📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Located in the heart of the Hautes-Alpes, the association “Les Villages des Jeunes”, www.villagesjeunes.org, have been managing, running and renovating 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 community 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
Currently, the hamlet has a secure area around a basin used in case of a fire. In this area, there is the pond, but also an area with trees and a small fountain. This project will focus on the reduction of the secured perimeter, in order to create a new friendly space, in order to give campers the possibility to camp there. With the support of a technical supervisor, you will participate in several works (installation of a fence, creation of a campsite and renovation of a fountain), and discover different techniques of work (traditional masonry, landscaping). Also, according to the progress of the works, you will be able to take part in the construction of a path made out of logs in the heart of the vegetable garden.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be in tents for 2 or 3 people on the site of "l’Aurore" which is 300 meters from the center of the hamlet. You will have at your disposal: a kitchen in a cottage, a toilet block with water and toilets, and a beautiful outdoor space to eat together, around a fire. You will cook and make the menus together using local products. You will participate in the organization of the camp: kitchen, dishes, amenities, cleaning, and a campfire.
📍 About the location
Hameau de Vaunières (7 km from the village of St Julien en Beauchêne, 50 km from Gap).
Leisure activities : You will participate in the village life which can be very active in the summer time, pizza nights, barbecues, dances, themed parties, international meals, sports games, etc. In addition, our hamlet is at the crossroads of several hiking trails and small rivers. Thus, walking, hiking and swimming will be part of the activity proposals. You can also participate in local events (festival, Provençal market) and visit the Buëch region. The leaders will help with the organisation of the leisure activities.