📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The municipality of La Roche Chalais is hosting an international workcamp of volunteers for the fourth year: after carrying out paths which connect the village to the river and redeveloped the banks of the river we continue to work on the heritage and natural spaces of the village. In connection with the various political, cultural and technical actors of the territory, this camp will bring you to meet a rural territory and to participate in its dynamism. It will also be an opportunity to participate in a broader program of support for the integration of refugees in this territory through voluntary actions. Indeed, a group of local inhabitants mixing “original” inhabitants and newcomers will participate with you at the different times of the construction site, helping to break down the labels and stereotypes around migration and to enhance their involvement in this territory.
All these different local people and the regulars of the campsite where you will be accommodated will offer you many ways to participate in local life: meals, activities with the children of the school, local associations... You will discover the hospitality of the population and the charm of the landscapes and local heritage, by organizing with the other volunteers and leaders your program of activities.
With this project, you will be actively working for the Sustainable Development Goal n°10 from the United Nations: Reduced Inequalities.
💼 What the programme involves
Various works of environment and enhancement of the built and natural heritage (maintenance of sports course, approaches to a pond, restoration of wash houses and calvaires, ...) You will work in various spaces in and around the village frequented daily by the Chalaisiens. to improve their living environment. Worksite in the mornings and discoveries of the surroundings and collective life in the afternoons.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be welcomed at the municipal campsite, very comfortable! Sleeping under tents, camp beds provided. A covered dining area is reserved for you, with a kitchen where you can prepare good food in turn.
📍 About the location
Location : La Roche Chalais is located on the Greenwich meridian, at the crossroads of four departments and 70 km from Bordeaux, Périgueux and Angoulême.
Leisure activities: Swimming, canoeing, sightseeing and on the campingsite, table tennis, pétanque, table football, entertainment around fishing with the local fishing club...
⚠️ Requirements
ou will often work with your feet in the water, Bring suitable boots and clothing !
ℹ️ Additional information
This workcamp is part of INVOLVE
It is a joint effort of 3 voluntary service organisations in Italy (Legambiente), France (Solidarités Jeunesses) and Germany (ICJA) that promotes and enhances the inclusion of migrants in 7 local communities. The project aims to contribute to creating more sustainable, cohesive and inclusive societies. Therefore, the main project activities are focused in the areas of environmental protection and social and cultural heritage. The objective is to demonstrate that performing voluntary activities together provides opportunities for social exchange, civic engagement and for learning and growing as a community and society.
Involve Workcamps will also be held in five other project locations, three in Italy and two in Germany, in cooperation with the respective municipalities. Each workcamp will bring together a total of 20 participants with very different cultural, social and economic backgrounds.
The European cooperation project INVOLVE runs from January 2019 to June 2021 and is co-funded by the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMIF). For further information, please visit: www.involve.blog