PARTNER: The Belgian Royal League for Bird Protection is an organisation founded in 1922 that works to
promote conservation and protection of birds and the wider environment. Since 1997, The League has a
“Nature Centre” in Namur Province. The centre hosts families, groups of youngsters and adults,
organisations or schools willing to organise nature holidays, family holidays, study weekends, or any other
activity related to nature and in a pleasant and relaxing environment.
This beautiful domain of 15 ha is a natural reserve that counts not less than 559 plant species, 953 kinds of
mushrooms, 203 spider species, 223 kinds of night butterflies, 50 kinds of day butterflies et 99 bird
species. The centre propose different activities : guided tours of the natural reserve, theme activities (birds,
animal footprints, plants, biodiversity, beavers, beehives,...), farm village tour, natural cooking (dandelion
jam, nettle soup,...). The fares of the stay are very democratic and all the incomes are entirely dedicated to
nature conservation.
More information (FR) on www . protectiondesoiseaux.be/jalna/
WORK: The aim of this workcamp is to preserve the
natural reserve area surrounding the “Nature Centre”.
More concretely, the work will be mainly dedicated to
parks and gardens maintenance: removing the overgrown
grass, weeding some parts of the grasslands and
the edge of the woods, maintaining footpaths,...
Volunteers will also take part in the clean-up of some
areas of the reserve where building waste has been
found and they will fill in containers with it. The work
will be quite physical!
ACCOMMODATION: Volunteers will sleep in a dormitory within the nature centre. Please bring a sleeping
bag.
FOOD: Volunteers will be provided with a kitchen and they will cook their meals themselves.
LOCATION: This beautiful domain is located in a village called Heure, in the hollow of the green hills of
Famenne. The village is located at about 10 km from Marche-en-Famenne and about 40 km of Namur, in
the French-speaking part of Belgium. The centre of the village is located at 1 km. There is very little access
to public transportation and there isn't any store or bar in the area.
SPECIFIC INFORMATION: The centre of the village is located at 1 km, there is very little access to public
transportation and there isn't any store or bar in the area. This workcamp is designed for nature lovers
who are not afraid of outdoor physical work in an isolated place.
Please bring good working shoes and clothes, gardening gloves as well as a raincoat in case of rainy
weather.
LANGUAGES : English - French
TERMINAL : Brussels International Airport (Zaventem) or Brussels South Airport (Charleroi), train station
in Marche-en-Famenne. Meeting point at Marche-en-Famenne train station on 20/07. Train timetables on
www.b-rail.be/main/F/