Project: The Beaufiest’Yval is a festival of live shows and entertainment for all families and all ages. It is held in the park of Beaufief (in Mazeray), in a unique setting of 8 hectares, in Charente-Maritime. This festival is organized by the Beaufief Leisure Center association, an association that works to set up a real animation of local life and promote openness to interculturality for all. This festival is an exceptional opportunity to live together with a moment of sharing and artistic conviviality. A long-time partner, the shipyard will celebrate its 6th anniversary at the heart of the 11th edition of the festival, which is a great success. Your actions will be in accordance with the objectives 4 of sustainable development (UN) in favor of quality education.
Work: You will work with volunteers, children and young people from the Beaufief leisure center, preparing and setting up the festival. The work will consist of developing the park and making it attractive, helping to set up the tents, stages and stands. In addition, you will organize activities with the children of the leisure center in parallel with the installation. During the festival, you will be required to welcome the public, help volunteers and you will have the chance to participate in an open stage. After the event, you will help clean up and tidy up the site. Activities, games, sharing and living together will enrich this intercultural experience! You will also have the opportunity to put on a small show within the festival. You can also come with costumes,
instruments or juggling to give color to the festival.
Accommodation and food: You will stay in tents with two individual places, in an 8-hectare park which is the site of the Beaufief leisure center in Mazeray. There will be showers, a kitchen and a common area for meals. You must come with your duvet and pillow. You will have at your disposal bicycles to ride around the city and the surroundings. Food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner (you have a food budget which the facilitators will manage and communicate with you throughout the work). The meals will be prepared, in turn, by you, especially for lunch and dinner while respecting environmental values and local resources, as well as the culture of each and everyone (hot and cold dishes as well as vegetarian and vegan will be
prepared).
Location: Mazeray, Charente-Maritime, one hour from La Rochelle.
Leisure Activities: Volunteers from the Beaufief leisure center will offer you activities aimed at immersing you in local life and you will discover the cultural and heritage richness of the surroundings (castle, abbeys, arboretum, etc.). You can also enjoy hiking around this somewhat isolated corner of modernity.
Time and directions to the meeting point: Saint-Jean d’Angély station between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. The facilitators will shuttle betweenthe station and the place of accommodation.