Marie is a caregiver. Paul works in the marketing department of an oil company. To get the same amount of money, Mary has to work 10 hours, and Paul 2. Yet, is one hour of Mary's life worth less than one hour of Paul's life? Is Mary's work less valuable than Paul's work? Who has the power to set the rules that assign value to each other's money, time, and contributions? Who has the power to ratify these rules by considering them as absolute and unavoidable values? Who donated this power to outside bodies? At La Forge du Vallon, it is you who decides, freely and in good conscience, the value of the activity, the meal or the stay you benefit from. You can calculate it according to your own hourly rate, by comparing it to similar services, according to the barometer of costs that we communicate to you below, according to your desire to participate in the life of the place, or quite simply depending on how grateful you are. Does this process make you uncomfortable? Does the power to assign a value to yourself arouse anxiety in you? Shame? Competitiveness? Fear? An uncomfortable sense of responsibility? So much the better. This is exactly what we hope for. At La Forge du Vallon, we believe that it is essential to confront, with the intention of benevolence, the emotions linked to money. This is how we will succeed, together, in freeing ourselves from all the family, societal and personal histories that keep us in submission to arbitrary attributions of value. Let's free ourselves from an unequal financial system, designed to enslave some and maintain the privilege of others. Let us regain power over the subjective notion of value. Let's remember that there are so many ways to create value outside of money, and that to meet our needs, creativity, mutualisation and mutual aid are worth all salaries! At the Forge du Vallon, each human has their unique and inalienable value, regardless of the amount of financial contribution they choose. Our economy is one of giving and of individual responsibility. Only you know what value you want and can attribute to your experience. You have our trust and we thank you for your contribution.