Khan Family Home

There are always a lot of varied and interesting projects to help with here, and for those willing to put in some effort with good spirit and humour there's plenty of knowledge and friendships to take away with you. My hope is that you'll leave learning about a culture / lifestyle you didn't know about before, improved English DIY skills and maybe even a little Urdu!

We've hosted over 50 guests over the years across other sites, but we're new to worldpackers :)

We're a traditional muslim family, with my parents having left pakistan/india before the partition, so if you want to experience what life is like for a 'typical'? London family living in the suburbs (not the centre), we'd love to have you join us! My sisters a primary school teacher, currently into organic 'everything', gardening and pottery. Given we're from an eastern culture, we're relatively warm and open in the global scale of things, the more you get involved the more you'll feel part of the family! If you are an honest person and have plenty of independence you will be welcome to help on this project. The things that we'll need help with are many and varied, sanding, painting, gardening - all the way to plastering, carpentry, electrics, stronger DIY skills will be given preference. I suggest that volunteers come for one week first, then if it all works out we can negotiate the duration of the stay. You will need to be physically fit and we're happy to take either one or two single individuals.


Reseñas

4.5
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Anfitrión y equipo

4.5

Horas y tareas

4.0

Hostal

4.5

Aprendizaje y diversión

4.5

México

5

Haider's parents are very kind and hospitable people. The activities at Haider’s parents’ house mainly consist of keeping the house clean and occasionally doing tasks like painting or patching up a wall. One of the advantages is that their house is fairly central you can get to the city center in about 30 minutes by metro. I should also mention that the room where I stayed was very clean and comfortable.

Thank you very much, Haider, for allowing me to stay at your home. I hope to return soon and see you all again.

hace 5 meses

Costa Rica

5

great family, very friendly, feels like home, excellent food, the house is quite cosy, the schedule is flexible, very good if you have remote work, the tasks are easy :)

hace 7 meses

Colombia

5

It was my first time as a volunteer, and really it was awesome, I learnt many things about the local culture and I had the opportunity to visit many beautiful places in the city, about my target of practice English I feeling it improve very much and now I have confidence to speak, the host, Haider is a good guy and very relaxed and his family is pretty kind, I just say thanks for that unique life experience!!!

hace 9 meses

Colombia

5

Tuve una experiencia increíble haciendo voluntariado en la casa de Haider en Londres. Haider fue un anfitrión excelente, siempre amable, paciente y dispuesto a ayudar con cualquier cosa que necesitara. Además de aprender nuevas habilidades, tuve la oportunidad de conocer Londres en profundidad y explorar un poco la cultura musulmana, lo cual fue muy enriquecedor. La casa estaba en una buena ubicación, y el trabajo era justo lo que se había descrito: tareas variadas que se llevaban bien y con flexibilidad.

hace 10 meses

Colombia

5

It was all a great experience, the kindness of their parents and the patience they give you is admirable. They help you improve your English and teach you their Muslim culture. If you stay at their parents' house, You will try their traditional food (spicy and delicious). I learned that they value your effort and good work very much. But above all, they value the respect and kindness that you provide, because they expect to trust you. Si eres un futuro voluntario, procura organizar tus horas de trabajo y alimentación y separar tiempo para ti, flexibles siempre que te sepas comunicar a tiempo.

hace 10 meses


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