Come and help us to build our dream in El Paso, Canary Islands, Spain

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  • Última actividad: 28 mar 2024

DISPONIBILIDAD

  2024 

 Estancia mínima:  Al menos un mes

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Detalles

  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Come and join us!
    However, it is important to know that the work can be hard, we really need strong & motivated volunteers who are not scared to get dirty hands ! There will be a lot of building work AND some great time to spend after work on this beautiful island :-)
    The volunteers will have their own kitchen furnished, fridge, gas oven,etc...
    We provide a private Canvas tent or wooden house for accommodation as well as hot shower and flush toilet

    Hi everyone,

    We (Val & Eddy) are a Belgian couple of 47yrs and 55yrs young :-) and decided to completely change our way of living. We met each other 18 years ago at work and both have grown up children of 27, 29 & 31 who decided to pursue some other opportunities in Belgium and come to visit us whenever possible. Together we speak 6 languages (native French & Flemish, English, Spanish,some Italian & some German). I used to be Buildings and Facilities coordinator as well as Events’ organizer in big multinational companies, Eddy was Information Technologist.
    We live in the Canaries on the Island of La Palma near El Paso since November 2014 and we are enjoying this great experience with all our volunteers.

    We decided to “test” a life during 1 year far away from the stress and the system and traveled as volunteers for 8 months in Asturias, Andalucía & all the Canarian Islands and both fell in love with La Palma, also called la Isla Bonita, where we bought a land very well located close to the center of El Paso. The average temperature in the winter is 15°C and 27°C in summer … there are 300 days of sun a year, what else? ;-) We are working on developing a finca with fruit trees and vegetable garden to become autonomous . Ecology is one of our main concerns and our idea is to build as much as possible with local lava stones & nature elements that we find on the island while discovering this beautiful nature. We work with pebbles, shelves, trunks and most of our constructions are made out of pallets (furniture, wooden houses, walls).

    For nature lovers, this island is absolutely amazing and we can certainly share some great leisure time together as we love trekking, discovering beautiful beaches & other landscapes and we love nature shopping.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Práctica de idiomas
    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Jardinería
    Ayuda en una granja
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    We know the hidden gems of this beautiful island and will share them as well as all other information such as different hikes, nice restaurants, places to visit and some history.

  • Proyectos con niños

    Proyectos con niños

    En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    We are looking for smiley, handy & motivated volunteers who would help 5h/day (5 days/week (2 days off , flexible) with a preference of volunteers who can stay for minimum 4 weeks. In exchange, you’ll get accommodation and food. We provide tents and a floor mattress for all volunteers, we only ask to bring your sleeping bag along with you. If you are easily cold, bring some warm clothes with you as mornings and nights can be colder (750m altitude).

    Type of help we need
    Various tasks such as gardening (lots of stones on the land so digging is also a big work), stone walling, sieving stones, all types of small constructions (pruning, watering, terraces, etc.) for 5 hours/day. Please note that we are looking for volunteers who don't mind doing hard work in the gardens.

  • Idiomas

    Idiomas hablados
    Inglés: Fluido
    Español: Fluido
    Francés: Fluido
    Holandés: Fluido
    Alemán: Intermedio
    Italiano: Intermedio

    Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
    We would love to practice Spanish, German , Italian to improve as we mostly speak French, Dutch and English

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    ACCOMMODATION: We provide tents or caravan, pillows, cover and a floor matras for all volunteers, we only ask to bring a warm sleeping bag along with you. As we are located @ 800m of altitude, the weather can get sometimes colder, do not hesitate to also bring warm clothes to be safe.

    For your info, we sleep in our caravan.

    KITCHEN: We share a common space with volunteers and also have a wooden house (20m²) with little kitchen that will be used as common place for all volunteers when the weather is colder. A little kitchen and a table will be at the disposal of all volunteers. The cleaning of this area belongs to all of our volunteers. We also have a common kitchen with a roof in case of rain or wind.

    FOOD: The volunteers will be provided and mostly do their own cooking
    We hope you like hiking and discovering nice places! We love nature and would be pleased to give you details of this amazing and magic island!

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    Guagua (local bus) accessible at 15min from site (1.5km)
    Center of El Paso 20min by foot (less than 2km) - 1 hour internet for free in the center of El Paso (on site no wifi)
    Centro de visitantes Caldera Taburiente 30min (2km)

    The whole island is reachable by guagua, the local bus.
    Fantastic island, the sun is most of the time shining somewhere, green and lush, bikers, trekkers and nature lovers' paradise.
    However, the weather can be very different depending on where you are on the island (one of the steepest island in the world)
    If you look for sun and farniente after work, Tazacorte and Puerto Naos beaches are the place to be (easily reachable by guagua)

    For your internet connection, you can take a prepaid card with Orange or Vodafone , we also have internet on some places on the land.

    We are waiting for you!!!!

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Este anfitrión ha indicado que le encanta acoger a nómadas digitales.

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Dos

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    Horas esperadas

    5 hours a day 5 days a week

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 662319123896

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