📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Your team will work for a local section of NATAGORA non profit organization. NATAGORA is the biggest Belgian environmental organization. Their aim is to stop the loss of biodiversity and to get back to a good general condition of nature, in balance with human activities.
The types of protection measures developed by Natagora are:
- Creation (by buying grounds) and management of natural reserves
- Protection of endangered species
- Mobilization of all actors in our society (from children till adults) on environmental awareness
More information about the hosting organization: http://www.natagora.be/semoisardennaise/index.php?id=semoisardennaise
💼 What the programme involves
With the help of technical leaders, the volunteers will do some outdoor tasks: pruning, cutting invasive trees, moving of wooden heaps... These beautiful places being in nature, you will go everyday to the workplace on foot, with your tools.
BEWARE: This workcamp is only based on manual and outdoor tasks and the work might sometimes be exhausting.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in a house in a small typical village near Bouillon. Breakfast and dinner will be provided in the cottage and lunch will be taken in your workplace. Volunteers must notify beforehand about specific diet (allergies, vegetarian or without pork diet…).
📍 About the location
Vresse-sur-semois is small village located in a rural area close to the French border. The scenic views of Semois river that crosses the region are known as a nice touristic place
During the weekend, it will be possible to organize cultural visits and to travel to the bigger Belgian cities. Gedinne train station is 20 kilometers away from your place. From there, it is easy to reach bigger urban centers such as Namur, Brussels or Liège.
⚠️ Requirements
150 € of participation fee; leisure time activities are covered.
ℹ️ Additional information
There will be a limited Internet access during the camp (available just from time to time).
Please take working clothes and “working” shoes with you – boots are just perfect. To take a rain coat in your bag could be also suitable