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During the final phase of the rural renovations of the buildings, you will come to help with finishing touches on general details, developing your skills or donating your own.
There will also be several activities in green areas. You will be able to choose among several activities each day. Read the ones described further ahead.
5 hours of help per day
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Amount: R$ 160 Per week
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities
Description: THE FEE: May be reduced for + weeks. Coverage includes electricity, cleaning products, and furniture maintenance for leisure, gasoline for pre-purchases, electricity and gas that exceed consumption. DAMAGES AND REFUNDS: Materials, furniture, floors, tools, and utilities in loaned areas that suffer damage from careless use must be repaired or reimbursed, outside of operating hours. The fee allows use of the pantry, kitchen and washing machine (1)
1 day off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
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.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate Portuguese or Intermediate Spanish
Between 23 and 60 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Dismantling (team) small rural wooden structures.
Repairing wooden structures and details.
Short collaboration: Build a small brick wall.
Sanding and painting in semi-open or outdoor locations.
Grouting decorative tiles.
Transport of reusable pieces from the mill.
Construction of a stone-structure for bonfires.
Improvement of the platform for an outdoor observatory.
Maintenance of green areas and the path
PROACTIVITY OF THE COLLABORATING LEARNER: Working hours
5h30 per day, concentrated (4h15 in the morning + 1h15 in the afternoon, to be scheduled). We include in the afternoon a quick collective care mutirão at the end of the day (30 minutes to tend the shared spaces and areas, keeping the environment as well cared for as they found it)
NOTE: On the day of departure, leave the room tidy (linens airing on the clothesline and the mattress standing on the bed). This final care is done outside the offset hours.
COUNTERPARTS/LEISURE / ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES: Options:
a- NO COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY ON ARRIVAL. Welcome costs: 1/2 daily rate (with lunch or evening snack). Schedule to be arranged.
b- WITH COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY ON THE DAY OF ARRIVAL. Arrive no later than 11:45 (Reception, orientations, lunch and brief rest). Start tasks: 14:00.
c- DAY OFF (7th), but if this is the departure day. The collaborator's exit will be by 18:30 during activities. Only on that day will we have a shared lunch on-site, combining products from all or for a picnic together off-site. Everyone leaves the site for most of the day (transport arranged) every 7 or 10 days.
d- DAILY LEISURE: Enjoy most of the afternoon and the entire night, for leisure or interspersed with mornings.
e- DEPARTURE ANY DAY: scheduled or anticipated date with 48h prior notice:
Counterpart in the morning for 2h30, without lunch. Departure by 12:00.
Counterpart in the morning for 3h30, with lunch included. Departure by 14:00.
No counterpart. Cost coverage: 1/3 or 1/4 of a daily rate to use overnight; departure time to be arranged. Check in advance.
Food: You will receive a good lunch!! Bring your own products to prepare other snacks. Do not bring: soft drinks, meats (white/red), alcohol, soft drinks, energy drinks, cigarettes and substances that alter consciousness. Focus on health and good energy.
Technology: Mobile phones and computers only outside buildings, far from people and in leisure (never during tasks). The TIM network is the only one that works well. Internet use with criteria.
Photos and Videos: Images of the site or residents require prior notice and authorization under certain criteria.
Organization: Personal belongings should stay in the rooms or defined areas to maintain harmony of the environments.
Sound: Individual use only with headphones. Collective sound requires consensus and guidelines, with a single person responsible for the device.
Care of the place: Furniture, objects and floors must stay intact. Damages must be reimbursed or repaired outside the hours of activities.
Hosts: There are two coordinators. Respect rest time and stay attentive to the dynamics and guidelines.
Neighborhood: Do not pick fruits/vegetables along the path (they are private crops) and do not enter trails on others' properties.
Mutirão harmony: Daily rotating activities of up to 30 minutes (already included in the working hours).
Coexistence: Seek dialogue, exchange and group harmony.
Golden rules: good humor, initiative, goodwill and proactivity.
Note: Other rules may be aligned according to the season of the stay.
