📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is the third year of partnership with the village of Collobrieres. Concordia is supporting the village for the implementation of its project to enhance the exterior of the St Pons church. The long-term objective is to have scented and educational gardens that will energize the site, while serving as a place of learning for the young people from the village and from the surrounding area. Very committed to its youth, the village as well as its population will welcome you with open arms!
💼 What the programme involves
Participate in the promotion of the historical heritage of Collobrieres, a Provencal village "chestnut capital" in the heart of Provence. The town has called on an architect to propose a project in order to enhance the exterior of the church of Saint Pons. The work will therefore consist in supporting the village and the local associations in the renovation of the cobble stone way.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be housed by the inhabitants in local houses for most of the nights, with local youths participating to the project. Evenings and nights in tents will also be organized in the communal school. You will eat lunch during the week at the canteen of Collobrieres school with the other youths of the village.
You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together in the evenings and weekends. The budget will be managed with your animators and you will participate in the shopping and in the preparation of the meals, prioritizing local and seasonal products.
📍 About the location
Collobrieres is a small village of 1900 inhabitants in the heart of the Massif des Maures clinging to a hill, close to the beaches of the French Riviera. Its ideal location will allow you to enjoy splendid walks in the massif, to visit chestnut groves or the geological museum, to swim in the communal swimming pool or on the French Riviera while enjoying the festivities of the village!
⚠️ Requirements
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 arise on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Remember to bring clothes and shoes for work and hiking. Nights can be chilly, so bring a good warm duvet and a floor mat or air mattress. To avoid mosquito bites, remember to bring mosquito repellent and loose fitting, covering clothes for the evenings. As we are in an area where it can be very hot during the day, bring a hat or a cap, sunglasses, sunscreen, a small backpack as well as water bottles.
As the village is far from the meeting place and has no public transportation, it is imperative to be on time at the meeting point!
For the public meals and the open house, you can bring a few specialties from home that are easy to carry with you.
