Volunteer and have plenty of time to explore near Antwerp, Belgium

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  Description

  MUSCLES WANTED TO DIG SOME SQUARE METERS,
  TO BE TURNED INTO FERTILE SPOTS FOR VEGETABLES GROWING
  
  --------------------------------------- ABOUT ME ------------------------------------------
  
  I like to meet people, share lives, get to know other cultures.
  I speak Dutch, English, Spanish, French,
  and I have learnt, ages ago, German and Russian.
  I started to learn Russian again.
  I am a Servas member and volunteer in our local Lets organisation.
  And now I am also a Workaway host.
  I play a little bit the accordeon.
  I went to the Academy of Arts, 'Graphic Design and Illustration'
  I used to dance tango and salsa.
  I was into experimenting in the kitchen, bookbinding, hand made stamps.
  I found a new challenge; making clothes with sewing machine. But I decided it will not be my new hobby.
  Putumayo music, nicely illustrated children books and printmaking.
  Biodanza, bio-energetics.
  Nowadays I am very into traumahealing. I also do the TRE-provider course.
  Interest in body de-armouring.
  I am very found of dogs.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I live in a small municipality, which is an excellent base from which one can explore
  Brussels (39km), Antwerp (25km), Brugge (90km), Leuven (64km), Gent (42km)
  There is public transport nearby, and I am willing to give you a lift or pick you up
  at the train/bus station in Temse.
  I don't live on the country side, but there are some nice areas of nature in the
  neighbourhood, for walking or cycling.
  AMMA's center is very close.

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  Help

  PROJECT GARDEN
  
  - digging some square meters, to fill this with organic material
  - collecting organic material (braches, compost, horse shit, ...)
  - collecting bambo sticks and make new scelet for bird protection
  - making borders around the different flower spaces, berry spaces
  - making a house for hedgehog (too many snales in the veggiegarden)
  
  I'll be needing some 'muscles' :).
  Still transforming my garden into a permaculture area.
  The soil is rather infertile. So, some digging already had place, and the whole was filled with big, new and old (tree trunks, branches, ...) to fine (grass, flowers, leaves, horse shit, compost, ...) compostable material.
  I would like a few more places to transform to fertile pieces. Those pieces will be between 1 to 3 square meter, and more ore less 50 to 70 cm deep.
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  PROJECT INSIDE WALLS
  
  - painting the wall of the upstairs hall
  - removing wall paper in small room and prepare the wall
  
  Someone who has experience in painting.
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  PROJECT ELECTRIC
  
  - hanging up some lamps
  
  Do you have knowledge of electricity. Please help me to install some lamps on the sealing.
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  PROJECT SEWING
  
  - making a bean bag
  - making clothes
  - sewing other projects
  
  Some one who can handle an old, but decent sewing machine. Who's experienced.
  I have been into this myself, but realised it's not where my passion lies.
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  PROJECT COMPUTER
  
  - some computer help
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  CLEANING AND ORGANISING
  
  - window cleaning
  - general cleaning
  - organising and decluttering
  
  Someone who's an expert in organising, re-organising, Marie Kondo. I am quite good myself. So you really have to be good in this and have experience.
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  PROJECT SALE
  
  - making pictures
  - putting pictures online on different platform
  
  I have some things that are too valuable to put on second hand market or give away. I want to sell them online.
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  PROJECT RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
  
  - I am learning Russian.
  
  Do you have teacher skills to bring my Russian to a next level?
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  HEALING THERAPY
  
  - Can you offer any healing therapy such as shiatsu, foot reflexology, reiki, holistic pulsing, Body Stress Release, Live
  The Connection, Bowen, fascia, TRE, ...
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  TANGO DANCING
  
  - I would love to learn tango. I already have done several courses
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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  German: Beginner
  Portuguese: Beginner
  Russian: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  I surely want to do a language exchange Dutch-Russian
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  Accommodation

  You will have your own room, with a double bed. The bathroom is shared.
  There is another toilet downstairs.
  Internet access, but my data is limited.

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  What else ...

  ---------- IMPORTANT ---------------
  Please read the whole profile and send a PERSONAL message.
  I will only reply to people who have read my profile and send a personal mail.
  Copy paste mails will be ignored.
  Let me know if you are contacting more hosts at the same time. I understand you do this. But it gives more
  transparancy when you do communicate this. In the past volunteers applied, I was making arrangements, at the same time they were in contact with other hosts, and decided to go to the other host.
  Tell me in your application letter what your eating habits are. Give me some examples of what you normally eat for
  breakfast, lunch or dinner.
  
  
  
  ---------- THE VOLUNTEER SHOULD ----------
  - be a non smoker
  - like dogs, as I sometimes do host dogs as well
  - have read my profile carefully, AND SEND ME A PERSONAL EMAIL!!
  - have a decent profile him/herself with at least two positieve reviews
  - communicate a fair bit before we commit to your coming, as a good match in
  expectations and what we each have to offer and what we're each looking for,
  is really very important to me.
  - have a good work ethic, and not be too picky on the jobs ('Can't you give me something inside, it's too chilly to work outside' is not really the attitude that I am longing for. I want some help, not to have to argue to get something done)
  - realize he/she is a guest in my house, therefor should accept the house rules without constantly having comments or questioning on the way I live
  - go out on the non working days
  - have an insurance
  - using water and energy in an economic way, especially water! So no 10 minute long showers
  - mention that they have read the whole profile

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Only well behaved dogs.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Max 25 hours a week

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