Renovating a stadium and creating a pond in a rural village in Limagne Bourbonnaise region

  France

Vichy

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: June 29 - July 19, 2008

Description: Espinasse-Vozelle has a primary school which hosts each year approximately 70 pupils. The municipality wishes to preserve this school and the life that it brings to the village. The local council is caring for the children but also for the teenagers of the village. The project will be carried out together with the local youth centre. This will allow to establish links between local teenagers and the international volunteers.

The volunteers will help renovate the municipal stadium by repainting the walls, including cleaning and brushing the walls, preparation and painting. The volunteers will also create a pedagogical pond. This involves digging the ground 0.80m deep, preparation of the banks and planting of vegetation.

Possible free time activities in Espinasse: welcoming drink, exchanges and meetings with the young people in the youth centre, participation in the festival of 14th July, meetings with the club of Elderly people, excursion in the neighbourhoods with the inhabitants, football with the local club, international meal, visit of the church. Possible free time activities in the surroundings: Visit of Vichy, doing sports in the sport center in Vichy, visit to the Castle of Billy, meeting with volunteers of Busset workcamp.

Espinasse-Vozelle is a rural village of 700 inhabitants in the heart of Limagne Bourbonnaise region, which is part of the grouping of towns of Vichy. The village is located in the western end of this territory. Altitude: 300 m. Close towns: Vichy (10 km).

Cost in US$: $290 US

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative young person with adventurous spirit

Age Range: 18 - 30 years

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to France Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP is an independent, non-governmental, non-religious, not-for-profit Canadian organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Through various youth initiatives, Cadip promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: " To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution " To strengthen the international contacts among young people " To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings " To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world " To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills " To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning " To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.