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Help us with chores around our homestead in Transylvania

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The experience

A place for lovers of nature, art and music, where you can get away to a unique sanctuary and enjoy cultural exchange. We welcome people who are interested in seeing and experiencing a different lifestyle, with more nature, less stress and more simply. If you love carpentry, woodworking, or have experience with living fences, natural building and gardening, come and collaborate with us!

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

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

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.

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

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

We are happy to host open minded, self driven, creative people who are eager to share their experiences and their skills with us. If you are undemanding and you love nature, you will have a great time at the Ranch! Get out of your shell and experience life in a new way with us in this beautiful mountain village.

Our projects vary from season to season but they generally include homesteading type of work. At the moment we are looking for helpers for our natural building project, therefore we prefer someone with previous knowledge in some type of woodwork, cobwork, etc. There is also gardening work as well as some help with animals. Help is mostly outdoors, rain or shine, but all faces of nature are beautiful. If you do not have any experience but you are eager to learn, write to us and we will find a project for you.

We do not always count work hours, some days are shorter

Activities & Shift



When you stay at the Ranch you will have a place to sleep and three meals a day. We have mainly a vegetarian diet, and grow a lot of our own food. Breakfast is usually oatmeal and seasonal fruits from the farm or jam. Lunch is usually pasta or rice with vegetables, and dinner a soup with something delicious from around the farm. We use homemade cheese and other milk products as well as eggs in our diet, therefore we cannot accommodate a vegan diet, a gluten free diet, or other special diets. If you need other food besides the three meals per day that we offer (e.g. snacks, alcohol etc.) you need to take care of that yourself.
Depending on the number of people you might sleep in a guest room or in a comfy tent, you might have to share a room with other volunteers. Accommodation is simple and rustic. We have outdoor facilities: outdoor compost toilet, outdoor shower, limited water.

Rules

The ranch is our home, where people share everything and respect everyone. Leaving the common areas clean is one of the most essential rules on this farm. We work together, we have meals together, we create together a better way of living. Just a reminder, we live in a somewhat secluded area, the nearest shop is about 30 minutes away by foot, so if you need any snacks, alcohol, internet card, cash, medicine, or other important items that you might need, we suggest that you buy them ahead of time.