Sj08 La Maison des Bateleurs wide-open 03/06/15 - 28/08/15 env/anim 6 vols 18+

SJ08 LA MAISON DES BATELEURS WIDE-OPEN 03/06/15 - 28/08/15 ENV/ANIM 6 vols 18+

Project: Montendre is a village of 3000 inhabitants with an international hosting center: La Maison des Bateleurs. Volunteers hosted there have been participating in the association projects for almost 20 years.

Tasks: You will take part in the enrichment of the environment project which is already included in the structure of the association. The goal of this project is to develop the pedagogical tools (garden, hen-house, compost) necessary for awareness of a life respectful of nature.

La Maison des Bateleurs regularly hosts groups of adolescents or young adults on short-term trips in order to allow them to discover the values of the association through their participation in workshops: workcamp, collective living, intercultural exchanges... You will contribute to the welcoming and organization of these groups. Moreover, you will participation in the logistical organization and the leadership of various events: musical, cultural, and artistic, as well as the annual celebration of La Maison des Bateleurs and the Free Music Festival of Montendre.

Leisure: During your free time, you will be able to enjoy excursions to discover the local heritage (La Rochelle, Bordeaux...), game nights, homemade pizza evenings, marshmallow parties next to the fire place... All these moments will be shared with the people hosted in the center.

Accommodation: mixed collective, in La Maison des Bateleurs

Location: Montendre, Charente Maritime, 75 km from the sea between Bordeaux and Angoulême.

Nearest train station: Montendre.

Note: You can participate in this workcamp for at least 1 month. Priority will be given to volunteers staying for the whole period.

SJ09 THE OLERON ISLAND COLOURFUL HUTS 09/06/15 - 30/06/15 RENO 12 vols 18+

Project: After many successful workcamps on the Oléron Island, the community has anew called upon the association La Maison des Bateleurs to organise an international workcamp of the restoration of two oyster-farming cabins. Organised in partnership with the association "électron libre", which aids those in the process of reintegration, the idea of the project is to allow these people to recreate a social link, beginning with the volunteers. This association organises workshops around art and manual work: tailoring clothes, decoration, painting... and varied events which create connections between the people.

Work: at the moment, the association does not have a space to allow for these meetings. You will renovate two wooden cabins, located along the canal. Taking part in wood construction works - carpentry, frame-building, and cladding - you will restore the cabins from wall to ceiling, and finish off with painting - preferably in bright and vivid colors!

Leisure activities: this very favourable geographic situation will allow you to enjoy walks on the island and along the beaches, and to swim in the ocean. Social gatherings with the inhabitants and the members of the association will be arranged as well.

Accommodation: collective, indoor

Location: Château d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, in the middle of the sea, 40 km from Rochefort

Nearest train station: Rochefort

SJ10 LE FORT DE L'AIGUILLE 10/06/15 - 01/07/15 RENO 12 vols 18+

Project: Located at the mouth of the Charente river, the peninsula of Fouras-les-Bains is home to three harbours and five beaches. For its first workcamp, the municipality has contacted the association Solidarités Jeunesses to renovate a part of the Fort de l'Aiguille. This fort is a redoubt, a fortification system built by the French military engineer Vauban. The redoubt protected Fouras from a potential enemy sea invasion.

Work: the restoration of a part of the fort's main facade will be done in three stages. You will help the technical leader to remove plants from the facade, and to remove and replace the chalk mortar joints between the stones. Other works of traditional masonry are planned, such as redoing the stone coping (top layer of the wall) and stone-cutting.

Leisure activities: if you like the beach, seagulls and shells, you can spend every free minute enjoying them! You can also visit the Aix Island by boat, a small car-free island in the middle of the ocean. As it is a popular sea-side resort, June also provides the chance for participation in summer events like the Nuit des Carrelets and the local music festival.

Accomodation: collective, indoor, in Fouras

Location: Fouras-les-Bains, Charente-Maritime, 30 km from La Rochelle

Nearest train station: Rochefort

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