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Discover Dominican Traditions and help us build our family farm!

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The experience

Join us at Rancho Kadena, a peaceful family farm in the Dominican countryside! We’re looking for volunteers to help with finishing our house—tasks like painting, building, and general maintenance—while also assisting with daily farm tasks. Stay in our home, enjoy the tranquil surroundings, and discover local traditions. Share meaningful experiences while contributing to our growing farm and immersing yourself in Dominican culture!

What you offer

25 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

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Over 18 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

As a volunteer at Rancho Kadena, you’ll play a key role in helping us finish our house and maintain the farm. We are a family of DIY-ers and have built everything ourselves so far!
We’re looking for enthusiastic, proactive individuals who are ready to roll up their sleeves and embrace a variety of tasks. While no specific skills are required, a positive attitude, willingness to learn, and adaptability are essential.

Some of the daily tasks you can expect to help us with:
- Manual labor related to building such as painting, maintenance, working with concrete, welding, or woodworking.
- Daily farm tasks such as, feeding animals, dog walking, repair/maintenance, light gardening/planting, etc..

Most of the focus will be on completing our house, so volunteers should be prepared for hands-on building work. We value any skills you have, and we’ll provide guidance for any unfamiliar tasks.

Activities & Shift

We are very laid back with our working schedule and are willing to work with you to come up with a schedule that works for everyone so you can maximize your time here while also helping us with any tasks needed.

We work anywhere between 4-6 hours per day (20-30 hrs/week) depending on the tasks for that week. You will always have Saturdays off.

We usually work early morning - early afternoon, or early afternoon - early evening.

Rules

-Be respectful always!
- You will be staying in our house and sharing the common spaces with us, so we expect you to clean up after yourself and treat the area as your own!
- Be communicative! Let us know if there's anything we can help you with!