📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Hiking and Tourism Service of Jonzac, in the profit of its 7,000 kilometres of hiking, aims to create a sports workcamp for international teenagers. Thus, this Tourism Service in partnership with Maison des Bateleurs – Solidarités Jeunesses seeks to develop the interculturality and well-being of the community of Haute Saintonge. Exchanges are planned between the locals and young people with main events, but also the support of young people in the assembly of hiking events. Your actions will be in accordance with the objectives 3 and 15 of sustainable development (UN) in favor of good health and life on land.
💼 What the programme involves
Accompanied by professionals in the development of green areas and the protection of flora and fauna, you will contribute to the maintenance, marking and clearing of hiking trails. In addition, you will participate in the workshops of interculturality and well-being. You will work around 4 hours in the mornings.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in dorms (8 people) at Maison des Bateleurs, Montendre. You will have a vehicle available for all mobility in the region. Food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner (you have a food budget which the facilitators will manage and communicate with you throughout the work). The meals will be prepared, in turn, by you, especially for lunch and dinner while respecting environmental values and local resources, as well as the culture of each and everyone (hot and cold dishes as well as vegetarian and vegan will be prepared).
📍 About the location
Montendre, Charente-Maritime, 75 kms away from Bordeaux. You can learn many things about ecology thanks to the support of the Hiking and Tourism Services of Jonzac. In addition, the city has an important cultural and historical heritage. You can also visit the forests of the Landes, the estuary of the Gironde as well as the visit of cities like Bordeaux, Saintes or Angoulême (historic city of cartoons magazines).