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Help in our world peace café / meditation centre

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The experience

The café is a big part of our meditation center. General cleaning is involved in the café and also around the center. The café is a nice environment however can be very busy and physically demanding on your feet all day. We give you training however some knowledge of café environment food prep and cleaning is helpful. We work as a team helping each other. Two evening meditation classes are available weekly to attend plus some Sunday classes.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

In exchange for 30 hours of volunteering we offer food, en-suit dormitory accommodation (bunk beds)two to three Buddhist meditation classes a week. We offer a kitchen stocked with food to prepare your own meals and lunch is from our café during café open days.

Activities & Shift

Volunteering is generally Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am to 4.00pm with 30 minuets lunch break. Sunday and Monday are rest days. Most volunteers help in our café but other activities such as cleaning, household and painting is required. Volunteering involves the moving of café furniture daily outside to the terrace and washing up and cleaning toilets.

Rules

As a Buddhist center the rules are
no cooking or consuming meat or fish on the property.
no taking intoxicants (Drinking alcohol and taking drugs) on the premises or coming in to the building intoxicated.
no lying stealing or engaging sexual misconduct