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Renovation of a chapel in Alsace near to Germany and Switzerland

Camp code:

FR-SCI 12.2

Country:

France

Start Date:

21 Aug 2022

End Date:

03 Sep 2022

Topic:

12: Art, culture and local history

Work Types:

Construction / Restoration, renovation

Number of volunteers:

8

International age:

18 - 99

National age:

16 - 99

Required Language:

English

Spoken Language:

French

Description: Created in 1999, the Maison de la Nature of Sundgau is an initiation center for nature and environment. Its goal is to make people discover nature and to raise awareness of respect for the environment. For the 10th project, they are joining forces with the town of Ueberstrass, which wants to restore a 15th century chapel to make it a living space for local people.

Type of Work: The volunteers will be trained and supervised by a specialist craftswoman. Your task will be to restore a wall in a traditional way, to work on other heritage places in the region, to organize an event in order to show the work carried out to the inhabitants.

Study Theme: According to the interest of the volunteers, there will be time for exchanges (visits, meetings, etc.) around environmental and/or heritage issues.

In addition, if the volunteers want, during the weekend, a hiking day in the mountains Vosges is organized. On the second day of the weekend, volunteers will be able to freely visit a major city in the region: Colmar, Strasbourg or Basel (the train journey will be covered).

Accommodation: The volunteers will sleep in a tent in an orchard and will benefit from the facilities of the Maison de la Nature : kitchen, showers, WC, dining room...

Volunteers will be responsible for preparing meals, washing up and cleaning. 

Language: The camp is English-speaking, however it is strongly recommended to have basic notions of French.

Requirements: Bring clothes that are not afraid of being (you are no afraid to )damaged and/or soiled. That ca stand durt Protective equipment for the construction site will be provided.

Volunteers must bring with them: pillows, duvets and floor mats or inflatable mattresses.

Approximate Location: Location of the workcamp : La Maison de la Nature du Sundgau located in Altenach in the south of Alsace (near Switzerland and Germany).

Notes: Additional costs: Many SCI volunteering projects will have an additional cost of €50.00. If your application is sent through an SCI branch, this fee will be included in the registration fee you pay to that branch. If you apply through a partner organisation, you will pay the fee when you arrive at the project location; directly to the host branch.

Organization Description: La branche française du mouvement, créée en 1936 et actuellement à Lille.