Work

Join a project alongside Bergerac Town Council, Parc de Pombonne staff and local associations to learn how to garden on living soil through experiments in the Grand Jardin and the Pépi'loc nursery. Take part in the presentation of biodiversity in the Pombonne public park. You'll be offered various ways of preserving the park's flora and fauna. Your participation will help preserve biodiversity and beautify this unique site. There are also plans to create a great treasure hunt in the Parc de Pombonne to discover the biodiversity of the species. Alongside the Théâtre de la Gargouille, take part in workshops on the performing arts, such as theatre and circus, adding an artistic and convivial dimension to the project. Get involved in Bergerac's environment and culture and make a difference!

Partner

The town of Bergerac invites you to discover the Dordogne at the heart of its international workcamp. Reflecting on the multicultural aspect of a project of young volunteers, the diversity of the actors on this project and actions will surprise all the participants. The Pombonne park, a high-quality educational, environmental center, is a place very appreciated by Bergeracois (name of the inhabitants of Bergerac), and will be a privileged meeting place between residents and volunteers. A magnificent lake in the park will offer you afternoons by the water in or on the beach. The La Gargouille theater will host you on their lands. La Gargouille is looking forward to welcoming you to his place and to making you discover it. The international project is part of this approach to make this association a space of life and an exchange for local inhabitants and people from around the world passing through the region.

Location

During your stay, you will have the opportunity to participate in local festivities and cultural events, to discover the region and to organise your programme of activities with the other volunteers and the animators.

Accomodation

You will be welcomed at the Théâtre de la Gargouille. Sleeping accommodation in tents, trekking foam mattresses provided. Outdoor showers and dry toilets will be set up for you. As well as chalets for preparing meals, with a kitchen where you can take turns preparing tasty dishes.

Meeting point

The meeting point is Bergerac station. You need to get there on 19/07 between 4pm and 8pm. If you arrive the day before, you will need to arrange your own accommodation. Departure is on the last day between 9am and 12pm maximum.

Work

The tasks are as described: to maintain and increase an organic, educational and community garden; to implement the aromatic garden and create spaces and dynamics to support activities and workshops with children and families as part of the Terra MEpounde Ecofestival; to build composters for organic recycling (for the Ecofestival and for awareness-raising workshops); to recover 6 dry toilets for use at the Festival; to recover spaces for leisure and socializing among families at Quinta do Minhoto; to support the workshops and concerts happening at the Ecofestival, ensuring security of the spaces, hosting artists and other tasks related to the festival.

Partner

A group of local associations in Fornelos (municipality of Fafe) has been organizing the Terra MEpounde Ecofestival for a number of years in order to invite families to take part in leisure, knowledge and social activities around environmental issues and personal development, under the slogan oeThree days to change the world, three days to change your life. This festival takes place only with the mobilization of volunteers who set up all the structures, spaces, recovering spaces in nature for sustainable use, preparing workshops, concerts and other workshops for children and adults, in a festival aimed at the whole family. During the festival, participants will have the chance to meet different people, prepare workshops but also engage in other workshops from dances, meditation, arts, etc

Location

Bring personal hygiene Kit considering natural products (if you dont have, we will produce it during the workcamp), beach and bath towel, swimsuit, sleeping bag, individual flashlight, boots and casual footwear, slippers, work clothes, warm clothing, waterproof, hat, sunscreen, personal documents (European health card, identification card or passport), drink and food for the night intercultural, traditional music and traditional instruments, personal medication. Please, also make sure you have enough of any medication you may need.

Accomodation

Participants will be living in tents (for individuals or two people) in a part of the Farm with available hot and cold showers and dry toilets. A kitchen complex is an indoor building where participants will have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks in the morning and in the afternoon will be displayed for those who want in the outdoor space of the kitchen. The kitchen complex has an oeelectrical corner to plug devices for charging, but we highly recommend participants to go offline or reduce the use of digital devices to take as much from the experience as possible. There is no internet

Requirements

Sleeping in tents for 10 days can be a tough experience, come with open mind for a natural, simple and enriching experience (you will be surprised if you are willing to make that challenge and also be more distant from mobiles or computers.

