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🌿 We are looking for a volunteer who integrates into a friendly and family-like environment, shares and learns. Here you can leave your mark and gain new knowledge, friendships, and experiences, enjoying the nature and culture of Turrialba.
18 hours of help per week
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
3 days off per week
Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Between 25 and 65 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
🌿 Experience an authentic permaculture and mountain life in the Costa Rican mountains.
At Refugio Piedra Grande we share our day-to-day and a different way of inhabiting the land, based on permaculture, sustainability, regenerative agriculture, plants and natural building.
Here you don't come as a worker nor is it simply about exchanging work for accommodation. You are a collaborator who integrates into a friendly, family-like environment, participates in the project's daily life and shares your knowledge, skills and experiences.
We believe that every person can leave their mark and contribute something to the project, while taking away new learnings, friendships and experiences for their own life.
Refugio is an independent project that is sustained thanks to the support, collaboration and goodwill of those who visit us.
And, of course, there is also time to enjoy: explore rivers, waterfalls, mountains, volcanoes and discover the natural and cultural richness of Turrialba.
Come to share, learn, contribute and live the mountain from the inside.
🌿 This is how we live the day at Refugio Piedra Grande
We start with a dip in the river pool and a good coffee. Then we resume some project from the previous day, do maintenance around the place or bring a new idea.
There is time for lunch, coffee in the afternoon, a walk and simply enjoying the mountain. As night falls, another dip in the pool or a shower before sleep.
When there are other visitors, we also share with them: we help prepare the campfire and accompany them to discover some of the special places in the area.
Here every day is different: to learn, contribute, enjoy and live the mountain.
🌿 Rules of coexistence and collaboration – Refugio Piedra Grande
To maintain a calm, safe, family-like and respectful environment, we expect each collaborator:
1. 🤝 Participate with responsibility and a good attitude, respecting the 18 hours per week of collaboration agreed.
2. 🌱 Respect nature, animals, plants, and the resources of the Refugio Piedra Grande.
3. 🏡 Keep clean and organized the spaces you use and contribute to the general care of the place.
4. 🔇 Respect the tranquility of the Refugio. Parties, loud music or behaviors that affect other visitors or collaborators are not allowed.
5. 🚫 No drugs: possession, consumption or distribution of drugs or illegal substances inside the Refugio is not allowed.
6. 🍺 Alcohol with responsibility: excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages or behaviors derived from alcohol that affect coexistence or safety are not allowed.
7. ❤️ Always maintain a respectful treatment toward people, regardless of origin, culture or way of thinking.
8. 🔥 The use of campfires, tools and other areas or equipment of the Refugio must be done responsibly and following the relevant indications.
9. 🌿 The person comes as a collaborator, not as a worker. We seek an exchange of knowledge, culture, experiences and goodwill.
10. ✨ We come to share, learn, contribute and enjoy. We want each person to leave a positive footprint on the project and take with them new learnings, friendships and good memories.
