📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This workcamp is the result of the cooperation between the village of Saint-Georges-des-Gardes, the Chemillois social centre and Concordia.
The inhabitants have a collective project of valorisation of the “Gardes” borough located at the highest point of the department of Maine et Loire. For 5 years now, around 15 young people have been involved in this process of valorisation: arrangement of a bus stop, painting, restoration of a well… For 3 years, we have opened this project by welcoming 6 international young people and 9 locals.
💼 What the programme involves
The work will consist in realising developments in The Gardes borough (creation of a sculpted totem, rehabilitation of a former electrical transformer, renovation of stone benches…).
For this new project, we would also like to propose you to participate in a local animation project, called “le lâcher de fanfare”, which means “the release of the brass band”. With the inhabitants, you will be in charge of hosting the musicians and the audience.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a shared accommodation, under tents, boys and girls separated. Lavatory in the locker room. Collective life and cooking under the courtyard and in a little house called “House of energies” (“Maison des énergies »). The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. Bring a sleeping bag and a mat.
You will enjoy a sustainable lifestyle within the camp (local organic food, composting, energy saving…).
📍 About the location
Saint Georges-des-Gardes is a small village (800 inhabitants) of the Maine-et-Loire region, located near the cities of Cholet and Angers. It is the highest point in the region.
Possible activities: discovering the region, media creations “video, pictures, radio…” with the support of the Regional Numerical space of the Chemillois, bathing, hiking, concerts and all the ideas you could propose… More information about the project on www.centresocial-chemille.asso.fr
ℹ️ Additional information
This project is French-speaking. An intermediate level in French language is recommended, please send us a short introduction about yourself in French, describing your motivations. Bring suitable shoes, warm and waterproof clothes, a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat.
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 then be reimbursed once back in their home country.