📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The village of Herment is hosting for the third time a workcamp during this 2016 summer. The project is part of a dynamic for attractiveness and opening toward the world by the municipality and intermunicipality community. The site to which you will participate is an ambitious project: the restoration of an historic dry stone retaining wall
💼 What the programme involves
The dry stone wall that you will be involved is essential for maintaining a historical site called the walk of the walls. You will restore this dry stone wall using traditional dry stone techniques. The stone used is a typical local volcanic stone (Auvergne volcano region).You will participate to the work with other international volunteers and a technical supervisor will teach you specific techniques concerning this restoration. The work takes place the morning for 5 hours maximum. Afternoon and weekends are dedicated to activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the municipal camping in the center of the village. Mattress provided, bring your sleeping bag. You will go by walk to work: you have only 50 meters to walk Herment is at 830 meters of altitude, bring WARM CLOTHES. You will cook all together in the equipped camping kitchen. There are some shops in the village. Jeunesse et Reconstruction will not be responsible for you if you arrive before the beginning of the project. Possible lodging in municipal camping of Herment, at your expenses (please check by calling the municipal camping). phone :33 4 73 22 10 58
📍 About the location
Located at 830 m of altitude, the village of Herment has a remarkable rich heritage. The village offers visitors a unique view of the Monts Dore, those of Limousin and Le Plomb du Cantal from the Promenade des Walls which is included in the inventory of Historical sites. In addition, this rural mountainous area benefits from the tourist attraction of winter resorts and hydrotherapy of Massif du Sancy.
⚠️ Requirements
1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated and loving work in group You will share friendly moments with local people : be open-minded and curious.2/ Bring: sleeping bag, warm clothes and rain-coat, bathing suit (for male: short pants prohibited in the public swimming pools, please bring a bathing suit). 3/Bring for work: worn out clothes, safety shoes/boots compulsory. 4/ Bring some material from your culture (documents, pictures, postcards, little gift, musical instruments, games,...) to share with other volunteers and local population and make exchanges easier.5/ Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, BRING THEIR INSURANCE CERTIFICATE. If health issues on the camp, the volunteers will have to pay for it, and then get reimbursed once back in the home country. 6/ At the end of the work camp, no transportation will be organized by our association. You will then have to arrange with the work camp leader your own means of transport to return to the train station.7/ More info about trains : http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ 8/ It is not possible for foreigners to change traveler-checks into cash money at the French bank agencies: please do it before the workcamp starts at money changers (in airports, main train stations, big cities).9/ A transportation will be organize during the workcamp for work and activities.10/ If you have a driving license, please bring it along in case of necessity