📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or is a village of 1200 inhabitants, quite close to Lyon but with a very rural and peaceful atmosphere. The village will host next summer a 4th international volunteers workcamp in order to continue renovation and arrangement work on the historical site Ermitage and to create exchanges between the young international group and the local population. More info about Poleymieux: http://www.poleymieux.fr/, about Jeunesse et Reconstruction : http://www.volontariat.org/
💼 What the programme involves
This year, volunteers are invited to participate in restoration work on a dry stone wall. Supervised by a technical leader, you will learn how to bring up a wall using ancestral methods. You will work 4 to 5 hours a day, 5 days per week. Please think of bringing strong shoes for the work!!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Under tents, on the pétanque’ ground (kitchen, showers and WC near the camp). No WIFI on the living place! Jeunesse et Reconstruction will provide you with ground mattresses; please don’t forget your bed sheets and sleeping bag. The meals will be prepared by the volunteers themselves, in teams of 2; you are expected to participate in the everyday tasks (cooking, washing dishes, cleaning bathrooms etc). Accommodation at your own expenses if you arrive before the starting day of the workcamp.
📍 About the location
Poleymieux is a small village, with one shop only, that has kept a very peaceful atmosphere. You will have time to enjoy the bucolic surroundings by walking, to rest and to meet the inhabitants, who will be happy to invite you for dinners. Possible leisure activities: discovering the Beaujolais and the Mont d’Or region, visit of Lyon (only 10 kms from Poleymieux), swimming, visit of a local farm, canoeing, meeting with other camps’ volunteers. More information about the region: http://www.montsdor.com. You will be in charge of organizing an international meal for the inhabitants during your stay; please do not forget to bring specialties and traditional recipes from your country, as well as pictures, music, curios to share about your culture!