Eco Program in Portugal: Clay plastering the common house at a new...

What you offer

15h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

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

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

Additional Fee: This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of the Worldpackers annual plan.

Additional fee required

This host charges a fee in addition to the cost of Worldpackers’ annual plans.

Amount

€ 35

Per week

Fee pays for

Donation to project

Description

Our preference is to ask helpers to pay around 35 euros per week for food and gas, with a work exchange of 15 hours per week. If you eat less meals with us, we can agree a lower price each week. Alternatively, for those who are able to work without guidance for some of the work hours, we can offer a full work exchange of 25 hours per week, food included.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

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.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Discounts on Parties: Get discounts at nearby parties and clubs.

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

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

Verified Host: This host has been verified by our team before joining the community.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 1 week

The Experience

The common house construction is a roundwood structure with a green roof, stone foundation and walls of wooden pallets stuffed with straw and plastered with clay. This is where we have the shared kitchen and hang out space. We aim to get it ready for the winter as a cosy warm space. We have more plastering to do, plus filling some last parts of the walls with straw. It is a great building method that we are happy to teach. We work 9-13h.

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Requirements

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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a) How was your experience with this host?
b) How was your day-to-day routine?
c) How much did you spend on this trip?

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Join the host in pursuit of these goals and contribute to building a better and more sustainable future for all.

3. Good health and well-being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

11. Sustainable cities and communities

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.

15. Life on land

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems.

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1 Review

3.0

Host & Team

4.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Eco Village

5.0

Learning & Fun

4.0

How this experience will transform you

1 Get in touch with nature

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

1 3. Good health and well-being
1 11. Sustainable cities and communities
1 15. Life on land

Micah

Italy

This volunteering was a great learning experience and the food was awesome! We enjoyed our stay Hari was super friendly and a great host although we lacked the social aspect as there was no other volunteers there. We found the clay plastering interesting although possibly one week would have been enough for us as it was repetitive. We went to a work day and this was really fun meeting new people, we also went away for the weekend (4days) and Hari was nice and flexible about this and adjusted our hours accordingly. We would recommend having experience in the outdoors prior to arrival.

10 months ago

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