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SJ29 Betaucourt FC 10/7-31/7 RENO 15
Work: The council of Betaucourt wants to protect its fountains, two of which are still irrigated. During a first work-camp in 2002 the paving of two wash-houses was renovated and the carpentry of one of them was improved. For the second project the council wants to work on another wash-house and renovate the opposite small square (called "14th July"). In the wash-house, the paving will be extended with old stones, mud will be taken out of the basin, the joints will be repaired and the water will be introduced again. On the square, various improvements will be done: volunteers will destroy an old bowling field, surround the square with a wooden fence, install tables and benches and place some pavestones around them. They will also move a well that does not work anymore and is badly located on the square and place some pavestones around its new location. Time permitting volunteers may also be involved some other renovation work. They will make cement, cut stones, and place them on the ground in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Betaucourt is 5 km north-east of Jussey.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ30 Giromagny FC 10/7-31/7 RENO 10
Work: Since the end of 2003 the council of Giromagny and the local community centre (called "La Haute Savoureuse") have been having a reflection on the promotion of the former mining sites of the area. A work-camp has been organised in order to renovate the entrance of the mine in Giromagny. The presence of international volunteers will also be a tool to raise the awareness of the local population for this part of the heritage. The work-camp will be an important input to organise activities around concepts such as the transmission of knowledge, the investment into the history of mining work and a better knowledge of the local heritage. Many activities have been foreseen to enable the memory work: parties, cultural evenings, invitations to work on the site, etc. Volunteers will be involved in the following tasks: they will clean the entrance of the mine (clean the dirt, take out the leaves and stones) and rebuild its wooden frame, as it originally was. They will also install a wooden staircase, a security fence, an explanatory board and a table.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Giromagny is 15 km north of Belfort.
Terminal: Belfort is the nearest train station.

SJ31 Lavoncourt FC 10/7-31/7 RENO 15
Work: Many projects concerning the renovation of fountains, including one last year, have been organised in the village. Last year volunteers started the renovation of the plinth on which stands a statue of Virgin Mary at the end of the village. It will be completed this year. As the work requires specific techniques, it will be started and achieved together with a local company. Volunteers will make cement, cut stones, and place them in the wall in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Besides this work volunteers will also enhance a small square (implementation of benches, etc.). Leisure and cultural activities will also be organised.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Lavoncourt is 36 km east of Vesoul.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ32 Maizieres FC 6/7-23/7 ENVI/SOC 12
Work: The Medical Institute for Education and Vocational Training in Maizieres hosts children and teenagers, both boys and girls aged 6 to 20 and being slightly mentally disadvantaged. The educational process for every youth aims at supporting their personal growth and their inclusion into social and professional life. This is done in close cooperation with the family and the agreement of the youth. The Institute is located in the countryside. The site is bordered by a brook which shores are eroding. This will be the focus of the project; more precisely volunteers will work on a wooden frame that will strengthen the shores in a natural and sustainable way. Through the concrete work for the Institute and the daily activities (cooking, cleaning, living together) the idea is to give the pensioners the possibility to meet other youth from different backgrounds. It is also the opportunity for international volunteers to get to know other people through an original project. The inclusion of all into the group will be promoted through times of exchanges such as the work, the meals that will be jointly taken and leisure activities, despite differences and personal difficulties. A first project was successfully organised in 2003.
Accommodation: In the Institute.
Location: Maizieres is 22 km South East of Vesoul.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ33 Vallerois FC 10/7-31/7 RENO 15
Work: Vallerois owns a beautiful castle and striking traditional buildings (stone walls, a church from the 16th Century, etc.). 30 meters of one of the walls will be renovated following a traditional technique. Volunteers will make cement, cut stones, and place them in the wall in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Last year the work has been started during a first project and incredible relations linked the volunteers and inhabitants. Many activities will then be organised together with the local population.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Vallerois is 10 km south of Vesoul.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ34 Itteville IDF 10/7-31/7 RENO/ENVI 15
Work: Two workcamps were already organized in 2002 and 2003 in this commune, in partnership with the service " significant natural spaces" of the General Council of the Essonne. This year, the project of the will aim to the installation of the pedestrian excursion path around the pond of Saussay. The objectives will be double: construction of a footbridge connecting the bank to a small island, for the moment inaccessible to the walkers; and restoration of a hut being used as resting area for the walkers. The project will take place over two years and the volunteers, within the framework of an international workcamp, will be assisted by the technical services of the commune. Small ecological jobs will be also added for the maintenance of the pedestrian paths.
Accommodation: To be defined.
Location: Itteville is a community 40km south-east of Paris, in the Esonne region.
Terminal: Paris, RER D direction Malesherbes, Ballancourt.train station (30 min).

