Help at our off-grid Quinta in Sátão, Portugal

Details

• 

  Description

  We are a group of people (dutch, venezuelian, portuguese and belgian) that bought a land together 2 years ago. We are little by little transforming this beautiful place into our home. We build our houses and sheds with material like earthbags, strawbales and wood. We cultivate a big veggie and herbal garden. We are planting trees. We have chickens, dogs and a cat. We are looking for people from april to october to help us with building, gardening, cleaning the land, cooking, babysitting, organizing a big party with our neighbour, conserving food... Enjoy life around here in general. Don't hesitate to contact us for any questions.

• 

  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
• 

  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

  ×

  ...

  ...

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  What's this?
• 

  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are a nice group of people from 7 months to 61 years old. We all speak different languages. We love to work hard, but also to have a lot of fun. We will for sure share a lot of meals, work together and exchange about off grid living in general. We are all learning from each other everyday.

• 

  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

• 

  Help

  We're doing several bigger projects at the moment like:
  Cleaning the land with hand tools
  Rendering buildings with clay
  Building wood structures for several purposes as wood shelters etc
  Create a green house with recycled windows
  Building a outside shower
  There is also always a thousand things to do in the garden (cleaning, seeding, planting, weeding, harvesting, building structures...) and conserving food.
  If somebody knows how to make an oven to fire ceramics would be very cool to try that out!
  Also some help with babysitting and cooking can be a big help from time to time.

• 

  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Portuguese: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We love to mix and play with languages even if the main language we speak between all of us is english.
• 

  Accommodation

  Everybody with a campervan is welcome and there are several nice spots on the land for you to stay where you like it. We have tents, blankets, mattress to give you during your stay. You will be able to put your tent next to the river, a bit higher in the forest, or on top of a big rock. As you prefer.
  
  We have a common kitchen where you will have 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner). In order to prepare the meals, we are working with a rotation system, which means that a different person will be in charge of cooking everyday. Some days one of us will do that and sometimes one of the volunteers.
  
  We have a beautiful river where you can swim after work to get clean, refreshed and enjoy!
  Also there's plenty of space around for your own shower.
  
  There's internet and mobile connection on the land, but it's not always very good. But there's spots you can walk to where the connection is better.

• 

  What else ...

  We live very remote from everything. So if you don't have a car, you can come with us when we go shopping once a week. We can pick you up in Sàtāo, Viseu when you arrive (or leave). We live in a beautiful valley with other communities around, a lot of big rocks, a beautiful river, some abandoned villages... It is ideal to have long walks and to swim. In summer there is many parties around and there's a nice pizzeria walking distance.

• 

  A little more information

  • 

    Internet access

  • 

    Limited internet access

  • 

    We have pets

  • 

    We are smokers

  • 

    Can host families

• 

  Space for parking camper vans

  The road is totally practicable, even if you need to be really slow. Every kind/size of campervans can get here and we have different spot to park your home. You will be free to chose where you want to camp.

• 

  Can possibly accept pets

  Let’s talk about it.

• 

  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

• 

  Hours expected

  5 hours a day, 5 days a week