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U/20 Vaudemont 1 9/7-30/7 RENO
U/21 Vaudemont 2 6/8-27/8 RENO
Lorraine - 8 vol. (6 Inter + 2 French)
Project: This workcamp is part of a larger project to improve the appreciation of the hill of Sion Vaudemont. The objectives of the site include interpreting the site and developing it culturally and socially to welcome visitors. Evidence of rural life in the 19th century can be found at le Gayoir de Vaudemont (a bath to cool down horses after working), which is situated next to the road going into and out of the village of Vaudemont. This structure is degraded and neglected and overgrown with vegetation.
You will restore the old bath for horses. Many different traditional techniques will be discovered, including paving, stone chiselling and making lime mortar. With the help of a local association you will have the chance to carry out some research in the form of an inquiry on the history of the bath of horses.
Vaudemont is a small village (40 residents). It is situated on the hill of Sion, a place known for its peaceful ambience. This area is used for paragliding, mountain biking and walking. The cities of Nancy and Metz are close by. If you would like more information on the region before your arrival, log on to: www.cr-lorraine.fr
Accommodation: You will sleep in tents. There will be a building nearby at your disposal (for meal-times, evenings and other activities). There are shower and toilets.
Terminal: Vezelize - 3 hours from Paris Gare de l'Est
Nearest "big town": Nancy (40 km) nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/22 Vallee du Hure 1 9/7-30/7 RENO
U/23 Vallee du Hure 2 6/8-27/8 RENO
Lorraine - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: In the final stages of developing its touristic potential and interpreting and sharing its patrimony, the villages of the valley of the river Hure continues with the creation of a theme footpath based on the first World War (1914-1918). Originally it was simply a walking route but during the war it became strategically important for the observation during combat. To improve the interpretation of the site for visitors the community welcomes international volunteers again this year.
You will repair 3 stone shelters dating from the 1rst WW and you will restore part of the route. You will also be involved in searching for traces of the past (for example, old ammunition shells, stones engraved with the names of soldiers). A couple of days of training in how to search and how to handle artefacts will be organised by a local history group.
The workcamp takes place in a small, but lively valley in the heart of the Vosges. You will have a lot of contact with the local population - www.cr-lorraine.fr
Accommodation: You will sleep in tents. There will be a building nearby at your disposal (for mealtimes, evenings and other daily activities). There are showers and toilets
Terminal: Saint Die (3h30 from Paris Gare de l'Est)
Nearest "big town": Nancy (60 km) nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/24 Zittersheim 9/7-30/7 ENVI
Alsace - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: For the 5th year the community of Zittersheim is waiting to welcome you in a pretty part of Alsace. This year you will participate in the restoration and management of a circular walking route. The route visits the 12 springs (natural water sources) situated in and around the village, and some wonderful countryside. You will have regular contact with the residents of the village and especially the younger residents who are always keen to meet the international volunteers.
You will help to restore and manage the circular route of the 12 springs. Efforts will be focused on the restoration of 2 or 3 springs in the village of Zittersheim itself, which need to be cleared of vegetation and soil. With the help of members of a local walking club (Club Vosgien) you will change the temporary signs along the route (created by last years volunteers) for permanent ones.
The village of Zittersheim is situated in the heart of the Natural Park of the Northern Vosges region with magnificent scenery . you will participate in the local feasts and cultural events hosted by Zittersheim and the surrounding villages. www.cr-alsace.fr and www.parc-vosges-nord.fr
Accommodation: You will be accommodated in a new fire station an in a large tent on the playing filed in the centre of the village with toilets and showers nearby at your disposal.
Terminal: Wingen sur Moder (3h30 from Paris Est)
Nearest "big town": Strasbourg (55 km) nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/26 Thannenkirch 1 16/7-6/8 ENVI
U/27 Thannenkirch 2 7/8-28/8 ENVI
Alsace - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: Situated in the "Wood route" the small village of Thannenkirch will inaugurate a new communal facility, comprising an environmentally friendly school, library and after school club. Local representatives wish to continue with the idea of having respect for the environment. Volunteers from two consecutive international workcamps will help to manage the outside space around the facility.
You will help to construct a dry stone wall, using the traditional techniques. It will be 44m long and 1m high and will follow the natural curve of a footpath. You will have the opportunity to learn about environmentally friendly construction techniques and the importance of dry stone walls for wildlife.
The pretty Alsacian village of Thannenkirch is situated in the Regional Natural Park of the "Ballons des Vosges" and area renowned for its remarkable natural history, including natural forests, lakes, mountain pastures and peat bogs. To know more about the region before your arrival, log on: www.cr-alsace.fr and www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr
Accommodation: You will sleep in tents next to a community hall where toilets, showers and cooking facilities will be at your disposal.
Terminal: Ribeauville (6h30 from Paris Gare de l’Est)
Nearest "big town": Strasbourg (60km) nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/28 Belval 16/7-6/8 ENVI
Lorraine - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: The project is to restore the banks of the streams in the high and rural valley of the river of Senones Rabodeau. To achieve the objectives of valuing the landscape and increasing the awareness of the local population of the importance of the landscape management, the two communities of Le Vermont and Belval have joined together. By hosting two workcamps of international volunteers, one based in Le Vermont (U/29) and the other in Belval and with one week overlapping, the communities hope to bring their village closer together. A group of young people coming from the two villages will be formed to welcome you.
The aims of the work are to restore the watercourses and to increase the interest within the local population for maintaining them. It will be necessary to remove branches in order to reduce the obstruction. You will also make rustic weirs in wood and with stones to allow the stream to follow its natural course.
Belval is a village on the border between Alsace and Lorraine; today, the village has 163 permanent residents. You will have contact with the residents of Belval, especially as there are local events and feasts planned. www.cr-lorraine.fr - www.pays-donon.com
Accommodation: You will sleep in tents. There is a building nearby at your disposal (for mealtimes, evenings and other daily activities). There are toilets and showers.
Terminal: Saint Die – (4 h from Paris Gare de l’Est)
Nearest "big town": Nancy (60km) nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/29 Le Vermont 30/7-20/8 ENVI
Lorraine - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: The project is to restore the banks of the streams in the high and rural valley of the river Rabodeau. To achieve the objectives of valuing the landscape and increasing the awareness of the local population of the importance of the landscape management, the two communities of Le Vermont and Belval have joined together. By hosting two workcamps of international volunteers, one based in Le Vermont and the other in Belval (U/28) and with one week overlapping, the communities hope to bring their villages closer together. A group of young people coming from the two villages will be formed to welcome you.
The aims of the work are to restore the watercourses and to increase the interest within the local population for maintaining them. You will work on a stream which running through fields in which the herbaceous vegetation has become overgrown. This vegetation is causing an obstruction to the normal flow of watercourse. It will be necessary to remove branches in order to reduce the obstruction. You will also make rustic weirs in wood and with stones to allow the stream to follow its natural course.
Le Vermont is a small village situated 60km from Nancy with 54 permanent residents and there are 196 people which have second residences there. www.cr-lorraine.fr and www.pays-donon.com
Accommodation: You will sleep in tents. There is a building nearby at your disposal (for mealtimes, evenings and other daily activities). There are toilets and showers.
Terminal: Saint Die (4 hours from Paris Est)
Nearest "big town": Nancy (60km) nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/30 Favieres 6/8-27/8 RENO
Lorraine - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: Favieres is a small but lively community which has organised numerous activities to welcome visitors and develop its touristic potential. In the two last years, the village has hosted an international workcamp and the representatives of the village were very pleased by the result of these experiences of an intercultural gathering. This year the young people of the village will invite you to participate in a number of activities in and around the workcamp.
Your mission is to restore the old cemetery of the village, which is no longer used since the early 1900s. The idea is to preserve the mysterious and magical atmosphere of the place where the residents come to take a walk and storytelling events are organised for the children. You will continue with the restoration of the wall around the cemetery and discover traditional techniques for constructing dry stone walls.
Favieres is a small rural community (400 residents). During the summer local events and feasts will help to revive the local traditions - www.cr-lorraine.fr
Accommodation: in the old rectory of the village, which has sanitary facilities and a kitchen. Tents will be pitched in the garden.
Terminal: Toul (5 hours from Paris Gare de l’Est)
Nearest "big town": Nancy nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/31 SAVA 5/7-23/7 ENVI
Alsace - 6 vol. (5 Inter + 1 French)
Project: The originality of this new project between Etudes et Chantiers and the association SAVA lies in its involvement with two associations which respectively carry out their environmental work in the same area (the valley of Schirmeck): the "Conservatoire des Sites Alsaciens" (CSA, the Academy of Alsacien Sites) and the "Grange aux sabots" (the Hoof Barn). It is in the context of positive action to maintain the traditional landscape that the SAVA proposes to run an international workcamp.
The majority of the work will be to clear the undesirable scrub vegetation (trees and bushes). This will allow grasses and wild flowers to gradually recolonize the sites. The local volunteers of the CSA and the "Ferme des Sabots" which have already carried out work on the sites have been invited to meet you and they will participate in the clearing.
The region of Alsace has many historical sites as well as sites of natural interest –
To know more about the region www.cr-alsace.fr .
Accommodation: in a community centre, just a few kilometres away from the work sites. Terminal: Molsheim (5 hours from Paris Gare de l’Est)
Nearest "big town": Strasbourg nearest airport: Strasbourg