Meeting point

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Work

In the first days of the camp, volunteers will carry out renovation work (painting wall, cleaning building) in activity area for the community. Additionally they will actively participate in harvesting vegetables and cleaning agricultural and water resource areas. Volunteers will support to women in the production of traditional food products.

Partner

Adatepe Women’s Cooperative is a social enterprise founded by women living in the village of Fındık in the Göksun district of Kahramanmaraş province. The cooperative, founded in 2024, aims to produce food products specific to this region by women living here and convey them to other provinces in Turkey.

Location

The camp will be held in Kahramanmaraş (city), Göksun (district), Fındık (village). Local trips will be organized as a leisure activity. Events will be organized to bring together the municipality and other institutions.

Accomodation

Accommodation will be in flats. There are 2 separate flats for volunteers, for male and female. 3 meals a day will be provided to the volunteers by the people who is living in the village.

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this camp, but volunteers will be expected to strenuous physical work.

Meeting point

Volunteers will be picked up from a from the airport or Kahramanmaraş city center on 12th of July. It will be announced in next days. Volunteers can find direct flight to Kahramanmaraş Airport from Istanbul or Sabiha Gökçen Airport.

Work

Oro de Prioro is an English-teaching workcamp designed to provide local children and teenagers with a fun and engaging language-learning experience outside the traditional classroom setting. Volunteers will play an active role in co-creating and leading workshops in English for a group of approximately 30 local participants. Together, volunteers will design games, activities, and interactive sessions that encourage children to use and practice English in a natural, playful environment. The goal is to create a space where language learning happens organically—through creativity, play, and meaningful interaction. This workcamp is not just about language; it's about cross-cultural exchange and building connections. Through workshops, sports, games, outdoor activities, group discussions, and excursions, volunteers will help foster a vibrant and inclusive atmosphere where kids can explore both the English language and other cultures. While Spanish language skills are a plus, they are not required—enthusiasm, creativity, and a willingness to connect are what truly matter. Volunteers will work approximately 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday. In the mornings (around 09:00–13:00), they will spend time directly with the children, facilitating activities. In the afternoons, the team will come together to plan and prepare the next day's sessions collaboratively.an English teaching workcamp. The weekends will be free.

Partner

Town hall of Prioro

Location

Prioro is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. The municipality has a population of 369 inhabitants. Even though the village is very small there is a circulation with the other villages around. It is 86 km to the Léon city. The characteristics of the terrain have made this area a suitable place to practice hiking and enjoy nature; The source of the Cea River, La Cañada Real Leonesa Oriental, Las Grandes Rutas or GR I, Routes through the different ports such as the port of Mental, the Puerto de la Muela, or the Alto del Puerto del Pando where you can get exceptional views of the Picos de Europa Regional Park. There are samples of the passage of this civilization through this area. In this way, in Villaescusa (a disappeared town between Morgovejo and Prioro) we find a Roman bridge, through which the Roman road continues passing through the bridge of Las Conjas and ascending to Puerto del Pando. Also, there are other important places of interest like churches, small hermitages, the horreos - they are an important part of popular architecture, declared Historical Monuments in 1979, traditional mountain architecture. The extensive natural, the artistic, ethnographic and industrial heritage of the Montañas de Riaño region is preserved in a wide museum network of incalculable tourist and educational value. Prioro Ethnographic Museum located behind the Prioro Consistory building has an extensive ethnographic collection where you can see hundreds of traditional pieces donated by neighbors and classified according to their usefulness, the building that houses the newly built museum houses different exhibition spaces. Also, there are other museums nearby: Riaño Ethnographic Museum Peculiar collection of elements that illustrate the life that was submerged under the waters of the Riaño reservoir, Sabero Steel and Mining Museum, Valdehuesa Wild Fauna Museum.

Accomodation

The accomodation will be done in a local school. There will bel bathrooms with showers and also a kitchen where the volunteers can cook in teams. The accommodation will be very basic. Please bring sleeping bags.