SJ35 Tantonville LOR 10/7-31/7 RENO 12
Work: This is the second time that Solidarites Jeunesses La Clef and the municipality of Tantonville have worked together to organise an international workcamp. This summer’s volunteers will repair the wall surrounding the parish church and clean several wayside crosses. In order to present different aspects of the local heritage to visitors, the volunteers will assist in the renovation of a discovery trail.
Numerous activities permitting the meeting of the international volunteers and the local population will be put into place, with the objective of integrating local youth into the workcamp and rendering them active participants in the renovation of their heritage.
Accommodation: In a public building
Location: Tantonville is in the east part of France, about 30 km from Nancy
Terminal: Nancy, Mirecourt or Charmes

SJ36 Saint Georges MP 10/7-31/7 RENO 15
Project: St Georges is a village very motivated to host a workcamp in 2004. The project will consist in renovating a public wash house, a small public house made in traditional stones, and some traditional walls, on the same area. The volunteers will realze some work of masonry, and cleaning, and will share some events of the village’s life !
Accommodation:
Location: St Georges is at about 90 km from Toulouse, in the South-West of France.
Train Station: Caussade.

SJ37 Andelot CHAMP-ARD 12/7-1/8 RENO 15
Project: This is the first time that our association has cooperated with the association “Espace Bevaux” to organise an international workcamp. It is part of a much wider project, which seeks to highlight the exceptional qualities of an archeological site nearby.
The international volunteers will rehabilitate the primary burial mound of the site, as well as the secondary stone sepultures which depend upon it. These were the subject of archeological digs in the 1970s but were left afterwards in the state in which they were discovered. The pillars which support the stone megaliths of the sepultures must, notably, be repositioned.
The meeting and mutual integration of local and international volunteers will be, more than ever, a key aspect of this project.
Accommodation: In a public building
Location: Andelot is situated in the East part of France at about 25 km from Chaumont.
Train Station: Chaumont.

SJ38 Domevre sur Aviere LOR 12/7-1/8 RENO/SOC 15
Project: Domevre sur Aviere is a small village located 8 km outside of Epinal. The municipality is a member of the Community of Boroughs of the District of Olima and of the Val d’Aviere, organisation which, through its multiple actions, seeks to highlight the multiple facettes of the landscape of the region. It was thus decided that in 2004, an international workcamp would participate in the cleaning and promotion of the fountain of Domevre and the discovery trail which passes through the village. This discovery trail has fallen into abandon. Its paving peters out shortly before the fountain, obliging visitors to follow a simple dirt trail, and once at the fountain they cannot go beyond it to discover other hidden marvels of this village. The work of the volunteers is all traced out. The meeting and mutual integration of local and international volunteers will be, more than ever, a key aspect of this project.
Accommodation: In a public building
Location: Domevre sur Aviere is situated in the East part of France at about 8 km from Epinal.
Train Station: Epinal.

SJ39 Le Saix PACA 12/7-31/7 RENO 10
Work: After five years several enhancing works have been done in the village (cleaning the river , construction of a bus stop, etc). This year, the volunteers will roughcast a wall and they will do some works in order to improve the surroundings of a municipal building. The volunteers will have the opportunity to discover the flora and fauna of this mountainous region through the different activities that will be organised.
Accommodation: In tents.
Location: Le Saix is in the Alps, 12 km from Veynes en Devoluy.
Terminal: Veynes is the nearest train station - you have to travel through Grenoble.

SJ40 Souvigny AUV 15/7-5/8 ANIM/ARTS 16
Work: The "Souvigny Grand Site" organises an 8-day long medieval fair full of activities such as artistic workshops, music, dance, troubadours, banquets and taverns. Volunteers have participated to the setting up, animation and clearing up of the fair since 1996. This year the volunteers will participate during the first week to the decorations and stands setting up. During the second week they will have the opportunity to fully be part of the middle aged fair : meals preparation, food serving, animal caring, pottery and iron-forging workshops. Finally, the last days of the camp will be dedicated to the clearing up the decorations as well as to the general cleaning up of the site.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Souvigny is located at about 15 km from Moulins.
Terminal: Moulins.

