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General maintenance needed in our meditation centre in France !

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The experience

Join us for a rewarding volunteer experience helping with preservation of our property.

Help needed with plumbing, painting walls, fixing things, small electrical task, take part in projects around our château grounds, and more!

Benefit from free access to evening teachings and lunchtime meditations (in French), plus English meditations twice a week. We also provide free laundry..

Embrace this opportunity to enrich your spiritual experience!

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate French or Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Mandatory volunteer introduction video

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We need help with general maintenance and we are looking for self sufficient skilled volunteers. Good physical fitness is a must. If you are serious, curious and a DIY afficionado, you might have a great time!

Activities & Shift

Help needed 5 days/week and 5hrs/day. Mostly DIY, repairs, fixing, refurbishing. Lots of possibilities to show your skills!

Rules

We offer picks up at Ecommoy's train station (10kms away) between Le Mans and Tours.

A phone interview will be arranged prior to your arrival. You will also be asked to fill a volunteer application form with your contact information and other essential information to best organize your stay.

Although it is not at all necessary or required to be a Buddhist or to become a Buddhist to come and stay at the Meditation Center, you will have the opportunity to live on a daily basis with and within a community of modern buddhist practitioners. This entails refraining from harmful or negative behavior during your stay, such as killing, stealing, abusive behavior, noise pollution, use of alcohol or illegal substances, etc.

We ask everyone to sign a commitment in this regard, for the well-being of each and every one and for the preservation of the standards of this institution.