Since 1966, REMPART and its local associations have been organizing volunteer work camps for heritage restoration. This is undoubtedly our most publicized action, and the one that makes us the most visible to the general public.

These workcamps are much more than a "useful vacation". They represent the embodiment of citizens' voluntary commitment to heritage, and beyond that, to society.

Just 40 years ago, the REMPART General Assembly adopted the General Orientation Text "REMPART and voluntary work". This text is still relevant today. We reaffirm that the volunteer workcamp, a place of voluntary commitment, remains a means for civil society to self-organize in a concrete and disinterested action for the benefit of the community. We reaffirm that the volunteer workcamp remains a form of popular education, a means of transmission, knowledge and invention. We reaffirm that the volunteer workcamp remains an egalitarian place that promotes knowledge of others, a place for intercultural, international and intergenerational encounters, and therefore a means of combating discrimination and exclusion, a step towards peace.

Yet the model remains fragile. Financial support in particular is regularly called into question. Together, we must continue to call for funding for volunteer workcamp projects. We must continue to call for the promotion of public policies that encourage everyone to get involved in civic actions such as volunteer workcamps. We must act to gain recognition for the importance of our associations in citizenship education, as a means of emancipating the people taking part in our actions.

So what can you do, what can we do together to promote volunteer workcamps? How can we support this still-fragile model and make it a lasting part of the social landscape?

1. The most obvious way? By signing up for a workcamp, of course!
2. You can take action at the local level: by meeting the REMPART associations near you, discovering the teams and projects, and getting involved.
3. You can spread the word about REMPART, its positions and projects, and their importance to your friends and family, your elected representatives and potential sponsors.
   And last but not least, you can join the REMPART Movement; membership of Les Amis de REMPART, the association that brings together individuals who defend the values of REMPART, is a concrete way of supporting and participating in our Popular Education action for a fairer, more caring society.

Joining the REMPART Movement means making heritage a unifying force.