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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

La Giraudiere hits the headlines in Charente Libre – read all about it!

Despite it being a Saturday morning, Paul still had an early morning as he took Hiroko, Irvin and Hugh to train station; Hiroko was going on a day trip to Saint-Emilion, Irvin would be spending the day at Bordeaux while … Continue reading

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Volunteers support La Giraudiere

Friday has arrived which means it’s time to say goodbye to our Russian friend Sergey who left this morning for Geneva. The rest of the guys started some work in the old house consisting of putting beams up to fully … Continue reading

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Like pétanque? Love outdoor films? Then Brossac is the place to be!

The LG team could feel that today was going to be a busy one as the excitement kicked off to an early start when the guys headed down to the village to help set up for tonight’s antics! Normally the … Continue reading

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La Giraudiere experience yet another part of Japan

Wednesday morning saw the beginning of the old house being rendered while Irvin made a start on tidying up the wiki pages ready for all of our lovely Brossac fans out there! For Hiroko it’s been a long day. Not … Continue reading

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Brave English, backed by American and Russian troops are supported by Japan

As soon as the sun pierced the sky, the guys already had blood on their hands as they painted part of the floor in Gite 4 while Hiroko has been slaving away with her new role as Mum. Later in … Continue reading

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