SJ41 Chardes PC 16/7-7/8 RENO 12
Work: The municipaly of Chardes has hosted an international workcamp in 2003 who has renovated the Essert fountain. Since the work did not reach to its end the village wishes to renew the experience especially because of the rich exchanges that took place between the volunteers and the local inhabitants. This new exchange will allos the works to be finished. The volunteers will work on the coveringof the fountain with cutting stones, will take off the roughcqasting and will coat the interior walls, will set up a wooden base over the existing beams and will set up a pick-nick table..
Accommodation: In a local school.
Location: Chardes is a small village located 60 km north of Bordeaux.
Terminal: Montendre.

SJ42 Fresne Saint Mames FC 17/7-7/8 RENO 15
Work: A spring in the lowest part of the village continuously flows and thus feeds a small brook. The whole masonry construction that supported the banks of this brook has to be renovated. In more details this concerns the supporting walls which are around 60 meters long. This year volunteer will renovate about 20 meters. The project is planned to run for some years. Another part of the work will be the improvement of the "bridge" over the brook and the improvement of its safety (which is now only made of two wooden rods). The wall will be completely taken down by volunteers, a concrete basement will be implemented and volunteers will build up the wall again. They will make cement, cut stones, and place them in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Besides the work leisure and cultural activities with the local population will also be organised.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Fresne St Mames is around 30 km south-west of Vesoul.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ43 Pont de Planches FC 17/7-7/8 RENO 15
Work: The council of Pont de Planches has decided to renovate the paving and the flow of a wash-house which is located in the lowest part of the village. The first part of the work was done last year and permitted to build the entire gutter that is used to evacuate the water and capture the spring. The work was greatly done. This year volunteers will complete the paving. The work will be prepared before the work-camp so volunteers will have to place the stones on mortar. They will make cement, cut stones, and place them on the ground in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Besides the work leisure and cultural activities will also be organised.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Pont de Planches is around 20 km south-west of Vesoul.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ44 Noisiel IDF 17/7-7/8 ENVI 15
Project: This workcamp relates to a river a 5 km long located in the historical park of Noisiel. Volunteers will participate to the development of two footbridges and their accesses, the clearing of undergrowth and cleaning of the banks upstream and downstream. Another task to be done will be the cleaning of the footbridge upstream and its accesses. The objective is to give this heritage its identity with a light cleaning on the one hand and on the other hand an enhancement of the site taking into account of the existing ecosystem.
Accommodation: To be defined
Location: Noisiel is located 45 minutes to the east of Paris.
Terminal: Direct acces from Paris by RER (regional train).

SJ45 Saint Christophe LIM 17/7-7/8 RENO 12
Work: The municipality of Saint Christophe is hosting an international summer camp for the second year in order to make more dynamic the village and to enhance the local architectural heritage. The international volunteers will participate to the renovation of a dry-stoned wall, of a fontain and of a water canal.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Saint Christophe is located at about 15 km south of Gueret
Terminal: Gueret

SJ46 Aubeterre PC 19/7-31/7 ENVI 12
Work: For 10 years now Aubeterre's Discovery Centre has been organising workcamps in order to complete its 2 hectares estate dedicated to environmental education. This year, the centre, together with the "Charente Nature" association and the volunteers, will work on the surroundings of a pond and of a small river and will test some hydraulic tools – e.g. footbridges, mills, dams. The setting up of plantation zones will be part of the project in this wonderful place which will enable the centre to open to the public all year through.
Accommodation: In tents.
Location: Aubeterre is 50 km from Angouleme and Perigueux.
Terminal: Chalais is the nearest train station – travel through Angouleme or Bordeaux.

SJ47 Boresse et Martron PC 23/7-14/8 RENO 12
Work: The municipality of Boresse et Martron has bought a building located in one of the main plazas. This building is currently in ruins and it is their wish to transform it into a multipurpose building. Les volontaires will take off the roughcasting of the walls inside and outside of the building, they will do some masonry work in the fragiles parts and in the cornice in order to do some coating in the two faces of the wall.
Accommodation: To be defined.
Location: Boresse et Martron is located 75 km north of Bordeaux.
Terminal: Montendre.