Requirements

Criminal Record is required and knowledge of Spanish will be valuable.

Meeting point

Meeting Point: León Train Station (Estación de León-ADIF) at 16:00 Please arrive to the meeting point on time, in the later hours it's not possible to find a public transportation to Prioro and you may have to spend the night in León. The closest airport is Oviedo (OVD) Airport. Volunteers have to take a train from Oviedo to León. OVD airport is not well connected. There is also options to arrive to Madrid Barajas Airport and take a train or bus to León or arrive to Bilbao airport and again take a bus to Léon.

Work

Taking care of the school: Improvements, renovations and maintenance of the school premises. Also some demolitions!

Partner

"L’Enfance de l'Art", founded in 1997, is an association which aims to help parents in their education role. The organisation aims to gather people willing to bring to their children a creative learning environment where they can find the joy in learning and experience the richness of childhood rather than early specialisation or academic hot-housing. Parents and professionals work together in the structures created by the organisation: leisure workshops, nurseries, schools, kindergarten. To do so, the association follows the principles of Steiner-Waldorf pedagogy. Altogether, those activities gather a total of 155 children. The nursery, the kindergarten and the primary school, which are all recognized by the authorities, are located in a former boarding school which was abandoned in 2004. This building in now in a process of renovation which the volunteers will take part in.

Accomodation

School dormitory, shower and toilet.

Requirements

very physical work !

Meeting point

Tournai train station

Work

Le Couvent des Annonciades Célestes a été racheté par des passionnés de patrimoine, qui ont à coeur de le restaurer et de le faire revivre. C'est ainsi que depuis 2022, ils accueillent des chantiers de bénévoles avec engouement. Au delà des travaux, l'objectif du chantier est de faire découvrir aux bénévoles les richesses du patrimoine local et de la gastronomie française, et de partager avec eux leur amour des belles choses et de leur ville. Les travaux au couvent se concentrent autour de différents ouvrages en pierre, qui ont besoin de soins car certains menacent de s'effondrer, ce qui peut mettre en péril le bâtiment et ses jardins. Ainsi, le chantier de cette année portera sur le démontage et le remontage d'un mur extérieur dans les jardins, qui menace de s'effondrer et perturbe esthétiquement l'ensemble rénové, et la réfection des enduits en chaux de la cuisine qui protègent les pierres des infiltrations d'eau. Avec l'aide d'un·e professionnel·le de la maçonnerie traditionnelle, les bénévoles seront amené·e·s à fabriquer du mortier à la chaux, débâtir le mur puis réassembler des pierres, réaliser des enduits, joints et couvertures, dans le respect des techniques anciennes. Attends-toi à un travail parfois physique. Certaines tâches se dérouleront en hauteur. En période de forte chaleur, les travaux se limiteront aux matinées. The Convent of the Annonciades Célestes was purchased by heritage enthusiasts who are dedicated to restoring it and bringing it back to life. Since 2022, they have been hosting volunteer projects. Beyond the restoration work, the goal of the project for the locals is to introduce volunteers to the treasures of local heritage and French gastronomy, while sharing their love for beauty and their town. The work at the Convent focuses on various stone structures that are in great need of care, as some are at risk of collapsing, endangering the building and its gardens. This year, the project will involve dismantling and rebuilding an exterior garden wall that is threatening to collapse, disrupting the aesthetic harmony of the renovated site, as well as repairing the lime plaster in the kitchen, which protects the stones from water infiltration. With the guidance of a traditional masonry professional, volunteers will learn to prepare lime mortar, dismantle and reassemble stones, and apply plasters, joints, and coverings while respecting traditional techniques. Be prepared for occasionally physical work. Some tasks will take place at height. During periods of intense heat, work will be limited to mornings.

