Project: This project is a collaboration between the association Vir'Volt and the town council of Roissy-en-Brie, who want to engage their community, particularly its younger members, in international volunteering and exchange. As such, the council has decided to construct a graffiti park, a specially designed area in which graffiti artists can legally practise their craft. The work will take place in the town's park, Le Parc des Sources, which is located in the centre of the community, and there will be at least four local young French people taking part in the camp as full-time volunteers. Work: The central focus of this work camp will be to construct the walls on which people will later be able to practise their graffiti. The walls will be made from breeze blocks and the work will be supervised by a technical leader. When the graffiti park is completed it is possible that the volunteers will be part of the first group to tag the walls which they have built. Leisure activities : Volunteers will be able to take advantage of the skate park which is right next to the proposed location for the graffiti park, as well as the 'Roissy Beach' which is constructed in the park every summer to bring a taste of the seaside to the town. Otherwise, volunteers will be given the opportunity to meet and socialise with local people and to explore the surrounding area. Accommodation: Volunteers will sleep in separate dormitories in a gymnasium (on camp-beds); please bring a sleeping bag. Location: The town of Roissy-en-Brie, 25km east of Paris, in the Seine-et-Marne region. Closest train station: Roissy en Brie RER Note: This project should not be seen as a sightseeing trip to Paris. If participants wish to visit Paris, they should arrive some days before or leave some days after the dates of the summer camp. As this is a camp for adolescents, there will be three camp leaders instead of the usual two. Participation fees: 150 for international volunteers and 300 for French volunteers.
