📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Join the Citrus association's major project and help renovate the future international reception center in Laguépie. For over ten years, international volunteers have been building, renovating, imagining and giving shape to a large-scale project.
On the heights of the village of Laguépie, the Citrus association is a place of sharing and encounters, where young people from all over the world come to contribute to the renovation and fitting-out of the international welcome center. Since 2012, the association's buildings have been located in the former hamlet of La Mayounelle: offices, a communal living space and an activity room, all surrounded by fields, a green theater and a vegetable garden. Accompanied by experienced leaders, you'll live at the heart of the association and share daily life with the Citrus team and other volunteers on site.
💼 What the programme involves
Sweet games are made of… wood! Join us for 2 weeks of creative adventure where you can bring your ideas to life. You'll be making games out of wood and other salvaged materials, to liven up your afternoons and evenings at the site.
You'll have the chance to show off the typical games of your homeland and learn those that have kept Occitan culture alive for decades. Do you know cocagne, or quilles? We can't wait to show them off to you at the community fair we're planning during this project. So come along with your ideas and the desire to create media that promote intercultural discovery. By the way, do you know how these games are made? You'll be supervised by our technical supervisor, who will reveal the secrets of carpentry and guide you through every stage of production, right through to decorating and testing the games.
In addition to this main project, we'll be harvesting vegetables from our kitchen garden, as well as building plant dryers - invaluable tools that will enable you to learn techniques for processing the products you harvest.
Heads or tails? Either way, come to Citrus and you'll come out a winner!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You'll be accommodated in 8- to 12-person, single-sex collective tents with floors and beds. Amenities include dry toilets and solar-powered showers. A pedal-powered washing machine is available for laundry. There is no wifi connection.
You will take part in the upkeep of the premises and in the preparation of meals, accompanied by an educational supervisor in the kitchen. Choices will be made collectively to ensure a balanced diet based on your tastes and local seasonal produce.
📍 About the location
On the Citrus association's international host site, near the village of Laguépie (82250), in the Aveyron gorges, 100 km northeast of Toulouse, between Albi and Villefranche-de-Rouergue.
Leisure activities: In the heart of the Aveyron gorges, you'll be able to take advantage of all the possibilities offered by the Tarn-et-Garonne region: swimming in the Viaur river, accessible on foot, visits to medieval villages, kayaking, visits to Albi cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site. With the support of the entertainment team, you'll also organize activities such as musical evenings and Olympics. Last but not least, you'll take part in events where you can meet the local population: international meals, intercultural games, film screenings, traditional festivals, etc.