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Update: We rellay need a person, who looks after our five dogs in the first week of october, supporting another workaway from New Zealand, while we are on holidays.
Hi, I am Kiki, a 47 years old mother of two teenagers. One still lives at home.
We are living on our own little farm where we look after some rescued animals.
We have dogs, cats, horses, sheeps and a donkey.
The farm is about 20 km between North and East sea, in the one direction you can reach Husum, in the other Flensburg.
We live a kind of "simple life", we live in a tiny house with a wood stove.
You would live in your own cabin to have some private sphere. Very cozy.
We all share a bathroom with toilet and shower near the horse stable.
We eat vegeterian food and enjoy the life together with many animals.
I´m fully employed with my own office company, so I could use some help in home and garden or with the animals.
We love to meet new people, we enjoy to sit around the campfire in the evenings and talk about life or just sitting on the sofa watching films or playing board games.
We speak german, english and danish.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a german family, but the teenagers go to danish schools. We love to travel and to talk with people from around the world. We live some kind of special life here, in the countryside.
Here are a few public transports and I´m often able to give you lifts when I´m out for my work.
There is much to visit in Flensburg, Husum or Schleswig.
Also Denmark is nearby.
Projects involving children
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Help
First of all, you should have an health insurance. Would be best, if you are vaccinated against Covid 19.
For the time, you are here, you are a part of the group and we share the daily work.
Your daily requests depend on your interests, your experience and the actual circumstances, for example the season.
You could help with:
Feeding the animals, cleaning their places, gardening, split or carry some wood, general household things like cooking, cleaning, shopping.
Look after the dogs, paint walls, repair fences.
If you are creative (sewing, knitting or whatever), we always need some help to produce beautiful things to sell them in a facebook group for a greek dogshelter.
Of course I explain everything and am there for questions and ideas, but most of the time you help on your own during the week, because I have to manage my "official work"
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
A cabin with a bed, and a radiator. Very comfortable.
You are always invited to eat with us, as part of the family, but most of the time, we only manage to have our dinner all together, the rest of the day we help ourselves with breakfast or lunch on our own, you are welcome to eat whenever you want and what you like.
But I like the idea of usually coming together for dinner, a kind of comfortable daily meeting and alternately cooking.
What else ...
We are a funny and friendly family.
We are sociable and have a friendly common area, where we can spend time together, a cozy kitchen living space, which we all share, but here is also much space for you to be on your own.
We are tolerant and don´t have special expectations of our guests.
But you should be fond of children and animals.
It´s no problem to enjoy some beer or wine in the evening, but no drugs are allowed on our farm.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Here is much space for you and your own vehicle
Can possibly accept pets
If you have a dog, it should be uncomplicated with other dogs and cats and sheeps
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
help for 20 hours every week. five days.
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Life on the the farm is so relaxing and peaceful you can almost forget the crazy outside world.
Kiki and her family are very welcoming. We enjoyed spending time with them,… read more
Eva ist der vielleicht geduldigste, höflichste und hilfsbereiteste Mensch, den ich kenne.
Es waren wunderschöne zwei Wochen und Eva war eine Riesenhilfe.
Eva kommt, fasst an und hilft immer da, wo sie am Nötigsten gebraucht wird.
Dabei hat sie immer ein nachsichtiges… read more
Kiki und ihre Familie sind sehr gastfreundlich, offen, liebevoll und ehrlich und ich habe mich von Anfang an sehr wohl bei ihnen gefühlt. Sie haben mich immer Anteil an ihrem… read more
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Life on the the farm is so relaxing and peaceful you can almost forget the crazy outside world.
Kiki and her family are very welcoming. We enjoyed spending time with them,… read more
Eva ist der vielleicht geduldigste, höflichste und hilfsbereiteste Mensch, den ich kenne.
Es waren wunderschöne zwei Wochen und Eva war eine Riesenhilfe.
Eva kommt, fasst an und hilft immer da, wo sie am Nötigsten gebraucht wird.
Dabei hat sie immer ein nachsichtiges… read more
Kiki und ihre Familie sind sehr gastfreundlich, offen, liebevoll und ehrlich und ich habe mich von Anfang an sehr wohl bei ihnen gefühlt. Sie haben mich immer Anteil an ihrem… read more
It was our first experience ever doing workaway and my gosh did they set the bar high for every coming experience in the future!
We all connected right from the start and thanks to their trust, warm-heartness, empathy and easy-going manner, we made so many important… read more
Ich bin, wir sind, sehr glücklich, dass wir diese beiden wunderbaren Menschen kennenlernen durften.
