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Discover a natural way of life in Demati, Greece

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Letzte Aktivität : 10 Juli 2025

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This is a social cooperative created by people who live and produce in mountainous areas. Our goal is to succeed in a worth living development scheme in mountainous areas. Workawayers are for us a great way for reviving our villages, meeting new people, exchanging ideas, having feasts, and cooperating with our visitors.

Our members are farmers, livestock farmers, foragers, beekeepers, but also carpenters, artists and makers.

You will be hosted in our stone house in Demati and work in our prototype greenhouses. During your stay you will also have the opportunity to help local communities in their projects, visit different places and support people occupied in a great spectrum of activities.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Karitative Arbeit
Sprachpraxis
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
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Was ist das?
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
Visitors will be able to learn all the procedures of producing fully organic food, mushroom hunting and foraging, beekeeping, carpentry as well as other farm related tasks. They will see, learn and live our culture and traditions, make good friends, experience local festivals and the mountainous way of life.
Projekte mit Kindern
Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.
Arbeit
There are different needs but we mainly need people who can help in farming, foraging, bee keeping, constructions and sometimes housekeeping. We also need Landscape Architects to help us utilize our properties in the best way possible, and Doctors that want to offer their services to a remote mountainous community with an ageing population.
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Greek: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Französisch: Fließend
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Unterkunft
Bed, breakfast, lunch, dinner (full accommodation)
Was noch ...
You are going to discover mountainous Greece from inside, all the secret places of our lands and engage in a cultural exchange that is going to make you feel like home and live like a local.
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- Wir besitzen Tiere
- Wir sind Raucher
- Familien möglich
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14 Nov. 2024

Vom Workawayer (Christin) für Host

I really loved staying with Roula, Aleka, Gianni and Trifonas in Kalloni :)
We harvested grapes together and I helped a little bit with bee-keeping and in the Taverna.

Aleka has a big heart, cooks delicious food and will make sure that you are never hungry. Roula is really funny and plays the accordeon so well. Gianni is a calm person and when… read more

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15 Sept. 2024

Vom Workawayer (Jacques & Lucie) für Host

Nous avons été chaleureusement accueillis par Viki dans le joli village de Vourmpiani. Elle est la responsable de l'association culturelle du village, et c'est elle qui a organisé notre chantier : nous avons défriché des petits chemins de montagne autour du village. Viki travaillait avec nous, et selon les jours il y avait aussi un ou deux jeunes… read more

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19 Aug. 2024

Vom Workawayer (Alexandra & Patrick) für Host

Vassilis replied within a second and connected us with the cooperative of Trifanos, Aleka, Roula and Jannis in Kaloni, in the middle of the Tsoumerka mountain. Although expected according to the profile to have our stay at a different place next to the Zagori region this place couldn't have been better. We felt integrated immediately. All 4 of… read more

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14 Nov. 2024

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15 Sept. 2024

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19 Aug. 2024

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25 Juli 2024

Vom Workawayer (Nikos) für Host

Vassilis connected me with an enjoyable project in the village of Vovousa, the exchange was fantastic helping clean and setup venues for different artists and general work around the town. The family Camilo & Anna were great hosts making me feel at home, I stayed 2 weeks and it went by so fast, even having time to drive to Ioannina for a day trip,… read more

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19 Juli 2024

Vom Host für Workawayer (Erel)

Erel is a very open and friendly young man, always willing to engage in interesting conversations, not afraid to work hard, punctual, taking initiatives, fun and honest. Consider yourselves lucky if you receive a request from him. Thank you Erel!!

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19 Juli 2024

Vom Host für Workawayer (Mandy)

Mandy was so helpful and pleasant to have around, I am not sure if a review can reflect our experience with her around. Kind, always willing to work and help, taking initiatives, punctual, calm, fun.. what more can you expect from a volunteer that joins your project. If she sends you a request consider yourselves lucky! Thank you Mandy!!

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18 Juli 2024

Vom Host für Workawayer (Claire & Louis)

Having Louis and Claire join our project in Demati village was a real pleasure. From the moment they arrived, they seamlessly integrated into our daily routines and took on tasks in the greenhouses with remarkable independence and efficiency. Their hard work and dedication truly stood out.

Beyond their impressive work ethic, Louis and Claire were… read more

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10 Feb. 2024

Vom Workawayer (SimonClark) für Host

I was here for a couple of months last summer, it was my first workaway and i loved it. Trifinos Alecka Roula and Yanni you couldn't meet nicer people, always had a sense of humour, incredibly generous , the food was some of the best if not the best I've ever eaten. Lots of varied and interesting work in a very beautiful mountainous area.
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3 Jan. 2024

Vom Host für Workawayer (Larissa & Lou)

Larissa and Lou were an amazing addition to the team! Always willing to help, taking initiatives, engaging in interesting conversations.. we had a great time together! Thank you so much for all the help and for renovating the small house in the forest! You will always be welcome!!

