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We are Amatreya, a community and nature reserve in Argentina. Since 1996 we have developed a way of life that regenerates natural and social ecosystems. We invite you to experience a simple and profound experience of nature, learning, and community, collaborating in the garden, bioconstruction, reforestation, native plant nursery, and mindful eating. More than a volunteer experience, an opportunity to reconnect with nature, to get to know yourself, and to share.
25 hours of help per week
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
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
Amount: US$ 25 Per day
Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project
Description: The volunteers will contribute USD 20 to cover food and maintenance costs of the lodging they will use, and USD 5 as a donation to the project to continue contributing to the regeneration of natural and social ecosystems.
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.
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.
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.
Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.
Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate Spanish or Intermediate English
Between 18 and 65 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
We invite you to learn, share, and collaborate in developing a natural, group-oriented way of life. Through a service experience in various activities that contribute to the regeneration of the planet and humanity through life in community, within a natural setting.
The four hours of activities are normally carried out in the mornings, six days a week. The start and end times depend on the season and temperatures, since we live in nature integrated with the natural cycles. The schedule is flexible; there are days when we work 5 hours and days when we work 3 hours, depending on the season as well.
The specific activity within the position also depends on the season and on the projects we are developing in the community.
The position also includes:
- Experience synthesis: once a week there is a synthesis talk to review, deepen, and learn from the lived experience.
- Invitation to an energetic harmonization through a weekly group healing in nature. (Optional)
Please follow the following guidelines for coexistence:
- We aim to establish internal connection and maturation in a healthy and natural way, therefore we do not promote or use substances that alter the state of consciousness: plants, drugs (legal or not), tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, etc. In this way we remain present in the experience, recognizing what happens in our day-to-day life.
- Our diet is plant-based and oriented toward the purpose of sustaining the fraternity with the ecosystem. From this perspective, we do not consume dairy products, meat from any animal, within the Amatreya space. All legumes, cereals, and most fruits and vegetables come from agroecological cultivation.
- We use renewable energy; therefore charging cell phones or devices will occur during daylight hours.
- We use dry toilets and recycle waste to participate in the natural balance. We invite you to join in cleaning up after yourself and to remove from Amatreya non-recyclable waste (plastics, sanitary wipes, etc.) that you generate.
- The showers run on solar water heaters, so hot water will be available after half a day; for cloudy days we also have a wood-fired heater.
- We share with animals in a give-and-take relationship. We have animals not native to the mountains that also live with us, such as 4 dogs and 3 cats; therefore we ask you not to feed them or invite them to tents or long walks, as we need them to stay exclusively in the active living space, also caring for the fauna and flora that inhabit this space.
