📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Sousmoulins, a small village situated in the wooded Saintonge, offers a rich and diverse scenery: cultivated valleys and slopes (of grains and vineyards) on the north, and somewhat wooded hills (leafy and resinous) on the south. The wine cultivation hold an important place in the production of cognac, the « pineau des Charentes », and the « vin de pays charentais ». The town of Sousmoulin gets its name from it's city center's location: back then, numerous wind mills, built on the peaks of its surrounding slopes, enveloped it in a noisy crown. Taken by your presence and energy, Sousmoulins wishes to host an international workcamp, a key moment of cultural exchange. Eager to meet you, the town and its residents wait for your arrival, and are ready to welcome you!
💼 What the programme involves
You will work on rennovating one of the two wooden wash houses of the village. You will learn different techniques of carpentry, and you will learn the basic theories and techniques that allow one to complete the first stage of assembly. You will also learn how to use hand tools, and you will do some paint, clean-up, and landscape work. One technical supervisor will coordinate the workcamp schedule, and will work with you on the work to be done.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In groups, indoors, on the village's festivities hall.
📍 About the location
Sousmoulins, Charente-Maritime, between Bordeaux and Angoulême.
Staying in a village amid numerous small villages in the south of Saintonge, you will have the oppotunity to enjoy the local heritage of the multiple roman churches. During you free time, you will participate in festival events: the National Holiday, night markets, and local farmers markets where you will get to taste their local products. Trips to Bordeaux and Angoulême and a day at the beach, may be organized. The fench vineyard cities of Cognac and St. Emilion are also very close.