📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Be ready for a warm and enthousiastic welcome to the abandoned gardens where you will be surrounded by opportunities to meet a diverse group of people ! Since the first two projects, the gathering of teens from different parts of the world has created an enthousiastic atmosphere in Salle's town center. The residents of Salles, moved by the cheerful encounters with volunteers in the past, are impatiently waiting for your arrival ! Once you arrive, you will have the opportunity to work with and get to know the local volunteers. Located between Carmaux and Cordes-sur-Ciel (which was elected as a favorite city by the French in 2014), the medieval town of Salle radiates with beautiful architecture and natural sources such as the Cérou river that crosses it.
💼 What the programme involves
The work for this project will be composed of a series of small jobs around the village. You will have the opportunity to learn different traditional techniques that are used to build the dry stone walls, and you will be introduced to the skill of stone-cutting. During you time there, you will work alongside different local associations working to save the village's heritage. For example, you will participate in a two-day event called Days of European Heritage.
🏠 Accommodation on site
A local resident will provide his garage as a dormitory, and tents will also be set up. If you wish to have more privacy, you may bring you own tent.
📍 About the location
Salles, located an hour and 30 minutes north of Toulouse and 30 minutes from Albi.
You will have the opportunity to enjoy the heritage and natural environment by going swimming or canoeing down the streams. During your free time you will also discover Salles and all of it's heritage sites by foot, or you may visit neighboring villages such as Najac, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, Albi, and other remarcable sites within the proximity. You will also have the chance to share where you come from through exchanges with local associations and residents.