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20 Sept. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Hunter & Nicholas) für Host

This has been our first workaway experience and it was truly wonderful. Because this is a cooperative, we were given the chance to work with Trifonas, Aleka, Yanni, and Roula. We stayed in a house up in the mountains (near the blueberry fields) with other Workawayers. They provided us a car to drive to and from the Taverna, where we did our work.… read more

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19 Sept. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Stanislaw & Karolina) für Host

Hi guys, we spent 1 amazing month in Kipseli with Roula, Aleka, Giannis and Big Boss - Trifonas. We were living in the Rupakia house in the middle of the forest with our 3 babies - 2 dogs and 1 cat (Ala, Sonic and Tromara). We were mostly working on a farm and Taverna. For example we picked blueberries and of course ate a lot of them, we helped… read more

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15 Sept. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Niall) für Host

I spent 1 week in Demati and another week in Aristi, mainly helping alongside Vicky (our organic greenhouse queen) and Faidonas (an endlessly fascinating landscape anthropologist that can teach you so much about the local history).

In Demati me and 3 other workawayers helped Vicky in tending to the greenhouses and digging a drainage ditch. the… read more digging tasks were tiring but very rewarding. We were often left to our own devices to manage our own time which was very fulfilling and trusting of the hosts. We Cooked together with food from the greenhouses as well as delicious greek food supplied by the hosts every few days when they visited Demati. Deamti is a very remote village with beautiful views and nice opportunities to walk and relax, a personal highlight for me was walking to a beautiful village over an adventurous route across the mountains, to then be picked up and taken back to demati. We baked bread, shared stories and sat in front of the fire drinking local tsipouro. another highlight was joining Vasilis to forage for wild mushrooms which was a very wholesome and rewarding experience, Vasilis is extrmemly knowledgable!

Aristi was a breathtakingly beautiful town where we helped clear footpaths and organised the village archives with Faidonas. it was really interesting hearing stories from the area. we staying in a hotel organised by Faidonas and ate 3 delicious meals a day at a local restaurant, all free of charge ( I felt guilty for being given so much when the help was so enjoyable!)

Sotiris and Vasilis were very kind and made sure all helpers were happy and knew what we were doing, there may be times on this project where you are left to your own to devices, but as long as you are resourceful and can find tasks for yourself then you will be able to make a difference! Ther were so many opportunities to go on trips to local events and sights (vikos gorge, also a mushroom festival!) and so many opportunities to learn about greek culture, this is what workaways are all about!

As well as helping the other workawayers i took photos and videos for the organisation, which was really rewarding, i am glad my camera skills could be put to good use!

One thing to note is that the house in Demati + the hotel rooms in Aritst were shared bedrooms, so make sure you get in touch beforehand if you feel you need your own space and privacy, I was very kindly given my own room in the house after talking to the other workawayers about liking my own privacy ( which I was very thankful for!)

Overall a truly great experience that is likely to be varied and different depending on the capacity for villages to host and the available seasonal help. I would love to stay for months and see what else the Epirus mountains have to offer!

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16 Juli 2023

Vom Workawayer (Zoe) für Host

I spent two weeks in Demati and one week in Aristi. It was a surprisingly rich experience, full of sharing, creating and learning. In Demati, we were taking care of the greenhouses every day, watering, weeding, planting, and the big mission: digging a canal. That was a real challenge, we made an entire playlist for digging music to have the power.… read more It's amazing how practical problem-solving can give four scientists such joy! The team consisted of two environmental scientists, a zoologist and a sleep researcher, thirsty for work with bare hands. Our guide was an agricultural engineer, Viki, who showed us the basics, but otherwise, we were kind of left alone with the task. We made our own schedule, our own decisions, when to take breaks, what to eat, Sotiris and Vasilis were only coming for checking. Therefore, I would not suggest this Workaway for someone who needs constant guiding and clear instructions. It's like a peek into a parallel life you could have if you would live a self-sustainable life in a Greek mountain village the size of a napkin. What is it like to bake your own bread? What is it like to open up to a stranger by the fireplace, like if you were a family? Waking up with the Sun, and saying 'welcome' to the seedlings you plant?
Vasilis once took us on a mushroom hunt, that was amazing. The feeling when you see the mushrooms you picked and the fresh beetroot and lettuce from the greenhouse on your plate...

In Aristi, we joined Faidonas, a landscape archaeologist, who shared his impressive knowledge about the area. We helped him with the maintenance of the local hiking trails and sorting out documents (some older than 100 years!) in the abandoned local school. Those mountains are magical, we swam in the azure river Voidomatis, spotted a lot of fascinating animals, and we even found an old gramophone with a bunch of vinyls that somehow survived the storms of the years! When the buttery-foggy voice of a Greek singer from the 50s filled the room with piles of old books..I have many moments I'll never forget, like the local shepherd's smile on the way to the Vikos Canyon, or when Sotiris's daughter drew a yellow sea floating up and down in the sky, or when we tried a soup made of 13 different kinds of local wild mushrooms on the mushroom festival where Vasilis invited us, and so on and so on, it was truly Greek! I consumed about 3 liters of olive oil in 3 weeks.

