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Help a small farm turn pedagogical center & organics vegetables

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The experience

We intend to make our space a center for visits to animals of various species.
Nature and recreational activities with people of all ages.

5km from Vila dos arcos de Valdevez, in the parish of Vale, this project that started in 2017 with the production of snails, is currently being transformed into organic vegetable production, where we also have an expanding pedagogical farm, sheep, ducks, chickens and pigs, with 1ha.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

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

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

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

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

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.

Requirements

Intermediate Portuguese or Fluent English

Between 25 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

We are a traditional Portuguese family who lived in a large city (Porto) and moved without fear for a calm environment, in the middle of nature, in one of the most beautiful areas of Portugal.
With us you will have the opportunity to know everything about snails, their development, feeding, reproduction, etc, how to produce healthy and organic food, learn the routines of our sheep, chickens, ducks, pigs and rabbits.

Activities & Shift


Maintenance of the farm, taking care of the animals and feeding, creating infrastructures to house more animals, cutting firewood, land clearing, cutting vegetation, planting, digging, organic farming, horticulture production.

The caravan has a small double bed, stove, fridge, dining table and electricity.
The bathroom is in the storage building next door.
The internet dont work inside the caravan.

You should bring shoes and clothes to work.

Rules

Usually I accompanie sed the volunteers in all the tasks.
It will be 5 hours a day and weekends are free. Start 8 to 1pm. In the weekends just have to open and close the animals.
I made lunch and we eat together(I try to made some Portugal tipical dishes).
I provide the ingredients for the other meals, and they are made by voluntears for himselfs.
At the weekend, and dinners, the volunteers will be cooking for themselves.
If volunteers go out with their hosts, all food costs are the responsibility of the volunteers.
- It is not part of the food we supply, alcoholic beverages, juices or soft drinks.


Loudry once a week.