Danke Corona.
Ich weiß gar nicht, wo ich anfangen soll...
Torben und Magda sind ein so angenehmes Pärchen, harmonisch, angenehm im Umgang und immer von Herzen und geradeaus.
Ich… read more
Monja is always positive, always funny and absolutely self organized.
She helped us much with the animals, in the garden and also with general householdtasks.
But more important: we had a great time with Monja.
We talked much, laughed much and Monja was part of the… read more
Leonies main job was to look after our dogs when I was out to work. Leonie also painted some furniture from brown to white.
She also spent much time with my teenange daughters, they really liked each other.
Leonie is always glad and offers help in any way she can.
She was a quiet nice guest having… read more
Since they arrived, everything seemed uncomplicated.
They are so helpful, heartful, very interested and quiet comfortable companion.
They cooked good food for the whole group, worked in the garden, helped with the animals and chopped wood.
We also enjoyed our evenings together with… read more
Right from the beginning Kiki made clear that her place is a stress-free zone, the only stress present would be self induced. They really are the most relaxed people I have ever stayed with.
When I think back of my stay I did paint quite a few walls, cleared some beds and… read more
Every day is a pleasure having her around you.
Saskia is an openhearted, very clever and helpful young girl.
Saskia took care in an absolutely responsible way about the donkeys and horses.
No problem for her to handle them and, also very important, always friendly and heartful with… read more
As for work, I was happy to have some clear responsibilities so I could operate on my own… read more
He absolutely saved my ass, because my employee got ill and Marvin did most of her work from one day to the other.
Every day, Marvin fed the sheeps, horses and donkeys. He also cleaned their stables, chopped wood and looked after all ovens each day.
Sometimes Marvin… read more
Same humor, same way of life, very good conversations about politics for example.
We laughed much and shared a quit harmonic time together here on the farm.
Laura and Rosie helped in any task I asked them for.
They prepared meals, washed the dishes, cleaned up, chopped and carried wood,… read more
Their little part of the world is truly uplifting. I loved waking up surrounded by happy animals in this tranquil setting. I couldn’t stop taking photos of the sky and breathing in… read more
Sally is best.
You miss her from the minute she’s gone.
You can tell Sally whatever you want-she fixes it.
But even if you don’t tell her things-you turn around and a moment later your house is cleaned, the laundry done, a coffee in your hand.
Sally is the funniest person in the whole world, I swear.
Having Sally in the… read more
Spending two weeks in heart warming atmosphere of Kiki's (and Gaia's and Fee's) house was experience of balanced life in the middle of chaos, of surprisingly well working system running independently on rules and control,… read more
Of course they did all the work which was found and when I asked for some help, I always heard: no problem.
But much more interesting: they both are the most friendly and heartful people you can find.
So much empathy in them.
I enjoyed having those deep conversations… read more
It was difficult to let her go, it seemed more than she just belongs to here..
Katharina is quiet uncomplicated, easily able to fit in and much flexible to take it as it is.
Even if she is just 18, she cooks delicious and bakes fantastic portugisian food. We loved it!
For Katharina it’s no problem… read more
I felt welcome from the moment kiki picked me up at the train station.
I had my own cabin that was soooo comfortable but spent most of the time in the kitchen with the others. We had some great conversations and laughed a lot together.
Kiki is a super friendly and warmfull person who is… read more
Hanna and Lukas are focussed and organized and finish every mission before starting another one.
Here were many things they did, from cooking (very tasty), over washing dishes, cleaning, over constructing (the horses enjoy their new comfortable food place now), chopping wood, weeding, mounting… read more
She was very uncomplicated and communicative.
She loved our animals like we do and asked if she can help in any way all the time.
We enjoyed the time together, Henriette was like part of the family.
She feeded the cats and dogs, walked the dogs, cleaned around the horses and donkeys, she painted doors and… read more
Kiki makes sure the work you do fits what you can and… read more
I wanted her to settle down first, but: Femke always wanted to work something, right from the beginning:blush:
She loves nature, she loves animals and you only explain things once, so will Femke do them fast and careful.
Most of all Femke loved the dogs.
She walked the dogs, she looked after the donkeys… read more
Right when she got out of the train, I knew, she must have been fallen from heaven.
El is so friendly, such a helpful girl, she learns quickly and is interested in everything!
El always did something, she worked much too much!
She loved the animals, seemed… read more
Every day was different because there were always friends or relatives staying, such a great atmosphere. Kiki and her girls always made an effort to include me in their… read more
