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SoloMundo 🌱🐐

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The experience

The Solomundo program at Kids Saving the Rainforest is looking for volunteers to help with gardening and maintaining green areas, caring for farm animals, assisting with construction and general maintenance tasks, and supporting composting and basic waste management. This is hands-on, outdoor work ideal for volunteers who enjoy physical tasks and want to contribute directly to a conservation project in Costa Rica.

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

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

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

What you get

2 days off per week

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.

Discounts on Parties: Get discounts at nearby parties and clubs.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

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.

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.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

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

Requirements

Fluent English or Fluent Spanish

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Solomundo
- Farming • Bioactive Gardening • Farm Animal Care • Products • Farmers Market
Key Activities:
- Care for farm animals including goats, a milk cow, chickens, and more
- Volunteers will assist with construction tasks to help maintain and improve the project's facilities.
- Learn bioactive gardening and regenerative farming techniques
- Assist with planting, harvesting, composting, and soil enrichment
- Help create products such as teas, preserves, or plant-based goods made on-site

Activities & Shift

Tuesday-Saturday breakfast at 6:30, the project day starts at 7am

Rules

No smoking on campus or use of drugs, 3 day probation period