Mansion Renovation in Coffee Hancienda with Pool - All Skillsets Needed!
The experience
FREE LODGING: We are expanding our facilities to create a new space for Veterans & First Responders to find peace from Stress & Trauma. It's an abandoned 10-bedroom mansion in a 45-acre coffee ranch over-looking beautiful Chinchina town. We have a pool and two jacuzzis to renew! We have floors to tile, walls to paint, landscaping to do, electrical & plumbing to upgrade, a kitchen and many other living spaces to remodel. Want to help?
What you offer
25 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
3 days off per week
Private Room:
You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm:
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm:
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours:
We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Free Hiking Tours:
We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
Free Parties:
Get free entrance for the best parties in town.
Free Events:
Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Dance classes:
Take free dance classes at our place.
Language lessons:
Take free language classes at our place.
Use our equipped kitchen:
Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate:
Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Requirements
Intermediate English
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
FREE LODGING: We will provide you with a FREE comfortable place to stay, 20mb WiFi, washer/dryer, hot showers... downtown Chinchina where all the cultural action takes place. In exchange, you give us 25 hours of serious work helping us build this remodel for an awesome cause! We are putting together a site for veterans to come to relax and recharge their batteries.
Activities & Shift
You will simply need to be available to help out with restoration, depending on when you come, that will determine the task at hand. Have you visited our beautiful Colombian coffee region before? There is much for you to enjoy if you haven't. in fact, you could extend your stay as long as you wanted. Horseback riding, zip lining, waterfall repelling, coffee tours, jeep rides, motorcycle rides, hang-gliding, shopping, soccer, volunteer in the community, dancing, new food, new friends!
Rules
Simply treat our home and project with respect. We won't waste your time, and please do not waste ours. We'll invest equally into your experience.