SJ48 Vaunieres 4 PACA 25/7-14/8 RENO 15
Project: At 1200 m of altitude, Vaunieres, small village up in the mountains is a place of exchanges and international meetings. Thousands of people, since 1963, helped to its restoration. The volunteers will participate to the renovation of a wall that has been damaged due ti the sinking of the ground as well as to the construction of a baker's oven. A “bread evening” will be organised together with a proffesional baker from a nearby village.The volunteers will also take part in the daily life of the village (fire pit gatherings, improvised musical evenings, etc...). To note that the team does not organize activities like a club of holidays, but the possibilities of discovering our area are numerous and the occasions to divert itself do not miss. The volunteers will also take part in the organization of the collective life (shopping, meals, animations, maintenance of collectifs spaces)avec the support of the team.
Accommodation: In a house of the village adapted to wheel chairs.
Location: Vaunieres is located 6 km away from St Julien en Beauchene in the French Alps, 70 km away from Grenoble.
Terminal: Lus la Croix Haute (connecting train in Grenoble)
Remarks: Attention this workcamp requires a particular will to work in the environmental field and to learn the ecological cinstruction technics. Envisage good shoes and a good sleeping bag because the nights in mountains are fresh even in summer.

SJ50 Void-Vacon LOR 26/7-15/8 RENO 12
Work: The 2004 workcamp will be the second year of cooperation between our association and the village of Void-Vacon.
The site of “La Poterne” is so named because of the gate which still stands there once offered access to the courtyard of the local castle. This remarkable structure, which includes a pigeon-coop, is in need of renovation. The volunteers will work on its western wing.
Since the volunteers will be lodged in the heart of the village, it is expected that the meeting between local inhabitants and they will be spontaneous. These informal encounters will be reinforced by the action of local officials and of youth leaders, leading to the creation of more specific moments, such as a welcoming party and leisure activities.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Void-Vacon is in the east part of France at about 20 km from Toul.
Terminal: Commercy

SJ50 Void-Vacon LOR 26/7-15/8 RENO 12
Work: This association has a hosting centre for couples and families with difficulties. With this possibility of accommodation there is a following-up of these persons (administrative support, help to look for a job, an accommodation, etc…). But in this place, there is no room dedicated to the games of the children. The aim of the workcamp is to renovate a small house which is now a workroom, in order to transform it in an area for the children to play. The volunteers will realize a preparatory work (masonry, cleaning, clearing, etc…) ; moreover, they will organize games and educative activities with the children, and with the participation of the educators of the centre.
Accommodation: we don’t know yet, but it should be in a room of another association.
Location: The Centre de Fages is at about 30 minutes from the centre of Toulouse, by foot.
Train Station: Toulouse Matabiau.

SJ52 Traveling in Bourbon 2 AUV 28/7-28/8 RENO/ENVI 12
Project: AGONGES, YGRANDE and BUXIERES LES MINES.-The international volunteers will discover the land of Bourbon by working in five different villages. The idea of this project is to revive and enhance the local heritage following the pathways that encircles the region where the participant communities are located. The volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in different works such as the renovation of a chapel and a wash-house, the clearing out of a pedestrian pathway, among others. Thus volunteers will have the possibility to discover the Land of Bourbon not only through its natural and cultural heritage but also and through the contact with the local population.
Work: This is the second part of the project. In Agonges the volunteers will work in the surroundings of a school and of the church and realise paintiing and masonry works. In Ygrande they will renovate the see-saw of the village and its shelter. In Buxieres les Mines the volunteers will work on the clearing of a small river running along a pedestrain path.
Accommodation: In public buildings.
Location: The villages of the Land of Bourbon are in the centre of France, some 30 km from Moulins.
Terminal: Moulins sur Allier is the nearest train station.
Remarks: You are encouraged to register for the whole project, in order to discover all the aspects of the Land of Bourbon. However, you can join only one of the two workcamps

SJ53 Traveling in Bocage Sud 2 AUV 29/7-22/8 RENO/ENVI 12
Project: NOYANT D'ALLIER, GIPCY.- The group of international volunteers will engage in the discovering of the Land of Bocage Sud by working on the renovation and enhancement of the local architectural and natural heritage in four different villages in the medieval community of Souvigny where a specific project will take place each time. Volunteers will have the opportunity to meet the inhabitants who will follow the different steps of the project. Thus volunteers will have the possibility to discover the region of Souvigny not only through its natural and cultural heritage but also through the contact with the local population. Each step will be a new event, each project will be different... the paths will then be varied...
Work: . This is the second part of the project. In Noyant d’Allier the volunteers will clear out a pedestrian path. In Gipcy they will participate to the renovation of a chapel
Accommodation: In buildings or in tents, depending on the projects.
Location: The villages of the Country of Souvigny are in the centre of France, some 20 km from Moulins.
Terminal: Moulins is the nearest train station.
Remarks: You are encouraged to register for the whole project, in order to discover all the aspects of the Land of Souvigny. However, you have the possibility to participate only in one of the two workcamps.

