🌿🏡 Experience a Rural Life in Valdivia
The experience
We are a family of four living in a rural area of Valdivia, Chile, and we are starting our adventure as hosts. We are looking for volunteers to help us with simple construction and farming tasks, while we share cultures, languages, and experiences. In your free time, we can enjoy fishing, hiking, sports, outings, and good times together. We welcome you with open arms! 🎣🥾✨
What you offer
4 hours of help per day
Housekeeping:
Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.
Building & Repairing:
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Teaching Languages:
Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
What you get
3 days off per week
Private Room:
You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
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.
Free Tours:
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Free Parties:
Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events:
Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Bikes at your disposal:
You can use our bikes any time you want.
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
Requirements
Between 18 and 35 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
We are looking to exchange a bit of work for accommodation and meals. The activities to be carried out are the following
- construction helper
- agriculture (cultivate, plant, sow)
- help with domestic tasks (bathroom cleaning, common areas, washing the dishes, maybe if you want to cook)
- help packing products (nuts, flours, and dried fruits).
The tasks are not strictly fixed; the idea is to have a prior agreement on the tasks that will be carried out that day.
The most important thing is that you feel at a comfortable, pleasant place, and you can carry out your volunteering usefully toward your goals.
We offer a pleasant place, with a family-friendly and welcoming environment; you don\'t have to worry about the meals (important to note that we maintain a normal diet, we are not vegans, nor vegetarians). In any case, if you have any dietary restrictions you can bring your own food and prepare your meals; we have no problem with that.
You will also be one more member of the family and you will be invited to all extra activities we can carry out. I, Diego, like to do sports, trekking, go out from time to time to a bar, and to the sea.
We look forward to welcoming you with open arms.
Activities & Shift
Shifts can vary to suit the volunteer\'s preferences regarding work hours; the ideal is to work 3-4 hours of daily work for 4 days and have 3 days off.
Rules
The main rules are:
- No smoking
- always show respect to the family members
- not be rude
- if you use something from the house to cook, leave it clean
- keep things orderly
- follow the house rules.