📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
L Enfance de l Art , created in 1997, is a non profit organisation whose aim is to help parents to become more involved in their children s education. To that purpose, the organisation set up hosting facilities for children or people with reduced autonomy, leisure workshops, nurseries, schools. The organisation follows Steiner pedagogy principles.L Enfance de l Art hosts about 125 children from 0 to 12 years old. The kindergarten, the nursery, the nursery school and the primary school are recognized by the French-speaking Community of Belgium and the organisation is now established in the former boarding school of ) Dames de la Providence i. These buildings are rented for a very low price before a probable purchase in order to avoid vandalism. They were dilapidated and deserted since 2004 before the parents of the organisation decided to begin renovating them and that s where the workcamp steps in
💼 What the programme involves
In partnership with a construction company focused on social improvement, l Enfance de l Art organises a renovation workcamp in the former boarding school of ) Dames de la Providence i that has hosted for 5 years the new Waldorf school of the French-speaking community of Belgium, as well as a kindergarten in the first of the six renovated buildings. This company uses ecological material and techniques that are in harmony with our environment.Volunteers will work from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 12 am and from 2 pm to 4 pm, on the renovation of a building in order to turn it into a new daycare centre for children from 2 to 3 years old and related premises (toilets, kitchen, dormitory, playroom,...). They will be asked, according to work progress, to work, in 2 or 3 teams, on different techniques and activities:- Disassembly of the building and sorting of materials- Renovation works in the gardens and the courtyard- Participation to the management and the preparation of a community kitchen of good quality
🏠 Accommodation on site
ACCOMMODATION: In the former boarding school in other non renovated buildings- Two showers and toilets - A kitchen and dining area - Some common rooms in a house under construction. It will be in a comfort of a Scout camp . Please bring a sleeping bag, a torch (in order to move inside the buildings during the night) and toiletries (including a towel). FOOD : Meals (breakfast, a light lunch - sandwiches, salads, soup,... - and full and warm dinner) will be prepared by a member of the hosting organisation and 2 volunteers in turn. The emphasis will be put on the good management of the community kitchen in order to get quality food and avoid food waste as much as possible.
📍 About the location
Templeuve is a small town 2 km away from the French border, 20 km away from Lille (France) and 10 km away from Tournai. Templeuve has its own market and neighbourhood shops, is connected to Tournai with a bus service (every hour) and has a flat land without relief, making the use of bicycles very easy (a few bicycles will be provided to volunteers). Tournai is a city that attract people who like old stones, History, museums,... Tournai cathedral has been classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
⚠️ Requirements
This workcamp is open to anyone interested by sustainable construction techniques. Please bring good working shoes and clothes.