VEBRET i DRY STONES WALL RENOVATION
France
Construction
Manual work
Renovation
Construction
Manual work
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Fixed dates
About the project
VEBRET i DRY STONES WALL RENOVATION
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Vebret is located northwest of the department of Cantal,, on the Plateau of Artense, its altitude is 480 meters. Composed of a town and forty hamlets, the municipality wants to beautify the town center this year : the goal is to make it pleasant and attractive, with a natural and renewed look. So, Vebret decided to repeat the experience of the 2011 project, in partnership with a workcamp, to work on the renovation of nice built heritage near the town center. For more information on the municipality : http://www.vebret.fr/
💼 What the programme involves
The aim of the project is to rehabilitate a dry stone wall partially destroyed and overgrown. It involves to clear the brush, to collect, sort and clean the stones often covered with moss ; then to rebuild the wall in the traditional way, along the road. You will participate in the work with other international volunteers and technical supervisor will teach you specific techniques. The work takes place in the morning for 5 hours maximum. Afternoons and weekends are dedicated for activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be accommodated at the campsite of the town, located on the edge of the creek The Violin, an tents will be loaned by Jeunesse et Reconstruction. Remember to bring your sleeping bags and warm clothes. All facilities are available in the locker room (showers, toilets) and there will be a kitchen area with refrigerator, stove, tables and chairs for eating together. A budget will be allocated for shopping and activities, and you will cook in turn, by two. Being well accommodated within the town will give you the opportunity to connect with the people, to easily get to the market at the nearby shops (multi-point) and at local producers to do your food shopping. Jeunesse et Reconstruction can t take into charge the volunteers before the start date of the workcamp.
📍 About the location
Bordered by the Dordogne, at the foot of the basalt plateau of Chastel-Marlhac, Vebret is located in a particularly remarkable natural setting, with splendid views of the Organs of Bort-les-Orgues and the chain of Sancy. Located halfway between Clermont-Ferrand and Aurillac, at the crossroads of major tourist roads (Castle Valley, Salers, Puy Mary ...), the town is the starting point of the Green Track of Sumene-Artense. The Green Track is built on the old railway line linking Paris to Aurillac, lined with varied landscapes, and you can go cycling, rollerblading, walking ... All around Vebret, you can also walk on cleared hiking trails along the three trout rivers, you will admire a picturesque waterfall (The Leap of the Saule), and contemplate the Romanesque church of Saint-Maurice, Historical Monument of the twelfth century. In the region, you can visit old castles, charming villages and the tourist train station Antignac-Vebret Gentian-Express . Every year in August, there is the feast of the town organized by the Festival Committee : local associations and residents will be happy to share with you the festivities
⚠️ Requirements
1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated and loving work in group You will share friendly moments with local people : be open-minded and curious.2/ Bring: sleeping bag, warm clothes and rain-coat, bathing suit (for male: short pants prohibited in the public swimming pools, please bring a bathing suit). 3/Bring for work: worn out clothes, safety shoes/boots compulsory. 4/ Bring some material from your culture (documents, pictures, postcards, little gift, musical instruments, games,...) to share with other volunteers and local population and make exchanges easier.5/ 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 on the camp, the volunteers will have to pay for it, and then get reimbursed once back in the home country. 6/ Transportation back to the train station at the end of the workcamp will be organized during your stay with the campleader.7/ More info about trains : http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ 8/ If you have a driving license, please bring it along in case of necessity
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JR16/119
31/07/2016 → 20/08/2016
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
15240 Vebret, France
France
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🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French