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Volunteering in house in front of the sea -Mexico!

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The experience


Hello
I'm Laura, I live in a beautiful place called Costa Esmeralda. I'm running a small beach house, cabin and camping vacation rental business, I'd love to share my simple lifestyle with people from all over the world and show a little bit of what it's like to live in a traditional Mexican beach area surrounded by nature. The team is always approachable, cheerful and we love to have any kind of cultural exchange.

What you offer

23 hours of help per week

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

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

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Surfboards: You can use our surfboards as much as 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

Intermediate English or Beginner Spanish

Between 22 and 60 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

If you want to discover an authentic part of Mexico, this place is for you.

Costa Esmeralda is not a big turistic area so the traditions and culture are still very authentic.

Staying here, you will meet and live with a lot of local people happy to show you their ways to leave and their costumes.

Staying here you will enjoy the inmersity of nature and being almost off grid. We have a beautiful garden where you can relax youself and of course, the beach. When the house is not rented we also enjoy the house and the terrace.

You will have a homemade meal every day afterworks and we will provide you transportation to the local market every week so you can buy your groceries. Also you'll be able to use our common kitchen 24/7.

Activities & Shift

We are building a wood cabin as the main project for the next months. This involves: working with tools (powered), being creative and analytic, having improvisation skills, carrying some planks and working outdoors.

It is a very high asset to have construction/building skills or experience.

The tasks in our house are simple and dynamic, some of the daily tasks are:

- Camping: Installing and equipping tents and camping area.
- Painting: walls in general and any kind of art.
- Gardening: Watering the garden and keeping it nice.
- Bon fires at the beach: Preparing bon fires for guest experiences and for everybody :)
- Romantic Dinners at the beach
- Building palapas with Palm trees.
- Cleaning the beach.
- Basic general maintainance at the house.
- Walking 2 times a day with 3 beautiful and friendly dogs.

Rules

- Take care of the house, instalation and resources that we provide.
-No drugs
-Be punctual