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We are Jorge and Jessica, tourism and social entrepreneurs from Colombia and England. We are currently running a hostel and starting a new awesome project that we are in love. Our hostel is a Community Based Tourism Project. We help and give a hand to locals in the region with extra projects including improving their English, mentoring entrepreneurs to develop their business and have a ethical trading project with coffee farmers. This considerably improve the quality of life for the community. Currently, we are 4 employees: The Venue Manager, Staff manager, cleaner and Social Media Manager.
Gardening
Building
General Maintenance
Farmstay
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Helping with Tourists
Language practice
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Teaching
Staying in Jericó goes beyond the imagination. A great experience, learning from the farmers and locals, knowledge in Graphic Design, Marketing, Branding and the hospitality industry are a big plus for those open minded and nice travellers. Local contact is key.
We do this:
-Teach English to locals
-Mentor chocolate maker entrepreneur
-Develop a coffee brand for the farmers.
You could learn:
-painting and decoration
-building
-hospitality skills
-Social media Marketing
-local tourism
Hi, We are a team of traveller entrepreneurs starting up a nice and cosy Hostel in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia. We have been working on several projects including developing a new rural hostel 2 km outside the town, a coffee brand, teaching English to locals and working with a chocolate business.
We need volunteers to give us a hand with reception, construction, decoration, graphic design, photography, web design, English Lessons and digital media. Also, we are developing a coffee brand to take back the dignity to coffee farmers paying them way better than other companies and giving them back a part of the profits.
In the hostel, volunteers have the opportunity to learn about tourism, Spanish, Digital Marketing, Content Creation and many many others. Our hostel is known for creating solutions based on reviews from customers, so we have a lot of projects in different areas every week.
Spanish, English and Portuguese
In the hostel, the accommodation is in private rooms when there are couples or in dormitories if they are sole travelers. There is a hammock area, reading lounge, patio, garden, balcony and is only 3 blocks away from the main Square of the village.
Opened over a year ago, we've had plenty of good experiences where the volunteers fell in love with Jericó and wanted to stay for longer. We've given the opportunity to travellers to develop their skills and contribute with the education for locals.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
More than two
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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