SAFEGUARDING THE VERNACULAR HERITAGE (WATER)

Name: SAFEGUARDING THE VERNACULAR HERITAGE (WATER)
Start: 2022-08-01
End: 2022-08-13
Location: Villeneuve-de-Berg, France

France Renovation Environment Renovation Environment Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

After a workcamp realized in the heart of the Ibie Valley, the community of communes of Berg et Coiron wished to organize this year a workcamp for young international volunteers in Saint Andeol de Berg. In partnership with the commune and Jeunesse et Reconstruction, the community of communes wishes to pursue the safeguard and the development of the vernacular heritage in connection with water. This workcamp will welcome a team of young local volunteers.

💼 What the programme involves

You will take part in this project of safeguarding and valorization of the heritage through the cleaning of a well and its surroundings as well as the refreshment of the paintings on the metal parts. You will also assemble and build a picnic table on the site. Then you will clean and clean out a pond. These different missions will give you the opportunity to acquire many technical skills. Moreover, working in a team, as well as with the volunteer supervisors as with the other volunteers, you will develop your ability to listen to others and to instructions, your capacity to adapt and to be versatile, your rigor and tenacity. These are all skills that you will reinforce during group life.You will be technically supervised by a retired craftsman and agents of the community of communes. You will work 4 to 5 hours a day, in the morning, with young people from the area, which will be an opportunity to exchange on many themes You will walk to your work place, it takes 10 to 20 minutes.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accommodated in tents on a plot of land made available by the commune of Saint Andeol de Berg. Each volunteer will be asked to take an active part in the group s life: preparation of meals, cleaning of dishes, cleaning of toilets and premises.

📍 About the location

Built at the end of the 13th century by the Cistercian monks, Saint-Andeol-de-Berg is located in the heart of the moorland hills where sheep and goats are raised. In this charming village, you will be able to walk along the paved streets, admire the old oven, the cross on the church square and the various crosses erected in the village. Many hiking trails start from the village. Thus, a 6km circuit around the village will allow you to see Alba la Romaine, Valvigneres, the Pre-Alps, the Mont Ventoux or the Cevennes.The local young people will help you discover their territory: visit the surrounding villages, swim in the Ardeche, do sports activities.