PROJECT
In the heart of the Hautes Alpes, the association Les Villages des Jeunes has been managing, animating, and renovating the Vaunières welcome center since 1964! It is an old mountain hamlet, which has become a steppingstone place for local youth and adults, but also a place for French and international volunteers. Vaunières is a vacation spot for families, tourists, and groups, who come to enjoy the calm of the mountains and the dynamics of the place. The workcamps that we organize at Vaunières with volunteers from all over the world allow us to reinforce the cultural diversity of our action and to make this site a place open to the world.
WORK
You will then participate in the creation of a relaxing space in the middle of the village life for all the people who stay here. The structures are being demolished before the summer in order to be able to offer a work site for both landscaping and furniture. You will also be working on a hiking trail to allow you to discover the natural areas of the Hautes-Alpes, its fauna and flora by rehabilitating the trail (clearing, signposting, etc.) and providing educational support (information panels) along the way. You will thus be able to allow everyone to enjoy this hike again. A specialized technical supervisor will be at your side to provide you with advice and techniques. You will work approximately 30 hours per week in the morning.
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
You will be in individual tents, which we provide, as well as mattresses, on the camping areas of the hamlet of Vaunières, with access to showers, toilets, and the kitchen. No Wi-Fi available. You will take turns to cook, so that we can taste several specialties ! Here, we are careful about what we eat. In order to reduce our environmental impact, chosing local products and limit eating meat to twice a week. The daily life is organized together: menus (vegetarian, vegan and other specific diets are possible), shopping, activities, etc. Bring a mattress, a warm comforter (the nights can be cold) and a pillow. To be adapted to your needs.
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
We will be in an exceptional location to discover the joys of hiking among the mountains, its rivers, its lakes, the farmers markets, and festive events organized in the surrounding villages (depending on programming). As a group, we will decide the activities and outings that we want to set up (subject to distance). Once a week, the welcome center generally organises a musical evening with homemade wood fired pizzas.
Location: Le Hameau de Vaunières, 6km from the village St Julien en Beauchêne 05140, consomis 23km away from the city of Veynes. Closest train station: Lus-LaCroix-Haute 26620 and VeynesDévoluy 05400. Closest airports: MarseilleProvence or Lyon Saint-Exupéry. Time and directions to the meeting point: The meeting times at the train station will be communicated to you on the route map.