📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Since 3 years, the municipality of La Chevrolière has been organising local workcamps for the youth of this tiny city. This year, they would like to settle a partnership with Concordia in order to give the possibility for a meeting between local youth and internationals. This dynamic municipality has a very developed youth sector and the person in charge for teenagers’ activities is very enthusiastic about this international project. He will be part of the leaders’ team of the workcamp.
This workcamp is the good place to discover the French culture, together with the youth and the inhabitants of the village who will be pleased to make you discover their territory. The tiny city is 35km far from the Atlantic Ocean and by the natural reserve of Grand Lieu, and will give the chance to nature lovers to discover the local fauna and flora.
💼 What the programme involves
The municipality would like to renovate some buildings and transform them to become halts for hikers. You will be supervised by two leaders. You will take part in the restoration of a building, and will learn old traditional techniques: masonry works, using lime mortar, repairing joints…
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in a collective accommodation under tents close to the Youth Centre.
The toilets and bathroom will be in a building. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
La Chevrolière is a small city (5256 inhabitants) of the Loire-Atlantique County located in the South of Nantes, 35km from the Atlantic Ocean.
Discovering the region, hiking, and all the ideas you could propose will be considered