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Come to Our Fruit Garden in Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Mexico.

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The experience

Join us to help approximately 1000 fruit trees and live an enriching experience in nature. Depending on the time of year, our garden needs different types of care and your help will be appreciated. We believe that it is essential to find a good fit between your interests and our needs so that the experience is rewarding for everyone. Come share your skills and enjoy a unique experience in our project.

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.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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.

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 Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

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.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Spanish

Under 35 years old

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

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

It is a place where we exchange ideas of growing non GMO food, as much as possible. Avoid using chemicals to control insects, fertilizers. Just allow natural organic substances and process. It is a place to be happy - hope you enjoy your stay.

Activities & Shift

Chose some work from list given bellow.

There no specific time to start or end your shift - just use common sense to provide about 25 hrs per week
Watering plants when dry, transplanting from plant pots to the ground, take out weeds around the target trees. Help with cooking, washing, buying groceries, repairs, painting, any work/project makes this place more enjoyable. You do not need to do all, just few you like and you are good at it.

It is try our best that we figure out to be a good match for both sides.

Rules

Respect the project, respect others in the project including plants, birds, butterflies. Use the kitchen carefully, clean after use of any utensils. Recycle - separate papers, metal, plastic, organic substance for compost. Compost is the main food for all plants here.