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Join our eco-hostel in beautiful Tartu

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The experience

In our everyday activity we need help with cleaning and preparing the rooms but it is as important as chatting with the guests and making them feel welcomed here.

Everything in the place is in constant change - we are rebuilding and rearranging things all the time, so sometimes we need help with building, painting and preparing to open our roof terrace - this means growing plants and doing different craft projects!

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Administration: Help with booking systems and payments.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 18 and 45 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our Eco-hostel is run by NGO, non-profit organization. All revenue goes to maintain the hostel and support our different eco-projects that are in progress. We have existed in Tartu for around 10 years. Our hostel family currently has 6 members - 4 receptionists and Sigrit and Helgur - the founders of the hostel.

We are focused on green living and re/up-cycling and want to show our guests, volunteers and also people in town how small changes in everyday habits are easy but can make a difference. Besides that we value creativity - we are always a work in progress. Our aim is to host people who love traveling and socializing but want to keep their ecological footprint small. Raising awareness of environmental issues and inspiring travelers to be more environment-conscious are our main goals.

Activities & Shift

Usual working hours for the volunteers are in the mornings 10.00-14.00 (15.00 if it is a very very busy day). 2 days in a week are free but almost never on weekends and on row. Also, if you are volunteering as a couple or with a friend we cannot promise that you get a day off together!

If we have more time on our hands or there are more than 3 volunteers staying we will ask you to help us with extra tasks: painting, building, fixing, doing different craft projects, organizing events and so on.

A new and important task for all volunteers is contributing to our social media presence - this mainly means posting on Instagram and Facebook, but why not introduce us to another platform :)

Depending if it is a high or low season some tasks vary. On low season or weekdays we are doing some renovation work but on weekends and high season it is all about rooms and cleaning.

Rules

We can provide sleeping in mixed dorm-rooms and sometimes we have to make some changes.

We do not provide food! We have a free food shelf in the fridge and free food basket but we can't guarantee that that's enough.

For us it is very important important that you have a plan B for when you get super sick or need to stay in isolation - we cannot provide you with free accommodation for that period of time! Also, please be prepared that if you get sick we might ask you to do a Covid/Flu test.

from volunteers we expect diligence, punctuality, attention to detail and independence in their work.

Other than that volunteers have plenty of free time and can move freely around Tartu and Estonia! Tho the previous text may seem a little intimidating don't worry - we are pretty easy-going!