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Region: Cariboo

Welcome to our north Cariboo cattle ranch and garden market! We offer the opportunity to engage in a quiet, hardworking, back to basics way of life that reconnects people with the land, its creatures and all that can be produced from the soil. We believe in both self and environmental sustainability which translates into ever decreasing consumerism. We are a "middle aged" couple who live the enviable ranching lifestyle which many people can only dream about. Both Dave and Rosie come from a traditional background with very strong work ethics. We enjoy working hard as well as taking time for recreation and relaxation when time permits. Buck Ridge Ranch and Gardens is located approximately 40 kilometers south of Quesnel, BC. Learning opportunities are varied - anything from crop and vegetable production to animal husbandry; as well as forestry related activities, construction/building projects and eco projects etc. Our proximity to the Fraser River and vast tracts of crown land provide for numerous recreational opportunities, eg. hiking, canoeing, mountain biking. Our ranch property is situated in the North Cariboo region, close to the famous Cariboo gold fields of the 1860's. The Fraser River borders the east side of the ranch while the immense Fraser Plateau Wilderness area borders us to the west. The ranch is a 120 cow/calf operation where we over-winter our weaned calves and market them as short or long yearlings. Low-input, holistic management techniques are implemented in many facets of our ranching operation. Our land base comprises of both deeded and leased land as well as crown range. The ranch and garden is our sole occupation which allows us the time to be continually improving the operation from the somewhat neglected condition we found it in 7 years ago. The garden market is a relatively new enterprise which we hope to expand over the next few years. A wide variety of vegetables are grown organically and sold at local markets. Rosie is currently enrolled in a university Master Gardener program. She hopes to have much to offer by way of both hands on experience and scientific knowledge for those who are interested in gardening. Other ventures include a small scale egg laying operation as well as a grass fed poultry growing enterprise. Workawayers have their own space in our 28' furnished travel trailer. Three meals a day are provided and other than breakfast, are eaten together. As could be expected our diet is highly carnivorous, however we do eat the odd vegetable once or twice a month - just kidding! Yes, we do like our protein but we eat lots of veggies too - someone has to consume all of Rosie's extra garden produce! Speaking of eating, we expect those who do, to be part of the cleanup crew! The type of work to be done varies with each season. Spring brings a busy work schedule: garden preparation and seeding; feeding and calving; fencing and pasture cleanup; field preparation and irrigating. With the summer comes more irrigating, moving cattle and haying, in addition to the garden market harvest season. In the fall we are wrapping up the gardening season and Saturday markets while still moving cattle, finishing any crop harvesting that needs to be done, fencing, trying to get projects we've started finished, winterizing equipment and gathering firewood for the winters fuel supply. Workawayers need to bring their own work clothes and personal effects including ALL hygiene products and should be prepared for working in all types of weather. We do enforce a few house rules but nothing unreasonable. Feel free to ask about them - most are straight forward and common sense. Other than special circumstances, we require farmstay participants to stay a minimum of 4 weeks. We find it takes most people at least 2 weeks to adjust to a new lifestyle and learn the routine. Usually those who stay longer really enjoy their time with us. Leisure activities that we take part in occasionally include: hiking, ATV trips, photography, canoeing, fishing, camping, cross country skiing, snowshoeing etc. For those who enjoy nature and wildlife our location is often quite amazing. Wildlife that is seen, sometimes on an almost daily basis, includes deer, and bear. Less seen but very present are moose, elk and wolves. Many varieties of birds and waterfowl pass through at various times of the year. Bird watching can be very rewarding at times. In conclusion, our need for help is constant but continuously changing. We have found from experience that the most important asset a Workawayer can bring to our ranch is an optimistic outlook and a positive attitude. Anyone who comes needs to be willing to work effectively and not be afraid to try new things. Keep in mind that the ranch/farm life, among many other things is hard work - you have to love that aspect too. If you don't value a healthy, hardworking lifestyle our ranch probably won't be a good fit. Only volunteers 21 and over need apply.

Region: Andalucia

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Update: * I currently have all the help I need, so I won't be * hosting any more workawayers until Easter 2014. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I'm a single British guy with a large house in the heart of Cazorla, a busy little white town set in beautiful mountains. With the help of workawayers the house has been converted into a rental home and an owner's apartment. There isn't much to do now so I'm only accepting workawayers in November, March and April - in winter it's too cold to heat all the house, and in summer I hope to be earning money from renting the house. The work isn't so exciting - preparing the house for rental, some DIY, cutting firewood - but you don't come to Cazorla for the work, you come for the lovely town and the beautiful countryside. I think all my visitors have left with great memories of the area.

Region: Kigoma, Wakiso district

Our Foundation is a private non-profit organization operating near Kampala, Uganda in East Africa. We aim at reaching marginalized children and youths such as orphans, school drop outs and members of very poor families. Today we bring together over 180 children from the outskirt villages of Kampala to provide them with the basics of life; education, shelter, food, clothing and health care. Our orphanage home is set up as a nurturing family environment, where our children are engaged in crop growing, gardening and cooking. You can make a tremendous difference in empowering the lives of under priviledged children and youths by employing your time, skills and talents as a volunteer. Our volunteer program includes teaching nursery & primary classes, assisting children with their daily tasks, administration support, fund raising, writing and other activities of your interest. We offer our volunteers comfortable accommodation and tasty local food, along with assistance and introduction to the local culture. For more information, please send us a message. Our children welcome volunteers with genuine smiles and they are eager to meet you!

Region: Munster

We are a couple living in the Adare area the golden vale of Ireland. We have a small holding for growing vegetables. We are a couple in our fifties. I work as a freelance designer and my hobbies are to cook and textile design. We have a variety of small animals 5 cats, and keep a few sheep for their wool so that I can dye and make felt. We invite anyone to come and help us out in the vegetable and fruit garden and get it set with plants. I also need some garden furniture and gates painted. For the rainy days its possible that light housework and some painting would be required, If these are jobs are of interest to you please don't hesitate to contact us. We speak English only but are will to host anyone who is willing to learn the language, a little english would be preferable, own computer preferable and a non smoker please.

Region: Northern Patagonia-Chiloe Island

We are a family of five. Sandra, Britt, the parents and we have three girls: Miska and Tamia who are twelve years old and Meli who is six years old. We live in a lovely home six km. outside the town of Ancud. Here we are busy bringing up our family, looking after our greenhouse, our animals, growing and learning as we do this. We spend a lot of time with our family, working in our tourism company, doing yoga, playing and cooking. We prefer someone who is traveling slowly and can stay for a minimum of three months, due to previous experiences with Volunteers we feel this is much better for our family and it will also give a better experience to the volunteer, Chiloe is very unique a place where life's rythm is different.