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Greetings Wonderful Workaway Volunteers,
We are really interested in finding a long term volunteer-mentor and want to mention this right away in case you might be looking for a long term opportunity! We also accept people for a stay of one-month minimum. We are a small project that is just starting up at a grassroots level. We are based 45 minutes from San Isidro General in Costa Rica, in a small town up in the mountains, where the climate is cooler.
We aspire to make a documentary about our art project which helps youth at risk with mental health issues, so if you have some skills in this area we would love to meet you!
We offer guidance using Non-Violent Communication skills (NVC) which we are happy to train you in the basics if you are interested, natural healing modalities with plant medicines, Buddhist meditation, yoga and we offer an opportunity to practice NVC on a daily basis while living together to create a strong sense of interconnection for our project as we find that having healthy communication skills strengthens community and helps us move towards thriving.
We offer mostly vegan and vegetarian meals and enjoy cooking and eating together.
We have a private room available for one or two volunteers at this time.
We enjoy swimming in the rivers, hiking and venturing out to the waterfalls that are near by to our house.
There are good vibes, music and campfires, we enjoy working but like a light-hearted environment and of course to have fun too!
Skills that could be helpful are helping us create a small documentray for our art project, cooking, art therapy, music, permaculture, big brother or sister mentoring skills as we help youth at risk with our art project.
For those that like to help others out and offer service, and dont mind living simply in nature then this is a heart-based project that welcomes you.
We would really like to find a long term volunteer for our project, so let us know if you might want to stay long term.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be offered Non-Violent Communication training for free if you want since it is a practice that is an integral part of our structure here. If you want to learn Spanish this is a great way to get immersed in daily practice, we are not able to teach you Spanish but by just being here you can improve your Spanish speaking skills if you apply yourself. The young adults that currently live in the house speak fluent Spanish and one speaks English and can help you improve your Spanish or English speaking skills if you ask them for assistance. You will have access to healthy food that is vegan or vegetarian. We have nice waterfalls nearby within a 30-minute hike, and many trails if you like to hike. Local buses are minutes from the house.
Help
Skills that you may have to offer would be, helping us make a documentary for our art project! A positive attitude, healthy meal sharing, Non-Violent Communication, providing mentorship-friendship to a youth at risk, organic gardening, bio-construction, mindfulness, meditation, permaculture, music, art, singing, laughter, etc, bring the skills that you have and will share ours with you!
We ask for 5 hours a day 5 days a week, and the hours can be flexible.
There is an opportunity for a long-term stay if the situation is working out well, but a minimum of a month to start is helpful. We prefer volunteers that are free from smoking cigarettes or using alcohol or drugs while staying at our place. The emphasis is on healing for all involved.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We are located within 30 minutes walking of a small town, it is located in a safe and peaceful location. There is Wifi access, kitchen, we take turns cooking and cleaning the kitchen and common spaces. You will be given lots of freedom to create a flexible schedule that works well for you and the others at our place.
We provide a simple breakfast with fresh herbal tea and lunch with leftovers for dinner, our main meal is lunch but there is always food if someone is hungry.
On Thursdays, there is a local farmers market where we go to buy our food for the week, which is located an hour from our place, so we take a bus into town.
It is helpful to bring mosquito repellent, sunscreen if you use it, umbrella, bathing suit, clothing for the tropics, a hat, closed shoes for hiking and sandals, vitamins and medicines you may not be able to get here, etc. we have a list of items to bring that we can send you that may be helpful for your stay at our place.
We don't have many mosquitos but there are some, and they seem to like new people the most.
What else ...
We have a great farmer's market on Thursdays in the nearby town of San Isidro. You will have access to, hiking, we are located near many waterfalls and hiking trails, we have lots of sunshine, fresh air, there is a surge of alternative type of community in this area and you can easily find many types of healing work, yoga, massage, all offered in nearby towns that you can explore on your days off.
We aspire to build community at our place and buy some land in the near future to help more youth at risk.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week (max 25 hours/week)
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She was so easy to work with and went out of her way to do her best and helped us out tremendously with our project for almost 2 months.
She is a really pleasant person to be around, very calm, kind and helpful.
I told her she could stay long-term at our place if she wanted!
She will always be… read more
Speaking about work, it didn't even feel like working. I was just around and helped with whatever I was able to help… read more
It was so easy to get along and he really communicated well.
He easily adapted and fit right into our project, since we work with young people with mental health issues and youth at risk there is a bit of a learning curve at our… read more
I had the chance to know and understand a lot more about Autism and PTSD by living with the young boy, who is very good hearted and always full of energy.
The accomodation is very simple which is absolutely fine by me, and the location is just fantastic with a lot of nature and the river near by.
The host is very… read more
He is friendly, an animal lover and eager to lend a helping hand!
We had had fun cooking together and shared with each other in some great… read more
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She was so easy to work with and went out of her way to do her best and helped us out tremendously with our project for almost 2 months.
She is a really pleasant person to be around, very calm, kind and helpful.
I told her she could stay long-term at our place if she wanted!
She will always be… read more
Speaking about work, it didn't even feel like working. I was just around and helped with whatever I was able to help… read more
It was so easy to get along and he really communicated well.
He easily adapted and fit right into our project, since we work with young people with mental health issues and youth at risk there is a bit of a learning curve at our… read more
I had the chance to know and understand a lot more about Autism and PTSD by living with the young boy, who is very good hearted and always full of energy.
The accomodation is very simple which is absolutely fine by me, and the location is just fantastic with a lot of nature and the river near by.
The host is very… read more
He is friendly, an animal lover and eager to lend a helping hand!
We had had fun cooking together and shared with each other in some great… read more
He is a good guy to have around and I highly recommend him on Workaway.
We had some insightful conversations and the two… read more
They both were incredibly helpful and offered their full attention and understanding while working on constructing our first cabin on the land together.
The positive energy and good vibes they brought helped us out so much.
It was fun getting to know… read more
He helped us so much in a time of transition while we were in the process of moving our project to the new location near San Vito.
He has so much to share from all his travels all over the world, Denis is really friendly and easy going, the kind of person one really enjoys having around.
If you have the… read more
I stayed in new place for this project,on a farm ,near Panama border.
My tasks wasn't hard,
I took care of young man,we cooked together on a fire,helped to prepare wood for it, cutting grass, cleaning the place and many other things.
I never helped in this kind… read more
She really made the extra effort to help in so many ways from working in the garden to keeping the house clean, she brought alot if positivity into our home.
I highly recommend her on Workaway!
He really went the extra mile to help the young man he was working with and gave us really valuable feedback for our project working with youth at risk, as he is a psychologist.
I really appreciated his presence at our house and he really helped make a big difference in the young man's life he was… read more
I would definitly recommend him as a volunteer!
Thanks Jude for taking part in our project, we wish you well.
Highly recommended to other Workaway hosts.
