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We are a christian community, open to all people, believers of other religions, agnostics, non believers… We live in an old nice hamlet of Cevennes, a place of human rebirth.
We welcome young persons as a priority, but also families during holidays, and adults (sometimes in difficulties), for one week or several month, according to the profile or the demand. These persons come to revitalise themselves, find themselves, or discover the meaning of their life by a listening and accompanying support. Throughout the year, we live and alternance of stillness (5-6 persons) and attendance (up to 60 persons).
We live a very simple life : wood heating and cooking, no screens, very few appliance, internet if necessary only. We eat meat only on Sundays. We bake our bread, and cultivate our vegetable garden.
We propose rooms for 2-3 persons in the different stone houses of the hamlet. The meals are shared in household of 10-15 persons when we are numerous. There is a possibility to live an experience of ermitage : 24 hours of silence and solitude in the beauty of the Cevennes mountains.
The morning is dedicated to the manual works. The afternoon is left free : rest, silence, stroll, spiritual exchange. Our hamlet is away from shopping mall. The next village is 8 km away. The montain site is beautiful and peaceful. The community is open-minded and welcoming. We have 4 praying relays during the day, in the chapel, whatever our religious beliefs : it is what gives the soul and the fellowship of our common life.
Daily works except on Sunday : cooking for the community - dry stone wall – old building restoration/masonry - traditionally manufactured wood shingles for roofs – woodworking – logging - carpentry – general maintenance – bio gardening - jam, chestnut harvest and dehydration and lot of fun !
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Nous sommes une communauté chrétienne ouverte à tous, croyants d'autres religions, agnostiques, incroyants… Nous vivons dans un ancien hameau cévenol restauré, lieu de reconstruction humaine.
Nous accueillons en priorité des jeunes, mais aussi des familles durant les vacances, des adultes isolés (en difficultés diverses... ou pas), pour des périodes allant d'une semaine à plusieurs mois, suivant les profils et les demandes. Ces personnes viennent pour se ressourcer, réfléchir au sens de leur vie, et pourquoi pas, redéfinir leur option de vie dans l’écoute et l’accompagnement. Au cours de l’année, nous vivons une alternance de calme (5-6 personnes) et d’affluence (jusqu’à 50 personnes).
Nous vivons très simplement : chauffage et cuisine au feu de bois, pas d'écrans, pas ou peu d’appareils électroménagers, internet exclusivement si nécessaire. On ne mange de la viande que le dimanche, on fait notre pain, cultive notre potager.
Nous proposons des chambres de 2-3 personnes, dans les différentes maisons de pierre du hameau et les repas sont pris en maisonnées de 10 à 15 personnes. Il y a possibilité de vivre une expérience en ermitage : solitude et silence dans la beauté de la montagne cévenole pour 24 heures.
La matinée est consacrée au travail manuel et l'après-midi est laissée libre : repos, silence, balade, échanges spirituels. Notre hameau est éloigné de tout centre commercial. Le village le plus proche est à 8 km. Le site montagneux est magnifique et paisible. La communauté est conviviale et ouverte. Nous nous retrouvons pour prier ensemble 4 fois par jour, à la chapelle, quelles que soient nos convictions : c'est ce qui fait l'âme et le ciment de notre vie commune.
Travaux quotidiens sauf le dimanche : cuisine pour la communauté - construction de murs en pierres sèches - restauration de vieux bâtiments/maçonnerie - bardeaux de bois fabriqués traditionnellement pour les toits - travail du bois - bûcheronnage - charpenterie - entretien général - jardinage bio - confiture, récolte et déshydratation de châtaignes et beaucoup d'autres joyeusetés !
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Les voyageurs vont rencontrer des personnes de tous les âges et milieux professionnels et sociaux très divers, plutôt francophones dans une région typique de la culture paysanne cévenole.
Ils pourront s'adonner à de magnifiques randonnées, dans une nature sauvage.
Ils pourront découvrir et partager la vie d'une communauté chrétienne et échanger avec d'autres sur les grandes questions de la Vie.
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Travelers meet people of all ages and professional and very diverse social backgrounds , rather French speaking in a typical region of the Cevennes peasant culture.
They can make magnificent hikes, in a wild nature.
They can discover and share the life of a Christian community and exchange with other people about the great questions of Life.
Help
Workawayers participate to the life of the community, and we do everyday a lot of things by ourselves:
-the bread, in a wood oven
- the woodcutter
-the cooking over a wood fire
-the kitchen garden
-the harvest of fruits and the making of jams
-maintenance work and restoration of the village (walls, frames, doors and windows: we have a workshop-carpentry),
-Interior fittings: insulation, partition, lime coatings, etc.
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Les workawayers participent à la vie de la communauté, et nous faisons beaucoup de choses nous-mêmes , au quotidien:
-le pain , dans un four à bois
-bûcheronnage
-la cuisine au feu de bois
-le potager
-la récolte des fruits et les confitures
-des travaux d'entretien et de restauration du village (murs, charpentes, portes et fenêtres: nous avons un atelier-menuiserie),
-l'aménagement intérieur: isolation,cloison, revêtements à la chaux, etc.
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Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Accommodation
Chambres 2-3 personnes assez rustiques. Possibilité de chambre individuelle, sanitaires partagés, repas communs matin, midi et soir. Cuisine faite à tour de rôle (viande une fois par semaine).
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Rather rustic rooms 2-3 people.
Possibility of single room, shared bathrooms, common meals at morning, noon and evening.
Cooking done in turn (meat once a week).
What else ...
Nous essayons de vivre le plus déconnectés possible: pas de télé, pas de radio, et le moins d'internet possible!
Après-midi et nuit sont vécues dans une ambiance de silence (sauf soirées spéciales).
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We try to live as disconnected as possible: no TV, no radio, and the least internet possible!
Afternoon and night are lived in an atmosphere of silence (except special evenings).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
4 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.
Feedback (18)
The place is very beautiful as well as the stone houses and there is nice walks around! It is a little bit rustic but it's part of the experience :)
Genevieve and Benoit are very patient and kind, they also have a lot of wisdom and a great sense of humor! There was a lot of new people from various backgrounds… read more
Elle fait très bien la cuisine...et est toujours de bonne humeur!
Thank you for welcomming me :)
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The place is very beautiful as well as the stone houses and there is nice walks around! It is a little bit rustic but it's part of the experience :)
Genevieve and Benoit are very patient and kind, they also have a lot of wisdom and a great sense of humor! There was a lot of new people from various backgrounds… read more
Elle fait très bien la cuisine...et est toujours de bonne humeur!
Thank you for welcomming me :)
It's a privilage to… read more
If my basic knowledge of French was any worse it… read more
1200 km from Paris, 600 meters over the sea level up on the Nimes' highlands, between 7 mountains and close to a pure river, nestled a " no cars or cellphone " community, where wood is the only source of energy for… read more
I came here as a struggling cynic and came out a happier man.
The place hooked me with the first step. It was everything I was looking for for around five years - since I’ve first dipped my feet into spiritual waters - and all I needed was to feel loved.
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I've been promising this review for a couple of months now and I think I postponed it… read more
But that two weeks became two months easily. I was amazed for the diversity of people you can get to know here, the way that everybody can… read more
Really moving was a time of 8 days that i spend in silence in an Ermitage.
I… read more
The community was always available to explain to me everything and it was nice to share meals with them since they… read more
Life is simple and connected to nature here, and the land is so full of fruit and abundance (in the summer).… read more
l'ensemble des personnes est très accueillante et sympathique.
