Melanie

Travel information

I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

Travelling through Switzerland and France with my dog Panda, looking for horse related volunteering opportunities.

Description

I feel like a multinational person as I'm half Finnish and half Polish, I've lived in both Australia and Spain for 5 years and in the UK for one year - apart from that I'm travelling frequently ^_^ I consider myself an open-minded, restless, adventurous and caring person.

I finished my BA degree in Tourism in 2014 and I have work experience as hotel reception duty manager, allied health receptionist, camping site manager, waitress/bartender, horse riding instructor/stable hand and English teacher for kids/babysitter. I have also been doing photography professionally for a few years as a side job.

I'm passionate about horses, latin dancing, music (I play the piano and the guitar), yoga and travelling. I also love photography, hiking, books, cinema, cooking and I like to spend time with friends/family and all kinds of animals (in addition to horses I love dogs and have a cute border collie x cattle dog Panda).

WorkAway volunteering:
- HORSES: I'd like to enhance my natural horsemanship and general horse training skills - working with young and difficult horses, equine assisted therapy or working at a dressage/show jumping stud would be interesting experiences for me.
- YOGA: I'm interested in helping out at a yoga centre to further my knowledge and feel more grounded (I’m also doing the 200 h yoga teacher training)
- ANIMAL RESCUE/SANCTUARY: I'd also love to help out at an animal rescue centre or wildlife sanctuary.

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent

More details about my language interests
I speak fluent Finnish, Polish, English and Spanish and I have experience teaching these languages.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

Eco Projects

Charity Work

Art Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Babysitting and creative play

Life at a Farmstay

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Teaching

Helping around the house

General Maintenance

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Able to teach about:  

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

More details about your skills

- Language skills: fluent English, Spanish, Finnish & Polish + some experience in teaching.
- Horses: A lot of experience in horse-back riding and general horse care (15 years), confident in horse training and basic knowledge of natural horsemanship. I have 2 years of work experience as a horse riding instructor/stable hand in Australia in addition to a few volunteering experiences. Before that I volunteered on a family-run horse farm in Portugal for 3 weeks in 2015 and on a barefoot & bitless riding holiday centre in Spain in 2016 for one month, where I learnt more about natural horsemanship (especially clicker training).
- Customer service/hospitality: I have worked as a waitress during many summer holidays and I worked as a receptionist in a 4 star hotel for almost one year). I've also worked as the duty manager on a camping site in Finland for one summer (3 months) and my latest job was reception duty manager at 4 star hotel for 1.5 years.
- Photography: I have been doing professional photography for a few years, I especially enjoy doing pet and equine photography, combining my love for animals and photography.
- Computer skills: Microsoft office & PMS Micros Opera + basic web page designing
- Music: playing the piano and the guitar (intermediate level)
- Working with kids (I've worked as a babysitter and English teacher for kids)
- Basics of dog training

Age

33

What else ...

I'm a vegetarian ((mostly vegan)

Some more information

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  Driver's licence

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian/vegan