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🌿 Help Us Start a New Eco-Project on the Caribbean Coast of Guatemala! 🌊

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The experience

Hello! We are Laurence and Elisa, two nature enthusiasts with a shared passion for sustainability and the environment. 🌱 Laurence hails from Canada and has been involved in a cacao social enterprise in Guatemala for the past five years, while Elisa is a talented bamboo architect from Guatemala. Together, we can create a sustainable haven that promotes environmental stewardship and community engagement. 🌍🤝

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

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

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.

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.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

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 Intermediate Spanish

Between 18 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 at the start of this beautiful project which means we are very flexible with help. It can include: Carpenter - Farming/ tree planting/ permaculture design - Art & home decor - Windsurf, yoga, or wellness instructor (Mainly for us and the other volunteers to start with) - Online development or support (We haven't developed anything yet) - Natural builder
We aim to open the space for November 2024 to guests, we would like to create a heart-warming community to anyone passing by. We expect to work about 4-5 hours a day/ 5 days a week depending on your project. Each person should come with a project and objective and we like to let space for initiatives. For each role & project, we are looking for some minimum experience and for people 22+ years old.

On ourside, we are always happy to share about cacao, bamboo, agroforestry, and much more!

Activities & Shift

We would love to create a culture where the group starts the day with an activity altogether before going to breakfast and starting the day.
Example:
8 am-9 am: Activity (we rotate volunteers to lead the activity)
9 am - 10 am: Breakfast (We have tortillas, eggs, beans & fruits)
10 am- 12 pm: Morning shift
12 pm - 3 pm: Lunch & Relax
3 pm - 6 pm: Afternoon Shift
7 pm- 8 pm: DInner
8 pm: Relax, bonfire.

Rules

No Drugs, No parties (we enjoy bonfire nights, music jam, and board games but no loudspeakers), and respect of all people and animals is key.

We are very flexible with weekly schedules and tasks but if a volunteer does not show up, communicate, clean after him/her/themselves, and participate in their shift/activities, we will end the volunteering. We seek to create a nice environment where we are pro-active, supporting each other and good community members.