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Working on a horse ranch and exploring Berlin

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The experience

You would like to work on a farm and with horses, but at the same time you would like to get to know Berlin?
Tasks:
muck out stalls/paddocks
help me educate the foals
developing content for social media
and anything else you are interested in farm work (there is a lot from which you can choose)
Your leisure time you may spend f.e. Berlin which is very close, or stay with us, riding, working the horses or do what ever you like.


What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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.

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Beginner German

Over 21 years old

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

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Mainly I would love to have someone here, to help me with the horse breeding programme. Each year several foals are born on the ranch. First of all there will be night shifts in front of the camera to not miss their birth. After they are born, we have to make them people friendly and educate them. Most of the time I´m doing this allone, but sometimes it is better to have a helping hand. Also each spring and summer there is a lot of reproduction work to do with the mares. We do not breed them naturally, they have to be inseminated and you should learn to assist the veterinarian and me with the mares.
Also social media apperance is a big part of my daily work. To have some assistence in creating content (making pics, videos, stories for FB and Insta) would be great!

Activities & Shift

Everyone who works here also has to help clean out the stables. We all do that and it is important to understand that this simply is a necessary part of the daily life on a horse ranch. We start to muck the stalls in the morning at 7 am or 8 am (depends on the time of the year). The morning shift will be 2-3 hours. The rest of the day depends on the time of the year. Work on a farm & with animals changes with the seasons!

Rules

To work here, you must love animals.... also the experience of last year showed, it is absolutely necessary that you have some experience in handling horses You would also have to be someone who really wants to work with us, reliable, honest and friendly. If you would prefer to volunteer in a hostel f.e., but you can´t find one close to Berlin and so you apply on our place, you definitely will not be happy here. We made this experience last year and it was not a good one... not for us and not for the volunteer!