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This is an education center about permaculture and autonomy based in chebba, Tunisia. it is composed of two houses with two urban gardens and one offgrid farm. it is run by a married couple, Nadia and Elyes, living with one dog and four cats.
Since 2016, we settled in Dar Emmima striving for autonomy. we do urban gardening, food conservation, dry land farming, eco-constructions, we have more and more yields every year, we host trainings about permaculture and vegan cuisine.Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco ProjectsGardeningDIY and building projectsFarmstay helpGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
we are permaculture teachers and activists. we love to share our passion about permaculture principles and design, soil regeneration, biodiversity, resilience, food conservation, garden plant based cuisine and more.
We will be happy to teach some arabic or Tunisian and help workawayers have a rich cultural and learning experience.
We hope to learn new things with every workawayer about their passion and culture.Help
we need help in planting, organizing and maintaining of our houses and gardens...
Languages spoken
Arabic: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Portuguese: BeginnerAccommodation
a separate house with a bedroom, a living room, shower, fully equipped kitchen is allocated just for volunteers.
We provide basic (vegan) groceries and expect volunteers to cook for themselves and be autonomous, we may share some dinners in the main house, but we often get busy with other work after the 4 to 5 working hours together.What else ...
the house is 3km away from a beautiful beach and a costal forest. bicycles are available to travel around the city. our city is 45 min away from the city of Mahdia, Sfax and el Jem.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (12)
It's a great place to start learning about permaculture and get involved!
Work was very divers and involved many different tasks at the various gardens and farm sites.
Elyes was always approachable for questions, happy to exchange on his ideas/visions and made sure I enjoyed what I was… read more
Nadia and Elyes are a lovely couple who are determined to live sustainably in line with permaculture principles.
We worked on several different projects on several properties. We planted acacias and aloe… read more
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It's a great place to start learning about permaculture and get involved!
Work was very divers and involved many different tasks at the various gardens and farm sites.
Elyes was always approachable for questions, happy to exchange on his ideas/visions and made sure I enjoyed what I was… read more
Nadia and Elyes are a lovely couple who are determined to live sustainably in line with permaculture principles.
We worked on several different projects on several properties. We planted acacias and aloe… read more
Very easy going and autonomous, we would recommend his company and help.
We are very grateful for his visit and precious help!!
The work involves various tasks on the… read more
I only stayed a short time, but i enjoyed each day of it. The living space was large and comfortable in a seperate house, with everything necessary. I also enjoyed the work and it was not difficult.
I would be happy to visit in… read more
From the first days, we could trust them with our whole project already. They participated with a lot of enthousiasm to all activities we proposed them in the farm or in the house. They are very active learners and very easy to commnicate with, so they could accomplish with success… read more