Artist looking for helpers and new friends!

Area: New South Wales

We are a family of 3 on our way to being 5, with twins expected in late july '14. I teach Visual arts at high school level and am always up for being creative! My husband and I share with my son who is 17 and finishing high school....We are close to beaches, both surf and kid friendly, with a beautiful private studio in which guests can stay... shared amenities inside the main house. Studio sleeps up to 3 comfortably. The house is large 4 bedroom, situated on the canals of South Golden Beach area... the backyard has stunning water views, and it's a 5 min bike ride or 2 min car ride to the beach. Would prefer couples or females, but open minded, and not fixed around that. We have 2 adorable cats, Floss and Wiley.

Area: 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!

Area: Landkreis Rostock / Mittleres Mecklenburg / Ostsee

This house is a small art project near the Baltic Sea and the Hanseatic town Rostock. You can come from February to October, please look in the calendar if there are bookings. Our place is not so far from Berlin or Hamburg with the railway ore bus to Rostock and it is on the way from Kopenhavn (or Sweden) to Berlin. In history, this house was a cheese factory, it´s about 120 years old. Inside the house is quite new and moulder. It’s realy in a village, surrounded by nature. Attention: It´s not a farm, it´s an social-art-project, around with a lot of heavy physical activitys (no visitors under 20 years, please). We are teacher, craftsmen, farmer, conservator and artist and we live in close proximity but not directly under one roof. We’re building some things with eco-materials in landscape like Playgrounds in the village, and special view points in the landscape. And we do practical things with the children of the primary school. You can help us in all practical matters. But you should also get some alone finished.

Area: 60 km. north of Chiang Mai Thailand

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the interest but we are now full until Oct 2014. :) Work next Oct will be fairly limited to a little harvesting and help in running the camp. No mud dwellings to be built this time!!! We are jungle retreat 'Off grid' with solar power and spring fed water, establishing a project working with the Black Lahu community 60 km. north of Chiang Mai. We offer genuine opportunities to visit and interact with the Black Lahu hill tribe, to stay and trek with them in the surrounding countryside, away from the busy tourist trails and "adventure experiences" of tour groups offering elephants rides ,white water rafting etc. etc. Heading the project is Winai ,with assistance by his wife Noi and Chris from the U.K. Winai has 30 yrs. experience as a guide in the area ,numerous T.V. interviews. (History Ch., B.B.C., Nat Geo.) make him one of the sort after personalities in the north of Thailand. Limeleaf consists of Winai 's home with a few cabins for guests (not a resort more a home stay) . Here visitors conducting field work , studies, and projects often stay as well as travellers wishing to see the real Thailand. All our welcome. Workaway volunteers would be given a variety of options, working with the Lahu in the fields during harvest or in their village,maybe building mud adobe house or making repairs on some of the accom., or perhaps helping Winai & Noi in running the camp if needed. In addition to our set up in this quiet valley is a Shiva meditation dance centre.1 km. away A Maui-Thai training gym next to us. The Original and famous Sunshine massage school, all can be found as links on our website.limeleaf-thailand.com or catch us on Facebook .limeleaf eco lodge. The tourist season when we have most guest staying is from Oct. to July and then the rains come for a few months, however we have visitors all year round and the Lahu don't pack up when the rain comes therefore placements are all year, but one should be prepared for the wet & muddy conditions during the rainy season, which many visitors prefer due to the serene tranquility of this season. Internet access is available through our galaxy tablet, we do ask you to pay for what you use, it's pretty cheap here and there is no wifi. Cell phones O.K. but intermittent when heavy cloud is around, same for the internet, as it runs through a sim-card. We are not in position to offer many places at the same time unless we have a project on the go, so please check our calendar!!!! If you do come to stay with us it will be expected to give a Full 5 hours for 5 days then 2 days off . Food and Accom. is free no hidden extras. But the work is sometimes hard in the hot weather, sometimes easy!! So if your looking to find a freebie (we have had a few this season) for little effort then please don't bother contacting, we all work hard here trying to create something special, try to live life to the full, caring for each other and visitors, if your not on the same page then this maybe not for you? best wishes Chris, Winai & Noi.

Area: England

***************We have availability for a couple from 17th May to 5th July***************** We are Jill and Phil, a relaxed and friendly couple who have recently moved to a large property near the Norfolk Broads where we plan to expand our Yurt making and wedding venue business. We also do a little bed and breakfast. The spacious living accommodation is part of a barn conversion the rest of the barn is the workshop, it is set in 3 acres of beautiful gardens, orchard and woodland. Jill works full time as a nurse, Phil makes yurts and Phil's dad Jack, who lives with us, is usually reading or busy in the garden he also makes all our bread. He has a small dog -Jess. Situated half way between Norwich and Great Yarmouth we live in a rural village in the heart of the Norfolk Broads. The area is wonderful for walking, cycling and generally getting back to nature. There is a bus service to the city of Norwich and we are only two hours from London by train. This is rural but we will help with transport when possible and are happy to arrange work hours to allow free time to relax and explore.