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Area: Alpujarra, Sierra Nevada, Granda, Andalucia, Spain

An established retreat centre offering Yoga and Detox courses in one of the most enchanting regions in Andalucia, surrounded by the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada and only half an hour by car to the Mediterranean. Our farmhouse location is a home-from-home for people who love beauty, yoga, tranquility, and above all, a place to find peace, laughter and simplicity. This is an excellent work exchange opportunity for people with an interest in yoga and who would enjoy listening to our guests, without necessarily needing to be the centre of attention. If you are open-hearted, generous, humourous, grounded and stable and are able to receive and give in equal measure, we'd like to hear from you. Self-motivation and genuine self-confidence is very important, as you will be in daily contact with staff and guests. From November to April there are fewer retreats and this is when we rebuild and upgrade. Opportunities are available for people with skills in carpentry, upholstery, general maintenance, painting, and gardening. April to October: there is an opportunity for 2 Workaway people with specific abilities. Ideally we'd like you to stay for 3 months. One person needs to have a firm grasp of general maintenance (pool cleaning, garden watering system, repairing chairs, hammocks, tipis, electric sockets, a leaky tap or shower, car tires/engine coolant etc. Also some work in the kitchen. This position would usually suit a man with a cheerful character and an interest in people and yoga. The second person's job includes assisting in the kitchen, laying/clearing table, chatting with guests at mealtimes and keeping the house tidy after the cleaner goes home. Also mid-week washing & drying (mostly towels). This position would usually suit a woman with a cheerful character and an interest in people and yoga. Accommodation: Teepi Meals: delicious, plentiful Yoga classes: yes! please commit yourself to a class every day WIFI Internet: yes (bring your own laptop) Bicycle: yes Sauna: yes Jacuzzi: yes Free time: 1.5 days (usually Wednesday all day and Saturday pm) Work time: about 5-6 hours per day (variable).

Area: Bay of Plenty

We are a farming family, have been milking 140 cows for the last 20 years. We wanted to do something different so sold the cows and bought 6 horses. We are now a riding school and a trail riding centre, also organizing horse camps at different times of the year to different places. We are also a small farmstay so keeping busy with that too. You get to help us with varied tasks from maintenance to horse work, to cleaning hostel( maintenance) and horsegear, also assisting in trail riding and camps. Our sons are all grown up with 2 still at home but next year they're off to uni. We have a panoramic view over the islands, ocean, hills and bush. We have a 9.1 m swimming pool for use in your free time in the summer and a river swimming hole 10 min walk way. We do NOT like smokers as some of us suffer from Asthma, so please, NON SMOKERS ONLY.( it also pollutes the air and your body and ours)

Area: Ribatejo

Helpers at our farm get to stay in a nice old rural house with bathroom. We offer you 3 meals a day, which you’ll prepare with the ingredients we’ll provide you. You’ll be sharing the kitchen and dining room with other people, which will enable you to have contacts with other staff members working here. Some of them are staying on the farm, while others come around during the day. We expect you to help us 5 hours a day on the farm with different chores, such as weeding, cleaning leaves, working in the vegetable garden, recovering and cleaning old items (i.e. leather equipment for horses), cleaning and organizing old tiles, cleaning old objects, helping out if a wedding or a summer camp is about to be held. We are quite flexible, so usually we give our helpers a list of what needs to be done and they organise themselves. The property is beautiful, but you should know it is also an isolated and calm place, even more in winter. The nearest town, Coruche, is 6 km away and getting to the bigger city, Santarém, is a 30 min bus ride (there are busses every hour to go to either place). If you don’t like being on your own most of the time, it might be nice to have the company of another helper if you can find one. Getting here from Lisbon is easy, you simply need to take the bus from Lisbon to Coruche at the Campo Grande bus and tube station (a 1h45 ride). Since your organization does not provide any kind of insurance, it is advisable you travel having your own. If you are a tourist in Portugal, hospitals will provide help, but you need to bring documents and paper work from your country. Antonio and myself live between Lisboa and the farm, as we need to have an office in the city. We go regularly to the farm to do some work and to check how things are going. Our children are between 16 and 25; you might see them if they aren’t away travelling like you.

Area: karnataka

Our eco resort is recognized by the government of karnataka dept of tourism as an eco friendly family destination.It is a pioneer in Rural eco tourism and has undertaken many training camps for the local population. We welcome volunteers interested in Indian culture and hopitality.Swimming skills and practice of Yoga will be a help in the environment.

Area: Provincia de Buenos Aires

This institution was created by the initiative of a group of neighbors in order to attend to urgent basic needs of many families in our community Nowadays we help 50 families from Monday to Sunday, having between 6 and 14 children each, all of them at risk. After a short while some businesses in the area learnt about our project and started to cooperate so that the help given would improve daily. In this way we could carry out our main objective: To supply families with the necessary tools to generate real income resources. This project is self supporting at the medium term but in the meantime it is necessary to continue feeding and helping children mainly, who are the most critical age group. This is why your contribution is essential to maintain our mission.