A Unique Experience with Nature in the Heart of Minas Gerais 🌳🌟

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The experience

Nestled on top of a stunning mountain, surrounded by the untouched beauty of nature in Minas Gerais, Brazil, the house is a true paradise for those seeking a peaceful escape and a chance to connect with nature. 🌿🏞️

Here, volunteers will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty and make a real impact. From land cleaning to preparing our vegetable garden, you’ll be part of creating a sustainable and flourishing space. 🌱🍅

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What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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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.

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

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Requirements

Intermediate Portuguese or Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

My name is Dani, I'm 42 years old. I'm Brazilian and I speak Portuguese and English fluently, intermediate Spanish. I recently returned from a 10-year stint living in Asia where, in addition to backpacking, I worked teaching mathematics in bilingual schools.

I currently live in an amazing house, which I recently moved into. It is located in the city of Baependi/MG on top of a mountain in the Mantiqueira mountain range, surrounded by trees and a bamboo grove. Behind the house there is a native forest and the Serra da Roseta.

I chose to live here so I can be closer to nature and learn from it. Most of my time I dedicate to the arts. I'm a DJ, a puppeteer, I produce music events and also a craft festival in the region. From this artistic vein combined with the connection with nature, came the desire to share the space with other artists, builders, planters and harvesters.

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Activities & Shift

At the moment, I am setting up a vegetable garden, clearing the land around the house and starting to maintain the woodwork of the house. In the arts, I'm developing the concept of an album produced on Ableton, I'm creating a play with animated forms and

Volunteers can help with:
- land cleaning
- setting up the vegetable garden
- maintenance of the house’s woodwork
- share cleaning and cooking
- constructions with bamboo
- treenet construction
- collaborate in electronic music production
- help organize artistic residency and knowledge exchange events
- production of organic home decorations
- design production for social media
- teach me (skills I want to learn): bio construction, making sewn clothes, acrobatic fabric, poi moves, painting with watercolors, playing the guitar, storytelling, acting for theater