Help Building at Beautiful Buddhist Retreat Centre in Portugal ✨

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A experiência

Currently, we are looking for volunteers to help us during two weeks, from 30 March to 12 April, to build a retaining wall at the back of our meditation cabins. This is the first step in upgrading this key area. Volunteers should be in good health. We offer our volunteers three vegetarian/vegan meals a day plus accommodation. You will be welcome to attend the daily morning practices with the community.

Languages: Português, Español, English

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Como você ajuda

25 horas por semana

Pintura e Decoração: Ajude a pintar ou redecorar espaços internos e externos.

Construção e Reparos: Ajude em reparos, manutenção ou a construir.

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O que você ganha

2 dias livres por semana

Quarto compartilhado: Você terá uma cama em um quarto compartilhado, ou seja, irá dividir o quarto com outras pessoas.

Quarto da equipe: Você terá uma cama em um quarto compartilhado, ou seja, irá dividir o quarto com outras pessoas.

Café da manhã: Você ganha café da manhã gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Almoço: Você ganha almoço gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Jantar: Você ganha jantar gratuito todos os dias que ficar aqui.

Lavanderia gratuita: Você pode usar nossa lavanderia gratuitamente.

Internet Básica: Internet de velocidade básica para você trabalhar remotamente

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Requisitos

Tem que ter pelo menos 18 anos

Recebe voluntários sozinhos, casais e duplas de voluntários

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O que não está incluso

Passagens, seguro viagem, transporte e visto

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Detalhes

We are an international Dharma (Buddhist) community, that follows the Nyingma School, founded by Lama Urgyen Chökyi Dorje and Lama Gyurme.

Its main locations are Thubten Phunsog Gephel Ling Retreat and Teaching Centre near Alcácer do Sal, Portugal, and Ngedon Shedrup Phuntsog Ling Monastery, in Narangthan, Nepal.

Thubten Phunsog Gephel Ling, is 65 hectares of nature, where people can receive Meditation instructions, Dharma teachings, and learn how to integrate Vajrayana Buddhism into a "normal" family life in the modern world. Although it is not well known in the West, some of the greatest masters of Tibetan Buddhism had traditional family lives.

Our centre, set in the stunning hills of rural Portugal, Alentejo Region, has a magnificent Stupa, Tashi Gomang, one of the largest in Europe.
As stewards of this beautiful place, we are engaged in many projects including tree planting, growing organic food, and water retention, as well as gardening and landscaping, building maintenance, and necessary construction works. This area is also protected from hunting and serves as an important local breeding area for wildlife.

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Atividades & Turnos

Currently, we are looking for volunteers to help us during two weeks, from March 30th through April 12th.

The project:

Build a retaining wall at the back of our meditation cabins. This is the first step in upgrading this key area. Future work will include indoor remodelling and and rebuilding the attached laundry area.

We will be working 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, for two weeks to complete this project.

Volunteers:

Volunteers should be in good health, fit and strong - the lifting of heavy materials, such as gravel and stone will be required, as will mixing and using cement. Experience with building, using cement/concrete is a bonus, but not a must.

**Please note that volunteers are responsible for getting to the centre themselves. We do not issue invitation letters or offer any similar documents.**

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Regras

Smoking is not permitted anywhere within the retreat centre grounds.

Unfortunately, we cannot accommodation pets.