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Farming, cleaning, helping in a Tuscan Village

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The experience

Join a family project in Castelnuovo D’Elsa, surrounded by Tuscan countryside. Volunteers support in building, house renovation,
cleaning, cooking and farming. The place is in a peaceful village, with Castelfiorentino and Empoli as the nearest train stations and the Castello di Coiano (a touristic location) nearby. A chance to live authentic rural Tuscany while contributing to daily life. *WE DONT SPEAK ENGLISH* but Spanish and Italian.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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.

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.

Requirements

Beginner Italian or Intermediate Spanish

Between 26 and 50 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

Academy Course How to become an outstanding Worldpacker

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Volunteers can have breakfast and lunch with the family. For dinner they should buy some food and can use the kitchen to cook. Also during the free days (Saturday and Sunday) they can prepare their own food in the kitchen.

Activities & Shift

Tasks to be performed:

For women:

Cleaning the house and the yard/garden
Cooking
Doing laundry
Sometimes small tasks in the vegetable garden, depending on the season

For men:

Helping my husband with small house renovation works
Organizing firewood in the garden for the fireplace
Cutting grass, etc.

Rules

We are busy with our church on weekend therefore volunteers can consider Saturday and Sunday their two free days. They can leave on friday evening and come back on sunday evening if they wish to explore the sourronded places (Lucca, Pisa, Firenze). In case they want to stay at home they can use the kitchen with their own food.