Partner

Le Couvent est géré par Anthony et Noomane, ses propriétaires qui y organisent des événements et des visites, mais aussi par une association locale qui travaillent toute l'année sur des chantiers locaux pour faire avancer au mieux les restaurations et préparer les événements de l'été ! The Convent is managed by Anthony and Noomane, its owners, who organize events and tours there. It is also supported by a local association that works year-round on restoration projects to advance the renovations as much as possible and prepare for summer events!

Location

Joinville est une superbe petite ville remplie d'un patrimoine ancien et remarquable. Visible part son clocher en entourée de vallées verdoyantes, elle est une destination idéale pour les amoureux de nature et de vieilles pierres. Le chantier a lieu au Couvent des Annonciades Célestes : un chef d'oeuvre d'architecture Renaissance, abandonné dil y a une centaine d'années et malheureusement abîmé par le temps, mais qui reprend vie d'années en années... Joinville is a beautiful little town full of remarkable ancient heritage. Recognizable by its bell tower and surrounded by lush green valleys, it is an ideal destination for lovers of nature and historic architecture. The work takes place at the Convent of the Annonciades Célestes: a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture, abandoned about a hundred years ago and unfortunately damaged by time, but gradually coming back to life year after year...

Accomodation

Hébergement insolite ! Les bénévoles dorment dans les anciennes chambres des sœurs du Couvent. Ils·elles occupent une aile du bâtiment composée d'une cuisine, d'un espace de vie et de sanitaires, et sont voisins directs avec des propriétaires au petit soin. L'ambiance du chantier se veut donc très familiale. Au-delà des temps de chantier, les bénévoles participent ensemble à l’organisation de la vie collective. Souvent réparti·e·s en équipes, ils·elles élaborent les menus, participent aux courses, préparent les repas et s’assurent de la propreté des espaces communs. Véritable acteur·ice de ton expérience, tu participeras aussi à la prise de décisions concernant les activités collectives et l’organisation du quotidien ! Volunteers sleep in the former rooms of the convent's sisters. They stay in a wing of the building that includes a kitchen, a living space, and bathroom facilities, with caring and attentive neighbors nearby. The atmosphere of the project is designed to be very warm and family-like. Beyond the working hours, volunteers come together to organise daily life on the camp. Often divided into teams, they plan menus, help with the shopping, prepare meals, and ensure the cleanliness of shared spaces. Fully involved in shaping your experience, you will also take part in decision-making regarding group activities and daily organization!

Requirements

The accommodation and work sites are not accessible to wheelchairs

Meeting point

Joinville train station, 12/07/2025 at 5 P.M.

Notes:

Rejoindre un chantier international, c’est s’engager dans une expérience collective et humaine unique. En tant qu’organisateur·ice·s, nous nous assurons que tu disposes de tout le nécessaire pour être à l’aise (hébergement, repas, sécurité), et nous veillons à ton bien-être. Nous te proposons des missions accessibles avec un véritable impact pour la communauté locale. En tant que bénévole, tu participeras activement sur les temps de chantier et dans l’organisation de la vie quotidienne avec respect pour les personnes, les lieux, et l’environnement. Ce sera aussi une belle occasion d’apprendre, de partager et de découvrir de nouvelles cultures. Joining an international volunteering workcamp means embarking on a unique collective and human experience. As organisers, we ensure that you have everything you need to feel comfortable—accommodation, meals, and safety—while also looking after your well-being. We offer meaningful and accessible missions that have a real impact on the local community. As a volunteer, you’ll actively take part in the project work and contribute to organizing daily life with respect for people, places, and the environment. It’s also a great opportunity to learn, share, and discover new cultures!

Work

The aim of this project is both to improve the quality of the residents' stay in the centre and to encourage exchanges between volunteers and residents, but also between residents. The residents are not a homogeneous group: they have different ages, nationalities, religions, lifestyles and life stories; there are sometimes major cultural differences between them. The volunteers will contribute to improving the quality of the residents' stay, on the one hand, by participating in manual work, maintenance, painting, tidying up and gardening which will improve the living environment and, on the other hand, by proposing and participating in activities with the residents (sports, crafts, games, theme evenings, culinary activities, etc.), particularly with the children. As the project takes place during the school holidays, the children will indeed be present at the centre.

