🛠️🌿 Help with carpentry, maintenance and gardening in the Veracruz mountains
The experience
We are seeking volunteers with experience in carpentry, wood repair, general maintenance, and gardening support. You will help preserve and improve the facilities at Sexto Sol Villas, a retreat surrounded by mountains and nature in Veracruz. Ideal for practical, proactive people who enjoy outdoor work.
Transportation, visa, travel insurance, and any immigration requirements are the volunteer's responsibility.
What you offer
25 hours of help per week
Building & Repairing:
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Gardening:
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
What you get
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm:
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
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.
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate:
Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Dedicated Workspace:
Specific space for you to work remotely
Requirements
Fluent Spanish or Intermediate English
Between 20 and 50 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
During your stay you will contribute to the conservation and improvement of Sexto Sol Villas, a nature-surrounded refuge in the Veracruz mountains. The activities will be mainly focused on the maintenance of terraces, cabins and other common areas, as well as the care of gardens and green spaces.
We are looking for people with initiative, a taste for manual work, and willingness to contribute to the development of a tourism project focused on nature, well-being, and human connection.
Activities & Shift
- Basic maintenance of terraces, cabins and common areas.
- Repair and preservation of wooden elements.
- Support in projects to improve installations.
- Gardening and care of green spaces.
- Cleaning and organization of tools and work materials.
Collaboration schedule:
Monday to Friday.
From 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Includes 1 hour break for breakfast.
Weekends off.
Rules
- Smoking is not allowed inside rooms or cabins.
- Each volunteer is responsible for keeping their room clean and organized throughout their stay.
- Sexto Sol is located in an area surrounded by nature and runs on solar energy. To allow proper charging of the panels, lights are turned off at night. It is important to consider that there will be no nighttime electric lighting.
- Respect toward the facilities, nature, other volunteers, and the hosting team is expected.
- Maintain a responsible and collaborative attitude throughout the experience.