📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Participate in the renovation works of the old train station of Paulhan (built in 1870 and shut down at the beginning of the 1980’s) to give it a new “life”. More precisely, the first floor will host some cultural activities and the upstairs floors will be converted into social housing. Between hills and sea, Paulhan is a perfect example of an Occitan village dating from around 990 AD. You’ll have the opportunity to discover the surroundings and meet the inhabitants during the welcome drink, international meals …
💼 What the programme involves
You will have to remove the rubbles and clean up the rooms. Following the progress of the work, you might also have to remove the wall paper on the walls and rehabilitate some rooms of the upstairs floors.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a building, with a collective room for the meals. Take your own sleeping bag. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together.
📍 About the location
Located 15km from the Salagou’s lake and between Montpellier and Béziers, Paulhan and its surroundings will offer you a wide range of activities (water activities, hiking …). For more informations: http://www.paulhan.fr/
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring working clothes, closed shoes, warm clothes, protection against the sun (hat, glasses, sunscreen) and your swim suit. Do not forget your sleeping bag. Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.