📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Archeopark “La Malagne” (Rochefort) is a center of interpretation of the Gallo-Roman rural civilization and a living museum for the general public. Open since 1996, the Archeopark shows a Gallo-Roman villa that was built nearly 2000 years ago, that was an ancient farm with its buildings and grounds. Malagne is a place that welcomes families and tourists and receives students throughout the year. To help to grasp archeology and understand the everyday actions of our Gallo-Roman ancestors, Malagne has developed a wide range of interactive workshops for schools: archeology workshops, Roman cooking, bread making, forging, jewelry, archery, etc. Children thus become artisans, cooks, blacksmiths ... the time of one day.
💼 What the programme involves
Malagne also organize several festive weekends including the Gallo-Roman meeting in July. Volunteers will participate with to the preparation and arrangement of this summer Gallo-Roman party that is aimed to make people discover the expertise and Gallo-Roman crafts. This is basically to help put up and take down facilities for this event (arbors, bar, barbecue..) . In connection with this festival, volunteers also work to maintain the site and gardens (weeding, mowing, haymaking…). During the festival, volunteers who wish can give a hand to the team (bar…). Apart from the preparations for the feast, work in the vegetable garden are planned.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation in a room of the center. Comfort quite basic, you’ll have to bring a sleeping bag and a big mattress with you. Lavatories are close to the room but for the showers you will have to go to the sports center (+/-1 kilometer away).
📍 About the location
Rochefort is city situated in the south of Belgium, in Namur Province. During leisure time, a lot of activities are possible: hike in the nature, visit some caves or castles, practicing kayak, reserve game, Chevetogne, biking, going to an outdoor swimming pool in Rochefort...
⚠️ Requirements
Work can be quite physical. Volunteers will have access to a kitchen to cook their own food. In case of bad weather, inside work will be programmed (liming of stables, maintenance of historical buildings).
ℹ️ Additional information
Not accessible to wheelchairs