volunteer will work mainly in the organic vegetable garden and the care of our animals in the mini educational farm. The work is hard but is beautiful! Learn how to take care of other beings is a matter of observation, love and passion. The more we share with the plants and animals and we are aware of their behaviour, changes and well- being, the wiser we will be to respond better to their needs. So far, we have around 17 animals and we usually harvest tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes, pumpkins, zuccinis, basil...
🏠 Accommodation on site
IDC is located in a small town,18km from Carcassonne where the nearest airport and train station are (the volunteers will be picked from there and will be taken to the camping). This region is rural, living mainly from wine farming and tourism. The cathar Castles of Lastours are just in front us, and around the area there are other castles and touristic places. Accomodation: volunteers will stay in mobile homes, in shared-rooms, usually with another volunteer of the same sex. Food: the food will be bought twice per month, and volunteers will take turns to cook healthy and low-impact food!
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers will be supported by our staff of professionals, who will guide them in order to achieve a succesfull accomplishment of the tasks. Depending on their tasks and responsabilities, they will receive instructions and formations to work, for example: on the garden, cooking, compost and waste management, animal care... There will also be general workshops proposed both from IDC and the volunteers, usually about sustainability, low-impact food, zero waste, property of plants, yoga, health, sport, art, dance, among others.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are looking for 1 volunteer between 18 and 30 years old. The activities will be adapted to the age and skills of each youngster, and they are mainly outdoors and related to the animals and the infrastructure. On the other hand, a certain level of environmental awareness and knowledge about animal care will be asked, in order to go deeper into the topic with the participants. Some of the values we are looking for: open-mindness, creativity, responsability, adaptability, environmental awareness, low-impact lifestyle, teamwork, will of new experiences, personal development.
Deadline: Application deadline: 10/02/2022
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.