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Sustainable Projects in Ecological Park and Universal Temple

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The experience

We are a large complex, with many activities for the volunteer to collaborate:
- Planting of medicinal herbs for “Live Pharmacy”
- Project management and administration related to the park as a nursery, an ecovillage, astronomical observatory, camping and trail
- Admnistration works
- Maintenance and improvement of Pico dos Cabritos ecological trails
- Temple cleaning and maintenance

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

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

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

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!

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

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

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

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The Park involves nature lovers in a seedling nursery and in the reforestation and planting campaigns of native and fruit trees. There is a natural pool with a water wheel for sustainable drinking water capture, 4 water springs, trails, wonderful views, and buildings erected with traditional methods such as hand mud (it's called "pau-a-pique") and Super Adobe.

It is intended within the park to build an Ecovillage, a Sustainable Camping, and an Astronomical Observatory (these are projects in progress).

The temple is a universalist center that seeks to promote self-knowledge, with the aim of promoting self-healing and the personal and spiritual development of the participants.

Activities & Shift

There will be 4 hours of help per day in exchange for accommodation in a furnished house in the middle of the park.

The tasks will vary according to the demand but always focused on improving the Park and the Temple, being both management (administrative) and hands-on work, more physical.

Rules

We expect volunteers with proactivity and good communication. In addition to being nature, animal and human lovers.