Author Archives: La Giraudiere
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 websiteStudent volunteer tips for an affordable weekend in Bordeaux
Last weekend, my second weekend in France, I took a trip to Bordeaux. In this blogpost I will share all my tips for the best activities that do not cost too much. The train from Chalais to Bordeaux costs just … Continue reading
Sisters volunteering in France
My sister and I, Josephine and Mary, wanted to meet up and experience volunteering in France together.I found La Giraudière through Google by entering the words “Volunteering in France while learning french”. La Giraudière came up immediately. I read through … Continue reading
Interns and volunteers organise braderie in France

Bonjour tout le monde! My journey to France as a volunteer My name is Fleur. I am 21 years old and I just arrived at La Giraudière from the Netherlands two days ago. I was supposed to arrive here on … Continue reading
La Grande Ouverture Brossac Braderie
La Giruaidiere interns and volunteers create a braderie which is to be open on the 14, 15 and 16 July. There is also a website located at https://brossacbraderie.com/ whereby you can inspect benfore you buy you can also click pay … Continue reading
Escape from Downtown Toronto to the French Countryside
I am glad to be typing this in front of a computer! Although I have spent the past 10 years sat in front of computer screens daily doing my linear algebra homework or adjusting pension calculations, for once, using a … Continue reading