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Time to shine and show your skills in our bar & kitchen!

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The experience

ACCEPTING ONLY FEMALE VOLUNTEERS! Help us offer our guests delicious food and drinks, and make our bar and restaurant a unique spot in Tirana! You would have the opportunity to learn not just the usual cultural exchange experiences, such as cooking traditional dishes and learning about music and history, but also learn from women who are trying to shape Albania's future.



What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Bartending: Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.

What you get

1 day 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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

Requirements

Fluent English

Between 18 and 40 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

Be from outside Albania

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

You will be staying in a 6-bed dorm room shared with other workawayers or guests, or in a 2-bed private room with one other volunteer. We make sure to keep a safe, supportive, LGBT-friendly environment, and have had some amazing people staying with us so far :D

The hostel itself is nestled in a quiet neighborhood, but it's only a few meters away from one of the main central roads of Tirana, Kavaja Street.

Regarding food, we offer two meals a day, eating along with Lora and any other volunteers. We can easily accommodate a vegetarian diet, and a vegan diet with some advice from you. You're also welcome to cook your own food in the shared kitchen.

Activities & Shift

The members of Useful to Albanian Women have been on the front lines of Albanian activism for decades. You would have the opportunity to learn not just the usual cultural exchange experiences, such as cooking traditional dishes and learning about music and history, but also learn from women who are trying to shape Albania's future. By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to that future.

A benefit to volunteering at a hostel is that the rest of the world comes to you. You'll be able to connect not just with locals, but with individuals from all corners of the world who share common values of friendship and openness.

Rules

Since part of our organization's work is supporting vulnerable women, we need to prioritize creating a safe space for them -- we are therefore only inviting women to volunteer with us at this time. Sorry, boys! :)