Partner

The Fedasil reception centre for asylum-seekers of Sugny hosts people who have applied for asylum in Belgium. They have fled situations of war, persecution, discrimination or environmental disasters and hope, with this application, to get a refugee status that will allow them to reside legally in the country. Before being able to settle in Belgium and build their future there, they must therefore wait for their refugee status to be proven and granted through a long administrative process. During this time, they are hosted in this centre. Always waiting, the residents of the centre live in uncertainty about the future and are sometimes subject to significant stress. Individual situations are multiple and complex, but never easy. Life at the Fedasil centre of Rixensart reflects these individual dramas and the hopes of the residents. More information: https://www.facebook.com/FedasilSugny/?locale=fr_FR

Location

The Fedasil centre of Sugny is located in the Ardennes region, in the south of Belgium, close to the French border. The centre is very isolated; the region is sparsely populated and the nearest villages are 2 and 5 km away. It is surrounded by fields and woods; this site will therefore appeal to nature lovers. In addition, the centre has several sports fields and volunteers will have more than enough opportunities to enjoy leisure time and meetings with the residents. On the first evening, a drink or a dance evening will be organised, in order to welcome the volunteers and get to know the residents. During the weekend, depending on what you decide, it will be possible to organise cultural visits and travel to the largest Belgian cities.

Accomodation

The volunteers will be accommodated at the centre, in a common room or in rooms of 4, with all amenities (showers, toilets, etc.). They will share the same living conditions as the residents, which are very basic. They will cook their own meals at set times.

Requirements

Camp language is english, but some notions of French will be useful. And also you can find here a lot of people from all over the world, you can discover numerous other languages! Facial expression, sign language and emotional interjections may help you in any situation! Feel free! We warn the volunteers that the consumption of alcohol is strictly forbidden inside the centre. It is necessary be able to listen to others. This kind of workcamp is a very rich personal and human experience. It makes people aware of the complexity of certain social conditions related to the great inequalities on our planet. In order to demonstrate this, we ask the candidate volunteers: - to answer our specific questionnaire (if you do not have it yet, please ask it to your sending organization) - to send us a criminal record related to work with children

Meeting point

Saturday the 12th of July at Gedinne train station at 3.00pm.

Notes:

This project is a volunteering team, supported by the European Solidarity Corps program of the European Union. Compared to the usual workcamp participation scheme, some main financial and administrative differences must be underlined:  The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en  The volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project  The volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 5€/day, once they arrive on the project in Belgium  The volunteers will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance  The volunteers need to register on the European Solidarity Corps Portal; CBB will organize their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project  The volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online by the ESC portal

Work

Bring nature back to an old gravel mine! You will support the transformation of an abandoned gravel pit into an ecologically valuable habitat and thus give back to nature what humans have taken from it. The Nellschütz gravel company is creating a habitat with a pond, deadwood, rocks and steep slopes on an area of 4 hectares, providing a new habitat for amphibians, insects and various plants. All these tasks are done in close cooperation with the local authorities for nature protection. The site will also be used for environmental education work with children and young people in the future. Specific tasks will include the construction of a circular path and a green classroom, the creation of a pond, deadwood areas, etc. You will be digging, straightening, planting, sawing and nailing. There will be a wide variety of work with different levels of difficulty. If necessary, workers from the gravel company will support you with heavy machines. A landscape gardener will provide professional guidance.

Partner

With your commitment, you will make an important contribution to the biodiversity and the transformation of former industrial brownfield sites. There are many places in the area south-west of Leipzig where gravel is extracted. This is done in open-cast mining. As soon as a site is exhausted, large desolate-looking holes are left in the landscape. In cooperation with the local nature conservation authorities and the Nellschütz gravel company, we will support the revitalisation of such a gravel pit with this volunteering project. Many people in the region are looking forward to this renaturation and to you. They will support you at work, in your free time, with food etc. and they are looking forward to meeting you. The site will also be used for environmental education by school classes and kindergartens, so a circular route through the site and an outdoor classroom will be build.

