Category Archives: volunteer

An opportunity to try a different kind of work at La Giraudière

These volunteers aren’t scared of getting their hands dirty!               The volunteer work at La Giraudière is very varied- from landscaping to cooking or cleaning. This week, our volunteers Gillian- English, Elena- Lithuanian, and … Continue reading

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A game of boules in Brossac

The volunteers and the locals play boules Yesterday evening, La Giraudière’s volunteers had a group outing into Brossac for a traditional French game of boules with the local people. Our new Scottish volunteer, John, was particularly skilled at this sport … Continue reading

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Un jeu de pétanque en Brossac

Les bénévoles et les gens du quartier jouent à pétanque Hier soir, les bénévoles de La Giraudière ont eu une sortie de groupe à Brossac pour un jeu traditional français de pétanque avec les gens du quartier. Notre nouveau bénévole … Continue reading

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Meet our new English volunteer

An English volunteer arrives at La Giraudière               Salut! Welcome to the English translation of my first French blog post. (To read the original French version, click here: Rencontrez notre nouvelle bénévole anglaise). My name … Continue reading

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Ted, our Austrailian volunteer finishes his stay at LG

Bonjour à tous! Asha here again. Today Ted, a volunteer here at La Giraudière who you may remember from a previous blog, left. Ted has been here for 4 weeks. Like many of us he wanted to go home, he … Continue reading

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