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Carpenters, gardeners, photographers and bodyworkers,
Hi! My name is Maria, I have been traveling for the past 10 years, around southamerica, central America, California, Canada Australia & few counties in asia, specially in love with Thailand and India.
I volunteer many times in organic farms, sustainable projects including permaculture and bio construction. I am interested in mindfulness, yoga, taoism, massage therapy, kirtan, contact improvisation dance and any sort of body work and somatics, exchanging knowledge would be part of the volunteer task, I love music and arts.
I am currently in Chile where I have the vision & dream to start building up slowly a holistic centre, but at the moment I only have the house so I need some help to start building a garden & a space to practice bodywork ( yoga/qi gong/ chi nei tsang or Thai massage. I can always use help from garndeners and creative people. as I dont have a lot of resources to invest, being creative recycle is a good skills to share. I am also in need of someone that can help me to fix a camper van that has been abandoned for some time and could be use for wecoming workawayers,
I am looking for volunteers that can help with carpentry, natural construction or knowledge about agroforestry, gardening and planting trees, if you know how to preare bocashi we could usea that aswell...
Also someone with skills and equipment to take photography/ or dron shots, or if you are good with social media or web design it is also some skills we could use to create content to promote massage therapy. "Digital nomads" are welcome here.
If you feel you have a community oriented vission & you feel a call to come and help I would be happy to meet You here.
Location: San Fabian, this place has not been massively exploited for tourism and is part of the Nevados de Chillán Biological Corridor biosphere reserve.
I have a small cabin just beside the Ñuble river, beautiful mountains surround us. There is a local market happening every week. We could plan to go for some hikingq on the Andes mountains. Rafting/kayakinga is also an attraction in this town.
Eco- tourism is just starting a couple years back, so expect to be around mostly local people & only a few tavelers.
How to get here: From Santiago Bus Station, buy a bus ticket to San Carlos, it takes about 4.5 hours to get there.
Tell the helper of the bus or driver to drop you off at Copec gas station. From there you can take a bus to San Fabian, or I could possibly pick you up from there. If you don't feel confident in Spanish, make sure you have mobile data in your phone and give me a call when you get into the bus, and I can help out.
The bus from San Carlos may take up to one hour to arrive in San Fabian, there is one direct bus coming from Santiago (jet sur)
I am located in the area called "la balsa", the nearest markets and restaurants are 2km away, 20 mins walk.
I am looking forward to meet you :)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
DIY & crafts
Performing arts
Languages
Plant care
Photography
Gardening
Drawing & painting
Art & design
Carpentry
Culture
Videography
Sustainability
Mountain
Hiking
Yoga / Wellness
Dancing
Outdoor activities
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learning and exploring together bodywork, yoga, meditation, contact dance improv and gardening.
Cultural exchange
Learn Spanish
Meet local people
Help
I need someone who has skills with photography and dron shooting.
I am planting trees on my property so I need help to mix soil and fill up some big holes I have done with excavator.
I am also interested about bodywork, such a qi gong, yoga, massage and contact dance improv, so if you like this area would be great aswell.
I have the vision to start building slowly a community in the future, but at the moment I only have the house so I need some help to start building a garden & a space to practice bodywork( yoga/qi gong/ chi nei tsang or Thai massage.
I am looking for volunteer that can help with carpentry, natural construction or knowledge about agroforestry, gardening and planting trees, working with bocashi is also a plus.
I have the idea to create a glamping and yoga shala in the property.
Also someone with skills and equipment to take photography/ or dron shots for creating a website, publicity, canva and create a short video to apply for some monetary benefits that the government can give for entrepreneurs would be a lot of help. Or if you are good a social media, we could also work with that.
If you feel you have similar interests, community oriented vission & you feel a call to come and help I would totally appreciate it.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I speak fluent Spanish and English. Learning Portuguese.
Accommodation
It is a 2bedrooms house close to the river. You get a private room, shared bathroom.
2 meals a day
What else ...
Enjoy the river, rafting, hiking around andes mountains.
Paddleboarding on the river
Playing music
Picking mushrooms in autumn or spring
There is public transport to the next city San Carlos and Chillan.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I don't have wifi, but there is a place in town called cowork where you can pay to get daily, weekly or monthly passes.
Space for parking camper vans
A big campervan can be park right beside the house, with view to the mountains, super welcome
Can possibly accept pets
Yes
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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