📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Inside the Regional Nature Reserve of Chevreuse Valley, you will contribute to the project of valorization of several remarkable sites. Many historical constructions have been buried by vegetation and time. Volunteers have been discovering old trails, abbeys, bridges during the last 5 years... Between streams and stone bridges, this unique place witnesses the history of the 17th century millers and landscape painters of the 19th century. You will live with all the volunteers and participate to work and everyday life activities. A technical leader and a camp leader will be there with you all along the workcamp. You will live a great adventure in the heart of the breathtaking Chevreuse Valley.
💼 What the programme involves
You will participate to the enhancement of different sites : weed places and reopen a hiking trail, create a wooden path, clear an ancient crypte, and various other environnmental tasks. You will be supervised by a technical team specialised in the management of green areas. The aim of this project is to help revive certain spaces of the park so that walkers and tourists can discover the hidden treasures of the site!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in the heart of the Natural Park, at the village hall, in which they will have a large kitchen, seperated toilets and showers for men and women, a large room for everyday activities and a camping site. During the camp you'll have the opportunity to show off your culinary skills by initiating other volunteers with typical dishes from your region. Meals, like all daily activities will be carried out collectively. Together with the campleaders you will all pay attention to have local, seasonnal, and organic food as much as possible for a sustainable and healthy diet
📍 About the location
Along with volunteer group and campleaders, you will decide of activities and discoveries during the afternoons and the week-ends. We are looking forward to hearing your ideas! Games, lunches with local inhabitants, natural excursions and tours of the region will be organised. You will also have the possibility to visit Paris guided by Parisians themselves, in a more orginial way! Get ready to discover and share during these couple of weeks!
⚠️ Requirements
EXTRA FEES: reduced to 250€ for international volunteers. Pay attention! Our national participants in France pay the regular 360€ of extra fees. International volunteers coming from our partners in other countries than France pay only 250€ of extra fees.
Globally on our teenager’s camps, we chose to book half of the spots for french volunteers. The aim is to allow a maximum of young people to access intercultural learning, to promote volunteer's commitment as a first step and then experience internatioanl workcamp abroad.
ℹ️ Additional information
EXTRA FEES: reduced to 250€ for international volunteers. Pay attention! Our national participants in France pay the regular 360€ of extra fees. International volunteers coming from our partners in other countries than France pay only 250€ of extra fees.