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Help to prepare Cantinho do Axé - family guesthouse

4.5
(15 reviews)15

The experience

We live in a beautiful and huge country house. We are preparing the bedrooms and common areas to offer lodging, an artist residency, and volunteering. We need help organizing the spaces, detailed cleaning, painting, minor repairs, shelving assembly, cleaning and care of the garden and the vegetable plots, decoration, as well as day-to-day tasks (washing clothes, cooking, etc.). We prefer couples.


What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.


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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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


Requirements

Intermediate Portuguese or Intermediate English

Between 18 and 40 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

The priority tasks are:
Organize linen closets, dishes, kitchen utensils, tools, etc
Assemble furniture, shelves, install curtains,
Make small repairs (grout, painting, windows, doors, light fixtures, outlets, etc)
Gather, organize and wash bed, table and bath linens, rugs, etc
Exterior cleaning - take care of the garden, the vegetable patch, accesses, gutters, tiles, etc
Help with the daily household routine


Activities & Shift

The activities and shifts for each volunteer will be arranged individually. We enjoy talking with and getting to know each partner so that the exchange is fully beneficial.


Rules

No intolerance or prejudice of any kind will be tolerated in the community.
The position does not include meals, but we can consider collaboration on a case-by-case basis.