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We are a young(ish!) English couple with three lovely daughters (3,9,12) that moved to this wonderful part of Portugal to live a more simple and connected life. Our land has a house, old mill cottage, ruins and lots of woodland. A small river runs round the side of it and leads up to a series of waterfalls about 1km away. It really is magical. We run two not-for-profit organisations from our office in the nearby village and are also lead a homeschooling group with a group of local and international people, dedicated to happiness. We need your help with both the land and also volunteering with the children at the school as there are 9 children now attending aged 7 to 13, and there is a partner project with more school children where we also need support just down the road. We use mix of Montessori and Waldorf approach and work with a level 3 Forest School instructor too . We have lots of animals including horses, pigs and chickens.
We are looking for two types of people right now:
1) very handy strong person who likes gardening, cam do things like strimming as we are clearing some ruins, and have lots of organic gardening to do, we have pigs, horses, chickens etc too.
2) someone who likes helping with kids from age 3 to teenagers, to help on school projects and also be company to our 12 year old daughter who is isolated some days, she loves her 2 horses so if you like horses that is great!!
This person ideally from this coming June 2021.
We expect help in return for good company, food and lots of life lessons sharing! We all have strong ethics here but also know how to have fun, party ( a little) and laugh!
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
NGO skills, education / teaching skills (we have 2 trained Montessori teachers) gardening skills, animal care
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We are looking for like-minded people to come and share our space and help us keep on top of the 1 hectare of land by a river, animals and buildings. We are striving to produce as much organic food as possible but don't have as much free time as we would like and need some help with this, along with looking after the a dog, horse and chickens. Ideally you would help 6 hours a day for 5 days a week and the main tasks would be weeding, planting, strimming etc. or helping with the schooling project depending on your skills.
If you like working with children then you could also get involved in the school project, which aims simply to equip children with the skills that they need to be happy. So...... lots of different opportunities for you! We will be really happy to hear from you and see how we can best use your skills.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
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We can offer a private room in an apartment in the village 10 minutes walk away, the village has cafes, cash machine, post office, restaurant and a good shop and bakers. Or we have a basic Bell Tent on the land if you prefer to camp, next to the river.
Whilst our place feels like quite a remote rural retreat, it is only 1 km from the nearest town - Espinhal - which has cafes, bank, shops, post office, buses etc. The waterfall - Pedra da Ferida - is at the top of our valley and can be easily reached along a track above our house, and there are lots of beautiful river beaches nearby. Also close to us is the white-washed castle town of Penela (3km) and Portugal's third biggest city - Coimbra (30km) .
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
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This host can provide space for campervans.
Two
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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