{"id":1021,"date":"2021-03-04T11:03:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/?page_id=1021"},"modified":"2023-09-21T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T13:50:59","slug":"press-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/press-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Press Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This press page will give you links to press articles and publications about La Giraudi\u00e8re. The publications are not just local, but include national and international publications relating to La Giraudi\u00e8re and our Volunteer Project. They will give you an insight into the impact a small project in a small French village can have and how it can achieve international recognition. Please enjoy and tell us if you find any other press publications!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>Volunteer at Christmas<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This press article refers to a Christmas Market which was held at La Giraudi\u00e8re in 2013. This article was written by the correspondent, Jean-Yves Delage, for the Charente Libre. Jean-Yves has written many articles about our project and we are so thankful for the contribution he as made to our Press Page. Read more about the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/christmas_volunteers_working_holiday\/\" title=\"Christmas volunteers working holiday\">Christmas Volunteering Project<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche_noel.jpg\" alt=\"Press Charente Libre article\" class=\"wp-image-355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche_noel.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche_noel-249x450.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche_noel-83x150.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Article from San Diego News USA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdnews.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>San Diego Community News Group &#8211; No good deed goes unpunished in France<\/strong><\/a> This link will take you to the first of three articles on Martin Jones Westlin&#8217;s summer vacation in France, during which he&#8217;discovered some of the culture&#8217;s lesser-publicized traits through participation in a volunteer work program at La Giraudi\u00e8re. This time, he looks at one instance that, thanks to some ingenious French hospitality, may have averted rethinking part of the trip. Westlin is editor of La Jolla Village News part of the San Diego News.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/san-diego-news-article.jpg\" alt=\"San diego news\" class=\"wp-image-1055\" style=\"width:618px;height:646px\" width=\"618\" height=\"646\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">America loves France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>La Giraudi\u00e8re &#8211; Melting Pot of volunteers at Brossac<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Published by the Charente Libre and written by Pascal Huord, this article shows Paul with two Australian volunteers and highlights the mixture of nationalities which have taken part at La Giraudi\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre_melting_pot-2.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteers melting pot\" class=\"wp-image-354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre_melting_pot-2.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre_melting_pot-2-335x450.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre_melting_pot-2-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Melting pot at Brossac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>Restoration House France<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbara Booth has been a freelance journalist for over 20 years, published nationally in newspapers and magazines including The Age, The Canberra Times, The West Australian, Qantas Club magazine, Home Beautiful, and OzArts. Barbara arrived at La Giraudi\u00e8re in 2013 as a volunteer. Two years later an Australian magazine published a three- page article about the culture exchange project here at La Giraudi\u00e8re. Read Barbara&#8217;s article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/volunteers_article\/french-experience\/\" title=\"French experience\"><strong>French Experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restoration_house.jpg\" alt=\"Australian volunteers press article\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restoration_house.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restoration_house-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restoration_house-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/restoration_house-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Restoration House France<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>Volunteering at La Giraudiere &#8211; C&#8217;est l&#8217;auberge espagnole<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>An article published in 2011 in the Charente Libre. In the picture are two Spanish volunteers who helped us to achieve the title of C&#8217;est l&#8217;auberge espagnole.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente_libre.jpg\" alt=\"Auberge Espagnole\n\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente_libre.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente_libre-375x450.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente_libre-125x150.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">C&#8217;est L&#8217;auberge Espagnole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>La Giraudiere Voluntourism &#8211; Peter Greenberg, Worldwide Travel<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter S.\u00a0Greenberg\u00a0(born January 20) is an American journalist. He is the CBS News Travel Editor, reporting regularly on The Early Show, its replacement CBS This Morning, and the CBS Evening News. He may be best known as the Travel Editor for NBC&#8217;s Today, CNBC and MSNBC from 1995 until 2009. He is also known as the travel detective. You can read Peter&#8217;s article\u00a0about\u00a0voluntourism projects and in particular La Giraudi\u00e8re at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/petergreenberg.com\/2012\/12\/19\/voluntourism-spotlight-la-giraudiere-brossac-france\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">La Giraudi\u00e8re Voluntourism<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/petergreenberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/petergreenberg.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/petergreenberg-450x71.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/petergreenberg-150x24.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Petergreenberg Travel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>March\u00e9 Noel \u00e0 La Giraudi\u00e8re 2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the success of the Christmas markets in 2011 and 2012, the press helped promote our events in following years. A big thank you to the Charente Libre. Read more about Christmas in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/volunteers_article\/\" title=\"Articles written by Volunteers in France\">Volunteers Articles.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche-noel.jpg\" alt=\"March\u00e9 Noel\" class=\"wp-image-351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche-noel.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche-noel-450x267.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/charente-libre-marche-noel-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/volunteers_article\/\">Volunteers Articles<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/privacy_policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/site_map\/\">Volunteers Site Map<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/volunteers-videos\/\">Volunteers Videos<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--7\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/\">Volunteer In France<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background\">The dates for 2026 Summer program are now published<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-2-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background\">The 2026 volunteers program starts accepting volunteers from Monday the 8th June 2026. The 2026 Program will end on the 4th September 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>The recommended volunteering period is 3 weeks but you can apply for any length of stay during the program dates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LaGiraudierePage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Follow Us on Facebook<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/la_giraudiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">See us on Instagram <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LaGiraudiere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tweet Us on Twitter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u00a9 2024&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La Giraudiere<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/\">Volunteer Project in France<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tLa Giraudiere\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\" title=\"Volunteer Project In France\">Volunteer Project In France<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This press page will give you links to press articles and publications about La Giraudi\u00e8re. The publications are not just local, but include national and international publications relating to La Giraudi\u00e8re and our Volunteer Project. They will give you an insight into the impact a small project in a small French village can have and &#8230; <a title=\"Project Press Page\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/press-page\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Project Press Page\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1021","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1976,"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1021\/revisions\/1976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lagiraudiere.com\/volunteer-france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}