Description

Anxious to offer a pleasant environment and to preserve its inheritance full of history, the municipality has hosted international volunteer projects in the village for a long time.

With members of a local association and municipal employees, you will renovate the municipal sports hall. You will also help organising a festival about unusual events (Festival de l'Insolite). After its first successful edition, the Festival de l'Insolite will happen this year, once again, in Puy l'Eveque. Street arts, concerts and 'unusual' animations will be in town. You will help with the implementation and the organisation of this event.

Highlights

At an altitude of 130 m, 30 km west of the town of Cahors, Puy l'Eveque is a village of 2300 inhabitants. It is a former medieval town, located in the heart of Cahors vineyards. It is built on a hill overlooking the river Lot. It has a very rich heritage of stone built houses and walls. Nearest town is Cahors, rich in history.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

USD 290

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range

18 and over

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement

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.