📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
City of 2500 inhabitants, located in the north-west of the Puy de Dome department, at the beginning of the combrailles and on the borders of the chain of domes in Auvergne and Limousin. Located in a crystalline plateau at an average altitude of 700 meters, the town of Saint-Georges de Mons is bordered by the gorges of Sioule to the west and the Cha.ne des Puys to the east.It has already organized one international workcamp in 2008. The municipality wants to share its heritage with you for present and future generationsThe commune will host an international workcamp this summer to participate in the revitalisation of the commune. The inhabitants and the municipality look forward to you
💼 What the programme involves
In a small village the Mazel located 5 km from St Georges les Mons was a castle the castle of Bruyeres destroyed today. A place where hemp was worked was discovered with ponds, surrounding walls with incoming water and terracotta niches. Your mission will be to clear, clean and join the walls.You will participate to the work with other international volunteers and a technical supervisor will teach you specific techniques. The work takes place the morning for 5 hours maximum. Afternoon and weekends are dedicated to activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a communal building. Town center is at 5 minutes.Bring warm clothes You will cook in a cooking place with a refrigerator and a cook; dishes and kitchenware will be provided. Bike to the workplace (15 minutes) Jeunesse et Reconstruction will not be responsible for you if you arrive before the beginning of the project.
📍 About the location
The village has a rich architectural and historical heritage. Saint Georges de Mons is 30 km from Clermont Ferrand. Activities will be proposed during your stay (according to your expectations also): sports activities, excursions, swimming, ... You will celebrate the 14th of July with the inhabitants during a great Republican picnic (dancing ball and fireworks)You will be surprised anyway by the richness of the Auvergnats landscapes which was rightly classified among the 10 regions in the world to visit in 2016 by the Lonely Planet: http://www.lonelyplanet.fr/article/les-10 -Regions-visit-in-2016.You will not have any means of locomotion specific to the group, you will have to organize with the local population.
⚠️ Requirements
1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated and loving work in group You will share friendly moments with local people : be open-minded and curious.2/ Bring: sleeping bag, warm clothes and rain-coat, bathing suit (for male: short pants prohibited in the public swimming pools, please bring a bathing suit). 3/Bring for work: worn out clothes, safety shoes/boots compulsory. 4/ Bring some material from your culture (documents, pictures, postcards, little gift, musical instruments, games,...) to share with other volunteers and local population and make exchanges easier.5/ 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 on the camp, the volunteers will have to pay for it, and then get reimbursed once back in the home country. 6/ Transportation back to the train station at the end of the workcamp will be organized during your stay with the campleader.7/ More info about trains : http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ 8/ If you have a driving license, please bring it along in case of necessity
ℹ️ Additional information
Chantier ouvert aux Francais a partir de 17 ans