Luz Saint Sauveur is a village nestled in the heart of the Pyrenees. For over ten years, Luz has been organizing international work camps in June to spruce up the village before the tourist season!
The village is fully committed to this project and is eager to involve the town hall’s technical staff in the work camp. Be prepared to interact with the local community, who look forward to spending plenty of time with you!
Look at this video made by a volunteer there two years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92JgWrVDvC8&t=325s

Get involved to preserve the natural heritage of Luz Saint Sauveur, a small village in the heart of the Pyrenees mountains.
For over ten years, Luz Saint Sauveur has hosted international workcamps. This year, you will be working on a project to improve the town hall garden! All previous projects have focused on enhancing the village's landscape.
You will work alongside city staff to install a wooden gate in the center of the garden. Using recycled materials and learning various woodworking techniques, you will help beautify this space, which is regularly used for local events.

You’ll be in permanent accommodation, with access to toilets and showers. You will be able to sleep in single-gender dormitories and/or in dormitories of your choice. Bring your own sleeping bag and your pillow!
The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. A budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the grocery shopping and in the preparation of meals, prioritising products from the market and local producers.

Luz-Saint-Sauveur (900 residents) is located in the Hautes-Pyrenees department of the Occitanie region. Nestled in the Pyrenees mountains, the village offers stunning views of the Pyrenees. Numerous hiking trails are accessible nearby, including the Cirque de Gavarnie, the Cirque d'Estaube, and many mountain lakes. Tourist activities such as treetop adventure courses are also easily accessible.

This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) program for young people between 18 and 30. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria.
The participation to ESC volunteering teams is subjected to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- volunteers do not have to pay any fee (neither sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established depending on their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets;
- volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project;
- volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on the basis of 8€/day, once they arrive at the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.

Your tickets have to be uploaded on the CONFIRMATION FORM. Please fill the confirmation form when you receive the Infosheet. This is MANDATORY for all ESC participants. If you fail to provide your transport tickets on time, your participation may be cancelled. The tickets have to be shared a month before the project. In the case of last minute application, the delay will be of two days.

Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues arise on the project, volunteers will have to pay for them, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country

The meeting point is at the LUZ SAINT SAUVEUR bus stop, Place 8 mai 1945 (65120), in the late afternoon. The exact meeting time will be provided with the itinerary, which will be sent no later than four weeks before the start of the project. Several buses (approximately one every 40 minutes) depart from Lourdes to Luz Saint Sauveur. The journey takes about one hour.
Bus schedules are available on this website:
https://www.lio-occitanie.fr/horaires-et-plans/ under the Hautes-Pyrénées - Bus 965 section. You can purchase tickets on board the bus.
Train reservations are possible approximately four months in advance on the SNCF website, link below:
https://www.sncf-connect.com/
Whenever possible, please prioritize low-carbon transportation (train and bus rather than air travel) for a sustainable international project.