The group behind the project is made up of people with diverse backgrounds and life stories, sharing the values of mutual aid, mutualism, and self-organization. Some of us are active in local associations, while others simply want to participate in the practice of mutual aid and doing things together. We also find people who participate in Le Bon Plan (a self-managed grocery store in Bellenaves). Others are active at the local radio station Radio Coquelicot in Ebreuil, at the self-managed music hall in Chantelle, at the Babayaga community café in Chantelle, others are active in the various Vichy employee unions, others are involved in grassroots sports at the FSGT (Fédération Sportive Gymnique du Travail), and still others work in various emergency and temporary housing facilities in southern Allier. The majority of us live less than 20 km from Bellenaves, but we participate in other collective projects, such as Lokara in Mazerier (03).