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A vibrant and soothing August

The warmth of August is in full swing, we are in the middle of Rural Art Summer and I'm enjoying every moment. The fruits we can pick outside are juicy and sweet, I feel free and joyful.  We organize and take part in workshops of theater, origami, communication, games, barbecue, yoga, massage, drawing. For 3 days we had theater workshops, including one I proposed with Alexia on the theme of emotions, where we did exercises and then prepared for the performance organized by Marta. She came up with the idea of doing an unannounced performance in the village bar on the theme of rumors and machismo, and on the day of the performance we were pretty stressed out because this is a difficult theme to deal with and none of the locals knew about it. It was quite liberating to do it, but we're not sure we were heard. In any case, it was a powerful and important experience for us. There are plenty of things to do and see, the atmosphere is calmer after the intensity of Camprovinarte's

My first month as a volunteer - July and its winged shoes

Hello I'm Elisa, I come from the south west of France and I'm very excited about this new chapter of my life. I wanted to practice spanish and do theater, this project seemed to fit perfectly! 🙌 I can't believe how quickly the month of July has flown by, I've experienced so much in such a short time and feel very lucky to be part of this volunteer program. I'm sure I won't be able to retrace everything that's happened, what I've lived, thought and experienced, but if I had to sum up this first month at Camprovin I'd say intense, creative, full of encounters and joy.  I arrive in Camprovin at the end of the day, by car, as I'm 3 hours from my parents' home in the Basque country. I'm greeted by Annika, a German volunteer who's been here for 2 months. She shows me around the village and invites me to dine together on the terrace of the apartment she shares with Elise and Marta, as well as the office. We speak a lot and I already feel su