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We are a German family living 30 minutes east of Malaga (Benajarafe).
Gerhard (48) is an online journalist and Maren (37) is a language teacher and translator. Our son Levi was born in November 2022.
We both work from home (Maren currently isn't working)
We have 2 dogs and 2 cats plus the occasional foster animal (can be an additional dog or baby kittens)
We are looking for a kind person to mainly help with our son. Just entertaining him a few hours a day or take him for a walk etc.
Since Levi is starting to understand more and more we really prefer people with at least some German at the moment 🙂 but message us anyway if you don't speak German
Spanish speakers are also welcome,so he can get used to the language (also it's always nice for us to improve our Spanish - maybe if you are good at teaching I'm even interested in a few lessons)
Also a little help around the house like vacuuming, but not much.
Some cleaning and tasks and sorting out stuff that we never get around to doing
There is also some gardening to be done if you like or if you are good at fixing things or for example painting,there is ALWAYS stuff to do.
We rent our house out in summer to holiday guests,so constantly need to improve it.
So we can try to find some tasks depending on what you like doing / are good at.
Of course you must be an animal lover and it would be great if we could go away for a long weekend while you look after our animals once they know you.
Also we would love to have someone who likes to cook🙂 We like cooking too,but always tend to eat the same things hahaha
So would really love to take turns at cooking
We have been travelling a lot around the world ourselves, Maren has also been a volunteer, and we are looking to host likeminded people.
We love travelling, meeting other people from other cultures.
We are looking for mature (mentality, not necessarily age) and independent people who don't need our care and entertainment 24/7. We love the company, cooking together, eating together etc, but we also like our privacy.
Also Maren has chronic migraine,so sometimes just needs some quiet time (the main reason why we need some help with Levi).
We can only host a single volunteer at the moment.
Ideally we're looking for someone who can stay between 2 weeks and 2 months.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you love children and animals, you will love our little ones ❤️
You can practice your German or English with us and get to see the real Andalucia.
Projects involving children
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Help
Help with our little son (playing, taking him for a walk etc, no "serious" duties)
help with improving the house: builders, handymen, painters etc
Gardening, landscaping
Help with our cats and dogs and possible foster animals, vet trips
Cooking
Cleaning
Teaching Spanish / language practice
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
My native language is German and I speak English fluently, so could help you with those Am interested in improving my Spanish Interested in improving my Spanish (which is pretty good already) or learn some Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian
Accommodation
Your own room and bathroom in our house
We have a lovely country house with sea view.
Please note that we are in the countryside and it's 2km to the bus stop, shops and cafes .
If you are easily bored this might not be the right place for you
What else ...
We are one vegetarian and one meat eater, so all welcome.
Volunteering schedule is somewhat flexible, but we expect you to do the hours. also we have some key hours (in the morning) that we definitely need covered (9-12)
You can go to Malaga by bus if you like and of course the beach is not far
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We use the internet for work including video calls There is no good WiFi in your room though, would need to work on the terrace, so not suitable if you need to work a lot as we also spend most of our time on the terrace
Space for parking camper vans
You can park opposite the house or in our garden
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
5 a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
It was kind of an awkward atmosphere from the beginning, something we have not known from previous workaway exchanges.
They did not really talk to us and also mostly ignored our little son unless "they… read more
Leider war es nicht ganz so wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben. Vom Haus aus geht man um die 30min zum… read more
We couldn't have asked for a better "big sister" for him.
Anita is very sweet and considerate and we enjoyed having her around.
Levi loved playing with her and she was so nice and helpful and also very proactive and always found herself something to do.
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It was kind of an awkward atmosphere from the beginning, something we have not known from previous workaway exchanges.
They did not really talk to us and also mostly ignored our little son unless "they… read more
Leider war es nicht ganz so wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben. Vom Haus aus geht man um die 30min zum… read more
We couldn't have asked for a better "big sister" for him.
Anita is very sweet and considerate and we enjoyed having her around.
Levi loved playing with her and she was so nice and helpful and also very proactive and always found herself something to do.
She was a great help with our little son as he absolutely loved her.
She also looked after our animals while we went on holiday,they all loved her too 🙂
They were always motivated and hands on and good company.
Would have them back any time :-)
They are both very handy and fixed a lot of things.
They do their work independently and are super reliable.
Both are easy going and good company, we really enjoyed having them here!
They are easy going, nice company and bonded well with our animals.
They helped us with a variety of tasks - vet trips, cleaning, gardening, translating,...
Just give them a task and they'll happily do it!
They also had some own ideas which we always welcome.
When we went away for… read more
