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Description
We're a young couple who moved from Belgrade to eastern Serbia, with the aim of regenerating the landscape using Permaculture techniques and making a permanent home for ourselves.
We are currently looking for 1-2 people to help us primarily with cooking and construction work: timber framing, concrete, digging. We're building a workshop and a new setup for our solar system.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our property is a unique opportunity to see what it takes to form a Permaculture homestead on a bare field from scratch. We use a diverse range of techniques: solar panels and batteries, rainwater harvesting, natural building, polyculture planting and more.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help daily with preparing food, washing dishes and watering plants. There is also periodic work to be done like clearing weeds, preparing firewood, digging, construction and other projects without deadlines.
At this moment we are mostly accepting people who already have workaway experience outside of the city. It's a different kind of life we're living here in woods with a strong Do It Yourself approach :)
Note that we eat dairy products and eggs daily and it's difficult for us to provide meals that don't include these foods. If this is a problem for you, it might be best to seek another host that is more in line with your dietary needs :)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Serbian: Fluent
Accommodation
We can provide a big bed in a well insulated camper. We have a compost toilet and an outdoor shower (this is the highlight!). Cooking is done in our home and we provide all the food and ingredients.
What else ...
There's very little in terms of infrastructure close to our home, the closest neighbour is a couple of kilometres away. We are surrounded by hundreds of hectares of wild oak forests, so it's a good opportunity for some wilderness exploring.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
There is lots of space, but the road to get to us (700m) is not great.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (7)
Well I have to say thank you to Aleks and Marija to have allowed me to discover a new way of life. It was really one of my goals during my trip to live in the nature and to work with my hands.
I stayed in June 2021 for two weeks and half. In the morning, we worked at 9am due to hot weather in order to cutting,… read more
They are amazing! They supported me from the first day to the last in EVERYTHING I needed. I felt like… read more
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Well I have to say thank you to Aleks and Marija to have allowed me to discover a new way of life. It was really one of my goals during my trip to live in the nature and to work with my hands.
I stayed in June 2021 for two weeks and half. In the morning, we worked at 9am due to hot weather in order to cutting,… read more
They are amazing! They supported me from the first day to the last in EVERYTHING I needed. I felt like… read more
From the first moment on, we felt really welcome.
In the morning, just before it got too hot, we could help them weeding, painting, watering the garden, earthplastering their beautiful house, wood chipping and building a catshouse. For us it was interesting to see… read more