Location

Nellschütz is located in the south-west of Leipzig. The nearest larger town is Weißenfels, the meeting point on arrival. Weißenfels is worth a visit, there is a historic old town with various baroque-style buildings, a castle, but also nice shops, bars and cafés... but also many lost places due to the structural change in the region. We will try to offer various excursions. Due to the poor public transport most activities and excursions will be realised with the support of locals. They are already exited in showing you their highlights of the region.

Accomodation

The living conditions will be very basic and sustainable. You will live right next to the gravel pit, about 1km away from the small hamlet of Nellschütz. Specifically, there will be several sleeping tents with camping beds and a pavilion with tables and benches as a common room. Cooking will take place in an improvised outdoor kitchen on an open fire. Instead of a fridge, there will be a dug-out earth cellar. There is a compost toilet and solar showers. Of course there is no wifi. You can also use the showers in the public swimming pool from time to time or swim in the lake. Please bring your sleeping bag. Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

Requirements

The project is only suitable for people who are comfortable with living and working in the simplest of conditions and want to try out this way of living for a fortnight without too many comforts.

Meeting point

Meeting point will be at Weißenfels train station. Here you will be picked up by your campleaders. We will arrange several pick-up times in the afternoon and early evening. Please arrange your journey in a way that you arrive between 3 pm and 9 pm in Weißenfels. You can check for connections from anywhere to on: www.bahn.com/en.

Notes:

The project is only suitable for people who are comfortable with living and working in the simplest of conditions and want to try out this way of living for a fortnight.

Descrizione

Volunteers For Peace (VFP) is a US non-profit organization founded in 1982, located in Burlington, Vermont. VFP promotes intercultural education, community development, and service learning through international volunteerism. It has organized over 3,000 projects in more than 90 countries and supported over 31,000 volunteers worldwide. VFP provides opportunities for young people to engage in community service while building cultural understanding, gaining global consciousness, and becoming future citizen diplomats and global leaders.

Work

The volunteers will assist in various tasks related to archaeological excavation and cultural preservation in Sunrise, Wyoming. They will engage in field excavations and participate in the maintenance and restoration of historic early 20th-century buildings, including the museum. The workday will run from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The tasks will involve digging, screening soil, carrying buckets of dirt, and using hand tools. Volunteers will work at their own pace based on their physical abilities. The environment can be hot or cool, and it might rain, so adaptability to the conditions is required.

Partner

VFP collaborates with local organizations, including the Sunrise Historic and Prehistoric Preservation Society (SHAPPS), which is dedicated to offering opportunities for people of all ages to participate in archaeological discoveries.

Location

Sunrise is an abandoned mining town situated in a rural area of Wyoming, surrounded by small towns, prairies, ranches, and forests. The excavation site is located in a valley within the Hartville Uplift, at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. During their free time, volunteers will have opportunities to attend local cultural events and participate in field trips to natural and cultural areas. Volunteers will also attend an international archaeological symposium at a local college. Informal and formal discussions about topics of interest will be held, and volunteers are encouraged to bring music, games, or other activities to share.

Accomodation

Volunteers will camp in individual tents provided by the project, with sleeping bags and pillows also provided. Additional bedding can be brought if desired. Meals will be provided, and volunteers will share cooking duties. Excursions to town will be scheduled every other day for personal snacks and supplies. Special dietary needs should be communicated to the camp leaders in advance.

Requirements

Volunteers must be motivated to work at least 30 hours per week. The work can be physically demanding, involving tasks such as digging and carrying materials. Volunteers are expected to work in a team, assist with cooking and cleaning, and participate in free-time activities. Smoking is prohibited in most of the community spaces. The legal drinking age in the USA is 21, and excessive alcohol consumption is discouraged. The use of illegal drugs is strictly forbidden.

