Itinerant project to support local and environmental initiatives
Description: The GAL or « Local Action Group of the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse » offers an itinerant volunteering project aimed at supporting different local initiatives in the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region of Belgium. The GAL's main mission is to implement various projects in the field of agriculture, the environment, local employment and social cohesion in the territory. The volunteers will travel to different places to help the coordinators of initiatives working on developing village dynamics, the protection of biodiversity and heritage or cultural projects.
Type of Work: The group will help the Collective of Mettet: "Mettet-vous en Transition" to clean green spaces, paths, to work on a pond or a nourishing forest. They will also, in support of another citizen collective in Saint Aubin, mark up and place geocaching capsules. Finally, the group will help the staff of the Walcourt Cultural Center in the construction of mobile dry toilets.
Study Theme: Citizenship and « better living together » while respecting nature
Accommodation: In a lodge in Berzée
Language: Knowledge of French is welcome in order to interact with locals.
Requirements: To like outdoor manual work, have an interest for cultural activities and nature.
Approximate Location: In the municipalities of Saint Aubin, Mettet and Walcourt. In the Province of Namur, in the South of Belgium
Notes: Additional fee : Many SCI workcamps will have an additional fee of €50.00. This will cover - local hosting costs; International insurance costs of the volunteer; a small travel fund to enable disadvantaged volunteers to join projects; administration costs of SCI International. If you apply through an SCI branch, the fee will be included in the fee you pay to your sending branch. If you apply through a partner organisation you will pay the fee on arrival at the project; direct to the hosting branch or through a PayPal transfer system. When accepted on the project the host branch will give you more details of the various payment options.