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Help with us out on the land

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The experience

We have a lot of different taks to do, it's hard to pin it down to a specific job. Generally, we plant fruits trees and root vegetables , cultivate(clearing and fertilizing) the plants we have been planting until now.
We also want to establish a raised garden bed soon!
We love when people are autonomous and motivated!
We can't really foretell the tasks exactly, it always depends on what needs to be done and on your skills or passions.

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

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$ 82 One time

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Volunteers contribute 300 soles for three weeks (or less) to help us with food expenses, also for chicken food and building materials as we are still establishing the place

What you get

1 day 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.

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

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 Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Requirements

Fluent English or Fluent Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We live in a community, all in the same house. That means we all take care of this place like our home. Cleaning, dishwashing, cooking are not part of "work" but part of daily comunal life :)
If we all do a little bit, it's more comfortable and easy for everyone!
Living here is quite challenging because of the heat, mosquitos, and humidity so you really need to be sure and motivated, not just looking for an "experience"
We open up the doors of our home to you and take a lot of time to explain things about how everything works here and also about the plants, forest and everything :)
So we really want people who know and appreciate community life and are able to work independently.

About the house:
We all sleep in the upper floor of our wooden house. We don't have walls or rooms only a small balcony. You can sleep on a mattress with
Mosquito net or bring your own tent.

Activities & Shift

We usually take a fruit snack and then work one or two hours before breakfast while someone helps making breakfast, then we rest a little bit and continue the work or take a few hours of rest and work a bit more in the late afternoon.
It really depends on the weather and tasks too.

We take showers in the river and have a dry compost toilet.