SJ54 Mouthiers sur Boheme PC 30/7-21/8 RENO 12
Work: The council of Mouthiers wants to host an international work-camp in order to organise an activity in which the young villagers can be involved, discover voluntary service and meet other cultures. The project is to renovate a traditional baking oven which is now in a very bad shape. As the work to be done is very important, many successive international work-camps will have to be organised so the oven can be used again during local festivities or other cultural events. This year volunteers will do some masonry work on the outside vault and the inside entrance of the oven, they will take down and rebuild the chimney and they will renovate a small wall opposite the wash-house.
Accommodation: In the primary school and the football stadium.
Location: In centre Charente, western France, next to Angouleme.
Terminal: Angouleme is the nearest train station.
Remarks: Volunteers will have to ride bicycles everyday for at least 3 km to go to work.

SJ55 Orignoles PC 30/7-21/8 RENO 12
Work: The municipality of Orignoles has already hosted an international last year. The volunteers had worked in the setting up of a wooden roof frame over the Fontsableau wash-house. In fact the idea is that the volunteers transform the current state of a 50 year old wash-house into a brand new one. The commune wishes to make this wash-house part of a pedestrian path way in which a pick-nick area will be set. The volunteers will coat the walls, will set up flat stones on the floor and will do some minor works in the nearby surroundings.
Remarks: The workcamp is located 2 km from the village and the volunteers will make the trip in bicycles.
Accommodation: In a football stadium
Location: Orignolles is a small village located 60 km north of Bordeaux.
Terminal: Montendre.

SJ56 Vandoncourt FC 31/7-21/8 RENO 15
Work: Vandoncourt is a village that managed to keep its old style. Many local organisations make it a lively place and develop important activities. Many international work-camps have already been organised in Vandoncourt and now the council wants to host another one that will improve and highlight the wash-houses. Volunteers will have to pave and renovate the basins. They will make cement, cut stones, and place them in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Besides the work leisure and cultural activities with the local population will also be organised.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Vandoncourt is around 15 km south-east of Montbeliard.
Terminal: Montbeliard is the closest train station.

SJ57 Montmirey FC 2/8-22/8 RENO 15
Work: In Montmirey stands a very beautiful wash-house (also used as a drinking spot) that is still irrigated and in a good shape but needs to be renovated. During the project volunteers will work on the paving and some parts of the surrounding wall, and on the capture of a spring that irrigates the wash-house. Volunteers will make cement, cut stones, and place them in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Two work-camps are foreseen, in 2004 and 2005. Besides the work leisure and cultural activities with the local population will also be organised.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Montmirey is about 22 km north of Dole.
Terminal: Dole is the nearest train station.

SJ58 Fontenoy la Joute LOR 2/8-22/8 RENO 12
Work: Fontenoy la Joute – otherwise known as the “Village of Books” - will host its fourth international workcamp this year. The workcamp is part of a global, long-term project to renovate the local heritage of the village, whose focal point is the St Pierre chapel.
In 2004, the volunteers will repair the wall surrounding the chapel, following in the footsteps of the workcamps of the last three years. They can also expect to play an active role in preparing a discovery trail.
Accommodation: In a municipal building.
Location: Fontenoy la Joute is located 16 km from Baccarat
Terminal: Baccarat

SJ59 Traveling in the Vosges LOR 2/8-22/8 SPECIAL PROJECT 12
Work: For the first time, youngsters coming from four different countries will gather in the Vosges region in order to prepare and present a lively spectacle. In the frist part of the project the volunteers will get to know each other so as to be able to well prepare the show that aims to be a multicultural expression. To th eimage of the trouvadours, les volunteers will prersent their work in the neighbouring villages they will traverse. This exchange ails as well at giving the volunteers the possibility to share their cultural differences and at the same time discovering a region and an artistic context.
Accommodation: In a municipal building or in tents.
Location: Nearby Epinal, in the east part of France
Terminal: Epinal

SJ61 Pays de Charlieu RHONE ALPS 4/8-25/8 RENO/ANIM 12
Work: Three communities members of the intercity council of the Pays de Charlieu want to work together to mobilise the local youth through different activities organised in their respective villages. The international volunteers will be part of this project of embellishment and animation in the region. In the village of Pouilly sous Charlieu, they will participate to the enhancement of the roadside crosses. They will participate to the renovation of a magnificent stairs located in the village of Vougy. The volunteers will participate in the French music festival organised in Benisson Dieu.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: The villages of Pouilly sous Charlieu and Benisson Dieu are located at about 20 km north of Roanne.
Terminal: Roanne.

