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Horse care and farm & garden help needed in Spain!

The experience

A person to stay in the farm, feed the horses, making out and helping with the general maintenance, your accommodation it will be a caravan and we'll provide three meals for you or the ingredients to cook them. The help consist :4 hours in the morning ( feeding horses, making out, general maintenance, gardening, etc.)from 7am more or less. 30 min afternoon 2pm horses lunch and

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

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

Fluent English or Fluent Spanish

Over 20 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

I am Veronica I'm developing a new project in a farm with horses in the south east of Spain, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, and we need help.
We are Non gubernamental organization ( non profit).We have been working in that from 2006 and right now we developing our new place and we need a lot of help. The main one: farm house help ( the house is not builded jet and we need someone to stay in one o the caravans..and..... gardening, helping with the daily routine in the farm: horses care, gardening and general maintenance, and house keeping ( cleaning the caravan and the bathroom)
We are 10 minutes driving from San Juan beach at Alicante -Comunidad Valenciana -Spain and 20 min driving from the city centre( Alicante) 20 min driving to the airport.
You can ride by bike too. I could lend you a bike.
The nearest bus station walking to the city center is 45 min

Activities & Shift

We look for a person to stay in the farm, feed the horses, making out and helping with the general maintenance, your accommodation it will be a caravan and we'll provide three meals for you or the ingredients to cook them.

We expect from you to stay in the farm and help:
4 hours in the morning ( feeding horses, making out, general maintenance, gardening, painting etc.)from 7am
30 min in the afternoon for horses lunch time ( with the nets already filled in the morning)around 2p.m.
10 minutes at the evening for horses dinner (with the nets already filled in the morning).around 8-p.m
Clean the caravan and the bathroom and shower once a week

We have 4 horses( 2 horses and 2 ponys) now, but we can have until 15 horses. And one dog, Nala. We are right now opening the stable to other clients. Horses can't be ridden in case new clients are coming and they lend me the horses to ride.

We expect for a dynamic person, optimistic, no alcohol allowed while working, responsible and with respect for the others. Someone who is able to stay at the farm alone. If you are scared to sleep alone in a farm maybe its not your better place to choose.

To pick up the wheelbarrows you need strength, if you are not physically well, perhaps this is not your place. If you come from horses world you Know what I mean.

Alicante is quite hot in summer from June to September, so ready too for the hot weather.

We´ll provide three meals a day or the ingredients for you to cook them, in case you prefer to help only 3 hours/ day 5 days a week only for the accommodation. We can talk about it.

We organize activities in , the association and you could help or take part, it depends on the activity , your profile and the program for the time you spend with us. there are months with less activity because

Rules

non alcohol while working
respect the animals
agree with the tasks
no smoking while working , and , at the caravan or close to the horses food or the grass