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We have been together for 3 happy years. We live in South Devon England & enjoy our Summers at our home close to the coast & Dartmoor. We love travelling & spending our Winters volunteering.
We make a good team & can offer a range of skills, we have renovated houses, have lots of gardening experience, Paul is skilled at construction work, carpentry & engineering, Ana has experience of hospitality, yoga retreats & hotel management. Both of us are experienced project managers.
We are both fit & energetic, keen walkers & cyclists, we love yoga & meditation, we have our own eco-project at home, & enjoy cooking, gardening and we are both very creative.
Ana spent 10 years travelling solo, & stopped for several workaway projects eg. teaching English in Java and Sulawesi, helping at a massage school in Bali, 2 renovation building projects in France, assisting on a Spanish wellness retreat, permaculture & kugelkulture gardening.
She worked 6 Winter ski seasons in France, Austria & Italy in hospitality, managing 11 self catering chalets, then 3 hotels from 30-84 beds.
Paul has an engineering background with a particular interest in eco projects.
We love this lifestyle as it allows us to live in beautiful places & meet new people :-)Interests
Vegetarian or veganSustainabilityPlant careOutdoor activitiesMountainGardeningCyclingCooking & foodCarpentryYoga / WellnessSelf developmentNatureLanguagesHikingFitnessFarmingDIY & craftsCultureCharity workCamping
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English: Fluent
French: FluentSkills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Life at a FarmstayCharity WorkSome knowledge of:
GardeningDIY and building projectsCreating/ Cooking family mealsGeneral MaintenanceEco ProjectsHospitality/TourismTeachingMore details about your skills
management - operational planning/coordinating/staff management, project management,
hospitality - hotel/B&B/ restaurant/housekeeping/ cooking/guest relations
conference planning & management
building - interior decoration / painting / carpentry /building /DIY
gardening/ small holding / permaculture
cooking / general house-holding / shopping
outdoor activities - walking/ trekking/ / cycling/ campingAge
64 & 65
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We are both extremely hard working and positive people, we get on well with all age groups, work well in teams or alone.
We are self sufficient financially & flexible about where we go and for how long - nice! :-) We like to learn new skills as well as contribute our existing skills and experience to any workaway projects.
We are currently most interested in yoga retreats, health / wellness & sustainable communities and projects, farm stays/ permaculture/ gardening / building & construction/carpentary.Some more information
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Driver's licence
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noSpecial dietary requirements
no
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Thank you for joining our teaching volunteer programme in Cianjur-West Java, Indonesia. Mama Ana is a great helper and reliable. She joined The Volunteer in Java Programme in Cianjur West Java for about two weeks. Two weeks was a perfect time to do a volunteer project, because she had plenty of time to do a volunteering and doing a… read more
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