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KEEPING FAÏ WARM 2

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About the project

KEEPING FAÏ WARM 2

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Participating in the ecological insulation of a stone house in the heart of an idyllic mountain landscape- that sounds interesting? Join us and come discover the former Ferme du Faï and its natural setting at an altitude of about 1000 meters! The association Les Villages des Jeunes has managed, organized, and renovated Faï\'s welcome center since 1990, in partnership with the SIVU of Haute-Maraize. The Ferme du Faï is a former agricultural area where the buildings were converted into studios and group accommodations. From April to December, the association organizes a back-to-work project there for local residents and welcomes, in the form of internships, young people facing hardships. In the summer, the Faï is also a place of residence for professional artists that come to take advantage of the amazing location to create collectively and contribute to festivals like La Montagne qui Chante...The workcamps that we organize at Faï contribute to making this a place of innovation and freedom where working and living together, whether that be for a few days or several months, becomes possible for young people and adults, people from all countries and all cultures, employees, volunteers, artists, tourists etc. The activities at the Faï farm are in line with several objectives of sustainable development by a responsible consumption and production, by a functioning which wants to be equal for each person present, by an attention brought to a participative education of quality and this since its origin and also the wish to take part in the well-being and the good health of the people. We hope that you too, a volunteer from France or abroad, will come with this spirit of openness and collaboration that fuels our project !

💼 What the programme involves

After the insulation of the "Auberg'in" building this year, the insulation work is taking place on a building called "The Farm". This building hosts the long term volunteers but also the offices and housing of the permanent employees. For the comfort of the people and for ecological reasons, we want to improve the insulation of this stone house. With the help of the technical supervisor, we will work with eco-construction techniques and materials (such as hemp and lime, wood). We will build a wooden frame on the outside of the house. This framework will be used to contain the insulation, made of a mortar of lime and hemp straw. At certain times, we will work at height, using a scaffolding. The time spent on the site is approximately 30 hours per week.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Housing will be in individual tents, that we furnish and provide mattresses for, on the campgrounds of the Ferme du Faï. The campgrounds have access to showers, restrooms, and the kitchen. There’s no WIFI, but you’ll be able to meet people from all over the world ! We’ll take turns cooking, that way we’ll be able to taste a number of different specialties ! Here, we pay attention to what we eat, and to reduce our impact on the planet, we try to eat a maximum of local products and limit eating meat to twice a week. The collective life is organized together: organization of the menus (vegetarian, vegan and other possible specific diets), shopping, activities, etc. The meals will be shared by all the people present on the farm. Bring a mattress, a good comforter (nights can be cold) and a pillow (to be adapted according to your needs).

📍 About the location

The farm of Faï, 3km from the village of Saix, is 15km away from the main city, Veynes. Grocery shopping days, which will be conducted once or twice a week, will be organized using our vehicles. We will be in an exceptional location to discover the joys of hiking among the mountains, its rivers, its lakes, the farmers markets, and festive events organized in the surrounding villages (depending on programming). As a group, we’ll decide the activities and outings that we want to set up (subject to distance). Once a week, the welcome center generally organizes an evening of music with homemade woodfired pizzas.

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📅 Available sessions

SJ/TEEN59

07/08/2022 → 20/08/2022

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 12
♂ 0/6 ♀ 0/6

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

15–17 years old

Solidarity donation

200.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

05400 Veynes, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 20:55 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French