Welcome Volunteers!

We are very happy that you want to join us and help this eco-project and open learning centre.

We receive short, middle and long term volunteers and we are also looking for co-creators of the eco-village.

In your email please tell us your motivation to come, witch kind of volunteer you want to be (see end of the text), when you want to come, your experience and what you would like to learn.

At the moment we are busy with:
- Improving communal structures with natural and recycled material
- Food Forest and permaculture garden
- Making Tribodar more beautiful
- Organizing Dance and Healing retreats
- Baby care

Before you decide to come be sure to read and enjoy the structure and conditions offered ;)
Winter Structure

9.00 - Waking up
10.00 Morning circle
We come together to distribute the missions of the day according to what needs to be done and to hear how everybody is feeling that day.
We try to make the work fun, with a balance between what you like to do and what needs to be done. Some times this might involve repetitive work like weeding or laborous work like digging
14.00 Lunch
Once a week - intensive working day with work also in the afternoon
Medle and long term volunteers have some extra needed missions

16.00 - Yoga/Body Mind Relaxation/Dance (out of the intensive working day and sunday optinal ofcource :)

Babysitter 10.00 to 12.30 and 16.00 to 18.00 or 17.00 to 19.00 ( We have a very sweet boy born on 27 September 2010. )

Weekend
Saturday - Morning group mission An activity everybody makes together (planting/seeding, chopping wood, etc)
Sunday - free

Talking Circles
We have a talking circle on Mondays and Thursdays at 21.00. People come together to share what they learned the previous days, their experiences, or anything they wish to share with the group. people that just arrive might share their motivations to join us

Monday after the talking circle - we have a Documentary or audio evening (health, permaculture, natural building, non violent communication) + circle for people just to share what they thought of the documentary

Thursday after talking circle - Anapana Meditation (20 min)
Apart from work and the talking circles, all activities are of course not obligatory but are there for you to join if you feel like ;)

Tribal party
Saturday evenings we come together around the fire sharing food, music and dance

Portalegre

At the moment we are busy with:
- Improving communal structures with natural and recycled material
- Food Forest and permaculture garden
- Making Tribodar more beautiful
- Open Learning activities
- Baby care

Portuguese, English, French, Dutch, Spanish, German

We have several caravans to sleep in, when they are occupied we offer you a tent with several matresses and covers to make it comfortable. Food Short term Volunteers need to pay for their own food (7euros a week - covers basic needs like fruit, vegetables, rice, flower, potatoes, beans...) Middle Term volunteers get their communal fee food paid Long term volunteers get their communal fee food paid as well as pocket money

Market days in Nisa - Thursday and Sunday

Cooking and Cleaning Up
Volunteers take turns cooking and cleaning up for the other volounteers

Kitchen
Volunteers have their own kitchen (with all kitchen utensils and gas for cooking) and living room ( cozy but still work in progress always to be improved and made nicer :)

Internet
Wifi for 5 hours a day (18.00 to 23.00)
Bring your own laptop

Compost Toilet
We have a compost toilet with two compartments.
(A composting toilet is a dry toilet that uses a predominantly aerobic processing system that treats excreta, typically with no water)

Shower with solar or rocket stove heating
We are preparing the shower/bath place with water heated by the sun (solar shower) or by the fire (rocket stove)
Bring ecological shampoo and soap (the water will be used in the garden and pond)

Quietness
Do not make noise after 22.00 (we have a small child and need some rest too) or go out of the main area... Nature is all around :) except on party days!

Respect and Responsability
-Respect Nature, the infrastructure and each other (we apply non violent communication :)
-Clean up and organize your own stuff
-Be independent and self responsible!
-Accept that we cannot be responsible for anything that occurs to you or your personal belongings (consider getting insurance)

Bicycles
We have 3 bicycles that can be used

Books
We have books to borow mainly about Permaculture and holistic health

Kinds of Volunteers

Short term volunteers
Stay between 1 week and 1 month
Need to pay own food (7 euros a week) - covers basic needs like fruits, vegetables, rice, flower, potatoes, beans...
All the other conditions are the same

Middle term volunteers
Stay between 1 month and 3 month
Possibility to receive the week amount to pay their food with the other volunteers
Will be more involved in all aspects of Tribodar
All the other conditions are the same

Long term volunteers
Stay between 3 month and 1 year
Possibility to receive the week amount to pay their food with the other volunteers and some pocket money
Will be more involved in all aspects of this project
All the other conditions are the same

Co-creators
Stay creating an eco-village with us (based on open learning,
permaculture, healing and sustainability)
Needs to pass from short and middle term volunteer
Needs to bring their own tipi, yurt, caravan or build their own house
The rest is to speak personally with the people interested

Atention:
Middle and long term volunteer need to pass first from short
term volunteer
All the volunteers have a 2 week time to see how we get along, If they are enjoying the life at here and their real dedication to help building a sustainable and human project, where we are dedicated to take care of the earth and of each-other with respect After this 2 weeks we both decide if we want or not to continue.
If its your destiny you will end up passing by;)

All the best,
Moabi, Michael, Manu Inca