SJ62 Roissy-en-Brie IDF 6/8-27/8 RENO 15
Work: This year the workcamp will consist in the renovation of two rooms and a hallway in the social centre of Roissy en brie. The volunteers will also do ciment waterproofing and the setting of a fiber glass canvas on the walls. During the theird week the walls of the centre will be painted by both, the volunteers and the village children.
Accommodation: In a municipal building.
Location: Roissy en Brie is a small community not far from Pontaut-Combault, south-east of Paris.
Terminal: Paris, then take the regional subway.

SJ63 Courcon PC 6/8-28/8 RENO 12
Work: The municipality has the will to set up on the commune diffrent activities, in particular for the young people. It thus calls upon an international project of restoration of three tombs located in a funeral square within the cemetery. These tombs are about 250 years old and are in bad condition, work will thus include the cleaning of the stones, the renovation of the tombs and that of a small wall of enclosure, their jointing...
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Courcon is located 50 km est of La Rochelle
Terminal: La Rochelle is the nearest train station.

SJ64 Mosnac PC 6/8-28/8 RENO 12
Work: The community of Mosnac owns a very peculiar chapel: just for the record, the father of an ill girl had swear to transform his windmill into a chapel if his daughter.And the windmill was transformed into a chapel which nowadays need to be renovated. Together with a local association and the villagers, the volunteers will take part in the renovation of this chapel. They will remove the roughcast of the walls and then they will coat the surface of the interior and exterioir walls. There wil be the possibility for a gourp of unemployed adults to join the project whhich will make it richer.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Mosnac is located 75 km nothr of Bordeaux
Terminal: Jonzac is the nearest train station.

SJ65 La Mothe CHAMP-ARD 7/8-28/8 RENO 15
Work: This is the second time that our association and the Historical and Archeological Society of La Mothe will work together. The resulting international workcamp is part of an ongoing project to renovate the citadel of La Mothe, which played a key role in the history of France and of the region of Lorraine. The volunteers will take part in numerous renovation works on this important site. They will also have the occasion to prepare the festival organised annually by the Historical and Archeological Society of La Mothe.
The meeting and mutual integration of local and international volunteers will be, more than ever, a key aspect of this project.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: La Mothe is about 20 km from Neufchateau in the east part of France
Terminal: Neufchateau

SJ66 Faverney FC 7/8-28/8 RENO 15
Work: Faverney is a village that owns striking historical buildings – a beautiful stone bridge with 9 arches, a house with a front wall from the 15th Century, a enormous building from 1714, etc. Among the important heritage the village owns many wash-houses and has started to renovate them, especially with the help of international work-camps. For the first stage of the work a fountain that is located along the main street will be renovated. This monument is "swallowed" by a field on one side and by a pavement on the other side. The fountain will be paved again in order to be highlighted. A small supporting wall will also be built to limit its borders on the side of the park where it stands and to improve its position in the landscape. Volunteers will make cement, cut stones, and place them in a way that respects traditional methods. This will be the opportunity for volunteers to acquire masonry and stone-cutting skills. Besides the work leisure and cultural activities with the local population will also be organised.
Accommodation: In a building. Showers will be taken in villagers' houses.
Location: Faverney is around 25 km north-east of Vesoul.
Terminal: Vesoul is the nearest train station.

