Help with butterfly-rearing and translation near Cali, Colombia

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  Description

  We are a warm, welcoming, and outgoing couple who love nature, and are passionate about educating people about the natural world and the environment. We live 15 minutes away from Cali, amid our butterfly sanctuary and environmental education centre – The Foundation – surrounded by 15 species of butterfly, flowers, birds and hummingbirds, as well as a 2000m2 to-scale map of Colombia in the garden! Our main focus is on welcoming tourists and giving them fully guided tours around here, and receiving school groups for whom we provide creative and educational workshops. After starting this place from scratch 20 years ago, we are thrilled that it has consistently been among the top 3 most popular attractions in Cali on Tripadvisor for the last 4 years (even taking the number 1 spot in 2015!).
  
  Help
  
  From our Workaway guests, we are looking for help in 3 areas:
  
  1) Help with running workshops for school groups
  
  2) Help in the lab with rearing butterflies
  
  3) Help with improving our online presence.
  
  We receive many requests from workawayers, and so regrettably we can only accommodate people with skills and experience in at least one of the following areas (ideally more than one): education/recreation with children, performing arts (theatre, music, puppets, clowns, circus etc), biology/zoology/butterfly knowledge, graphic design, videography/photography.
  
  Please note that if you do not have skills/experience in the given áreas, please do not request to stay since we will not be able to receive you. Also, at the moment we only have space for 1 workawayer at a time, so unfortunately we cannot accept couples.
  
  p.s. people who can help us practice English or can cook well are a plus!
  
  Accommodation
  
  A bed inside a room (with view over Cali !)
  
  What else
  
  With previous guests, we have taken them on cycle rides, visited Cristo Rey, taken trips into Cali, gone to Salsa carnivals, and generally welcomed them as part of the family and local community.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Hospitality/Tourism

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Travelers will be able to learn about the Cali culture, learn to dance salsa, learn about Colombian biodiversity, and also about the butterfly zoo.

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  Help

  In this place we always need help in different fields of work, in the guidance for tourists, in the planting of gardens, in the care of butterflies, in the management of social networks

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  Bed in a room overlooking the mountain, surrounded by butterfly gardens with bathroom and kitchen

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  What else ...

  We look very creative friendly people , athletes who like to share with your family, lead a quiet and easy on the outskirts of the city life, just ask our volunteers meet the minimum guarantees to have a nice exchange.
  
  1. ask volunteers to be responsible with their personal hygiene , commonly we serve children and tourists which we require good presentation.
  2. Bring the essential elements of personal hygiene.
  3. Our activities begin at 7:00 am

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We have an internet that allows you to browse

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

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

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