Abri&co is a youth project that took its start 6 years ago, by local young people looking for active rural and innovative initiatives.
Based on 4 main activities (environment friendly building, organic gardening, artistic animation and youth hosting), we try to develop the local comunity life by offering the young people a place to experiment themselves: on the activities enumerated above, but also on everything that comes to the mind;
Today, we got a lovely small living place, made up of a small building, kitchen place, bath and toilet place, organic garden. Artistic projects like book, marionet performance, theater, public debate, rural cinema, also have been or are on the track. We are forecasting to implement the construction of a larger building, a larger external wood hoven, ... We constantly trying to get the local comunity to create locally an atmosphere of freedom, participation and peace.

selection:
You shall have the driving licence, and still better an own car (even if that won't be a criteria);
You shall be motivated by learning the french language (even if we could speak english or spanish at first).
The age is not a criteria. We count on somebody who wants to be part of a youth project, likely to take responsabilities, assume them, take initiatives, enjoy working with others.
We are looking for someone who wants to commit itself and wants to get a 10-month smile!!

specific selection:
We would like to host a youngster from the eastern part of Europe, including (especially) Israel and Palestine;
We would like to develop a longer-term partnership with an organisation of these countries;

tasks:

The third part of you volontary service will cover a period of time during which you will organise, once again with the help of the group of course, an experimentation weekend that will take the shape you long for (festival, open-door day, local assembly, or whatever you will mind).
This program could move on by discussing, by going forward, that is like a proposal to be lived with the interested volunteer. Other things like reunions, french lessons, visit of the country also are included.