Learn traditional herbalism and soap making in a small community in Jaibalito, Guatemala

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  Beschreibung

  Stay with us by the side of a beautiful lake, enjoy stunning views, disconnect from the noise, become more sustainable, learn herbalism, soap making, teach English and connect with our farm animals. We are waiting for you!
  
  NEXT AVAILABILITY: March!
  MINIMUM STAY: 1 month
  ONLY 4H WORK: compared to the average 5h+/day requested by most hosts
  UNIQUE PROJECT: working towards making an impact on our eco system by changing daily practices from most places in the uses of soap that damage the delicate ecosystem.
  
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  𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘: 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗞 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀!
  
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  Hello! My name is Genoveva, and I live with my 10 year old daughter on a small isolated village of Jaibalito, Lake Atitlán, accessible only by water. There are no roads, Just nature, the songs of birds, and a stunning beach. I’m on a journey since 10 years ago I began my Herbal business and have been working in with it teaching herbalism and making products. I work with Mayan Medicine and Chinese Medicine both traditional medicines I bind this two worlds together and my aim is to continue preserving this knowledge so it wont get lost. On the other hand our herbal business started around 5 years ago making liquid castile soap and other soaps. All made with ingredients local to the area. Basically I want to educate everyone, businesses, local people, kids that using natural products like this one can have a positive impact on our delicate ecosystem.
  
  We also have a tiny school in a small Guatemalan indigenous community on Lake Atitlan. Our goal is to foster skills and opportunity in the fields of the local ecology, natural health/nutrition, gardening, music, natural building, and entrepreneurship. Our current project is to expand our children's ukulele club/musical instrument library, and part time school for small kids into a fully functioning school.
  Our children's school has been going part time for 8 years. Our model is based around nature, how to live with the forest in a stewardship, reforestation, preservation of water resources, botany, traditional herbalism etc... while focusing on singing, reading, writing, learning English .

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Karitative Arbeit

  Kunstprojekte

  Sprachpraxis

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Unterrichten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
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  UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

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  Was ist das?
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We offer a nice tree house dorm to sleep. It has bunkbeds. It has a fully furnished kitchen. We don't include food.
  Bedding is included. Wifi is available.
  The place has a dry compost toilet, warm, shower and its in nature, so expect to have normal things that come with nature.
  The nights are pretty quiet around here, the noises from town are not loud up here so you can really enjoy the place and the views from the hanging out area in the 3rd floor are great.

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  Projekte mit Kindern

  Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

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  Arbeit

  Here are some things you can help us with:
  
  -Soap making: we are making soap every week, making the processes, bottling soap, labeling, its all a part of the job!
  
  -Herb processing: drying herbs, bottling tinctures, labeling, processing herbs, it all varies depending on the season and demand,
  
  -Errands and Deliveries: since we are isolated everything that comes in or out has to be carried by boat. This also gives you a chance to go sightseeing.
  
  -Marketing and Education: a big part of our project is to make people understand why the need to change habits. And what other options there are. If you can help us with this is a big task!
  
  -Construction: our tree house apothecary is always under construction! there are many projects always going on with bamboo and wood mostly. Painting, varnishing.
  
  -Animal Care: we have a small farm with goats, chickens, dogs, cats and hopefully rabbits soon.
  
  -Rooftop herb garden: I have started to plan a small garden on the roof top full of nice herbs and some edibles.

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Fließend

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  Unterkunft

  We have a 4 bed dorm with a kitchen and bathroom.

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  Was noch ...

  We are a guatemalan family, our friends are mostly guatemalan so you will be involved in our local life, we might do things slightly different from other local families but we are in love with traditional ways of living and we do this in everything we do. Including canning, cooking tortillas, and things like this. We enjoy to sometimes share meals and maybe bake some cake and play some cards! There is a wealth of activity here on beautiful lake atitlan from swimming and kayaking to hiking, paragliding, ziplining, etc.. The local expat and tourist community is very fun and social. As well, one can connect with many meaningful ways to make a difference in local peoples lives.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  Dieser Gastgeber nimmt gern Digital Nomads bei sich auf.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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