U/35 Gillevoisin 12/7-30/7 ENVI/SOCI
Ile de France - 12 vol. (8 Inter + 4 French)
Project: For the 8th year, the Antoine Koenigswater centre organise an international workcamp. All over the year, this socio-educational centre (in a castle) hosts young people (12-17 year old) facing serious social difficulties (for ex: very low educational level, hard family conditions). Once again the international group will work with the young residents.
The work will concern the educational farm situated in the park. For the moment this farm is reserved for the centre residents who discover there farming and food production. In one year the farm should be open to visitors ; you will lay fences and install ways to channel the animals going to the Juine river. You might also help in the park inventory and the valorisation of the arboretum.
The castle of Gillevoisin, 3 km from the town of Janville sur Juine (3,000 inhabitants), is in a pleasant and peaceful valley. Even if Paris is not far away, you are in the countryside. Be aware that it is not so easy to organise visits to Paris. So if you want to visit the French capital, it is better to plan it before, or after the camp. To encourage and facilitate the meeting with the young people, this project is open to volunteers speaking French. Of course volunteers must be open to exchange with young people facing difficulties. www.cr-ile-de-france.fr
Accommodation: in tents, in the park of the castle. There will be a big tent for the meals and kitchen and 6-bed tents for sleeping. You will use the bathrooms of the castle.
Terminal: Lardy (1 hour from Paris)
Nearest "big town": Paris nearest airport: Orly
This is a French speaking project

