📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This workcamp is the result of the cooperation between the village of Saint-Georges-des-Gardes, the social centre of Chemillois and Concordia. The inhabitants have a collective project of valorisation of the “Gardes” village located at the highest point of the department of Maine et Loire. Since 5 years, around 15 young people are involved in this process of valorisation: arrangement of a bus stop, painting, restoration of a shaft…This year, we wanted to open this project by the welcoming of 6 international young people and 10 locals.
💼 What the programme involves
Project of valorisation of the “Gardes” village: creation of flower box, masonry work in the village (renovation of stone benches).
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a shared accommodation, in 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 energy”. Cleaning and cooking tasks will be done together. Bring a sleeping bag and a mat. You will test 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
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.trouve-ton-monde.com
⚠️ Requirements
This project is French-speaking only. An intermediate level in French language is needed to be part of it. A motivation letter in French is required. 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.