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SJ23 - Bourg Charente 03/07 – 24/07/2009

HISTORY'S PROJECT

The town of Bourg-Charente has a rich heritage. The people of the village would like to host a project to restore a bread oven.

Once restored, it will allow people to organize group events. An international meal and intercultural events will be organized with residents to promote the work done by volunteers.

YOUR PROJECT AND WORK:

Technical objectives:

For this workcamp, work will consist in the restoration of the masonries of an old bread oven . The principle activities will be:

• to rebuild the damaged parts in stone with stones and lime mortar.

Inter-cultural objectives:

• Organize some inter-culturals events like “an international meal”...

THE TEAM: There will be approximately 12 volunteers in the group and two camp-leaders who will help to organize the everyday life with the group. The team will manage a budget for food and everyone will cook in turn. Please don't forget to bring recipes from your country! The languages used on the workcamp are usually English and French.

LEISURE TIME: The group, with the inhabitants, will organise its own free-time. In the Charente region there is a beautiful historical and culinary heritage to discover. There are no vehicles on this workcamp.

ACCOMODATION: community rooms will be at your disposal (sleeping, cooking, meals, washroom). It is situated 2 kilometers from your working place. You have to use bicycle.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE REGION:

BOURG CHARENTE is a small village in Cognac's Area. There are about 700 inhabitants. It is situated in an agricultural region, “La Charente”. It's about 35 km West of ANGOULEME and 80km from the Atlantic Coast (western France).

THE ORGANIZATION :

SOLIDARITES JEUNESSES is a voluntary service organization, the French branch of the international movement Youth Action for Peace (YAP). Founded in 1923, after the first World War, by French and German protestants. YAP was from its origins a movement of secular people who were convinced of the necessity to go beyond the national, sectarian and cultural borders to work for peace. Thanks to a network of local associations, Solidarités Jeunesses developed an action towards and with young people. Workcamps are places for multicultural and inter-generational exchanges and active solidarity.

Member of the movement SOLIDARITES JEUNESSES, Solidarités Jeunesses Poitou-Charentes organizes about fifteen international workcamps in the region during the summer season along with other international and local development activities during the whole year. The “Maison des Bateleurs” is a hosting centre that co-ordinates the workcamps and it has been working in the village of Montendre for 14 years.

!! Come and join us !!