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We are a group of Permaculture teachers, gardeners, natural builders and health practitioners. We function as a Cooperative, on anon-profit basis and as self-sustainable as possible. Four years ago we followed through on our big dream, to settle in Portugal and renovate an abandoned village. The village is located in the area around Viseu. (1,2 hr east from Porto, 1 hr from Aveiro). We are currently setting up our infrastructure as well as growing 70-80 percent of our own food. We have 1000 m2 of greenhouse in which we grow seasonal, regional, and global varieties of produce. We manage around 14 hectares and have a flock of 20sheep on rotational grazing year round(also provide us with meat). In addition we press olive oil and make chestnut puree. Since the project encompasses quite a lot and we are a pretty ambitious group of people, we decided to open towards volunteers to help us with our goals related to self sufficiency and village restoration. Most of us were running a permaculture school (the Panya Project) in Thailand before moving to Portugal. This means we have some experience hosting volunteers and working with you, rather than you working for us.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Babysitten und Kinderbetreuung
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Interessengebiete
Nachhaltigkeit
Farmarbeit
Gärtnern
Sprachen
Gartenarbeiten
Kochen & Backen
Tischlerarbeiten
Tiere
Natur
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We are a dynamic group of passionate people who used to run a Permaculture school in Thailand and can offer you a unique experience where your learning could be pretty diverse! We always have building projects in the pipeline, as well as lots of land management and gardening. We also have a passionate Bush doctor, homebirth midwife, contact improv dancer on the land !!
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UPDATE August 2025: We are looking for some great hands and hearts to help us during the months of September-October-November. Which tasks are on the menu? Preparing our small village and community to host the anual cooperativa meeting ( tasks: clean up land ,carpentry work, build compost toilets .. )
Help us garden, process veggies and fruits from the land and garden AND help us out with thr beautiful olive harvest !!
We are also looking for people passionate about cooking and helping us transform our produce into meals and preserves!
Other general tasks include helping out with the sheep and pigs help out with communal cooking and play with our children (age 7 weeks, 15 months, 2 y old, ,8, 12 and 13 y old). If you have very specific skills, let us know! :)
Gesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Französisch: Fließend
Niederländisch: Fließend
Portugiesisch: Fließend
Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Unterkunft
We are currently setting up our pioneer infrastructure. we have one comfortable community house (with hot shower and toilet, kitchen and living room), a van that is used by guests and a caravan. Inside the communal house there are two cats and two dogs, beware if you have any allergies. If you could come with your own van or tent, you will have a huge advantage!
Was noch ...
We all care deeply for the village we are renovating, so expect us to ramble on and on about our dream for the abandoned village. :) We also have great neighbors, so be prepared to spend some time socializing over red wine and talk about cabbages and beans. We tend to work hard but also enjoy ourselves by cooking spectacular home grown meals. Please come with a tolerant mindset, as this type of early-on pioneering work comes with some challenges, specially when the weather is very hot or very wet. The amount of people living here is 11 adults and 6 children, but during spring and summer we receive often guests and family.We do appreciate our private times in the evenings só people that volunteer here also need to be comfortable spending time independently. As a group, we are a mix of Portuguese, American and Belgian. We speak English, Dutch, French, German and Portuguese.
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Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
We can give you an electrical hookup, definitely great if you can come with your own van or tent.
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I had the BEST time in Forniço for two months and even came back before leaving Portugal! This place and its people are so special, making you feel truly welcomed and part of their families. ✨
They taught me so much about life in harmony with nature, permaculture design, sowing and harvesting, food processing,… read more
Thank you for your stay and help at our farm and community. Your cooking skills are out of this world ! You helped us so much with food processing (lemonade, lemon curds , elderberry flower and what not :) and we were impressed and grateful to have your culinary professionalism here. Thank you for being so kind with our children,… read more
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I had the BEST time in Forniço for two months and even came back before leaving Portugal! This place and its people are so special, making you feel truly welcomed and part of their families. ✨
They taught me so much about life in harmony with nature, permaculture design, sowing and harvesting, food processing,… read more
Thank you for your stay and help at our farm and community. Your cooking skills are out of this world ! You helped us so much with food processing (lemonade, lemon curds , elderberry flower and what not :) and we were impressed and grateful to have your culinary professionalism here. Thank you for being so kind with our children,… read more
Lena is also… read more
Looking forward and working on giving life back to an abandoned village, i have been there 1 month working on building a tiny house and planting a vineyard with permaculture criteria. I've learnt so much abput building and permaculture from them!
They are very organized as well, with all the necessary tools to do the works, and… read more
