ESC: Volunteering for mini-farm and soil rehabilitation

Name: ESC: Volunteering for mini-farm and soil rehabilitation
Start: 2023-04-18
End: 2023-12-17
Location: Gardie, France

Code: 33772 Copied

France European Voluntary Service Environment European Voluntary Service Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

We are looking for 1 volunteer with motivation to take care of the farm members of our community and to support the work of soil rehabilitation and plant caring in our land. For now we have: 2 donkeys, 1 pony, 1 ponkey, chickens, 3 sheep and 1 pig. The volunteer will take care daily of their food, water and well being, and, together with other volunteers, will also maintain their spaces. Of course there are also the community lifestyle tasks and the sustainable and green practices of each day. With this project, we aim 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. The team of volunteers will experience a quality intercultural learning and an openness to the world, having the chance to free themselves from judgements.

🏠 Accommodation on site

IDC is located in a small town, 20km from Carcassonne where the nearest train station and airport are (the volunteers will be picked from there and will be taken to the place). This region is rural, living mainly from wine farming and tourism. The place is surrounded by nature. Accomodation: volunteers will stay in mobile homes, in shared-rooms, usually with another volunteer of the same sex. Food will be bought twice per month, and volunteers will take turns to cook healthy and low-impact food! following the food guidelines.

🎒 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. Although the development of tasks are in autonomy. Communication and feedback to keep the good health of animals and plants is important. The volunteer will also work together with other specialists that will support the permaculture activities. There will also be workshops proposed both from IDC and the volunteers, about sustainability, low-impact food, zero waste, DIY, climate change, resilience, personal development...

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Proactive, creative, motivated to do and learn! Organized and responsible with the tasks, interested in caring for animals and plants (taking care of other living beings!) and ready to get dirty!! We are looking for an energetic and responsible person for this position. To know more about the specif profile, and the main tasks during the project, please check this link: https://initiativeetdeveloppementcitoyen.org/volunteering-at-a-mini-farm-and-bio-vegetable-garden/
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/04/2023

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

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18/04/2023 → 17/12/2023

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Deadline: 15/04/2023

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

11250 Gardie, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:52 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French