BTS (Advanced Technician Certificate) in Building Trades
Faites votre stage au Sénégal dans des projets de construction ou d’agriculture biologique pour contribuer activement à des pratiques durables pour l’environnement. Vous aurez l’occasion de vous formez aux enjeux environnementaux et d’agir concrètement via des projets utiles aux communautés locales. Vous vivrez en pleine immersion dans la culture du pays.
Ce programme est francophone.
You will join an NGO involved in various fields such as water supply (well construction, installation of sanitation facilities and irrigation systems), ecological farming, access to education, support for disadvantaged populations, environmental protection, and the construction of eco-friendly buildings.
You have 2 internship options depending on your interests and skills.
The construction project aims to create a new training centre using environmentally friendly methods. The environmental project offers the opportunity to discover positive practices that help raise awareness of environmental protection among local populations.
You will work in a small traditional village of around 100 inhabitants. The current objective is to build a training centre on site, which will serve as a hub for environmental awareness.
Your role is therefore to take part in the construction of the centre, with the opportunity to closely follow the development of a project.
You will work six hours a day from Monday to Friday; weekends are free to explore the surrounding area.
This internship allows you to discover ecological farming. The project is carried out in collaboration with local farmers. Participants work in teams, and each team pursues a specific project. You are therefore free to get involved in an area depending on your interests.
You will take part in the following activities:
You will work six hours a day from Monday to Friday; weekends are free.
Our partner connects volunteers of different nationalities so they can work together on responsible volunteer missions, supporting both local community development and participants’ personal growth by creating enriching, lasting experiences.
This program is available up to 24 weeks, contact us to know tarif and avalabilies.
Housing is allocated by local NGOs, not by Freepackers - the descriptions are there to give you an idea of the type of accommodation, as it is very likely that conditions will vary on site depending on the number of volunteers, weather conditions, availability, etc. Each volunteer will be accommodated according to the stated conditions, but it is possible that the accommodation may not match the description or images shown on this site word for word, for example, in the case of annexed housing, renovations, relocations, etc.
For the construction project, you will be accommodated in traditional clay huts, shared between 2 and 4 volunteers. You will have access to traditional African toilets and a shower.
The accommodation is located a few minutes’ walk from the project.
For the environmental project, you will be accommodated in a volunteers’ house or with a host family, with shared rooms. The accommodation includes a bathroom and a shared kitchen. Water, electricity, and Wi-Fi are available.
You can reach the project in a 15 to 30-minute walk, or take the bus (at your own expense).
A shared kitchen is available, where breakfast and dinner are prepared daily for participants.
The village where the construction project takes place is located in Patar, about 180 km from the capital, Dakar. The work site is a small traditional village that is part of a municipality with a total population of 15,000.
As for the environmental project, you will be based in the city of Diourbel, about 140 km from Dakar. With around 130,000 inhabitants, it is one of the country’s major urban centres.
You can find all ressources on the World Organization Website, in the Travel Advice section A vaccine vial.
For all international projects, Realstep requires participants to take out travel insurance covering accidents, illness, and repatriation, as well as civil liability for professional activities abroad.
For complete protection while studying or interning abroad, you can take out Cap Student insurance online by following this link Student insurance abroad | Chapka Assurances, which will give you a 5% discount.
If you take out another insurance policy, we will ask you to send us a copy of your certificate in English.
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Here are the essential mandatory steps to complete:
Other steps may be necessary depending on the type of internship, the country, or other factors.
Our team will provide you with all the information you need.
No, most of the internships we offer are unpaid, but this can vary depending on the host organization, the duration, and the country.
Yes, many students have validated their internship through Real Step projects. Our placements meet schools’ academic requirements.
This can vary depending on your school and your year of study, but in general you can go for 4 to 16 weeks.
Three months is often the duration required by schools to help you develop skills. To learn more about 3-month engineering internships.
Your missions can vary greatly depending on your specialty and your level of study and commitment, but overall you will be asked to take part in:
The goal is to encourage the practical application of the knowledge you have gained during your studies—skills you will be able to highlight later on.
