📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Participate in the project of IRSAM, a sensory education institute for young visually impaired, to develop their green areas and create a sensory garden. The institute is located in the center of Marseille, close to Notre Dame de la Garde, with a panoramic view of the city, the blue coast and its islands. You will discover towns and landscapes of Provence with intoxicating scents, lulled by the song of the cicadas...
By participating in this workcamp, you will contribute to the well-being of the visually impaired young people of the institute who can enjoy the sensory garden and vegetable garden, while learning ecological gardening techniques!
💼 What the programme involves
You will participate in the restoration and development of the institute’s gardens with work of clearing and uprooting. You will prepare the soil with natural compost and learn permaculture techniques.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the rooms of the institute which are very comfortable. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together. The budget will be managed with your animators and you will participate in the races and the preparation of the meals, favoring the local products of season.
📍 About the location
Marseille is the capital of Provence with about 900,000 inhabitants. Ideally located and very well served by public transport, you will discover the architectural and landscape jewels of the region, participate in the festivities of the city, go hiking in the Calanques etc.
⚠️ Requirements
Please bring: work gloves and shoes, casual clothing, hat/cap, sunglasses, sun cream, mosquitos repellant (and swimming suit!)
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point :
Marseille train station.
Closest airport:
Marseille - Provence