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We are looking for a family with van/camper van who wish to stay long term and enjoy the facilities we have built up while helping to maintain and develop the space further.
Our place is a good match for you, if you are looking for a simple down to earth lifestyle in the nature. If you have a passion for gardening, farming, forest care and animals.
10 hours of help per week
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
3 days off per week
Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.
Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Fluent English
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We ask for weekly 10 hours of work from each adult (approx. 2 hours a day) in exchange for parking your van and having access to our facilities:
Grid electricity
Semi-outdoor geodome kitchen with wood stove for cooking
Compost toilet and outdoor hot showers
Natural swimming pool
All year round access to fruits from our mature fruit trees (citrus, loquat, peach, apricot, apple, pear, grapes, figs, kiwi, pomegranate, feijoa and more)
What we DO NOT offer:
Food - you will be responsible to supply yourself
Wifi - there is good reception here if you want to bring your own
If you have a child(ren) at a similar age to ours, it could be a great fit, so we can share the child care sometimes - if that works for both sides. Other than that we live very connected to the village and to other off grid families around us, so there are plenty of options for play dates and activities.
Type of help:
GARDENING (weeding, planting, mulching, harvesting, watering)
PLANTS PROPAGATION (sowing the seeds, repotting plants)
COMPOSTING (collecting material for the compost, turning compost, applying on the garden beds)
LAND CLEARING (chopping down shrubs we don't need, taking away bramble bushes, strimming if you are comfortable with the machine or scythe)
FOREST (assist us cutting down sick trees or taking care of little seedlings which we recently planted)
HELP WITH MAKING FIREWOOD (assisting us while we are cutting the wood, storing it, bringing to the kitchen)
COOKING (Preparing lunch is always very appreciated job during the working hours
BUILDING/REPAIRING(carpentry and all other kind of building tasks)
You will work mostly independently at your own time and pace. Since you are a family we want to offer you as much flexibility as possible. Once a week we meet all together to discuss the type of work, exchange any ideas and feedback how to improve the daily routine.
We might have other volunteers on the land that will share the common facilities with you, that depends on time of the year and how much help is needed.
You will be expected to manage lighting up the fire in the wood burner, since we cook and heat our rooms entirely on wood.
What do we recommend you to take:
OCTOBER - MAY
good rainproof jacket and shoes
warm clothes for chill evenings
your own sleeping bag
torch
environmental friendly soap/shampoo
JUNE - SEPTEMBER
hat or clothes that protect you from the sun
your own sleeping bag
torch
environmental friendly soap/shampoo
SPECIAL WARNING TO SMOKERS
We are totally fine if you smoke, but we need you to be conscious about very high risk of fire in our area. We will ask you to always take care that you put your cigarette leftovers to the jar that is closed afterwards. Remember, that your one mistake could costs us loosing our land and creating a big danger to our neighbors.