Meeting point

Volunteers should fly into Denver, Colorado. A shuttle bus will be provided on 16 June to transport volunteers from the airport to Sunrise, Wyoming. The shuttle will depart from Denver at 5:00 PM and take approximately 3 hours to reach Sunrise. Volunteers must plan their arrival and departure times to match this schedule. A return shuttle will be provided from Sunrise to Denver on 30 June, arriving around 10:00 AM.

Work

The commune of Aillon-le-Jeune offers a discreet but remarkable heritage, including the Chapelle de la Correrie and a cemetery cross dating back to the 13th century. Unfortunately, this precious heritage today suffers from a lack of emphasis: the surrounding wall that protects them is in ruins. 127919; Your mission: to bring it back to life and preserve this place full of history To do this, you ll work five hours a day, every morning from Monday to Friday. The afternoons will be devoted to group activities. 128736;65039; The work to be carried outThe wall extends over 65 metres, but the work will concentrate on the first 15 metres, which are the most fragile and pose a direct threat to neighbouring tombs. Supervised by specialists - including a former wall-climber - you will learn step-by-step the traditional techniques of dry stone masonry. From dismantling the wall to selecting the stones and levelling the ground, each step will immerse you in the rigour and beauty of this age-old technique. You ll then take part in the painstaking reconstruction of the wall, stone by stone, right up to the final fitting of the coverings... using exceptional materials and 129521;It s a great opportunity to combine learning, heritage and practical action in the service of the region, all in a relaxed, intercultural atmosphere

Partner

Located in the heart of the Savoyard Alps, Aillon-le-Jeune is a veritable mountain treasure. Standing at an altitude of 1000 metres, this former Alpine ski resort offers breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. Just thirty minutes from Chambery and less than an hour from Annecy, it s an ideal destination for lovers of nature, tranquillity and mountain walks. It s an unspoilt place where you can disconnect from the world... and take a deep breath of fresh air. A playground for lovers of outdoor activities and wild escapes.

Location

Apart from work, there s plenty of time for relaxation, discovery and group life Here s an overview of what s in store for you during your stay:129406; Hikes and walks in the magnificent landscapes of the Bauges massif. Immerse yourself in the heart of nature, between forests, ridges and secret trails: a chance to observe the local wildlife and take a deep breath.127946; Access to the municipal swimming pool to cool off and have fun among volunteers. There s also the chance to explore the surrounding rivers, for a swim...or just to discover nature128004; Visit educational farms, meet local producers and discover Savoyard specialities (cheese is king here). 127961;65039; Visit the surrounding towns: Chambery and especially Annecy, renowned for their cultural heritage, charming little streets, markets, lakes and summer atmosphere. You can also visit Aix-les-Bains and Lake Bourget for a relaxing break between town and nature.127922; Large group games, tournaments, creative or sporting activities (volleyball, badminton, football, etc.), evening entertainment and festive evenings. 127881; Meetings with local people, including a friendly welcome drink or an international meal prepared by the volunteers. 128073; A wonderful immersion in nature and in a close-knit group, where everyone finds their place and experiences an unforgettable human adventure, in a spirit of solidarity and sharing

Accomodation

For the duration of the project, you will be staying in tents at the Aillon campsite, in the heart of an exceptional natural environment. The camping site is fitted with solid sanitary facilities and showers, for basic comfort but welcome after a day of work and activities129749; A convivial dining area will be set up to share meals, prepared with care by the volunteers, in a warm and collective atmosphere.This simple but authentic form of accommodation allows you to live in harmony with nature while strengthening the cohesion of the group. It s real camp life, in the mountains

Requirements

In the context of group life, qualities such as listening, respect, tolerance and open-mindedness will be required.

Meeting point

128663; Access to the commune of Aillon le Jeune and 128506;65039;The meeting point is at the Aillon le Jeune town hall.128646; From Lyon :Take a train to Gare SNCF TGV Chambery or Aix-les-Bains, then shuttle, bus, taxi or carpool to Aillons-Margeriaz.128694;8205;9794;65039; On arrival:Your host will be waiting for you at the town hall and will accompany you to the site. Please be on time to facilitate organisation.128338; More information on train timetables: http://www.voyages-sncf.com