📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Concordia has been working for several years with the very dynamic Youth Center! After workcamps in the town of Le Mesge and Cavillon, this year, the young people of the international workcamp will work in the town of l'Etoile. This is a first workcamp project with this town, in partnership with the community of communes NIEVRE ET SOMME, with which we are implementing our 11th workcamp.
💼 What the programme involves
*** VERSION EN FRANCAIS DISPONIBLE EN FIN DE DESCRIPTION *** *** French version at the end of the description *** This village of more than 1000 inhabitants is very much liked by hikers thanks to the several hiking trails that cross it. You will participate in the renovation of a staircase located in the heart of the village which leads to the old church. The staircase is one of the starting points of a walk to discover the village and the Caesar camp.
The program includes: renovating the steps of the staircase and repainting the handrail.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in individual tents and there will be a large tent for collective life and you will cook inside the club house. The infrastructures of the municipal stadium will offer you access to the showers, boys and girls separated. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together, with local products as much as possible. A local market takes place in the village once a week.
📍 About the location
Located between Amiens and Abbeville and on the shore of the Somme river, l'Etoile is a small and dynamic village of about 1000 inhabitants. The village is overhung by an oppidum called Caesar's camp (fortified village). You will be welcomed in the activities organised by the municipality during the summer, like the festivities of July 14th and the meetings with the local population. Numerous activities are planned with the Youth Animation Center and the young local people.
In addition to the camp activities, several excursions are planned: you will go to the sea to discover the Baie de Somme, visit Amiens and its magnificent cathedral, go for a bike ride, go canoeing...
⚠️ Requirements
Pour les volontaires français sur ce chantier en France (to our national participants in France) : Pour les français s'inscrivant sur notre site, les frais de participation additionnel (200 €) indiqués dans cette description sont directement intégrés aux frais d'inscription "ADOS en France" de 460 €. En effet, ceux-ci comprennent à la fois les frais d'inscription de 260 € et les frais de participation de 200 €. *** RETROUVEZ NOS DESCRIPTIFS EN FRANCAIS ICI: *** *** French version here: *** https://www.concordia.fr/chantiers-france-2020
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring working clothes as well as enclosed shoes. There may be aquatic activities, so don’t forget to bring a swimsuit. For accommodation in tents, bring your sleeping bag and a camping mat. Tents are provided. You can also bring traditional food from your country/region, photos, games, musical instruments: whatever you like and want to share during the workcamp, either with the local population or with the group of volunteers!
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 them, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
