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Help with our charity social club and large garden in Abbotsford, Canada

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a couple who have established a daycare/social club for early, mid-dementia. We may need assistance with our different therapeutic programs, such as music, exercise, art, and cognitive rehab.
    We have established a large food garden and we may need help planting, pruning, irrigation and harvesting, transplanting, raking, lawn mowing. We also plan to do some extensive landscaping work to improve accessibility for our seniors with dementia and in creating sanctuary locations on our property. We would like to have one or two workawayers at a time preferably for three weeks or longer.
    We have had workawayers for the last 8 years and have made friends with many of them. We enjoy meeting people from different cultures and like to share with them our Canadian way of life. Our 115-year-old brick home is located on a half acre where we grow vegetables, herbs and flowers and have a good number of fruit trees. This is a very small rural community in between Abbotsford and Mission in British Columbia.

    A little about us. We are a couple who are retired from our previous careers in Montessori Education and in nursing. We are both mostly relaxed, calm, happy people, but also very concerned about the environmental disintegration of our earth and climate change. We are not materialistic but greatly value relationships. Ramsey values a spiritual life as a significant part of life balance, while Leslie is a creative person who has a special place in her heart for children. Both of us are warm-hearted and love music. Leslie loves gardening, making stained glass windows and painting. We both like to play games, have deep conversations and watch movies and laugh for no particular reason.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Elderly Companionship
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We like to go to different cultural events in our community which helpers can share in. We can share with them the knowledge of the area and go on short trips with them. We often will be eating together and will have plenty of time for discussions, games and other shared activities.

  • Help

    Help

    We need help in our large garden, adding to our great tree house. We have a dog, a golden retriever who really likes long walks or runs. Also working on the different elements of the garden, such as soil preparation, building fencing, etc., planting, mushroom cultivation. Help with our dementia social club, events and trips. You will work together with us in providing our program activities. You will never work alone with our participants. Training and orientation will be provided. Our social club only runs one day a week.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: 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.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We will have a large room in our house with a queen sized bed and a full bathroom. Netflix and wifi available.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We are located close to the Fraser River. Vancouver is an hour car or train ride away, and there are numerous hiking trails and lakes in the area. We also have great mountain biking trails. We are also a ten-minute drive to the Pacific Northwest of the United States with many interesting sites and landscapes.
    We eat mostly vegetarian, pescetarian.We ask that workawayers do not smoke, do drugs or drink excessive alcohol while on our property.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    Great wifi everywhere on our property.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have a very large parking area.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    maximum 20 hours per week, 2 or more days off

Host ref number: 773436866294

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