SJ67 Azerailles LOR 9/8-29/8 ENVI 15
Work: This is the first international young volunteers workcamp that will host the municipality of Azerailles. The participants will take part in the cleaning of the banks of the river Meurthe.
Numerous activities permitting the meeting of the international volunteers and the local population will be put into place, with the objective of integrating local youth into the workcamp and rendering them active participants in the renovation of their heritage.
Accommodation: In a municipal building.
Location: Azeraillesis located at about 15 km from Baccarat, in the east part of France
Terminal: Baccarat

SJ68 Lavaurette MP 9/8-30/8 RENO 15
Project: Lavaurette is going to host a workcamp for the first time in 2004. The project will consist in renovationg a public wash house, a important part of the local and cultural patrimony (traditional masonry, cleaning, developing the landscape…), etc… in order to gives some value to this place which is abandoned for the moment.
Accommodation:
Location: Lavaurette is at about 90 km from Toulouse, in the South-West of France.
Train Station: Caussade.

SJ69 Ambierle RHONE ALPES 18/8-8/9 RENO 12
Work: The municipality of Ambierle wants to host an international volunteer workcamp to promote the local development and to revive the dynamics of the village. The volunteers will participate to the improvement of the surroundings of a local open air theatre and also to the animation organised during this period of the year particularly during the Friday night markets and the Summer festival. This project aims also at the mobilisation of the local population and particularly the youth.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Ambierle is located at 25 km north of Roanne.
Terminal: Roanne.

SJ70 Chateau des Prureaux 1 AUV 21/8-11/9 ART/ANIM 12
Work: The association “Solidarites Jeunesses Le Creneau” organises each year a traditional and cultural fair in the courtyard of its 19th century Castle of Prureaux. This year during the 4th and 5th of September several artisans, artists and local producers will participate in this fair, exhibiting and presenting their crafts and art-works as well as leading various artistic workshops. The volunteers will prepare and install the stands and the scenery, prepare the exhibitions and take part in the organisation of the event (including meal preparation and serving, reception and hosting of the visitors, preparing the open-air cafe and dance floor, etc) The last days will be dedicated to take all the stands down, to arrange and clean up the site.
Accommodation: In tents.
Location: Le Chateau des Prureaux is situated between Moulins and Vichy.
Terminal: Saint Germain des Fosses is the nearest train station.

SJ71 Croisee des Regards 3 PACA 29/8-19/9 ENVI 12
Project: Since 1993, Domaine de Mayne has been an international community centre devoted to meetings and creative work while being renovated at the same time. The organisation is involved in 3 areas: social work, environment and contemporary art. Domaine du Mayne itself is a 130 hectares wide estate and is covered by fields and Mediterranean flora. Volunteers will take part in the finishing off works of toilets two toilets that have been contructed recently. Erthenware tiles will be placed on the walls and on the floor and some floor-covering with stones coming from the region will be done.
Accommodation: In the community centre, with all facilities at disposal.
Location: La Croisee is located near Avignon
Terminal: Isle sur le Sorgue – passing par Avignon.

SJ72 Gasques MP 30/8-20/9 RENO 12
Project: Gasques is a small village which will host a workcamp for the first time in 2004. The project will consist in renovating a place accessible thanks to beautiful stairs hollowed out in the stone. On this area, there are a well, a source and a public wash house, so the volunteers will make traditional masonry and will clear the ground with the participation of the villagers, motivated by this first workcamp !
Accommodation: in the village hall.
Location: Gasques is at about 90 km from Toulouse, in the South-West of France.
Train Station: Valence d’Agen.

SJ73 Epinal LOR 6/9-26/9 RENO/ENVI 12
Work: Over the years, the park of Epinal Castle has become a place of peaceful grace and harmony. The municipality, in seeking to restore its local heritage, has always woven into its project the desire to see the local population play an active role.
In 2003, a workcamp began the renovation of a platform, perched above the town, which used to have a military function. It is to the volunteers of this year’s workcamp that they have passed the flame.
The participants will continue with the bringing-up of earth and the flattening of the ground. The area will then be enclosed by a wall in order to stabilise the platform. Archaeological digs were recently carried out on the site and it is possible that the ongoing mission will require part of the planned work to be delayed.
The volunteers will play an active part in the preparation and animation of cultural events organised on the site during National Heritage Day, an annual event in France.
Accommodation: On the camping place of the park.
Location: Epinal is situated in the East of France – it is the capital of the Vosgien area.
Terminal: Epinal

