📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
"Etudes et Chantiers Corsica is an association of popular education which activity covers the study and implementation of projects and activities related to the environement protection, management of natural areas and restoration of rural heritage (small buildings in dry stone).
Our previous international workcamp on the Pifano district in Porto-Vecchio (Corsica) took place in September 2017 and had a great success! This year we want to develop the Community Gardens (Environmentay and Socialy), discover the region, with a group of 6 local volunteers and international volunteers !"
💼 What the programme involves
In partnership with the local council of Porto-Vecchio, you will help with the creation of community gardens in the municipality : in a solidarity garden, we sow, we plant, we harvest, we grow our garden but we also develop togetherness, sharing, solidarity between neighbors and inhabitants of the city, neighborhood or village.
The work:
- Raking,
- Weeding,
- Building wooden planters,
- Planting vegetables etc.
Complementary work: the construction of dry stone walls:
- Collection of Stones,
- Installation of foundations,
- Construction technique,
- Wall construction, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in a campsite, in a building (villa or bungalow). Every bungalow is composed of two bedrooms, a bedroom with a large bed and another bedroom with 2 small beds, toilet, shower, and a small kitchen.
Place of accommodation can be changed (but, it remains in a hard wall accommodation).
Meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) are taken together. Other groups will be formed to prepare meals. Menus will be developped together, intolerance to certain products or ingredients will be taken into account. Bring some of your culinary specialities and share them woth the other volunteers !
📍 About the location
Porto-Vecchio is a seaside resort on the south-east coast of Corsica. It is the third most populated town of the island after Ajaccio and Bastia. The sixteenth century Genoese citadel walls' are used as a backdrop to the old town and offer views of the marina and its yachts. Shops, bars and restaurants line the narrow streets of the city and the main square; the Republic Square. Among the famous beaches located not far, we can mention Palombaggia and its stretch of sand surrounded by pine trees, or Santa Giulia, which waters remind those of a lagoon! Places to visit:
- Palombaggia Beach
- The Citadel
- Santa Giulia Beach
- Ospedale Forest
- Pinarello Beach
- Boat trip
- The old Town, etc.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring photos of your city (example : its history) to share them with the other volunteers!