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Summer Garden: A Family Adventure | SJ/FAM63 | 2025-08-18 - 2025-08-23 | ENVI | Age: 5 - 99

Sustainable development, particularly permaculture, is a core theme deeply embedded in the values of our association, and it is integrated into all our actions. This is why Maison des Bateleurs - Solidarités Jeunesses has been working for several years to create an environmental hub: a phytosanitary pond, dry toilets, composting, an organic garden, the use of local natural resources, to name just a few examples.

Work: During this workcamp, you will actively participate in the life of the Maison and its various activities: collective living (cooking, cleaning, organization, etc.), intercultural exchanges (meeting with the local community and other volunteers from the association), etc. The aim of this project is, through exchanges and intergenerational knowledge transfer, to raise awareness about sustainable development. The work will mainly involve maintaining the Maison’s vegetable garden (seeding, transplanting, weeding, watering, harvesting, processing). In addition, you will help maintain the compost bins, the phytosanitary pond, the chicken coop, the insect hotel, and the bamboo grove.

Accomodation and food: You will be accommodated in a shared dormitory or, if preferred, in a single room at Maison des Bateleurs. Food will be provided, and meals will be prepared on a rotating schedule by the participants themselves, while respecting sustainable development values and the diverse cultures of each participant (including both families and international volunteers).

Location: Montendre17130

Location and Leisure: Collective visits to the region will be organized based on your interests: city tours, the ocean, museums, the Forest House, etc. Activities with the welcome center will also be regularly offered: pizza night, game night, etc. This will also be an opportunity to discover how an organization like Solidarités Jeunesses operates.

Airport: BOD

Train/Bus station: Montendre (17130)

Maison des Bateleurs, August 18th, from 9 a.m.

Language: eng

Extra Fee: 100 EUR

Family workcamps are open to minimum 1 child (5 to 14 years old)+ 1 parent. The participation fees are : 50€ for children 100€ for adults (+14 yo)