Get your hands dirty for Emmaüs!

Location

La Fosse, 35250 Chevaigné

City

Chevaigné

Other required skills (specific tools, coding, manual skills, etc.)

No technical skills required. Aptitude for manual work. Curiosity about ecological construction techniques appreciated.

Constraints & risks (logistical, physical, emotional)

PHYSICAL: Messy activity - bring boots or shoes that can get dirty and clothes that can be stained! ATTIRE: Bring spare clothes.

Description

CONTEXT: The Emmaüs TERRE association welcomes people in precarious situations and offers them a work integration activity. La Briqueterie Solidaire manufactures ecological building materials from raw earth, including bricks called "adobes". OBJECTIVE: Participate in making raw earth bricks while discovering an ancestral and ecological construction technique. PLANNED ACTIVITIES: • Earth preparation (mixing, kneading) • Brick molding (adobes) • Demolding and drying • Exchanges with community companions IMPACT: Contribute to a solidarity and ecological economic activity while sharing a human exchange moment with people welcomed by the community.