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Help grow our community in a peaceful village in Portugal

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The experience

We are a family that organizes community events /run guest house in our beautiful space outside of Tomar. Our aim is to bring life to our village through creating projects/events that provide meaningful experiences to the community/guests who visit us.We need help in gardening/social media/event planning/media/hosting our guests. We are looking for volunteers that has experience in ether of those tasks. We are grateful for any help we can get!

What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

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

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.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

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

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

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner Portuguese

Between 25 and 50 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Here are the main tasks we need help/improvement in:

Event planning: We like to host 1-2 events per month if possible. We need ideas on what themes the events will be about and where to set it up in our big backyard area. You will collaborate with me and my mother on the details and dates to have the events by. We want each event to be meaningful and impactful for our community/ guests who visit.

Social media creation: Creating engaging content for our social media accounts. Adding appropriate hashtags and actively gaining followers for the account. Main goal is to gain traffic to our booking.com/ website to create new guests bookings & artists to visit and add art pieces to our area.

Gardening: To maintain our plant life in our area by trimming/ watering/ planting/ harvesting/ labeling/ examining plant health etc. Would need volunteers with intensive knowledge to help add routines/ over all care for our lovely plant life in our big backyard area.

Guest Hosting: When we have guests staying over from booking.com we kindly ask to host them during their stay. That involves playing appropriate music to create a nice atmosphere/making & serving drinks/ serving snacks/ helping guests with by answering any questions or concerns. The overall goal is creating a friendly envioment for guests during their stay.

Activities & Shift

4 hours per day for 5 days a per week. With 2 days off. We are a very laidback family and trust you enough to do your tasks when assigned. Shift Times can be 9am-1pm or 4/7pm depending on the needs of each day.The environment itself is very peaceful and relaxing. please enjoy our area as much as our guests do, most areas are open for you to use if guests are not occupying it.

Rules

No smoking inside our rooms. 10pm and after is quiet time hours. Respecting other guests who visit that are looking for a peaceful experience. Respecting the space by cleaning up after self and treating it like your home.