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25h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Cleaning
- Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
- Gardening
- Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
- Additional Fee
- This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan.
What you get
2
- Days off per week
- Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.
- Private Room
- You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
- Team Dorm
- You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
- 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.
- Use our equipped kitchen
- Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
- Free Laundry
- You can use our laundry room freely.
- Discounts on Pubs
- Get discounts at nearby pubs.
- Discounts on Drinks
- Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.
- Permaculture Course
- Take part in our Permaculture course for free.
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- Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.
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- 2 weeks
The Experience
Descubre un proyecto permacultural y autosustentable de la manera más ecológica que imaginas. Podrás aprender diversos métodos de cultivo innovadores, como acuaponia, hidroponia, aeroponía, huerta orgánica y agroecología sintropica. Además, sumérgete en el mundo de la bioconstrucción y explora energías alternativas, como la solar, para generar un impacto real en el medio ambiente. ¡Únete a nosotros y convierte tus ideas en acción!
Learn moreRequirements
- Beginner Spanish or Beginner English
- Over 18 years old
- Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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121 Reviews
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Hours & Tasks
Permaculture Project
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 87 Learning about sustainability
- 84 Meeting international travelers
- 81 Get in touch with nature
- 76 Developing environmental awareness
- 58 Meeting locals
- 52 Practicing Spanish
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 65 15. Life on land
- 46 12. Responsible consumption and production
- 40 4. Quality education
- 6 7. Affordable and clean energy
Jan
United States
The project is a wonderful place with many opportunities to learn and experience sustainable living processes and techniques. Allen was bery busy but always made time to visit with and help the volunteers. We had volunteers from 7 countries in 3weeks, lots of international representation!!
26 days ago
allan replied
Muchas gracias por todo Jan!!!
Zoe
Austria
Allan is a wonderful host. Although he wasn't around too much I had a lovely time at the project and really connected with the other volunteers. It's a great way to get to know the surroundings of Montevideo as well as learning about life on a permaculture farm. I learned a lot about gardening and construction and acquired a lot of skills during the two weeks of my stay.
about 1 month ago
allan replied
Muchas gracias nuevamente Zoe por todo!! Y ojalá algún día te veamos nuevamente por aquí!
Marlen
Germany
We had a good time at the project. We did not meet Allan often and couldn't talk that much with him, because our spanish is beginner level, but he seems like a nice guy. The other volunteers were awesome and we cooked for each other often which was nice. Allan gave us a good amount if food, like dried goods, to cook for ourselves.
4 months ago
N
United States
Kind hosts who deeply care about earth & teaching. I hoped to learn about hydro/aeroponics but my trip was cut short, though I'm unsure if I would have learned it if I stayed the full week. The 3 days I worked, I planted seeds, weeded & hammered nails in the wall I left early due to unsanitary conditions with mice in the kitchen (kept utensils in fridge so they don't access them, poop on dishes and stove) and in my bed (my last night, a mouse started to crawl on my head, left poop by my head) The home should be deep cleaned & some things replaced incl. ripped up chairs and dirty pillows
over 1 year ago
allan replied
Me deja bastante asombrada la opinión de Nicole. Lo primer es de destacar que en éste lugar se aprenden muchas cosas, diría que en 3 días es imposible que alguien pueda aprender o decir que no se aprende lo que exclusivamente vino a aprender, de hecho ella en esos tres días ya menciona al menos 3 cosas de que aprendió, pero en un proyecto de éstas características sugerimos estar al menos 2 semanas, aunque se que en esas dos semanas va a ser difícil que aprendan de sintropia, aeroponia, acuaponia, hidroponia, huerta orgánica, bioconstrucción y por eso vamos rotando las tareas día a día para que aprendan lo más posible. En el caso de ella estuvo con el tema sintropia (aunque ella dice que solo plantó semillas), estuvo trabajando con la huerta orgánica nueva (aunque diga que solo sacó pasto) y estuvo comenzando a construir la trama que va a sostener un hermoso mural de barro con muchas representaciones de la cultura Uruguaya como los tambores, guitarra, etc, que ella lo sintetice con que solo clavo clavos la verdad no me deja un buen concepto de ella. Le habíamos mostrado el producto final (otro mural que tenemos) y ahora estaba comenzando a hacer uno nuevo, pero dice que solo lo que hizo fue clavar clavos en una pared. En cuanto al tema limpieza, es algo que venimos trabajando constantemente, y es que la casa escuela es el hogar de los voluntarios y constantemente estamos pidiendo que la limpien que es una de las pautas del reglamento que mandamos y que varias personas no cumplen. Es algo lógico que si dejan comida en platos y no limpian estando en un campo va a haber la posibilidad de que entren ratones y es una de las cosas que ponemos en los carteles para que todos lean.
Espero que los próximos voluntarios puedan entender que son ellos los que deben cuidar el lugar donde están, como también la higiene de las cosas que ellos usan, porque esto no es un hotel, justamente, tampoco cobramos y no tenemos personal para limpiar lo que ellos ensucian. Creo que ella debería optar por otra forma de viajar, quizás yendo a hoteles y tomando cursos que le interesen y donde le brinden toda la información que requiere pagando por la misma claro.
Alexandre
France
It was a great experience! I've learned about taking care of an eco farm and Allan leave to try things if you ask and show you are capable of. Allan is a nice guy and took the time to explain me the things in Spanish even when he need to repeat or talk more slowly :)
over 2 years ago
allan replied
Muchas gracias Alexander y hasta la próxima!
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