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Area: Ariège Pyrénées

We are a family of 5 with 3 daughters age 8, 11 and 13. We live in a very beautiful and wild area in the Couserans in the Ariege. Our house is a the end of a small road with beautiful views over mountains. We currently have a small gite next to our house and are in the process of finishing renovating a barn to also rent out to tourists. I am a photographer and organise photo workshops /trekking for young people in schools and local organisations. John occasionally gives trainings on intercultural communication in other parts of France and abroad. We have lived and travelled abroad and are used to meeting people from other cultures and all walks of life. We like meeting new people and getting to know them, and so do our children who are used to engage with guests staying in our gite.

Area: Calvados

This will be our third year of having Workawayers here to help us, and we are hoping for another great time of meeting interesting people and having the help we need. We are an early retired English couple (58 and 63) who moved to France to renovate a derelict Longere five years ago. We have developed a 2 bedroomed house from part of the building which we live in and a greater part of the rest of the house had been made into two self contained apartments which we rent as B&B accommodation. We are already well on the way with the Workawayer bedroom and bathroom and hope to have that finished this summer. The B&Bs have been very busy and we are hoping for a third year of bookings, all of which creates work, cleaning, linen changing, washing and ironing. We offer our guests Table d'Hote dinner too so we are constantly cooking and entertaining throughout the summer months. Life is busy. Geoff grows dahlias in the summer which will need a lot of prep work to plant and grow. The rest of the garden (6000m2 in total) is laid to grass and lots of pots around the B&B areas and two rockeries, all of which needs constant tending, cutting and strimming. And as well we have a vegetable garden. None of the gardening work is difficult, it's just time consuming. Also there will be some work needed on the rest of building side, renovating and painting the exterior of parts of the house and its outbuildings. So anyone out there ready to do a bit of DIY (generally helping Geoff) but more especially gardening, and/or helping with the B&B please contact us. We have a nearly 17 year old deaf Westie who we adore and is a major part of our family, no children. We also have a 17 month old Border Collie called Fred! He's adorable too. We both have a great sense of humour, essential to life. We love any music, especially blues. We are good entertainers and enjoy a large circle of friends. We have had huge success with all our Workawayers for the past two years and hope to continue that success this year. It is essential to have a good sense of humour as laughter plays an important role in our lives. We enjoy what we do and like to involve our Workawayers in our general day to day life, not just as work horses. You would live in with us as family. Although the guidelines set by Workaway is a five hour day for 5 days we generally find our Workawayers are quite willing to work longer than that to get things finished or just to be helpful, so we can normally expect perhaps a 6 hr day generally speaking. Nothing is written in stone with us and we are very flexible. There is Satellite TV in the house both English and French. We have internet wireless broadband, Wi-Fi, Skype.

Area: Observatory, Cape Town

We are a small backpackers in Observatory with 26 beds. We strive to provide our guests with the best experience possible by always being friendly and being willing to go the extra mile for them.

Area: Provence Alpes Azur

I am a retired older woman living by the sea. I am an active person with many friends, having lived in the area for many years. Now I am getting older i am looking for a couple, non smokers, to live on the property for the minimum of a month.

Area: Hanoi, Vietnam

Our center is a non–profit volunteer organization, acting mainly in education, support to business startup and community tourism. The organization’s purpose is linking people all over the World and helping develop human resource for sustainable development of the society. It's a member of the Vietnam Scientific Association for Development of Talent. Our goal is to create short and long term International Voluntary Projects to assist in long lasting community development and education; to exchange and explore cultures; broaden experiences and improve skills between Vietnamese volunteers and international volunteers. We are looking for interested volunteers who would like to share their time and talents with the our staff and students.