Join Forest Management/ Gardens/ Painting on eco-sites!
The experience
While carrying out forestry management among the trees, enjoy the natural sounds that surround the forest and gardens. We will reactivate short trails and care for a small agroforestry system.
We alternate days with painting details, tidying up structures in a cycle of general renewal. You can contribute with your positive energy and dedication and also rest, take photos, socialize, read, and bathe in river waters within two of the project's eco-sites.
What you offer
5 hours of help per day
Building & Repairing:
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Painting & Decorating:
Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Farming:
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Additional fee required
Amount:
R$ 250
Per week
Fee pays for:
Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities
Description:
Lunches included with WP. Basic Fee (7 days) R$ 250,00 Includes: cleaning supplies, gas, electricity, use of the kitchen (with schedules). Bring groceries; refrigerator; stove; utensils. Laundry soap, toilet paper, cleaning products.
Bring items for your evening snack and breakfast.
What you get
1 day off per week
Private Room:
You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Breakfast:
You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Accommodation:
Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
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
Beginner Portuguese
Between 24 and 55 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
*The activities will be held outdoors (on days without rain), in semi-open spaces and also inside the structures.
* They include details of painting in outdoor areas or well-ventilated areas, such as windows, floors, furniture and/or walls undergoing renovation.
* The pace will be mainly concentrated in the morning or the afternoon.
* We follow customary practices and rules described on the site.
* The fee will be refunded at 50% in case of withdrawal communicated at least one week in advance. After arrival, there will be no refund, due to the booking, preparation to welcome you, purchases and travel expenses.
* Your proactivity, combined with our lodging and leisure facilities, can generate mutual benefits.
* Conversations and new agreements for possible extensions are welcome.
* All questions must be asked before enrollment, which will be subject to deposit of the basic fee, binding to what is expressed in the dialogue box as the agreement and in the descriptions of this requested position (activity during the stay and structure).
* There may be rhythm flexibilities, schedules, ways of sharing time. Any time not fulfilled in a day could be used for the following day or reduced.
* Only one full day off may be available when six full days with 5 hours of activities each have been completed. Each day of the week will have most of the afternoon and evening free or swapped with some mornings.
Activities & Shift
*5 hours daily, concentrated mostly in one of the periods of the day.
The remaining hour or hour and a half may be in the afternoon or early evening, leaving long spaces for leisure, river, outings, rest, socializing, etc.
Rules
Let's live in harmony and have a better stay and customs? Thus...
a- It is not allowed to bring meat. Sweets are not included in the meals; if you wish, you may bring them for personal consumption. Prefer healthy meals. No frying due to the ecological septic system.
b) It is not allowed to consume alcoholic beverages or substances that alter consciousness.
c) If you are a smoker, inform in advance. Avoid smoking during the activities and in the convivence areas.
d) Do not use your mobile phone during the activities or meals. The best network signal in the region is from TIM.
e) Take the necessary precautions before and during travel to avoid arriving with symptoms of illness, as this is a shared space. If you present symptoms, you will not be admitted. If they arise during the stay, you should seek the nearest SUS or rely on family or friends for proper care. We can guide or arrange transport to nearby locations if necessary.
f) The basic fee will not be refunded after arrival at the site. If you opt to change modality, you may join the Eco Lazer program, with promotional value of R$ 100,00 per day with breakfast or R$ 130,00 per day with lunch, for use of room, house and green areas.
g) It will be necessary to sign a Term of Responsibility and Physical Integrity (relating to your travel and safety), as well as formalize participation in the system of exchanges between services/structure and collaborations.
e) It will always be open in the evenings or free hours to answer questions, talk, adjust the journey, preserving fully the time of collaborative activities.