Author Archives: La Giraudiere

About La Giraudiere

The whole idea of the La Giraudiere project is for people of all backgrounds, all ages, all nationalities to have the chance to live together learn about each others lifestyle exchange their knowledge, experiences and skills whilst living and working together in France and at the same time helping, improving and adding to the Project for those to come in the future. To see the different types of volunteers work that has been done and what is still required visit our website

Dates for volunteering in France 2023

For 2023 there will be two volunteering programs. The 2023 Spring program which starts Monday the 1st of May and continues to the the 2nd July 2023. The Second period ,The 2023 Summer program starts on the 31st July 2023 … Continue reading

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Student volunteer tips for an affordable weekend in Bordeaux

Last weekend, my second weekend in France, I took a trip to Bordeaux. In this blogpost I will share all my tips for the best activities that do not cost too much. The train from Chalais to Bordeaux costs just … Continue reading

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Sisters volunteering in France

My sister and I, Josephine and Mary, wanted to meet up and experience volunteering in France together.I found La Giraudière through Google by entering the words “Volunteering in France while learning french”. La Giraudière came up  immediately. I read through … Continue reading

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Interns and volunteers organise braderie in France

Beautiful French posters and English china

Bonjour tout le monde! My journey to France as a volunteer My name is Fleur. I am 21 years old and I just arrived at La Giraudière from the Netherlands two days ago. I was supposed to arrive here on … Continue reading

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La Grande Ouverture Brossac Braderie

La Giruaidiere interns and volunteers create a braderie which is to be open on the 14, 15 and 16 July. There is also a website located at https://brossacbraderie.com/ whereby you can inspect benfore you buy you can also click pay … Continue reading

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