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Help us with farming tasks and be part of our family in Florence

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The experience

We are looking for volunteers to help us with the several works that we need to do but also to have a cultural exchange, meet new people, improving and practice other languages. We need help with farm work to maintain and improve the garden, (collecting wood fire, weeding, seeding, planting,transformation of products)
Also for renovating the stone house that involves masonry works and carpenter works and help the children’s with their homework.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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.

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 Italian

Over 20 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are working mainly renovating the stone house but also to create a vegetable and fruit garden . As well we are passionate on different kinds of crafts, we love to work with clay, felt, wood but also painting and experimenting all types of crafts and arts.

We are also travelers so we speak fluently Italian of course but also French Spanish Portuguese and a little of English. Gil and Amy the youngest of the family are homescholer and follow the courses of CNED in French.

Activities & Shift

The accommodation that we offers is in a shared room inside the house but there's also the possibility to bring your own tent, since we are far to the village we are available to pick you up at the bus or train station. Usually we ask to the volunteers to stay one week minimum fell comfortable to call us for more information and to arrange your stay.

Rules

Must like cats