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The Witches Claws

Leucate la Franqui, France

In partnership with

This international workcamp is organized in partnership with the Syndicat mixte Rivage and the commune of Le Barcarès, on the edge of the Salses-Leucate Lagoon, a protected wetland renowned for its diverse biodiversity. The partnership between the Syndicat mixte Rivage and REV has existed for several years. The syndicate regularly collaborates with REV on the organization of international workcamps and other one-off events. The two organizations are used to working together and share the same values and ambitions. In addition to removing invasive species (witch's claws, yucca, prickly pear, agave, baccharis, etc.), the aim of this year's workcamp will be to help set up measures to protect and enhance the site's existing biodiversity (e.g., trail development). As the work is weather-dependent, tasks are generally defined at the start of the project.


Description of the Work

This workcamp will enable you to carry out a number of activities: opening up the environment (cutting down trees), delimiting the protected area from the area frequented by kitesurfers (installing wooden barriers), and weeding invasive species to enable endemic species (flora or fauna) to reproduce.
The aim of the project is to preserve the area around the lagoon, whether through visitor management or plant management. (25 hours/week).

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Accommodation & Food

You'll be staying in a guesthouse provided by the local council, just a few minutes from the Mediterranean Sea. There are dormitories, sanitary facilities, and a kitchen. Meals will be provided and prepared in turn by participants.


Location & Leisure

Location: You'll be located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Salses-Leucate Lagoon, close to Perpignan and the Pyrenees. Local residents, elected representatives, and young local people will be invited and encouraged to take part in the project (welcome, mutual aid, solidarity, and exchanges).

Leisure activities: As the workcamp will take place in a protected area, most leisure activities will involve discovering the surrounding nature (flora and fauna), as well as the culinary heritage. Transportation will also be provided to organize discovery outings and leisure activities.


Appointment

Reception between 4 PM and 6 PM.


Host Organization

Solidarites Jeunesses works alongside a number of partner organisations world-wide, exchanging volunteers and organising international solidarity projects. The association has been the French branch of Youth Action for Peace till 2009, a movement created after the First World War in order to reconcile people of different nationalities through a better mutual understanding. National Solidarites Jeunesses is a national youth organisation, recognised by the French Ministry of Youth and Sport. Our national headquarters are situated in Paris. We organise short and longer-term international youth volunteer workcamps and voluntary services, projects with people from disadvantaged areas, training sessions, and international solidarity projects. We also manage rural residential and community centres. Regional Solidaites Jeunesses is composed of 7 regional delegations: Ile-de-France, Franche-Comt�, Languedoc-Roussillon, PACA, Auvergne, Poitou-Charentes and Midi-Pyrenees. Moreover it cooperates with partners in the regions of Bretagne, Lorraine and with La Crois�e des Regards in the region PACA. Workcamps The international workcamp is a very important part in the action undertaken by Solidarites Jeunesses. It is prepared a long time in advance in the different regional offices and the National Secretariat. The international workcamp, open to volunteers of any age, is seen as a tool of local and personal development, tolerance and understanding between the different participants. Furthermore, we lay emphasis on the inclusion of people coming from disadvantaged areas. The workcamps promote the active participation of the local population.