Welcoming workawayers to our horse farm in Catalonia, Spain

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  Description

  ***WE ALWAYS HAVE SPACE AND USE FOR WORKAWAYERS WHO COME IN THEIR OWN CAMPERVANS***
  
  Hi!
  
  My name is Pepa. Me and my 8 year old son Martin live in a horse farm close to Tarragona, Spain. Currently we have 7 horses, 6 ponies, 2 dogs and 2 cats. I run a small NGO dedicated to horses from the perspective of respect and companionship. Horses live in a herd in the outdoor paddocks which are connected to the boxes, they are free to stay in or out at their own will. We are located a 5 to 10 minute walk away from the village of Renau near Tarragona.
  
  Martin's dad passed away in February 2023 and I became a one-parent family. Since then, it is proving difficult for me to find some quality time with my son. I am now in the process of finding ways to resize the entire project so that I can have some quality time with Martin. As I am often busy in my other job and rarely at home, I have handed the volunteer coordination over to my long term workawayer Anneliese, who will manage the team and tasks around the yard.
  
  I open my stables and home to anyone interested in staying with us a few months and help us take care of the animals. The main duties for the Workawayers would be making sure that the horses and dogs are well cared for, so basically feeding horses and mucking out the paddocks. Horses eat hay three times a day and some of them eat dry food twice a day. Dogs eat twice a day. In addition to that, there are always things that need fixing or maintaining.
  
  Riding in the stables would be allowed for experienced Workawayers in their own free time, pending assessment by our riding instructor. We have a dressage arena to ride and a 20m round pen to lunge horses. Volunteers could also join some treks around the countryside with our teacher when they are scheduled and we have spare horses available. 
  
  This could be a great opportunity for an individual or a couple with experience caring for horses or willing to spend some time around horses. The daily tasks would be perfectly compatible with an online part-time job (we have wi-fi in certain common areas of the farm).
  
  Workawayers with their own campervan are also welcome, we always have space for campervans and can provide the electricity connection. There is a limit to how much electricity we can provide, as we are off-grid and need to be careful with our consumption. For example, in winter, we do not have enough electricity for using electric heaters, so we use gas heaters ourselves. So if your campervan or caravan uses an electric heating system, you would be better off coming in the summer.
  We also have a common area with lounge-diner, bathroom, washing machine, shower, desk for working and a kitchenette.
  
  Working hours:
  Workawayers need to work 3 hours a day (5 days a week) in return for their accommodation. For workawayers who have a background in construction we may be able to offer 5 hours of work a day in return for accommodation and food, depending on our needs and finances at the time. In that case we pay for your basic groceries and you cook yourself.
  
  This is the perfect place for you if you are happy to live in nature and with animals and if you like your own company and independence. As we are quite remote, public transport options are limited. Most workawayers who come here are happy to do their own thing and most of the time we only get together to eat roughly once a week.
  
  Thanks for reading this far! Looking forward to hearing from you :)
  
  Pepa and Martin

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We sometimes have friends coming over and every now and then some kids come to ride horses, so you will have the opportunity to meet local people and learn about our culture.
  The local pool is open during summer time, so you can enjoy meeting the villagers there.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We offer several voluteering packages based on the type of Workawayer and their volunteering goals:
  - Single volunteer/accommodation only: 3h/day, 5 days a week in exchange of accommodation
  - Family volunteer/ accommodation only: 5h/day 5 days a week for on of the parents. This option is only available for families who are coming with their own campervan or caravan and includes the use of the common areas during the day.
  - Single volunteer/food and accomodation: 5h/days 5 days a week. (OPTION AVAILABLE ONLY ON SPECIFIC DATES AND FOR SPECIFIC PROFILES) Food provided will be basic ranch food. You give us a shopping list and then cook yourself.

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  Languages spoken

  Catalan: Fluent
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Portuguese: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You will stay in a small horse farm in a small Catalan village. The volunteer accommodation is a basic wood cabin that has one small single bedroom, a shared toilet, a common room with another bed and a kitchen. The bed in the common room is a large double that is sectioned off by curtains for privacy. Most of the time there are two volunteers living in this space, and we cannot guarantee which bed you will get, so you need to be happy with either option. We have both male and female volunteers, so you also need to be happy to share this space with the opposite sex. The shower is a few steps away in another building. We have solar panels and our own borehole, so we are very conscious about energy use.

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  What else ...

  Our stables are in a semi remote location. We live 400m away from a small village, where buses run on very specific hours. Although it is possible to be without a car, it is highly recommended have your own one.
  You can walk and cycle , or take a bus/car to the beach, Port Aventura (the amusement park) or Salou/Cambrils. Trains also run to Barcelona every 30 mins, and the fast train (AVE) station is not far from our place.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  We have five dogs (two males and three females) and welcome friendly dogs used to kids, people and visiting dogs!

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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