📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Located in the heart of the Hautes-Alpes, the association “Les Villages des Jeunes”, www.villagesjeunes.org, manages, runs and renovates a hosting centre at Vaunières since 1964 ! It is an old mountain hamlet that has become both a “trampoline” for youth and adults facing hardships, and a welcoming place for French and international volunteers. Vaunières is a vacation destination for families, tourists and people with disabilities who come to enjoy the calmness of the mountain and the place’s dynamic atmosphere. Our workcamps, with volunteers from all countries, allow us to reinforce the cultural diversity of our work, and to open up the site to the world, making it a place where people from all ages and socio-cultural backgrounds agree to meet each other by working together and sharing the collective life. We hope that you too will join us in an atmosphere of exchange and “do-it-together” that characterize our project.
💼 What the programme involves
You will participate to a trailer’s construction. Thanks to the construction of this eco-design accomodation, you will discover woodwork, framework, ecologic isulation and at the same time you will enjoy teamwork. The structure will be built on a chassis to get an movable accomodation that will be suitable at all seasons.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In domitories, you will share a room with 3 to 8 persons in a town called Haumeau de Vaunières. You will live with other volunteers from different workcamps. You will take part in collective life (menus, cooking with local products, cleaning, …) http://www.villagesdesjeunes.org/index.php?page=vaunieres
📍 About the location
Location : Hameau de Vaunières (7 km from the village St-Julien-en-Beauchêne, 50 km from Gap).
Leisure activities : Located in a beautiful natural environment, Vaunières is the perfect place to discover hiking in mountains, rural lifestyle, with local markets. During the workcamp, touristic visits in the region and sport activities may be planned. In the evenings, you could organise games, international diners, movie nights, ...