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My name is Zeljka. I'm Catholic theologist and formar prosfesor at Catholic college. I was teaching subjects of "Animal Theology" and "Border Questions between Theology and Natural Science". I'm trying to make my knowlage in theory come true by building an real animal sanctuary and educational center.
We are very extraordinary family! We are trying to live all together with no fences between us as much as we can ... REAL COMUNITY BEETWEEN THE SPECIES IN JESUS SPIRIT!!!
Our family now consists out of: 4 dogs (Bobby, Tara, Mazica, Hertz), 18 cats (Koko, Kiara, Tiggy, Zeta, Pahi, Vida, Nomsy, Sara, Pongo, Kleo, Botza, Petko, Richard, Šarko,, Elio, Juan, Kio, Tiry), 3 pigs (Micek, Maja and 'litle Gigy' - he is quite huge now, but stil piglet in his mind), female donkey (Beba), 2 rebits (Gina, Jimmy) and about 20 chickens.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
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

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will have the opportunity to get to know various animals, how nature works, gardening skills and here in Daruvar we have a beautiful little center with parks and there are 2 famous Ginko trees 700 years old (they even have the names: Adam and Eva). Also we have here thermal baths and one nice little cinema (movies are not synchronize!) ...

Help
Mainly I need help around the animals and the property. Also I prefer a person who knows his or her way around the internet for my facebook and instagram page. Making pictures and video`s is a part of that as well. Very welcome is one who have driveing licence and could drive our little old car. ;)

Languages
Languages spoken
Croatian: Fluent
English: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I can teach Croatian if any of workawayers want it ... I like to learn something about all lenguages ... but, especialy I like to learn more english and german ...
Accommodation
A separate studio, now is 2 beds in it, but 3th can be aded... . Studio is with own kitchen, bathroom and litlle balcony . The food is vegetarian - people here don`t eat animal's death bodies... . People who would prefer to eat meat, there are enough possibilities for meal delivery.
I'm ready to cook sometimes and provide the vegetarian food which you can cook by yourself.
But, meat meals I will not be paying for or cooking to you, so if you want it, you can buy it or you can order it or buy it and cooked it here by yourself, however you want.
What else ...
The center is a 30 minute walk away (2 km). There are many parks. thermal baths, nice little cinema ...
We have here a little car and a bike wich you can use to help us or to enjoj in countryside (if you have a driveing licence or/if you know how to ride a bike .... ;)
A little more information

Internet access

Limited internet access

We have pets

We are smokers

Can host families

Can host digital nomads
Good Wifi connection in the house and studio

Space for parking camper vans
I have a lot of land and space

Can possibly accept pets
Yes, but It`s important that the pets get along with my animals...

How many Workawayers can stay?
Two

My animals / pets
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First of all he love animals and animals love him. He is hard worker. Cleaning is something he is doing perfect and this is here very important work in the house and around the house with all this animals indoor and outside . With Bastian you place will… read more
I've been to the sanctuary twice, and being able to disconnect from everything that's meaningless is a gift.
You feed the animals, help out around the place, enjoy the peace and quiet, and learn everything animals have to teach!
I'm deeply grateful to Zeljka, a friend for life.
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First of all he love animals and animals love him. He is hard worker. Cleaning is something he is doing perfect and this is here very important work in the house and around the house with all this animals indoor and outside . With Bastian you place will… read more
I've been to the sanctuary twice, and being able to disconnect from everything that's meaningless is a gift.
You feed the animals, help out around the place, enjoy the peace and quiet, and learn everything animals have to teach!
I'm deeply grateful to Zeljka, a friend for life.
The place is surrounded by nature and we had a lot of free time where we could be with the animals or relax.
The job was to change the water in the morning and open all the animals, then in the afternoon to feed everyone.
Sometimes we fixed the wood or… read more
If you are interested in, he will teach you about his culture...
Always in good mood.
During this new awful war, in Holy… read more
The time spend with her was soooo nice. :)
We have a lot of talks, veeery nice talks which I enjoy so much (she is veeeery claver girl!) _ I was impresed because… read more
Zeiljka, wishes to show that another link is possible between the different animal species, including humans. Animals that arrived here have a story, a personality and some of them were destined for the slaughterhouse. There is for example Maya, a sow, who had… read more
Andrew is a great guy and good worker. He did all waht I asked from him, even more. He built a nice feeding place for the sheep! He work a lot and not speaking a lot, but if you want he will be very pleasent company to you. I still remeber nice time spending with… read more
My sister and I had a great time here with all the lovely animals. The work is easy and leaves a lot of time for yourself and activities you want to do. We personally really enjoyed walking the dogs and started working on a gate to the vegetable garden.
Zeljka is very generous and you can always ask her about the animals or other questions… read more
She is so warm and welcoming. She was very helpful and all of our tasks were easy.
It was wonderful to experience all the animals up close , co-existing with all the different species.
Our daughter still today talks about… read more
Each animal there has their own unique personality and… read more
Zjelka invites you to share 100% of your time with animals and learn from them. We had all the freedom to perform tasks and manage our time.
We also enjoyed their meals and made new friends.
The funniest… read more
This was my first workaway and it was such a wonderful experience! Unfortunately, I was only able to stay for 10 days but I would love to return one day!
This sanctuary is different from other farms! The animals have so much space and can… read more
The job is very relax, the main thing to do, it's to feed the animals twice per day and to keep the place clean (collect the poop). Of course cuddle all the animals and give them love is… read more
This wonderfull man and woman will take a care of their child and give you very… read more
They will help you as much as they can in any way and, if you want, they will play and sing to you some nice songs as well ... :-)
I think that words is not enoguh to explane this nice people to you, you simply have to 'taste the life' with them ... What can… read more
Zeljka never forces anyone to do… read more
Mia is a great artist and Loki is a very good woodworker. She created great art to promote our Center and they did a great job to repair and improve our barns and a lot of other things we needed here. Both of them are ready to do any… read more
I miss our conversations after the workday is finished ... she become to me as my colose friend and as a doughter in the same time .. hope she will come back some day to hug her once more ...
We're become a friends! I hope they will return here some day ...… read more
We never get boring, so many different and interesting things to do like buildings things, go on walks, clean, cook, take care about animals, feed the animals, have long conversation around the fireplace, learn about… read more


