Thank you Sotiris for your insights about Greece today, Vasilis for my new enthusiasm for mushrooms, Viki for touching the soil with bare hands to connect more, Christina for the recipes, Faidonas for giving us the eye to see the valley vertically in time and for the secret swimming spot, and Christos for showing us the way in the forest!

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10 Juli 2023

Vom Host für Workawayer (Melanie & Pol)

Unfortunately Melanie and Axel left way earlier than agreed, in the beginning of the blueberies picking season. It was very hard for the producer that was left without help in the most crucial period of the year, especially after spending time and money to host, feed and train the two volunteers on the upcoming tasks.

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29 Juni 2023

Vom Workawayer (Louis) für Host

I had a wonderful month in the remote and peaceful village of Demati! The work involved, among others, cleaning the beds, digging soil, pruning trees and bushes, plant seeds and in general prepare the greenhouses for the upcoming season. All in all very doable and you also have the opportunity to explore a bit of the surroundings or just chill in… read more

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7 Juni 2023

Vom Host für Workawayer (Louis)

Louis was a great guest that really made a difference. Always willing to work, polite and friendly, a person you can trust. Highly recommended to all hosts! Thank you Louis!!

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7 Juni 2023

Vom Host für Workawayer (Lukas & Rike)

Rike and Lucas were great guests! Really helpful, polite and friendly, we had a great time in Demati. Highly recommended to all hosts!! Thank you both!!

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15 Apr. 2023

Vom Workawayer (Lukas & Rike) für Host

Demati is a small, beautiful village with an amazing view and when we were there in March it was almost abandoned. We had a warm welcome and felt like home immediatly when we entered the House. Vassili, Sotiris, Thaleia and Vicky are wonderful people we shared a lot of laughter and good conversations and with them we met a few other members and… read more

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24 Nov. 2022

Vom Host für Workawayer (Martin)

Martin was a great guest, extremely helpful, very polite and skilled. We had a great time both during work but also afterwards. Everything a host can ask for. Thank you Martin!!

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11 Nov. 2022

Vom Workawayer (Martin) für Host

I passed three weeks very nice with good company. Vasilis know many things about the forest, the mushrooms, its very interesting. Sotiris is also a very nice guy, with the others volunteers and him we did a risk game during 6 hours and we had a lot of fun.
Thanks for the stay and good luck for yours futurs projects !

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24 Nov. 2022

Vom Host für Workawayer (Martin & Mathilde )

Martin and Mathilde were perfect guests. Polite, punctual, helpful, always willing to work, flexible, funny.. We had a great time in Demati, Konitsa and Tzoumerka. Thank you for everything!!

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6 Nov. 2022

Vom Workawayer (Martin & Mathilde ) für Host

First Workaway experience for us and we will, for sure, remember it !
Great welcome, great atmosphere, great people and lots of interesting things to do/learn!
From re-creating this path between Kalithea and the church to picking up mushrooms without forgetting the amount of different things we did with Trifonas in Kipseli (cutting trees,… read more

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20 Okt. 2022

Vom Workawayer (Minju & Yunting) für Host

This is our fist workaway, and we believe that we really had a great start here! During our stay, we worked at the greenhouses which were abandoned for a year, there were died vegetables and tough weeds full of the greenhouses, so weeding is the hardest part at that time. After weeding for all the greenhouses, we loosen the soil, prepare the plant… read more

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19 Juni 2021

Vom Workawayer (Meunier & RICHARD) für Host

What an amazing workaway. We spend 2 weeks with Sotiris and his family in Demati, in the mountain. Learn and practice a lot in the garden but we also learn a lot about living in mountains, build project, we discover the life of a really nice family, and the life of a little village with people trying to build new projects. Sotiris is a guy moving… read more

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9 Sept. 2020

Vom Workawayer (Peter & Abigail) für Host

What a great introduction to Greece. Thanks Sotiris for a fab adventure. Wish you the best for you, your family and farm. Miss your tomatoes already!!!

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10 Nov. 2019

Vom Workawayer (Ellyn) für Host

I had a really great time there and met beautiful, interesting people who shared a lot with me and the other workawayer ! Sotiris is a really god host and we eat really well and good local things (mostly from the garden) ! Thanks you very much for this time together and all the discutions we had !

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20 Juli 2019

Vom Workawayer (Hallouche & Del ben) für Host

Our best experience so far!
Sotiris is the perfect host, friendly, helpful, a nice and interesting person.
We decided to stay more than we planed for several reasons.
- The mountains are beautiful and peaceful.
- Sotiris and his family are nice and lovely.
- Panaiotis and his family are nice and lovely.
- Trifonas and his family are nice and… read more

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