U/40 Felines Minervois 1/6-14/6 RENO
U/41 Felines Minervois 15/6-28/6 RENO
Languedoc Roussillon - 8 vol. (7 Inter + 1 French)
Project: The dynamic association "Culture et Patrimoine" started to renovate the built heritage of the village of Felines Minervois. Last summer an international group renovated a barn. This year you are expected to renovate a bread oven and a medieval chapel in the village.
The volunteers will be divided into two groups; the first one will clean and consolidate the top of the chapel walls (work on high). The second one will renovate the bread oven: replacing the entrance vault, renovating the upper part of the cooking place, building a chimney. Then laying a new wooden carpentry to lay a stone roof.
Feline Minervois is a village situated in a rural and wine-producing area, 30km from Carcassone in south-west area of France, at the foot of the Montagne Noire. You will be close to the local population, particularly with the members of the "culture et patrimoine" organisation who expect you to bring information about the built heritage in your country.
Accommodation: in tents or on the second floor of the sheep. The place is quite isolated and not easy to reach. The life conditions will be quite basic but ecological and adapted to the place (dry sanitary, sun-showers). So be ready to this! The beautiful landscape is really worth seeing !
www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Terminal: Carcassonne (5 to 7 hours from Paris Austerlitz)
Nearest "big town": Carcassonne nearest airport: Toulouse

