Artist looking for helpers and new friends!

Area: Bergslagen

*** NOTE: We are full this summer, please tell us if you are interested in coming later this year maybe, even when it's not summertime and blooming. *** We are Vivi and Nils with the children Rebecka Leone (2,5) and Stig Love (1,5). We are a warm family with lots of community projects going on, why weed need Your help! We warmly welcome you to Karbenning, a village on the countryside in Bergslagen, the heart of Sweden, easily accessed by train (Stockholm - Karbenning 2hr2min). We love gardening. We try to live our lives environmental friendly, why we eat a lot vegetables, locally produced meat and try to not use our car too often. We have a dog, Rocky.

Area: L'viv, Halitskiy District, L'viv'ska Oblast

ABOUT ME: I am an apprentice of... everything. I have a very bizarre resume which I'm particularly proud of, and a checkered past that reflects my profound interest in a wide variety of disciplines, activities, places and cultures. This makes writing short auto-biographies very difficult, especially since I generally dislike talking about myself. However, for the purpose of my future workaway guests, I'll do my best to oblige with a description. I grew up in a military family and served for many years with the Army, raised with old school values of honor, integrity, loyalty, and duty. Although I've never been very keen on hierarchy and structure, I learned a lot from my upbringing about staying true to your self and values above all else. To me, life is about three things - 1) Becoming stronger. 2) Becoming smarter. 3) Sharing your strength and wisdom with others. To that end - I like to stay active, try new things, learn as much as possible and then build relationships with good people that have a similar mentality as I do. I think it's important to surround yourself with positive thinkers and a supportive community if you want to achieve your goals, and I think programs like workaway do a good job of building such communities. MY ORGANIZATION: I'm a language teacher (English/Russian), living in L'viv, Ukraine, and I both work in and run my own language learning program. Languages are my passion, and I take great pleasure in helping people improve their communication skills. I've been in the business for two years, and have learned and developed quite a bit. My greatest goal is to bring quality language instruction to the local community and those interested in investing in L'viv and Ukraine as a whole. I take my work very seriously and truly believe that language development and social learning is the key to integrating into a culture. For more information regarding our organization, please message me and I'll send you the necessary details.

Area: Solola

We are a German-Guatemalan couple (Thomas, 63 and Sabine 59) and we own an art gallery and cultural center in Panajachel, Guatemala. The gallery exists since 1973 and was originally founded to exhibit the art of the Guatemalan artist Nan Cuz, who still lives on the property. Today we mostly show contemporary art (from abstract to realism) from national and international artists. We sell original paintings, lithographs, postcards, books and posters and local Mayan artwork. We also organize cultural events, theater, concerts, community events, ceremonies... We own a carpentry shop that produces frames for the gallery and furniture. The art gallery is located in the center of the touristy town Panajachel, a 5 minute walk from Lake Atitlan.

Area: Copan

A small hostel in the heart of the colonial town of Copan Ruinas in Honduras. We have been running this business for three year now, and really enjoy being in touch with the travellers coming through and we are giving our best to make their time as pleasant as possible. Besides offering private rooms and dorm beds, we organize tours for our guests. Come and teach us English, learn about how to run a hostel and expercience how the locals live in Honduras.at least tree weeks for volunteers work.

Area: Dolnoslaskie

We are a family owned place, a little heaven hidden in the Izery Mountains, situated between two villages. We've got lots of land with fields, forests and a river. We just started a small NGO, by which we want to promote sustainable living in close, small communities, self-reliable on energy and food. Part of the first project undertaken was reconstructing the Medieval Village as an attraction for tourists and a way to raise the money for a Harmony of Culture Foundation, which is also based at the Farm. We are now in the planning phase of establishing a permaculture academy, small steps that lead to something great! ;) We are really looking forward hosting creative and skilful people with positive attitude! hope we would be able to share and exchange ideas, worldviews and values and that volunteers contribute and join our artistic community living in the fields.