Throughout the years, Solidarités Jeunesses has developed a close affiliation with the villagers: organization of festivals, workcamps, cultural evenings… In 2009, we will be organizing our 3rd workcamp there. The villagers would like to maintain the village's tourism appeal by improving the landscape and by creating foot paths around their village. The work will consist of clearing the actual foot paths, (clearing the hedges, removing stones). During the workcamp, the volunteers will take part in the organization of the annual festival of the village.
Accomodation:
Indoors, please bring a sleeping bag.
Location:
Jarjayes is a beautiful little village located in the Southern Alps, 10 km from Gap and 200 km from Marseille. The village of Jarjayes has 400 inhabitants. It is located in the South Alps of France, in a very rural environment. There is a very warm and dynamic atmosphere in this village and the villagers like to organize evenings, parties and visits for the volunteers. There are also many opportunities to visit the region and get the most out of your stay (swimming, trekking etc).
An association which promotes yiddish and occitane culture is organizing a week long encounter focused on exchange and discovery in the community of Bréau. Volunteers will work alongside local volunteers and help the association with the preperation, set-up, and running of this small festival. Tasks will include editing a film, creating educational activities for children, and creating way of teaching the festival-goers about their culture and that of the association.
The community of Emmaus wishes to accommodate volunteers, who participate in their everyday activities as well as organise an evening for the inhabitants. The activities alternate between the sorting of the collected things, the sale, the recycling, the promotion of events, mainly around the festival "Copy Fest Équitable", which will take place from 3 to 5 July. The volunteers will join in a social mixture of people and will discover the values of Emmaus and its actions.
Accomodation:
Indoors, in the centre of Emmaus. Meals will be shared with the community.
Location:
Montauban. It is close to many beaches, rivers and mountains. Volunteers can go caneing at the weekends and discover the surroundings.
From 18 to 22 July there will be a festival in the village St Christol. The workcamp activity consists of supporting international musicians who will participate at the event by performing typical music from their home countries.
Accommodation:
In the village.
Location:
10 km from Lunel, 35 from Nîmes and Montpellier, 25 from the sea.
In the heart of this village are vegetable gardens, numerous springs and expanses of waters. The parish council wishes to recondition the dry stone wall, which borders the gardens. The volunteers will raise and renew the walls and cut the shrubs. They will also have the possibility to participate in a small festival (which will take place on 18-19 July) and discover the nearby paths of Causse and a former phosphate mine. This is a remarkable site at the crossroads of tradition and dynamism, brought by a local team full of energy.
Accommodation:
In tents, bring a sleeping bag and mat.
Location:
Situated in the regional natural park of Causses du Quercy, the municipality of Escamps spreads around a sink-hole. It is located 35 km south-east of Cahors.
For 13 years, the association Souvigny Grand Site has invited volunteers to participate in the preparation and the guidance of a big medieval festival. This lasts one week and attracts 30000 visitors. The team helps with the installation, mans the stalls, takes part in the display. They also assist with the dismounting. This workcamp is challenging and demands a high level of motivation of the volunteers.
The festival "ECOFESTI'BAL" is going to happen for the first time! In the community of Septfonds, the volunteers participate in the organisation and the decoration of the festival with the subject of waste, its separation and valorisation. They will put on small theatre plays in order to raise awareness next to the public about these necessary small gestures. Furthermore, it is intended, that the volunteers take part in a waste collection in the region, in order to prepare an exhibition for the festival, which is intended to educate the visitors. The volunteers might also participate at other activities of the festival as they will benefit of a free entry ticket. In their free time, they will get the possibility to discover the region and to do many outdoor activites, mainly the descent of Aveyron.
ACCOMMODATION:
The volunteers will be hosted under tents in the community of Cayriech with access to a kitchen and bathroom.
LOCATION:
Septfonds (festival) and Cayriech (accommodation).
« The most beautiful thing about volunteering obviously is the people you meet… the helpfulness the understanding…there is always someone who puts a plate of food in front of you if you say you are not hungry and not in the mood, or gives you a pep talk or simply a hug. »
