Enjoying life and helping us with our tasks
The experience
Help us develop and maintain our recreational spaces consisting of fruit trees, lawn, pool and cabins by applying products that are as environmentally friendly as possible. Our center sits on a 10,000 m2 area in a rural setting, 5 km from the center of Curacaví, 45 minutes from Santiago and 75 km from Valparaíso. You want to learn basic maintenance techniques and you are a perfectionist. We look forward to welcoming you.
What you offer
25 hours of help per week
Farming:
Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Building & Repairing:
Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Gardening:
Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Painting & Decorating:
Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Additional fee required
Amount:
CLP$ 6000
Per day
Fee pays for:
Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities
Description:
Volunteers will contribute 6000 per day to cover meals, maintenance costs, or fund daily accommodation expenses in the small house where they will live during their volunteering.
What you get
3 days 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.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access:
High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace:
Specific space for you to work remotely
Requirements
Fluent Spanish and Beginner English
Between 22 and 50 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Academy Course How to become an outstanding Worldpacker
Travel insurance
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
First of all we offer you a small cabin with two bedrooms, which you can share with your partner or another volunteer, the solidly built cabin also has hot water and an open kitchen. We want to transform our tourist center into something more sustainable, in line with current changes in environmental conservation. We want to apply a new concept that has a direct relation to permaculture. We are sure there are many volunteers who have ideas, visions and objectives they wish to apply here on our 10,000-square-meter site, with a pool (note the pool does not function year-round), 6 cabins and an event center, and an orchard, a water treatment plant and a photovoltaic plant; you can pursue and apply your objectives in relation to the environment. In our spaces and in daily life, we do not differentiate social hierarchies; we make social contact an opportunity and a cultural exchange by actively participating in the activities and enjoying together at the table whether at breakfast, lunch or dinner exchanging ideas and aiming at learning Spanish, and if you speak English, exchanging these languages in a natural and simple way. We invite you to be part of our project and of your own."
Activities & Shift
General activities include conservation and maintenance of the gardens, irrigation, assistance with guest services, housekeeping in the cabins, washing sheets, cleaning and maintenance of the pool. We do not have shifts, but you should plan for at least about 4 hours in the morning and another 4 in the afternoons, or as agreed. As part of learning the reservation process for accommodations, the volunteer receives an additional 5,000 Chilean pesos for each reservation they personally make by phone (due to needing to answer the phone and handle guest check-ins and check-outs).
Rules
Responsibility, respect for nature, an intrinsic desire to learn and perform the activities to perfection, keeping tools in order and clean. Smoking is not allowed inside the accommodations, nor illegal substances inside the premises. Keep the center free of all kinds of elements that could contaminate it — papers, plastics, cigarette butts, etc. It is important and required to keep your cabins daily clean and tidy, as well as the dining area, kitchen and bathroom.