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đŸŒ±Outdoor Helper in Corsica🐔

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The experience

You’ll keep the land thriving: clear brush and paths, repair fences, cut and stack firewood, rebuild dry-stone walls, and start/maintain a small vegetable garden. We value care and autonomy: organize your own workflow, respect tool safety, leave each area better than you found it, and propose concrete, practical improvements.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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: € 5 Per day

Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities

Description: We ask for a contribution of 5 euros to cover dinner. This contribution doesn't include any alcohol.

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.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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

Surfboards: You can use our surfboards as much as 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

Intermediate English or Intermediate French

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

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

You’ll clear brush and paths, repair fences, cut/split/stack firewood, rebuild dry-stone walls, set up a drought-smart veggie garden, and deliver 1 improvement/week. Seeking someone autonomous, careful with tools, and physically fit. Participation to dinner : 5€/day. Tent sleeping; breakfast + lunch included.

Activities & Shift

Tasks :
- Land care: clear brush and paths, prune low branches, move stones/wood, rake & tidy.
- Fencing: replace/straighten posts, stretch wire, fix gates/hinges, check lines weekly.
- Firewood: cut/split/stack; keep woodshed tidy and dry (only chainsaw if experienced).
- Stonework: rebuild small dry-stone walls (murets), terrace edges, steps; mix/lay gravel.
- Vegetable garden: create beds, compost/mulch, sow/plant, weed, harvest; seed saving.
- Irrigation & water: set up/repair drip lines, test flow, practice strict water-saving.
- Soil & paths: lay mulch, mark trails, add anti-erosion steps/drains where needed.
- Tool care: daily clean/sharpen, oil hand tools, coil hoses/cords, restock screws/nails.
- Waste & materials: sort recycling, stack reusable stone/timber, keep site hazard-free.
- Prevention: tidy as you go, report loose rocks, wasp nests, sharp wire, tripping risks.
- Improvement: 1 small optimization/week (e.g., tool board, labels, hose hooks, path markers).

Schedule & pace :
- ~25h/week (e.g., 5h × 5 days), mostly early mornings (heat/sun).
- Flexible with weather and your skills; light tasks or shade work on hot/windy days.
- 2 days off/week (often consecutive). Free afternoons.

Typical day :
- 9 am – Site check & prep (PPE, water, tools)
- 9:30 – Fencing or stonework; garden : irrigation, beds, mulching, harvest ; quick path/brush session.
- 12am – Tool care, tidy work zones, materials stacking, notes for tomorrow.

Rules

- Wildfire safety. No open flames. If you smoke, do it in the designated spot, keep a metal butt tin, and never on dry ground.
- Tool safety first. PPE on (boots, gloves, eye/eye protection), tie hair back, no loose clothing. Ask before using any power tool; chainsaw only if pre-approved.
- No alcohol/drugs on tools. If you’re impaired, you don’t work—full stop.
- Respect the land. Stay on terraces/paths, don’t trample seedlings, don’t cut plants/trees unless it’s on the task list.
- Gates & animals. Close gates behind you. Don’t feed animals without asking. Report any stray dogs/boars immediately.
- Clean as you go. End each task with a 10-minute reset: tools cleaned/oiled, hoses coiled, materials stacked, work area swept.
- Waste & sorting. Reuse stone/timber where possible. Sort recycling. Hazardous waste (oily rags, blades) in the marked box only.
- Check-ins > guesswork. Unsure about a step? Ask early—we’d rather explain once than fix later.
- Autonomy with notes. Keep a simple log (what you did, what’s next, materials needed). Suggest small improvements—one/week is the goal.
- Heat routine. Early starts, hats, sunscreen, water bottle always on you. Take shade breaks; tell us if you feel dizzy or low-energy.
- Noise & neighbors. Power tools only during agreed hours.