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Parc de La Poudrerie

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About the project

Parc de La Poudrerie

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our association has been taking care of the forest maintenance of this historic site for 6 years. Old Napoleon powder reserve, today it's a park that offers many activities for recreation and nature conservation. Located at 15 minutes from Paris, is a haven of greenery in the city. The project of this Workcamp is to participate in the site's accessibility across its path and a walk accessible to blind people.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers will participate in the development of paved paths around the children 's playground and participate with the association of guide dogs of France to create a fun and educational way accessible to blind people to walk in the forest.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will be accommodated in dormitories in a school.

📍 About the location

Volunteers will have access to park activities : pedagogical Farm, museum of powders, vegetables gardens, fitness trail, BMX terrain, climbing wall, tennis courts, bicycle path, planetarium ... The visit of Paris will be plan with a journey to discover the city and Parisian life in an unusual and different way. Leisure and spare-time will be selected in cooperation with volunteers and facilitators. Bicycles are available for volunteers, a cycle track allows, along the Ourcq canal to join Paris by bicycle.

ℹ️ Additional information

The work will be done in collaboration with employees of the site, who will help and teach to volunteers differents technics. Work on the cobblestones can be a little difficult but the employee team will assist the volunteers.

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📅 Available sessions

U22

11/07/2016 → 22/07/2016

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 8
♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/4

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

1–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French