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Ayuda a la recolecta del Pimiento de Padrón en Galicia

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The experience

Hello, we are a small family from the north of Spain. If you are looking to discover Galicia this is your place.
Here we live off our harvest and a small restaurant in our house. There are four of us in the house, three women and a 10-year-old boy (three dogs also accompany us). Life here is quiet, our house is in a small village in the Rías Baixas and has very good connections with other points of interest in Galicia.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

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.

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.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner Spanish or Intermediate English

Between 22 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 looking for a person to help us harvest the pepper that we plant in the summer months. It is a very simple task that we can explain to you once you are here with us. You will help us 5 days a week, from Monday to Friday, always in the mornings, so you will have free afternoons and the weekend to enjoy as you wish.
In your job you will have three days a week in which you will accompany us to our plantation to harvest the pepper, the other two days you will do work at home, helping us take care of the garden or cleaning.
We are also open to listening to interesting proposals or initiatives that can help us grow or jobs in which the person feels more comfortable.
Here in Galicia the summer is around 27-40 degrees, the weather is very changeable, so someday you may work in the heat.

Activities & Shift

This is our main idea:
Monday-Wednesday-Friday, work on pepper harvesting.
Tuesday and Thursday, work at home, general cleaning, help with the garden or new proposals for our home and our restaurant.
The hours will be from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm approximately.
We ask for 6 hours a day, eight to one is five, the remaining hour is in case there is a problem one day or we have to work half an hour more for anything specific that may arise. It may be that one day we finish at 2:00 p.m. but this will rarely happen.

Saturday-Sunday, free.

Rules

Volunteers will have their own room, it is a double room. Our idea is to always accommodate two people, so we are open to opening the doors to couples or friends traveling together, but if you travel alone it may be possible for you to share the room with another volunteer.
You can use the entire surroundings of the house, including the pool, in your free time.

The house rules are simple:
Keep your personal space clean.
Have good personal hygiene.
Respect the people who live with you.
If you use the common spaces, then leave them clean and tidy.
We need good communication with you. (If you are not going to return one day or you will arrive home very late, let us know).
Be polite to other people.
Respect our dogs.
And enjoy our home.