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Description
There are two types of projects here:
1. Pottery: We need guest management and retreat management volunteers from March to October each year. These are for 10 day retreats where people come to enjoy pottery and other workshops. Please see the work required in the details below.
2. Organic Kitchen Garden: We need volunteers to help in the organic kitchen garden, where we grow and deliver fresh veggies to subscribers to the kitchen garden produce. Please see the work required in the details below.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You could learn about organic kitchen gardens, management of a pottery studio and the villa, guests, hospitality, hand-on projects etc. We will also obviously mutually learn from interacting with each other.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help in these areas for Pottery:
-Guest management, check in, check out, payments, feedback, general help
-Villa management, getting rooms prepared, cleaned etc
-Villa repair and maintenance
-Pet care, bathing, training etc
-Pottery studio management and maintenance
-Photography & marketing of our retreats
-Email management (sometimes)
-Design, creative projects within the property
We need help in these areas for Organic Kitchen Garden:
-Gardening supervision
-Vegetable harvesting and quality check
-Repair and maintenance
-Playing with and exercising the 4 dogs on the property
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Accommodation
You'll be staying at the villa itself, in a twin sharing bedroom which is air conditioned and has shelves for storage. Vegetarian meals are part of the agreement, shared in the common kitchen with the guests.
What else ...
Most of the staff on the farm works from 8 AM to 5 PM so you can spend 4-5 hours working with them on your duties.
You can visit the city as and when you like. There is a lot o interesting architecture in Chandigarh, which was designed by the French architect Le Corbusier.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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I was there for 2 week and i could enjoy the art work, the nature, the garden, the really good food, and the most important thing: I meet a woderfull family who help me and opened their arms for me.
I was so lucky to found this workaway, and it was a very nice experience. I miss them. I miss theis place. I miss… read more
