Solidarity Gardens

Name: Solidarity Gardens
Start: 2020-07-07
End: 2020-07-21
Location: Grigny, France

France Teenagers Environment Construction Farming Teenagers Environment +2 Fixed dates

About the project

Solidarity Gardens

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Solidarity Garden is an inclusion project for people who are facing several social difficulties. The workcamp will be an opportunity for you to work together and take part to this human adventure. Since 2001, our organisation welcomes workers in various orchards, farm, beehives and organic vegetable gardens. Members of the organisation come each day in the solidarity garden to pick their vegetables on the advice of the volunteers and workers. We also lead actions for environmental education towards youth. The garden is like a pond between nature et cities. This year, the service of Historical Protection will guide you through time, exploring the town's evolution from the small winery village to street art. This walking tour is an orginal way to discover Grigny, its nature and inhabitants! For 10 years now, we host volunteers from all around the world for a workcamp at the Garden. They have optimised animals' shelter, decorated workers' house, created pedagogical beehives... Their implication has implemented more than we could have done on our own. Discover the volunteers' testimony from 2019 on our channel: https://youtu.be/C1zYsp6_Ob8!

💼 What the programme involves

During two weeks, you will take part in the farm's life and help workers in their everyday organic farming’s tasks, beekeeping and animal care. A part of your time will also be dedicated to set up a garden: build furnitures such as tables and benches, farming trays, or decoration made out of natural materials. The workers of our local partner will be assisting you in all these steps. Do it yourself, simplicity and environmental learning are part of the program! A building will be in renovation process during the workcamp. We count on your energy to help us bring a new light on the site and welcome youth and adults in a freshly renovated beautiful place!

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will sleep in tents in the garden, at the House of Children and Nature, situated 100m away from the work site. You will have access to a kitchen, to the bathrooms and a common room for indoor activities. Camp leaders and volunteers will pay attention to have a responsible and balanced diet. Thanks to the garden, you will have some fresh and local products! Volunteers will cook in groups according to a planning they will decide with the campleaders.

📍 About the location

Volunteers will decide their activities for afternoons and week-ends. Games will be organised by volunteers and campleaders. The Solidarity Garden is nestled into a verdant setting. Volunteers will decide of their activities for afternoons and weekends. Games will be organised to the initiative of volunteers and campleaders. Very close to the city, 45 min away from Paris, you will discover the capital of France. Near the garden, you will be able to visit ecological farms and do nice natural excursions. This year, we will be celebrating the 10 years of the workcamp! For this exceptional event, a special tour through the city of Grigny will be organised. During the afternoon, artistic workshops will take place for you to get to better know the city and its inhabitants!

⚠️ Requirements

ℹ️ Additional information

EXTRA FEES: reduced to 250€ for international volunteers. Pay attention! Our national participants in France pay the regular 360€ of extra fees. International volunteers coming from our partners in other countries than France pay only 250€ of extra fees. WIFI access only on the accomodation site. Unfortunaltely, this workcamp is not accessible for wheelchairs. Globally on our teenager’s camps, we chose to book half of the spots for french volunteers. The aim is to allow a maximum of young people to access intercultural learning, to promote volunteer's commitment as a first step and then experience international workcamp abroad.

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