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Farm Life Redefined: Living Off-Grid and Eco-Consciously

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The experience

We are a secluded place with a sustainable living vision and uses only green energy. We have dogs, cats and chickens. Also, you can find free seasonal tropical fruits here.
In a neighbouring place, you can buy organic cheese and eggs, also on the farm and surroundings, you can find free tropical fruits/vegetables.
We need help with the trees, building, repairing, painting, farming, and a friendly attitude to live out of the box.

What you offer

16 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 4 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Donation to project

Description: Volunteers are asked to pay just a nominal daily fee of $4 to cover essential services such as water, electricity, gas, and satellite internet. This fee includes access to all the listed services.

What you get

2 days off per week

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.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

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!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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 Spanish or Intermediate English

Between 18 and 53 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Be from outside Costa Rica

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our farm takes care of the biodiversity and designs a new forest inside the mountains of the Central Pacific Coast in Costa Rica. We are creating a sustainable living space by utilizing permaculture techniques, protecting the forest that surrounds us and helping nature to regenerate itself while using only renewable energy:).
We are building and helping nature to regenerate the forest while planting trees. Our goal is to have a big forest soon! We want to be a non-profit organization (NPO) working for the environment.
Our project is about an off-grid ecological farm at the very beginning of its construction, we have basic living conditions as we are looking for a sustainable space while planting trees from the zone, on land previously used for livestock, now we are doing everything possible to help nature, building a new habitat. We are minimalist but with a unique setup full of details.

Activities & Shift

As a volunteer you will have many jobs to help us in our project, we would like to find persons with skills in gardening, farming, agriculture, permaculture, trade skills such as building, carpentry, landscaping and help with a wide range of repairs or buildings. Especially valuated are your skills in woodworking, building and organic food production experience. A right fit for us has initiative and can generate his/her own ideas and projects, pitch a hand when seeing something falling apart or work better efficiently and propose his/her solutions.

The nature of jobs changes depending on the season when you are visiting us. Summer and winter seasons provide us with different conditions for working, we always have ongoing efforts where you can join us.

Rules

Volunteers are required to a small daily fee ($4) to cover his/her use of the services like Water, Electricity, Gas and Satellite Internet. We are an autonomous setup where we (collect/create/link to satellites) for our services.
For logistical reasons, we won't be providing food. Please bring your own, and feel free to use our equipped kitchen to enhance your meals!
Here you can find all the information about the program: www.ecosardinal.site and relevant information you may want to know before coming ;)