U/44 Azillanet 9/8-27/8 RENO
Languedoc Roussillon - 10 vol. (8 Inter + 2 French)
Project: The old train station of Azillanet has a remaining main building that is slowly deteriorating. It is still used, however, to host a local feast. The commune wishes to rehabilitate it and use it for exhibitions, information display and activities for young people. You will have a chance meet the locals particularly on the 10th ofAugust at the local fair.
The volunteers will renovate the outside and inside parts of the building, filling the holes in the walls and doing some painting work. They will also work on an old concrete theatre nearby that needs some fixing and painting.
Azillanet is a village located in the Languedoc region in the southern France near the medieval town of Minerve in the heart of the Minervois vineyards. It is remarkable for its rich built heritage (dry-stone walls in olive groves, old cobbled streets, a 17th century church, an old convent, a fountain and two old washing places). Narbonne is the nearest city (40 km away). www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Accommodation: The volunteers will be accommodated near the work site on a pitch belonging to the wine co-operative, a very friendly and vibrant organisation.
Terminal: Lezignan Corbieres (7 hours from Paris Austerlitz)
Nearest "big town": Narbonne nearest airport: Montpellier

U/45 Montolieu 9/8-27/8 ENVI
Languedoc Roussillon - 12 vol. (10 Inter + 2 French)
Project: This project aims to support the local Bird Protection League in their action to transform a footpath into an ornithological discovery path.
the volunteers wil clear a footpath out of vegetation (4 kilometres) to make it passable ; then they will create and realise information boards on birds together with a Sculpture centre. Another task will be to help the villagers to organise the local feast.
Montolieu is a village situated near Carcassonne, the famous medieval town of the South West of France. Montolieu is well-known as the "village of the books" as you can find many second-hand book sellers; you even might have the opportunity to meet writers. There should be many contacts with the local population. www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Accommodation: in tents on the football pitch ; sanitary in the changing room; it will be possible to go to the swimming pool for free !
Terminal: Carcassonne (5 to 7 hours from Paris Austerlitz)-
Nearest "big town": Carcassonne nearest airport: Toulouse

U/45 Montolieu 9/8-27/8 ENVI
Languedoc Roussillon - 10 vol. (8 Inter + 2 French)
Project: AGOP is a social children home based in a very large site of 7 hectares (the former bishop's palace). Their activities include a professional training centre for first aid/assistance and for environment ; it also hosts 40 teenagers and young adults whose education conditions are difficult or in danger. The support given to these children is closely linked with the natural surroundings. Once again Etudes et Chantiers will co-operate with AGOP to organise an international workcamp.
There is a lot of work to do to renovate the buildings, the surrounding walls, the yard… This year volunteers will renovate the second entrance (registered by Historical Monuments records). You will build a "calade" (a stone reinforcement on a sandy ground). This is a very delicate kind of work.
The centre of AGOP is situated in the village of Saint Papoul, next to the beautiful and famous "Saint Papoul abbey". It is very near Castelnaudary (7km) and 30 km east from Carcassonne. Toulouse is 60km away. Many activities can be carried out in the surroundings.
www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Accommodation: You will sleep in tents at the end of the village, 500 meters from the working place. The football pitch sanitary will be at your disposal (showers, toilets, big common room).
Terminal: Castelnaudary (6/8 h from Paris Austerlitz)
Nearest "big town": Carcassonne nearest airport: Toulouse

U/53 Les Gourillats 2 9/8-27/8 RENO
Auvergne - 10 vol. (9 Inter + 1 French)
Project: This project takes place in a hamlet of Auvergne abandoned years ago. A former volunteer of Etudes et Chantiers and the village of Charensat wish to create in an old farm an educational centre on the sustainable development. Volunteers and craftsmen will be hosted there and will organise activities towards children of the schools and visitors. This workcamp is the very first step of this project and it aims to prepare the place for further works . So come and join us to make it real !
First you will clean the place and clear it out of vegetation; you might also renovate a dry-stone wall. The vegetation cleared of the place will be recycled.
Charensat is a rural village located in a nice hilly landscape of central France, 65 km from Clermont-Fd. The farm "les Gourillats" is situated on the edge of a sacred forest, where druids used to gather in the past. Volunteers should be motivated by the sustainable development and by the protection of environment and built heritage. www.cr-auvergne.fr
Accommodation: in tents, on the football pitch of Charensat . The meals will be prepared with health food and local products only.
Terminal: Clermont + bus to Charensat (3h30 from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Clermont-Ferrand nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand

U/56 Montaigu le Blin 3 6/9-24/9 RENO/FEST
Auvergne - 10 vol. (8 Inter + 2 French)
Project: In the centre of France, in the Allier department, there is a medieval fortress (XIIIth Century): Montaigu le Blin. The aim of our partnership with community of Montaigu le Blin is to renovate the site and to create activities for the animation of the site.
This year the work will focus on the renovation of the South and South-East towers. The 3rd group in September will restore the wall of the South tower: whitewashing the lower part of the wall and of the tower (about 100 square meters). The other part of the project consist in organising and welcoming the public for the "European Built Heritage Day" which will take place in September. That day, the fortress is exceptionally open to the visitors. The volunteers of the previous summer workcamps will already have prepared materials and supports for the exhibition. You will present the work achieved by the different groups, welcome the visitors and organise guided tours, help and participate in the activities organised on that day.
Montaigu is a little rural village (100 inhabitants) situated 30km from Moulins.. The local population is very interested in meeting international volunteers. The area has a rich heritage that you will discover during week-ends.
Accommodation: in a house near the castle (dormitory, bathroom, big common room).
Terminal: St Germain des Fosses (3h from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Moulins nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand
This is a French speaking project

U/66 Margeride 19/7-6/8 RENO
Auvergne - 10 vol. (9 Inter + 1 French)
Project: Since 1999 the village of Ruynes en Margeride and Etudes et Chantiers have worked together to rehabilitate the built heritage of the community. This year the volunteers will continue the work started by an international group of volunteers: the renovation of a drinking trough and a fountain situated in the village of Trailus.
You will build a pavement in front of the trough to avoid mud - you will also build wooden signposts to indicate the built heritage of the village - there might be other small renovation work in the village. You will use trowels, wheelbarrows, shovels, mattocks…
Ruynes en Margeride (600 inhabitants) is situated in Auvergne (central France) east of the Cantal department, very near the Lozere. All shops and facilities can be found in the village. The medium-mountain landscape is very nice with pine forests and charming rivers… An ideal place for hiking and swimming ! www.cr-auvergne.fr
Accommodation: you will be accommodated in tents in a youth camp (Point Accueil Jeunes), 4 km away from the work place (you will use a vehicle to get there !)
Terminal: Saint Flour (5 or 6h from Paris)
Nearest "big town": Aurillac nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand

U/67 Aurillac 19/7-6/8 ENVI
Auvergne - 10 vol. (9 Inter + 1 French)
Project: The town of Aurillac and Etudes et Chantiers have been partners for a long time now. The community is very satisfied of last year's workcamp's input; this summer the volunteers are expected to continue the renovation of an old quarry which presents a great geological interest in the "Puy de Come", a small mountain (an old volcano) dominating the town of Aurillac. The global project is to develop footpaths and hiking paths around the quarry and in the Coissy wood.
The main task is to create a footpath on a slope leading from the main road to the Coissy wood - it will be necessary to build stairs.
Aurillac is the biggest town of the Cantal department (32,000 inhabitants) situated between the Auvergne volcanoes and chestnut groves (631 meter high). You will find public facilities and you will have the opportunity to discover the beautiful surroundings. Aurillac is very famous for its international street theatre festival which takes place every year at the end of August – www.cr-auvergne.f
Accommodation: in tents in a campsite located a few kilometres from the working place - you will use a vehicle to get there. There will be a big tent for the meals and evenings.
Terminal: Aurillac (6 hours from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Aurillac nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand

U/68 Chaliers 2/8-20/8 RENO
Auvergne - 10 vol. (9 Inter + 1 French)
Project: The association "les Amis de Chaliers" aims to renovate the village of Chaliers and the hamlets in the surroundings. This is a first partnership with this organisation. The work project will consist in renovating a water-pump and a bread oven. The aim is to make the place friendly to the visitors and to the locals who could organise feasts there.
You will work with a local craftsman to renovate the water-pump ; it will be necessary to clean the wooden tubs and lay stones around - the renovation of the bread-oven will be done in several steps ; as the first one you will stop the damage by clearing out the vegetation etc…
Chaliers is a small village (200 inhabitants) locate on the east of the Cantal department. This medium-mountain area is named the Margeride and is covered with pines forests and crossed by well-protected rivers; it is very pleasant in summertime. This is a good place for hiking swimming – www.cr-auvergne.fr
Accommodation: in tents near a shelter, 1km from the working place
Terminal: Saint Flour (6 hours from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Aurillac nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand

U/73 La Commanderie 21/6-7/7 ARCH
Auvergne - 2 International places to join a group of 10
Project: This project is a second partnership between Etudes et Chantiers and a young archaeological association ARASTH (Association for the Archaeological Research on Templar and Hospitable Sites). The aim is to study comparatively several settlements of Templars in the region of Auvergne.
You will join a team of volunteers (French and Belgium students) to participate in archaeological excavations (drawing, leaning and listing the "finds").
Volunteers must be vaccinated (Tetanus) please bring a certificate.
The workcamp takes place in a typical village of the Cantal department – www.cr-auvergne.fr
Accommodation: in tents in the local campsite
Terminal: Saint Cernin (8 hours from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Aurillac nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand
This is a French speaking project.

U/76 Pays de Murat 12/7-30/7 RENO
Auvergne - 10 vol. (8 Inter + 2 French)
Project: This year, the commune of Albepierre-Bredons will host an international workcamp to restore a dry-stone wall surrounding a "buron", which is an old shepherd's shelter typical of central France mountain pastures. The shelter is located alongside very busy hiking paths used as ski trails in the winter. During the workcamp, the international volunteers will work with a group of locals taking part in a training project on the restoration of dry-stone walls around the "buron". Specialised instructors will lead the training.
The "buron" is located at a height of 1,450 metres. The work will consist in rebuilding a dry stone wall using traditional techniques.
The village of Albepierre-Bredons is a village of 250 residents, at a height of 1,050 metres near the small town of Murat. You should be prepared to live in a rural environment and do lots of hiking. A good level of French is required, for the volunteers will have to communicate with both their local co-workers and hikers.
www.cantalpassion.com/commune_albepierre.htm – www.cr-auvergne.fr
Accommodation: in tents on the local campsite near the village. There will be a big tent for meals and evenings. The campsite comprises showers, toilets and a very welcoming attendant. The work site is 6 km away, transportation will be provided.
Terminal: Murat (6h from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Aurillac nearest airport: Clermont-Ferrand
This is a French speaking project

U/79 EPMM 31/5-11/6 ENVI
Languedoc Roussillon - 8 vol. (7 Inter + 1 French)
Project: For several years, The EPMM centre and Etudes et Chantiers have co-operated to organise international workcamps every year, focusing on the rehabilitation of the resort. In 2003 two workcamps took place during which a farm belonging to the centre was restored and the vegetation alongside the Tarn river was cleared. The centre also proposes various open air activities.
In 2004 the international volunteers will go on with the clearing work along the river near the centre. You will use pruning shears, brush-cutters and other specific tools.
Saint Enimie is a big village of 537 residents located at a height of 480 metres with all shops and facilities available. It is a very tourist area in the summer. The nearest town is Mende, 30 minutes away. The EPMM centre is situated in the Gorges of the Tarn and proposes various activities such as mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, archery, climbing, potholing… The nearest train station is Bassac la Canourgue, 28 km from the resort. For more information, log on to : www.ffepmm.asso.fr/centre_enimie.ptip - www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Accommodation: in the centre with tents and sanitary available. Meals will be taken in the canteen. The work place is very near the accommodation, no transportation will be needed.
Terminal: Mende (7h from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Mende nearest airport: Montpellier

