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Description
We are a family of four people, with our dog Alma and the cats.
We love the quiet life and peaceful nature, so we moved to the southwest of Portugal to start a new life in 2017. In 2021 we found this piece of land and have been cultivating our lives here ever since. We choose this spot because it's surrounded by charming ancient cork trees, beautiful simple villages, and close to the beautiful beaches of south west Portugal. We moved to our land that was not touched for 70 years and has been completely free from human intervention- for better or worse!
We use local soil and natural materials for construction and try to work with nature and what it has to offer us. We cultivate a vegetable garden and act according to the idea of Pharmaculture for the soil, humans and nature.
We are welcome also unvaccinated people.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can share natural building skills , practicing pharmaculture together as a life style and get to know about the idea behind self directed education and out door living as a family. There will be time for you to explore the surrounding area and the small towns of Alentejo.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking to meet people who wish to experiment with a true outdoor life, who are motivated to work with us and are open to learn. We are creating a new life together on this land- key word being new as we have only had it since 2021 :)
If you have any experience with natural building and gardening it will be super helpful but we can provide the skills and will be happy to explain and teach. Many tasks revolve around your own maintenance and we are super happy to talk through the other projects in depth. Things you might expect to do :
-keep the paths and shared spaces tidy and maintained
-Gardening in the vegetable patch
-helping in the homestead
But things change quickly but we're always working on a new project on the land!
The best part of the experience is the friends you do it with. It will be a simple life, close to nature, helping us build up the land and passing on your wisdom to our family, if this interests you. The children live with us, work with us, eat with us. They love the company of new people.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Portuguese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We moved to Portugal in 2017 and so are all in different stages of learning the language. We communicate mostly in English.
Accommodation
We have a nice caravan that can accommodate a couple of volunteers. We have a compost toilet, hot shower, fully equipped open kitchen, and shared outdoor living spaces.
We do not have Wifi but there is good signal, perfect for anyone with a European SIM or a newly bought Portuguese one!
What else ...
We are located in one of the most peaceful and pleasant areas of Portugal within a very short drive from the beautiful beaches of southwestern Portugal. There are ecological communities around us and diverse social life that can enable learning about man, nature and society.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a convenient parking space for a Campervan. As well as this we have a compost toilet, hot shower, a fully equipped open kitchen, and a bell tent and hammocks as sitting areas.
Can possibly accept pets
Bear in mind we have very big, dominant female dog and our chickens are free range on the farm so keep that in mind, also we are not far from other properties and we need to respect the neighbors.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
Matya and Shaya are absolutely… read more
Andrew was working fiscally with all his heart .
He was very thorough and was completely reliable with all the task we had to do and his contribution to us was more then many younger volunteers we had over.
Dorte became our care taker :)
She had the motivation to make and keep everything clean… read more
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Matya and Shaya are absolutely… read more
Andrew was working fiscally with all his heart .
He was very thorough and was completely reliable with all the task we had to do and his contribution to us was more then many younger volunteers we had over.
Dorte became our care taker :)
She had the motivation to make and keep everything clean… read more
The days were full of desire to learn and help us .
together we were able to learn and develop as people and help to build some more in our challenging and beautiful new land :) .
It is difficult to write in words how lucky we are to have met and i recommend everyone to have… read more
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