📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Come and highlight the small heritage of a rural town between beautiful rivers and hills.
The municipality of La Roche Chalais is hosting an international workcamp of volunteers for the fourth year: after carrying out paths which connect the village to the river and redeveloped the banks of the river we continue to work on the heritage and natural spaces of the village. In connection with the various political, cultural and technical actors of the territory, this camp will bring you to meet a rural territory and to participate to its dynamism. It will also be an opportunity to participate in a broader program of support for the integration of refugees in this territory through voluntary actions. Indeed, a group of local inhabitants mixing “original“ inhabitants and newcomers will participate with you at the different times of the construction site, helping to break down the labels and stereotypes around migration and to enhance their involvement in this territory.
All these different local people and the regulars of the campsite where you will be accommodated will offer you many ways to participate in local life: meals, activities with the children of the school, local associations... You will discover the hospitality of the population and the charm of the landscapes and local heritage, by organizing with the other volunteers and leaders your program of activities.
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamp will be composed of various works of environment and enhancement of the built and natural heritage (maintenance of sports course, approaches to a pond, restoration of wash houses and calvairres, ...) You will work in various spaces in and around the village frequented daily by the Chalaisiens. to improve their living environment. You will be on the worksite in the mornings and discover the surroundings and collective life in the afternoons.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be welcomed at the municipal campsite, very comfortable! Sleeping under tents, camp beds provided. Remember to bring your duvet and a pillow. A covered dining area is reserved for you, with a kitchen where you can prepare good food in turn.
📍 About the location
La Roche Chalais is located on the Greenwich meridian, at the crossroads of four departments and 70 km from Bordeaux, Périgueux and Angoulême. You will build your activity program together, based on the possible outdoor activities around us.