📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Come and discover the secrets of the Hautes-Alpine's rivers. This workcamp will allow you to learn about the professions related to the preservation of the environment and the aquatic domain, and to think in more general terms about the management of watercourses.
The Mixed Intercommunal Syndicate of the Buëch region and its Tributaries (SMIGIBA in French) handles the ecological management of the purification and the protection against floods of the rivers of the Buëch valley in the Hautes-Alpes. Since 2011, the association “Les Villages des Jeunes”, has organized several international workcamps in partnership with the technical team of SMIGIBA while working to conserve riverbanks and encourage the local population to get involved with river preservation.
💼 What the programme involves
You will participate in the restoration of the rivers on a bassin pouring from the Buëch. This workcamp will mainly focus on restoring a piscicultural clearing, protecting an eroded riverbank, a reforesting a riverbank. With the help of professionals dedicated to the enhancement of the aquatic domain, this experience will allow you to discover the challenges and the importance of actions taken in the natural world.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In dormitories of 4 to 5 people, including the volunteers from other workcamps, at the welcoming center of Faï, 05400 Le Saix. You will also have access to the sanitary facilities and the welcome center rooms. An entertainment group will invite you to participate in the community's life : prepararing menus and meals, using local produce, dish-washing, and cleaning...
📍 About the location
Veynes, 25 km from Gap.
During your free time, you will have the opportunity to participate in local events, to organize hiking trips in the surrounding mountains, and to visit the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region. On the evenings, you will be able to organize community games, film projections, and international meals in the Faï farm.