{"id":4545,"date":"2015-04-28T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T09:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=4545"},"modified":"2015-04-28T16:46:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T14:46:04","slug":"german-volunteer-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/german-volunteer-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"German Volunteer in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volunteering in France – A Cultural Exchange between France and Germany<\/h1>\n

Julia, a volunteer from Hamburg in Germany,\u00a0has just arrived at La Giraudi\u00e8re and will be joining us for the next six weeks. The opportunity to experience French culture in a beautiful village in the countryside, to improve her French language skills by interacting with the local community on a daily basis and to work in an international environment at the same time was her main motivation to come to La Giraudi\u00e8re and to help with everything that is needed.<\/p>\n

After having studied International Business Communication\u00a0<\/em>in Germany and the UK, Julia\u00a0has worked in sales for a company selling medical devices for 3,5 years. Following that she decided\u00a0to take some time out to discover the world\u00a0, to get to know different\u00a0countries and to authentically experience new cultures.\u00a0She has been travelling through Asia for 3 months and will finish her travels after having volunteered at La Giraudi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

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Cultural Exchange after a competitive match of P\u00e9tanque with a taste of vin rouge<\/p><\/div>\n

Julia has only been here for three days now, but during these days she\u00a0has already been completely involved in Brossac’s\u00a0village life by playing P\u00e9tanque <\/em>with the locals\u00a0in a very competitive and serious atmosphere. P\u00e9tanque<\/em> is a famous sports in France with the goal to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet<\/i> (literally “piglet”) or jack. Furthermore, she was lucky to witness France’s most beautiful spring weather which made it possible to explore the wonderful area \u00a0 around La Giraudi\u00e8re straight away.<\/p>\n

During her stay Julia will be responsible for different tasks such as writing articles, carrying out social media activities or housekeeping. Her first task was to write an article about a group of students from Utah in the USA.\u00a0The Freedom Preparatory Academy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>spent one week at La Giraudi\u00e8re to learn\u00a0about the French way of life and to experience French culture. This included\u00a0cooking courses and\u00a0language classes\u00a0as well as\u00a0trips\u00a0to\u00a0some of the nicest cities and towns in the region. Three famous newspapers in France (Sud Ouest, Charente Libre and Courriel Fran\u00e7ais) each published an article about the French – American cultural exchange. To create a press page<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>covering all these articles was also one of Julia’s first tasks. As the “Season 2015” has just started, there are many more projects and tasks to come she can look forward to for the next 6 weeks.<\/p>\n

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