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Help out around our cute and chilled farm in Barcelos, Portugal

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    I own a cute little farm in Barcelos (Northern Portugal) less than 1 hour by train from Porto. It’s a nice and quiet place, with lots of outdoor area, gardens and nature to explore around. The beach is 20 minutes away by car and the city center is 10 minutes away.

    It’s the perfect place to work outdoor, help in the farming daily tasks and create your own projects.

    We have rebuild the farm in the last 7 years and turned it into a living place where everyone can have time to focus on their personal projects while living in a family environment and helping each-other in personal & professional projects.


    We are welcoming volunteers from different backgrounds to come together to help on the farm.

    // The main goal of the farm is not to have people working for us, its to get to know interesting people and work together.

    // WHAT WE PROVIDE:

    Free accommodation: Your own private or shared room
    Free Bills: Water, Gas, Internet and Electricity is on us
    Free Meals/Vegetarian : breakfast, lunch and dinner is on us (if you need meat-extra costs)

    Teach you how to work online and how to find remote jobs


    // WHAT YOU WILL GIVE BACK:

    You will be requested to help during 5 hours per day on farm related tasks from Monday to Friday

    // What kind of tasks?
    ○ Cooking
    ○ Gardening : watering plants, planting vegetables and so on
    ○ Painting and improving the house
    ○ Small construction projects: outdoor & indoor projects
    ○ Keeping the house clean and tidy
    ○ Take care of the animals
    ○ Online research: helping with basic computer tasks we may need

    // ABOUT ME
    I'm Antonio from Portugal ( 34)
    I spend Spring and Summer in the Farm and escape to Thailand during the Winter.

    I work online and love to meet new people and and to travel as often as I can.

    Before you take your time to contact me I want to make some points clear about the goals of the project:

    ○ Minimum stay : 2 weeks
    ○ We will be living together and anyone who makes others feel threatened or doesn’t help will be kicked out from the farm
    ○ You will have a daily schedule and tasks and you must complete them
    ○ Any kind of hate, disrespect for other people’s beliefs, sexual orientation or any others won’t be tolerated.
    ○ We do regular trips out of the farm to as many places we can and do as many team building activities we can
    ○ You must be fluent in English
    ○ Pets are welcome (it’s a farm!)
    ○ Rent, bills and 3 meals per day will be covered by us
    ○ Any alcohol, meat or extra food should be paid by yourself.
    ○ You break something you fix it!
    ○ Couples are welcome

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    ○ The farm is located in a quiet area 3km from the city of Barcelos, Portugal.
    ○ There is everything you may need on this farm and if you would like to go to town for the night or for any needs or shop at one of the small supermarkets and shops, you can walk or cycle to the city in less than 30 minutes. If a car is not available, bicycles can be used to reach all of the facilities in the area we need.
    ○ The city of Porto is only 45 minute bus ride from Barcelos, which makes it easy to go out and meet new people during the weekends.
    ○ There are buses and trains departing daily from Barcelos to all the main cities if you want to travel (closest airport is Porto)

  • Help

    Help

    Goals for the next 6 Months:

    ○ Paint the outside of the main house
    ○ Redecorate and refurnish the 4 available rooms
    ○ Improve the coliving office and make it more functional
    ○ Improve the swimming pool area and gardens
    ○ Fix the fields and have new animals on the farm (pigs, goats, rabbits, birds, dogs, etc)
    ○ Create an organic garden and grow our own vegetables
    ○ Paint Murals and drawings around the farm

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Private or shared room

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We will do weekly activities with everyone and explore other cities around Portugal.

    We usually talk every morning about the goals for the day and when the tasks are done we usually just chill in the evenings

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have a coliving space in the farm with fiber internet

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Small vans can get in the property. Bigger one have a parking area close by

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 238579272656

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