SJ74 Saulxures s/Moselotte LOR 6/9-26/9 RENO/ENVI 16
Work: After the success of last year’s workcamp in the village of Cornimont, the Community of Boroughs of the Haute Moselotte wishes to carry forward its cooperation with our association. This year’s workcamp will intervene in the village of Saulxures sur Moselotte, which englobes a site of great natural beauty, the “Bambois”. Here can be found a network of peat bogs, heavily exposed to the sun. The resulting very hot and dry micro-environment harbours rare animals and plants. The volunteers, by fabricating and installing notice boards, will contribute to explaining the specificities of this site to the general public. The meeting and mutual integration of local and international volunteers will be, more than ever, a key aspect of this project.
Accommodation: On the camping place of the park.
Location: Epinal is situated in the East of France – it is the capital of the Vosgien area.
Terminal: Epinal

SJ75 Arronnes AUV 7/9-28/9 RENO 12
Work: The municipality of Arronnes wants to develop the rural patrimony of the region and to set up a "Peasantry House" which will be located in an old building in which there is an oven, an iron workshop, and an exhibition hall for old agricultural tools. The volunteers will work on the roughcasting of the pointing of some stone-made bridges and to the covering of a water well. They will organise different gatherings and activities to discover the region and a Grand Opening of the "Peasantry House" will take place at the end of the workcamp.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Arronnes is located at about 15 km from Vichy.
Terminal: Vichy.

SJ76 Beaumotte FC 11/9-2/10 ENVI 12
Project: The association of the Center of Beaumotte wishes to create on its own site a strong environmental education project. The volunteers will make explanatory panels, and place them in an old sand pit located near the Center, which will contain the characteristics of fauna and the flora in the area. They will to establish various infrastructures in order to make possible to observe the birds living there. They will build ramps for the boats to dock which allow an easier acces to the islands located right in the miccdle of the river Ognon and in which one of the observatories will be placed. They will finally work on the clearing of the acces path and will construct a barrier to avoid the entry of motorized vehicles. A preliminary work will be conducted to determine the work to be done during the camp and it will consist on preparing the material for the panels et setting the places for the observatories. Different leisure and discovering activities will be proposed.
Accommodation: In the centre.
Location: Beaumotte is 25 km south of Vesoul and 25 km north of Besancon.
Terminal: Vesoul and Besancon are the nearest train stations.

SJ77 Montreuil-les-Beaumonts2 IDF 20/9-11/10 ENVI 15
Project: The organization of international workcamps lies within the scope of the “Charter for the Environment of the town of Montreuil”. For the seventh time, the partnership between Solidarites Jeunesses and the commune of Montreuil are renewed for the year 2004, through two successive workcamps in July and September. This will be second of the two camps organised this year which will aim at the ecological maintenance of the green area of the park. Works will include the clearing of the area, freeing the fruit trees from climbing plants, cutting branches and trimming the fruit trees and the extraction of anthropic waste.
Accommodation: In a public building.
Location: Montreuil is a city next to Paris.
Terminal: Paris, then take the metro.

SJ78 Beauvoisin LR 2/10-23/10 RENO 12
Work: The association Reseau d'Entraide Volontaire, is the regional delegation of Solidarites Jeunesses in Languedoc Roussillon. Some work have to be done on the hosting house of long term volunteer in order to complete the restoration engaged since 1999. The work will be varied (roof, removing joinery, and some small work inside) and a part will take place on scaffolding.
Accommodation: In the association's house.
Location: Beauvoisin is a wine-growing village situated 15 km from Nimes.
Terminal: Nimes

SJ79 Chateau des Prureaux 4 AUV 16/12-2/1 RENO/ANIM 12
Work: Solidarites Jeunesses-Le Creneau is trying to improve its international hosting centre, an 19th century castle located in an old agricultural estate. Besides carrying out different masonry and landscape works the volunteers will work with disabled people, with long term volunteers, and youngsters in social reintegration. This gathering will offer the possibility for the participants coming from different parts of the world to share their solidarity spirit and their tolerance whilst preparing the Christmas and New Year's celebrations.
Accommodation: In the castle.
Location: Montcombroux les Mines is located between Vichy and Moulins in the centre of France.
Terminal: Saint Germain des Fosses.

SJ80 La Ferte Alais IDF To be defined RENO 15
Project: After the restoration of an old wash-house last year, the commune of Ferte Alais again organizes an international workcamp this summer 2004. The first phase of work will consist with the development of a double lime kiln: release of the accesses of the furnace, work of consolidation of the stone structures around the furnace, delimitation of a perimeter of protection and small environmental jobs aiming at the ecological maintenance of the surroundings.
Accommodation:
Location: La Ferte Alais is located at 40 km south of Paris.
Terminal: Paris, then take the regional subway.

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