Área: Manabí

Our goal is to encourage interaction between different cultures, to expand language skills, and to create a vibrant community between English and Spanish speakers in Puerto Lopez. Puerto Lopez, a quiet fishing town, with an international tourist crowd. Our place is a beautiful property, right on the beach. The open air café seats about 20 people, facing the ocean. Tutoring takes place in the patio classroom above, and is equipped with a map, computer and language teaching resources. Spanish learners are generally visitors, studying Spanish while on vacation (1 week to 8 weeks.) English-learners are generally residents of Puerto Lopez.

Área: Charente

We are a young German-Italian couple who now nearly three years ago moved onto an old farm in South-West France. Our dream: we want to be self-sufficient and run a small riding stable for classical dressage. We chose the farm, because it is secluded and sourrounded by 30 hectars of meadows and woods, close to the lovely ancient town of Angouleme (10 min.), a cycle ride to the charente river for canoing, swimming and fishing, 1 hour from the sea and of course it is right next to the Cognac region! It is beautiful, but a lot of work ... (the extent of which we did not realise when setting out): in the 2 years, with the help from many volunteers, family and friends, we have turned most of the main house into a cozy home using natural building materials such as hemp and clay, made our own hay to get our horses through winter, fenced the fields, planted some hedges and trees, cut down a whole invasive bamboo forest, made our own fire wood, did a lot of weeding of toxic plants by hand and tried to integrate as much as possible into the small nearby village... So far we have not opened the stable to outside riders yet, as we are still in the middle of building. We hope to finish most of that by August 2013 and will be opening up then... Do you see yourself helping with the building and gardening? Volunteers will be accomodated in a double room in the main house and food is provided. You would be working 6 hours work per day, 5 days per week. Weekends are off.... If you are interested please write us an Email.

Área: Bikaner / Jaisalmer,Rajasthan, India

Mission (impossible) We want to create a atmosphere , where people can learn and exchange experiences work / help each other/ Art project. A place where new ideas can grows into activities and self-sustained business. We want this place to grow space-wise , people-wise, like a network. In the last few months we guested many volenters people from difrent countries all over the world. Travellers, young artists, people who want to evolve, lived here and collaborated, everybody in their way, for the growth of B&B in Bikaner . And they are growing in big no My name is Yogi, I am an B&B owner in Rajasthan. My family are descendants of the Rao Bika family (founders of Bikaner) and my Father is a retired Brigadier from Indian army highly decorated in war & at peace time. He loves to teach Yoga, Homeopathy, Meditation and can talk about Indian & Rajasthan's history and cultural heritage. My First cousin brother Col Rajayvardhan singh is first indian to win first Silver Medal India ever won in Olumpic history until Athens 2004 games. We have 2 different sites to offer work awayers, one in Bikaner(whole year) and one in Jaisalmer(oct to feb), you can stay at either or both of the sites. We have a Shri ram heritage B&B in Bikaner, which will b like your 2ed home away from home. It has spacious rooms, with attached bathrooms. It is located in a calm, quiet residential area but is still close to all local amenities and sight seeing opportunities. It has an open court yard in front and rear with big open terrace. and very near to Desert & camel safaris. In Jaisalmer we have our desert camp & resturant which is managed and run by locals from Rajasthan. We love sharing our culture and traditions with our guests and volunteers. The surrounding area is quiet and peaceful, the stars are brilliant in the night sky and you get the chance to see many shooting stars also. We have some local musicians that perform in the evenings, At Bikaner site, our volunteers help with answering our emails and dealing with calls from potential guests,Art project, Gardening, dr. While most of us speak English fairly well, some still need help with this, help is also needed with written English. ,driving, etc For those that are interested in learning other skills, such as cooking Rajasthani food, we can arrange for that as well! For volunteers who would like to put in some physical work, we can always use help with our general maintenance. We can also share our knowledge of building and landscaping with you. For a few hours of work a day, we provide accommodation and 3 meals a day. In your free time you will be able to discover the Red City and its wonderful and impressive temples, forts and ancient buildings nearby. Area DESERT, camel safari etc

Área: Burgundy

We are renovating a farm in southern Burgundy – the Charollaise, to create an activity center for meeting and sharing the arts and music. I am a musician (guitarist) and am interested in photography as well as many different art forms. We love meeting new people and sharing in the true spirit of friendship and family. Nous rénovons une ferme Charollaise en Bourgogne sud en vue d’en faire un centre de rencontre et de partage dans les domaines artistiques et musical. Je suis musicien (guitariste) et m’intéresse à la photographie ainsi qu’à de nombreuses formes artistiques. Nous aimons les rencontres et les partages dans un esprit amical et familial