📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
You will work on the access trails to the galleries of the mining site (in the exterior). You will build a ramp against the rock cliff from the site’s entry (Santa Barbara gallery). It will be necessary to sort out and pile rocks near the construction site in order to build a stone support wall. We will also work on remaking a low wall. Finally, we will build a coltsfoot stairway whose low, wide tread steps will reduce the current slope.
We will work 4 days per week (8h30-12h) (14h-17h30). You will be under the supervision of a technical leader.
🏠 Accommodation on site
in 2, 3 or 4 person rooms with toilets. The meals will not be prepared by the volunteers, but by a cooking team. However, we do ask for help with the kitchen, setting the dining rooms and washing the dishes.
📍 About the location
Leisure activities: The recreational program will be centered around the exploration of archeological sites (Merveille and Fontanalbe Valleys) and of the Mecantour national park. Sports activities such as accrobranche, hiking, climbing will be proposed to the participants as well as outings on bus to discover the valleys and the littoral. The activities are agreed upon and organized collectively. The technical supervisor of the project will familiarise you with the construction techniques and “savoir-faire” of today and the respect for heritage. He will accompany you in discovering the heritage richness of La Brigue et Saorge, villages that have earned the label of “Country of Art and History”.
Two entire weekends as well as a day during every week will be dedicated to exploratory activities outside of the project site.
Location: Tende, 2 hours away from Nice by train. The site is isolated in a mountain at 1500m above sea level, 10km from Tende and 50km from Vintimille (Italy).
Closest train station: Tende
Airport: Nice