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Give us a hand doing ECO BUILDING and AGROFORESTRY!

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The experience

We have different projects going on and a few for the future:
- Building a chicken coop
- Renovating a stone ruin
- Building a terrace on our community house
- Maintaining and expanding our agroforest
- doing vegetable gardens

These can be a physical work and is good if you already know a little bit around some materials. But we are also very eager to teach you about different techniques. Let's have a hands on experience!

What you offer

6 hours of help per day

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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

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

What you get

2 days off per week

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

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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

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

Intermediate English or Intermediate Portuguese

Over 23 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

European Union Passport

United States visa or citizenship

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

In the community we have different expertise and are very happy to share them with you while we work on the projects together. In some tasks you would be working by yourself.
We would like to welcome autonomous, pro-active people with some knowledge around the areas of eco building, gardening and agroforest.

Activities & Shift

We ask for 5-6 hours of work with 2 days off.
Usually is best to start in the morning, around 8:00-9:00 until lunch and then if is still needed, a little bit of work in the afternoon.

Rules

There are screen free children in the community, so we ask you not to be on your phone at meal time our if you are around them.
We usually have lunch together with the whole community.
You'll have to prepare your own breakfast and dinner.