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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

Un jeu de pétanque en Brossac

Les bénévoles et les gens du quartier jouent à pétanque Hier soir, les bénévoles de La Giraudière ont eu une sortie de groupe à Brossac pour un jeu traditional français de pétanque avec les gens du quartier. Notre nouveau bénévole … Continue reading

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Rencontrez notre nouvelle bénévole anglaise

Une bénévole anglaise arrive à La Giraudière               Bonjour et bienvenue à notre premier post de blog en français! (To read in English, click here: Meet our new English volunteer). Je m’appelle Libby et … Continue reading

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Meet our new English volunteer

An English volunteer arrives at La Giraudière               Salut! Welcome to the English translation of my first French blog post. (To read the original French version, click here: Rencontrez notre nouvelle bénévole anglaise). My name … Continue reading

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Ted, our Austrailian volunteer finishes his stay at LG

Bonjour à tous! Asha here again. Today Ted, a volunteer here at La Giraudière who you may remember from a previous blog, left. Ted has been here for 4 weeks. Like many of us he wanted to go home, he … Continue reading

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A Day Out at La Giraudiere

Aubeterre Last week our project coordinator, Paul, took us on a trip to Aubeterre, which is known as a plus belle village. It is full of beautiful quaint architecture and spiraling pathways. One of the highlights of this trip were … Continue reading

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