Project environment
Tools for life
«Des Outils Pour La Vie»
Concordia is a French national non-governmental and non-profit making organization, founded in 1950 by English, German and French youngsters. Their aim was to enhance the values of tolerance and peace after the 2nd world war by organizing international workcamps of young volunteers.
The main objectives of Concordia are the following:
· Education in helping young people to grow up by acquisition of collective life.
· Culture in favoring the youth exchanges on an international level, always emphasizing the values of peace, friendship and mutual respect.
· Social in taking part in concrete actions of solidarity, as well as supporting a civic attitude
· Social economy in contributing to realization of local development, in favor of the environment, patrimony, tourism and socio-educational animation.
The Paris head office supports the eight regional offices activities in the Alps, Auvergne, Aquitaine, Bretagne, Normandy, Picardy, South-Southwest and Ile-de-France.
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Concordia has the approval of the French Ministry of Youth and Sport and the Ministry of the Environment.
Project environment
The EVS project takes place in the region of Aquitaine, south-east of France in a little village, called Saint Caprais de Bordeaux, 30 kilometres far from Bordeaux. This region is well known for the environmental heritage and vineyard is also a very important activity of the region. This area is quite isolated and there is not a lot of public transport to visit around but Concordia can lend bikes. If you are a lover of nature and walks you will enjoy a lot!
The project Tools for life was created in 2003, with the goal of recuperating, renovating and sending manual tools to the partners identified in the south countries. This activity was created by a former EVS volunteer that did his EVS in a similar project in Great-Britain (tools for solidarity in Belfast).
The volunteer will work a lot with local French volunteers, people with fewer opportunities, local associations, schools, etc. One employee of Concordia supports him from the start and progressively (it depends of his competences) leaves him/her the opportunity to manage alone the activities related to his/her project. The workplace is in the garage in the garden of Concordia near the office and of the EVS house.
The volunteer can also acknowledge and get acquainted with the themes as international solidarity. There is also the occasion of being sensitized to a consumption lifestyle more reasonable and recycling of materials.
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