📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is the first year of partnership between Concordia and the commune of Mazieres-en-Mauges. This project is organized to allow local and international young people to participate for two weeks in a project that is useful to the community, within a framework of intercultural exchanges.
💼 What the programme involves
You will work on the restoration of a stone wall in the municipal park: staking and cleaning the wall, making a lime coating (masonry of old buildings).
This youth workcamp is the result of collaboration between the non-profit organization Concordia and the commune of Mazieres-en-Mauges.
The town hall is in charge of a project to enhance a communal park by developing collective spaces for the inhabitants. This project is part of that project.
The municipality is working in partnership with the Chloro'fil Intercommunal Sociocultural Centre to mobilise local young people. For this first year of partnership, a group of international and local young people will work together on this wall restoration. You will be accompanied by the workcamp leaders throughout the work site to help you step by step in learning these techniques!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in tents, boys and girls separated. Sanitary facilities in a local football club building. Collective life and kitchen at the municipal stadium. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leaders and you will participate in the preparation of meals, prioritizing good products from the market and local producers.
Bring a camping mat and a sleeping bag.
📍 About the location
Mazieres-en-Mauges is a commune located 5 km from Cholet (the second largest town in the Maine-et-Loire) and is bordered by a forest which offers numerous hiking trails to discover and explore.
Possible activities: discovering the region, swimming, hiking, taking part in local events, visiting local sites and whatever else you decide collectively...
ℹ️ Additional information
You will work on small scaffoldings. Please bring gardening gloves, good shoes for work and working clothes. As nights can be quite cold, also remember to bring warm clothes. Do not forget to bring a camping mat, a sleeping bag for cold weather (and a tent if you have your own!).
Don’t hesitate to bring traditional things from your home, photos, games, music instruments, etc.
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 will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
