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We are a family of four. Lucia the mom, 50, is a environmental advisor. Henrique, myself, a retired 73 years old multi professional, from musician to business ceo, and Lucas and Gui, our two sons, 15 and 14. We have recently moved to the country near Lisbon, to a 1/2 hectare little farm with a wood house, adjacent to a small town very well served with transports to several interesting spots. We are currently going through the very first steps of implementing a project on a more sustainable way of life, including trying to raise the most of our own food, in a mostly biological way and transforming a barren land into what we would like to be a future food forest. We are located in Pinhal Novo, 40 km from Lisbon, in Setubal peninsula, with easy access to the beach, a small mountain or the capital, Lisbon, being served by train and bus on a 40 mn trip.
We stand with Gaza.Types of help and learning opportunities
GardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer the oportunity to help in a newborn project of living with a slithtly different aproach than that of the majority of portuguese families, and therefore, learning as we do, on a day by day basis how to progessively aproach sustainability. From a bare ground to a sustainable food forest, this is our ambition for the years to come. Sharing of experiences and pleasant talk is also part of the program, as we are great talkers (daddy) and listeners (mommy).
Help
Having a serious respiratory chronic disease (COPD), any type of labour is impossible in my condition thus the need for help.We need general help on maintenance, wood construction and gardening, pet (two dogs and 1 cat) and animal care (chickens/ducks/geese), for 4 to 5 hours a day, with no particular skills needed but DIY, gardening and biological planting and growing experience preferred as we are novices with little to almost no practical knowledge. The opportunity to discover the day to day small labours that this living option requires. Because of a few projects in line, DIY knowledge is very welcomed.
For the moment, our principal job is gardenning (weeding, planting, watering) and general home maintenance as well as a few projects under way (green house).Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Italian: BeginnerAccommodation
You will be staying in a small but confortable caravan next to the main house, with small kitchen (wanting you can cook for yourself), fridge, and a toilet for night time necessities. Shower and day time use of toilet in the main house. We will provide all meals.
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Portugal is a friendly and very safe country, with easy going people. There will be plenty of time for you to see the country around us, including the marvelous nature reserve of Serra de Arrábida, where mediterranean vegetation is still as it was in old times, a mountain bordering the sea with it's secluded french riviera like beaches, Palmela and Setubal, and the Troia peninsula, with kms of pristine atlantic seawater and almost 50 kms of untouched beaches. Also, Lisbon is 40 mn by train or bus so visiting is easy.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We live in small farm with plenty of space and possibility for outside electricity connection, water and wifi.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Animal husbandry covered: feeding and then cleaning the chicken and duck areas, giving them fresh water, feeding and… read more
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Animal husbandry covered: feeding and then cleaning the chicken and duck areas, giving them fresh water, feeding and… read more
It was my first workaway and i cant ask a better place to be and start my adventure.
Lucia is a super woman,she works a lot and cook amazing dishes.
Henri its amazing too,he was like a father for me i was very close to him because of the energy and the commitment he puts in… read more
It was a pleasure to feed the chickens and the ducks. The tasks are very relaxed and rewarding, There's always something new and exciting to do. I learned a… read more
I didn't expect this, henrique and his family were welcoming, very interesting to talk to and discover their habits etc..
The work was really nice, mainly outdoors and not too long.
This experience gave me a nice image of workaway thanks to… read more
I am writing this review because this was my first experience with Workayaway and
I definitely want to say thank you to the whole family and to leave a 5 star review,
but also give some hints for those interested in trying this experience.
So from the first evening we met until the last afternoon the… read more
There is always lots to do around the garden and helping out with the animals.
We also shared some fun evenings with the family, chatting and joking about any and every topic.
Their work was not a very… read more
Henrique welcomed us by picking us up. After arriving at his beautiful farm, we instantly had a long exchanging conversation. We loved to listen to Henrique sharing wisdom and experiences from his life in which he did… read more
Henrique is a very interesting person and he's full of passion about his project to trasnform the dry land of his garden in a beautiful premaculture project,
The work is various and pleasant and there's a lot of time to spent visiting the nice places… read more
Where the house is located is perfect it's really well connected and very easy to get to places.
It was really nice living with the Henrique and the family, Lucia is an amazing cook and… read more
Beijinhos e até logo :-)
Their place is wonderful and they have a lot of projects to come for the garden!
Henrique has a lot of interesting stories to share and is a really welcoming host, he made me feel at ease from the start.
His wife Lucia is a wonderful cook, and his kids are charming.
Being close to… read more
I absolutely recommend this… read more
The work easy and pleasurable, food very tasty,
room comfortable, garden becoming more and more beautiful.… read more
We had great exchange in lots of different themes, where we could learn a lot about Portugal and even our own country Germany.
It was fun to help Henrique develop the paradise he is planning !
The accomodation in the Caravan was perfect for privacy and also… read more