📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Saint Capraise de Lalinde, small village is typical of the Perigord County. This village is on Dordogne River and cross by the Lalinde canal that give an amazing charm to the place. You will work on cleaning the Dordogne riverfront and valorize this local natural heritage. The welcoming and friendly local population will also help you discover the traditions of this picturesque village.
💼 What the programme involves
You will contribute to the manual cleaning of the riverfront and its banks, feet into the water!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated under tents with a dorm room and kitchen area and group life under marquees. You will share collective tasks and prepare meals as a group. You will also have to manage a budget provided by the group facilitators and participate in grocery shopping, favoring healthy and local foods.
📍 About the location
St Capraise de la Lalinde (500 inhabitants) is a village in the south of Dordogne county, in a beautiful area 13 km far from Bergerac city.
⚠️ Requirements
Bring a warm sleeping bag, work clothes, gloves and shoes, trekking shoes, warm and rain clothes and a flashlight. The work will be physical and usually into the water so bring boots or shoes made for water activities. You can also take recipes from your country, musical instruments and games.
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 project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
Lalinde train station
Closest airport:
Toulouse or Bordeaux