Dora

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  • Travel information

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    At home

    Activities i am interested in:

    Anything outdoors
    Adventures
    Travelling
    Hiking
    Sea Swimming
    Reading
    Drawing
    Foraging
    Self sustainability
    Music
    Yoga
    Socialising

  • Description

    Hey! I'm Dora, 27, from Ireland. I'm a friendly, kind, caring and chatty person. Although I have my introverted moments - as we all do I'm sure.

    I was travelling in India and Nepal from November 2022 - May 2023. Since I’ve been home I’ve been having a lovely time tending to the beautiful nature here.

    I have been doing a workaway in Ballingeary, just outside of Macroom, on a permaculture site since mid June. The main tasks have been making and turning hot compost, weeding, clearing the perimeter for fencing to keep deer out, cooking, cleaning, foraging, sowing and harvesting organic veg and herbs. Along with a few other creative jobs such as making tool belts from bike tires and old fabrics and sewing a tarp for a currach.

    I worked as a nurse including training for about 7 years. I decided to leave in Nov 2021. It was a difficult choice to leave but I felt a powerful calling so I eventually made the decision to leave. As it turns out it was the best decision I've ever made.

    I love a nature, the outdoors and sustainable/alternative ways of living. I am very aware of the dire state of the world we live in now but I have a firm knowing of the unimaginably bright future which I choose to focus on.

    Since leaving nursing I left the city and moved to the countryside to surround myself with nature. I have studied about the menstrual cycle and menstrual reclamation and natural contraceptives. I completed a 200hr Hatha YTT in the north of India. I'm more than happy to share what I know with anyone who is interested!

    As a side note - I’m very keen to practice ag caint as gaeliage. At the moment I’ve a pretty poor level but sure that’s where the practice comes in hopefully.

    In April 2022 I volunteered in the gardens of a Buddhist centre, this was my first real experience of community living and I am hooked on the concept ever since. I would be open to volunteer opportunities with community living although I would be happy to volunteer with families/couples too. Kids would be a bonus!

    I hope to eventually have my own plot of land, mostly off grid. A dream of mine has been to open a centre on this land that helps people reconnect with there true self. I want to empower people through nature with an emphasis on understanding that we are all our own best advocate/guide/teacher.

    My goal at the moment is to learn as much as I can to make this dream into a reality!

  • Interests

    Writing
    Pets
    Dancing
    Cycling
    Art & design
    Self development
    Sustainability
    LGBTQ
    Mountain
    Music
    Beach
    Astronomy
    Animals
    Yoga / Wellness
    Van life
    Vegetarian or vegan
    Water sports
    Plant care
    Outdoor activities
    Nature

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  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Irish: Beginner
    Italian: Beginner

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  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    I'm interested in:  

    General Maintenance
    Animal Care
    Languages

    Some knowledge of:  

    Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Art Projects
    Life at a Farmstay
    Charity Work
    Teaching
    Babysitting and creative play
    Being an elderly companion
    Hospitality/Tourism

    Able to teach about:  

    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Helping around the house
  • More details about your skills

    Gardening
    - Weeding, planting, preparing beds, tending to polytunnels and seedlings.
    - Growing and harvesting organic veg, composting, basic foraging and more.
    - Hot composting
    - Cutting down Bamboo trees, cutting the bamboo into smaller lengths
    - Making a bamboo hut
    - Basic gardening skills
    - Looking after ALOT of beautiful healthy house plants
    - I worked on a Kiwifruit Orchard in New Zealand so I have experience picking kiwi fruit too!

    Cooking
    - I love to cook vegetarian food, nothing overly fancy but usually pretty tasty

    Childcare
    - I have experience looking after kids, I love kids.
    - I have been babysitting since I was 13 years old from the ages of newborn - 15.
    - I worked as an Au Pair when I was 16 for 4 kids from the age of 5 - 10.
    - I'm a big kid myself really. I like to think life is more fun when you play as if you're a kid! I'm very giddy and excitable once you get to know me.

    Administration Skills

    Hospitality - Cafe/Bakery

    Nursing/ First Aid Skills

    Menstrual Reclamation/Natural Contraceptive skills

    200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher

    Mountain Skills 1 & 2

    Bushcraft Skills 1

  • Age

    28

  • What else ...

    I have a car

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    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies

    • Special dietary requirements
      Flexitarian

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