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Spanish immersion & Permaculture farming!

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The experience

This is a Permaculture principals based project in which we’re taking care of a secondary forest, five at level terraces where our edible forest is growing beautifully every day, using the principles of syntropic agroforestry. There are also vegetable gardens close to our home, as well as a green house, and a composting center. We're happy to share our lifestyle with a worldwide community, acting locally and having a global impact!

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

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

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 40 Per day

Description: Daily guidance, all plant-based meals included, 3 Spanish classes/week.

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 Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

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 English or Beginner Spanish

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Spanish: Each week you will have 3 classes + daily practice with a professional native teacher.
Nursery: Plant propagation, seed keeping.
Composting center: Turn over the compost, and filter it.
Harvesting: Harvests and post-harvest processes.
Gardens and terraces: Weeding, planting, mulching, watering, fertilizing, pruning, bio-controlling.
(Bio) construction: Painting, varnishing, sign-making, collecting natural materials (bamboo, volcanic rocks, clay), processing and building using materials, and other smaller projects. It depends on the project at the moment.
Bio-factory: Making mountain microorganisms (our bio-controllers), bioferments, plant extracts, sulfocalcium broth.
Kitchen ferments: Sourdough bread, kombucha (for home consumption).
House recycling
House general cleaning tasks
Community kitchen rotation: Cooking 2-4 times a week (Mon-Fri), breakfast or lunch for the rest of the team. You will do it on your own or with a partner.

Activities & Shift

Collaboration on the land during morning time. During afternoons, we have Spanish classes, we might be having a wellness activity, a weekly meeting, home kombucha making, a cleaning activity for the house, or just chill :)