📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Beyond community renovation work, this project aims at promoting exchanges between locals and international volunteers in this small village where the inhabitants have been eagerly waiting for the arrival of a workcamp like this one for many years. This includes discovering new and different ways of thinking and acting, sharing skills, investing oneself to develop an area and taking part in the collective life: there will be many possibilities to promote solidarity! Each workcamp offers unique experiences, so come to Dampvalley-lès-Colombe and make your own!
💼 What the programme involves
Lying on the edge of a forest, the site of la Madone attracts many hikers and draws their curiosity. A dozen stone constructions surrounds a tall statue of about 10m. To bring new life to the place you will renovate a part of the surrounding wall of a burial mound for about 6 hours per day. You will learn techniques of traditional masonry (wall-building) and work with a lime mortar. You will evolve as a team with the help of two animators, and share tasks associated with collective life such as, cooking, cleaning, after work activities etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will live in a municipal centre set aside for your group and the soccer pitch will also be at your disposal. The place is equipped with a kitchen and field beds will be provided for you. Please bring your own blanket or sleeping bag and pillow. Showers can be taken at the locals’ homes. To get to the work site you will need to walk around 15 minutes through the forest. For other trips like going shopping or visiting the surroundings, the locals will be gladly willing to help.
With the support of the campleaders, you will make the menu and prepare in turn the meals every day. There will be the possibility to eat vegetarian or vegan and plan accordingly, if necessary. You will often share meals with the inhabitants giving you the opportunity to discover the local gastronomy and to share precious moments together.
📍 About the location
The commune of Dampvalley-lès-Colombe is situated 10 km from Vesoul (70000) in the department of “Haute-Saône“.
Leisure activities: Your group will initiate and organize the free time activities during the afternoons or the weekends. The ideal programme will account for the wishes of everyone, the local possibilities (museum, Oricourt castle, summer concerts, hikes, etc) and financial side of things.