Help restoring an old farm in magical Sipoonkorpi National Park, Vantaa, Finland

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: 1 week or less

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  • Description

    Description

    See you in May 😘🤩🐒🎅🙏
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    Hello! I hope you are enjoying planning your next Workaway experience. :)

    My name is Carl, called Calle, a Swedish-speaking Finn from Helsinki Finland.
    I am an actor and a cultural producer, who has worked within a lot of NGOs:s and traveled & lived around the world, now speaking, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and a bit of French and German.

    I practice yoga, some music, and gardening living a new life away from the city at the countryside. I am also a Yoga Instructor (Yoga Integral / Traditional) and I work with differently-abled people and do some journalism.I am a freelancer with a lot of dreams and projects. and I have also studied dialectic behavior therapy, music therapy, and services for people with substance abuse.

    My true passion is human contact and the paradoxicality of being a human and surviving the Finnish raw summer light and darkness of the winter with a lot of humor.


    Roxbäck "wellness dream farm" in Sipoonkorpi Natural Park ( My grandparents and family´s old farm)
    Roxbäck farm in Sotunki, Vantaa is only 20 km from the city center of Helsinki.

    Since I have no immediate family left nor children my dream is to establish an NGO / Foundation working at these places with yoga, agriculture, and wellness services for all kinds of people.

    At the moment we can work with different kinds of fun maintenance projects, also according to what you would like to do and learn:

    For example:
    In Summer / Autumn season
    DIY tasks and other maintenance projects like painting, building stuff etc
    Trimming bushes, cutting grass, taking care of the beach and taking care of the garden
    Chopping wood and cutting down some trees.

    If we are several people I also super much appreciate help in the kitchen, making food and some cleaning.

    We have usually worked from 9:30 - 13:30 ish (4 hours) with the workawayers Monday - Friday
    Lunch at 1.30 pm ish
    The rest of the day and weekends of course is free time. If someone is still super inspired to continue with something after lunch, sometimes we have also done some small tasks after lunch.

    Welcome to Sipoonkorpi in Sotunki.

    Carl

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You would be extremely close to the centre of Helsinki in the middle of the beautiful archipelago of the Helsinki region. You would learn about not only Finnish culture but also about the Swedish costal culture in Finland.

  • Help

    Help

    Mainly DIY and maintenance projects for restoring the old farm.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Finnish: Fluent
    Swedish: Fluent
    Norwegian bokmål: Intermediate
    Portuguese: Intermediate
    German: Beginner
    French: Beginner

    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

    I have a guest room for 2 people and a heated camper van with electricity, water and a cooker.
    I will make food and we can also cook togheter.

    You are provided with breakfast, one hot meal per day (lunch), and some snacks.
    I usually don´t cook dinners or during the weekends.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The bus stop is 1,5 km from the farm and it takes aprox 1 hour to get to Helsinki center by public transportation.
    With car it takes 25 minutes and the distance is 20km.
    Biking to the nearest train station or metro station takes 35 minutes.

  • 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

    My internet connection is ok, but cellular 4G connection is limited

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    I can provide outside water and also an additional compost toilet outside

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

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

Host ref number: 778728143197

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