U/80 Saint Alban 9/8-27/8 RENO
Languedoc Roussillon - 10 vol. (9 Inter + 1 French)
Project: In 2002 a partnership was established between Etudes et Chantiers and the town of Saint Alban. Permanent work training projects with people facing difficulties and an international workcamp last summer, have been set up to renovate and maintain the rural built heritage of the village. It was a great experience we are ready to start again this exciting experience with the Saint Alban community and the surrounding villages.
You will first clean and restore fountains and crosses. Then you will renovate a bread oven together with a group of the "insertion team" (cleaning of the roof, pointing).
Saint Alban sur Limagnole is located at a height of 950 meters, at the north of the region Lozere (15 km from St Chely d’Apcher). You will find all the facilities in the village and hiking paths not nearby - www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Accommodation: You will be accommodated in tents in the community field; there will be sanitaries (showers and toilets) and a big tent for meal and evenings.
Terminal: St Chely (7h from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Mende nearest airport: Montpellier

U/83 Le Pompidou 19/7-6/8 RENO
Languedoc Roussillon - 10 vol. (9 Inter + 1 French)
Project: This is our second co-operation with the commune of Pompidou, which has several projects with the Regional Park of the Cevennes for the protection of its built heritage. On this workcamp you will clear a footpath called Mas Breton, between a road and a castle. This path allows visitors to discover the rich natural and cultural heritage of the region (small rivers, mills, water holes, old bridges, dry-stone terraces…) which is worth preserving.
First you will clear the vegetation around a mill, then restore dry-stone walls alongside the path and start restoring the mill. You will use pruning shears, pitchforks and other tools used for specific traditional restoration techniques.
Pompidou is located in the South of the Lozere department, 25 km from Florac, where you will find all shops and facilities. Several cultural and sport animations will take place, as well as a nature festival organised by the Regional Park.-
www.cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Accommodation: in tents in the Pompidou campsite, and a big tent will be installed for collective life.
Terminal: Mende
Nearest "big town": Mende nearest airport: Montpellier

U/84 Drac Nature 7/7-25/7 ENVI
Rhone-Alpes - 10 vol. (8 Inter + 2 French)
Project: The Jonche river, flowing into the Drac, has not been maintained for several years and the commune is willing to rehabilitate the river banks and the dikes, but also to develop the site into a pleasant walking space for the locals and the numerous visitors.
The volunteers will clear the vegetation, do some pruning work and clean the river and its banks on 2 km. You should be ready to work in the water.
The workcamp takes place in La Mure village, on the Matheysin plateau at a height of 1,000 metres, between the Regional Park of Vercors and the National Park of the Ecrins, a medium mountain area of the Alps.
Accommodation: You will be accommodated either in tents or in premises.
Terminal: Grenoble + bus to La Mure (4 hours from Paris Gare de Lyon by speed train)
Nearest "big town": Grenoble nearest airport: Lyon

U/85 Salagnon 19/7-6/8 CONS
Rhone-Alpes - 8 vol. (7 Inter + 1 French)
Project: The town of Salagnon wishes to set up a meeting space for local young people and organisations. The prefab building at their disposal needs to be assembled, which is why the town needs the help of young international volunteers. The town authorities would like to foster an international gathering with the locals within a larger civic awareness action. You should be interested in youth issues and exchanges.
The building will be mounted on a 250-square-meter concrete foundation slab that will be connected to sanitation and electricity. You will have to set up the walls in a wooden structure, install the carpentry with a crane and lay the roof tiles. A local worker will supervise the work;
Salagnon is a rural village located in a suburban environment near Lyon facing recent residential development with more and more young people in need of suitable animation equipment. It is part of an area called the "Bas Dauphine" with many medieval sites nearby (Cremieux, Perouge) as well as numerous ponds suitable for swimming.
Accommodation: in a community centre near the work site.
Terminal: Bourgoin Jallieu (4 hours from Paris Gare de Lyon)
Nearest "big town": Lyon nearest airport: Lyon