{"id":6973,"date":"2017-07-05T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/?p=6973"},"modified":"2017-07-09T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T09:55:38","slug":"our-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/our-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the moment we have 8 <strong>volunteers\u00a0<\/strong>working on La Giraudi\u00e8re&#8217;s project. Each person has their own projects ranging from blogging and photography to gardening and maintenance. It is a valuable experience for us all to practise successful coexistance. The difference in characters here has been interesting and great fun. When coming to La Giraudi\u00e8re you will meet people you would never otherwise meet. Everyone plays their part in keeping the place running in order to successfully cohabitate, which has been a valuable skill I have developed.<\/p>\n<p>Ted is a volunteer from<em> Australia<\/em> who has been tackling the garden for the majority of his time spent here, thanks to Ted it now looks neat and orderly and much less resembles a jungle. Over his weekends Ted has used the opportunity to see as much of the country as possible. He has just returned from a 3 day stay at <em>Lourdes<\/em>, while last weekend he visited the beautiful city of <em>La Rochelle<\/em>. Ted has been using this opportunity to learn the language and has been participating actively in the <strong>French lessons<\/strong> each Friday morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6979\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aus_volunteer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6979\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aus_volunteer-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ted, our Austrailian volunteer\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aus_volunteer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aus_volunteer-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aus_volunteer-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/aus_volunteer.jpg 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ted, our Austrailian volunteer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We also have volunteers like Asha, a 19 year old <strong>University student<\/strong> who is also hoping to improve her French as it is her University major. She enjoys playing her part capturing photos for the website and writing posts to promote the project. This is Asha&#8217;s first time abroad alone and she is glad she decided to choose La Giraudi\u00e8re to travel and gain valuable experiences.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6983\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/asha_volunteer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6983\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/asha_volunteer-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Asha, our Irish volunteer is a University student of French\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/asha_volunteer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/asha_volunteer-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/asha_volunteer-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/asha_volunteer.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asha, our Irish volunteer is a University student of French<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The contrasting characters at La Giraudi\u00e8re make for a great stay. We also have Carol and Steve a couple from <em>England<\/em> who volunteered here previously and chose to come again this year. Carol has been handling our finances while Steve has been participating in manual labour such as painting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6987\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6987\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Carol and Steve sit down to a cup of tea with our Lithuanian volunteer, Elena\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/tea_volunteers.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carol and Steve sit down to a cup of tea with our Lithuanian volunteer, Elena.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All in all we have been successful so far this season with a great group of <strong>volunteers\u00a0<\/strong>who are enjoying their time working, learning about <em>France<\/em> and meeting new people! If you are interested in joining us as a volunteer or an intern in 2018 you can apply\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the moment we have 8 volunteers\u00a0working on La Giraudi\u00e8re&#8217;s project. Each person has their own projects ranging from blogging and photography to gardening and maintenance. It is a valuable experience for us all to practise successful coexistance. 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