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Experience Off-Grid Permaculture Farm life in Costa Rica

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The experience

Finca la Quimera is a project for a sustainable humman ecosistem in the mountains of Costa Rica
Experience life on a secluded Off-Grid Farm, help us keep up with the project by beeing involved in all the project´s activities : Weeding, Mulching, preparing the soil for planting, cultivating and harvesting in our vegateble gardens, helping with the maintanance in all common areas, keeping trails clean and openning up new ones...etc

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 10 Per day

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities

Description: Los voluntarios contribuyen con la cantidad por día (dependiendo duración de estancia ) para cubrir los gastos de su alojamiento, comida, ingredientes, papel higiénico, materiales y herramientas que se pierden o rompen, lavandería de sus sabanas y mantas con jabones biodegradables...etc.

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.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The farm recieves volunteers for a Minimum of 2 weeks. *(Ideal stay 3-4 weeks)
The mission of this project is learning the transition to become more selfsufficient and sustainable while living in nature with a vision of abundance and prosperity for a small family and a small community that could live here in the future. We plan to grow in that direction through cultivating a high porcentaje of our food in a natural and much more conscious way and producing timber and other natural construction materials .


⭐***Our Last News ⭐
We have just installed a small Off-grid Solar Panel System in the Founders home. (Alba's cabin) This is giving us the option to offer electricity and fast INTERNET services for limited hours in the day.

Activities & Shift

Shared accomodation in a new cabin.

All main meals during the working week days (Mon-Fri) are included. The food provided in the farm is non-dairy vegetarian with a variety of local fruits, vegetables, legumes, eggs from our own chickens or from other local farmers etc...
On weekends volunteers can still use any ingredients left in the kitchen and the kitchen facilities to organize and cook their meals as they prefer.

**Volunteers staying more than 3 weeks contribute weekly with 45.000 colones (+-10$day)
Stays of 2- 3 weeks contribute with 55.000 Colones weekly.(+-14$/day)
We can recieve you for less than 2 weeks as Volunteer visitors( 65.000 colones/ week)

We meet up at 6:30 am in the common Kitchen to prepare breakfast and organize our day.
We start our daily tasks at 8 am untill 1:00 pm when we finish for lunch. With a 30 min break arround 10:30 am. Lunch is prepared taking turns, we clean and tidy the kitchen together. Afternoons are free, so are weekends.

*We recieve our Volunteers from Mondays to Thursdays After lunch time.

Rules

Not drug or alcohol abuse during your stay to respect the farm values and the community around us. We promote healthy habbits in general.
Valid medical insurance in Costa Rica