Visit our permaculture project in Sicily, Italy

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  Description

  ***BEFORE WRITING TO US, PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THROUGH OUR PROFILE - THANK YOU! :) ***
  
  Hello everyone!
  
  We are Annalisa (33), Daniele (41) and little Momo (9 months). We live close to Syracuse on a three-hectare land with an old house, and we are working on moving ourselves to another smaller land. So we need your help to take care of both lands.
  
  
  
  We have a tiny room in the woods with a double bed with an outdoor compost toilet, and a shower. As well as tents and hammocks on the land (from March to October), you can decide where you want to sleep.
  
  We recycle most of our water, so we use ️️ only natural soaps and toothpaste ️️
  
  --> CHEMICAL PRODUCTS ARE NOT ALLOWED, PLEASE BRING NATURAL PRODUCTS
  We're trying our best to be absolutely zero waste
  
  We have dogs, cats and chickens who enjoy living totally free with us.
  
  
  WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
  If you are an open-minded, motivated, mature, responsible, happy, curious and independent person, we would love to have you here with us! We live in the countryside, so there are insects - if you don't like this, then maybe this is not the right place for you! everyone here takes his or her responsibility for him- or - her. We all care for the cleanliness of this beautiful place.
  We look for skilled, smiling and responsible people who want to share their talents, thoughts, time and helping hand with us. We like to share our passion for nature, animals, plants and our permaculture project with you, if you are interested in living and learning in harmony with nature, respecting and caring for it.
  P.S THE FIRST WEEK WILL BE A TRIAL, and you can focus on help to keep tidy and clean the house and helping preparing the meals, since we believe that the most important thing you can do for us is to listen and observe, to try to get into the rhythm of the place and its populations of animals, plants and people, so you can bring something back home.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  House sitting
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Here, you'll live in close contact with nature. You'll discover a different way of living by sharing our everyday life. You can learn about Permaculture, food forest, animals, earthworm compost, cooking, Italian, and so many other things! Consider that we are not able to teach you everything that is listed beforehand. We do many different things and work at different times, but not every day. In the first weeks, you will learn a lot by observing, listening, helping and understanding. The longer you stay, the more you'll learn, of course, because in the beginning, time is needed to get to know each other, to get into the rhythm of life. As we always have many volunteers, who come (and then, unfortunately, go :), we have to explain the same things more or less every two weeks. This is sometimes exhausting, so we need you to put some energy into listening and observing well in the beginning. Be curious like a child, observe, ask, help with little things first, ... the faster you'll immerse in our world, in which we want to invite you.
  
  The only thing we own and want to share with you is our time, this beautiful place, and our dream of what it can become. To make this place become a home for us, you and the many after us, we want to invest all our time and energy. So let's not lose time, but let's express clearly what we/you need, wish, and feel, to understand each other, empathise and make each minute a precious and beautiful one.

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  Help

  Depending on the season, we have a variety of things and projects going on, which we'll list below. A part from the seasonal work to do, the everyday things in life, such as cooking, cleaning, feeding the animals, etc. are things you can easily help us with, and it is precious help. A part from those tasks, you'll definitely be involved in our other projects in the garden or construction works, we just want you to be aware that your help in our home and house is probably the most important one!
  
  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ IF YOU COME IN SPRING, we usually
  - prepare the garden for the summer
  - build eco-buildings
  - start going to the sea and lakes close by
  - prepare the campsite for the tourists
  
  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ IF YOU COME IN SUMMER, we usually
  - care for the garden
  - go to the sea to swim
  - harvest vegetables and fruit
  - conserve fruit and vegetable, make tomato sauce
  - do creative tasks
  - start harvesting almonds, carobs and other things
  - make music and sing
  
  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️IF YOU COME IN AUTUMN, we usually
  - harvest nuts, olives and fruit
  - close the campsite
  - prepare the garden for the winter
  - build eco-constructions
  - get wood for the winter
  - enjoy the first days of rain, staying in our warm house
  - plant trees
  
  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️ IF YOU COME IN WINTER, we usually
  - make handcraft, working wood, leather, wool and other natural material
  - enjoy the cosiness of our house
  - get wood for the stove
  - do house maintenance
  - project the next year
  - do everyday tasks, keep the house tidy and nice
  - cooking
  
  *️️️️️️️️️️️️️EVERYDAY THINGS TO DO
  - caring for the house, the animals and yourself
  - eating good food
  - having fun
  - wash what is dirty
  - smiling
  
  
  Maximum 3 hours a day, 4 days a week or 4 hours a day, 3 days a week
  
  We ask to work 12 hours per week in change of accomodation (not meals included) so you can enjoy your free time and explore the area

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We would like to learn Spanish :)
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  Accommodation

  We offer a small, secluded room in the woods featuring a double bed, an outdoor compost toilet, and a shower. As well as tents and hammocks on the land (from March to October), you can decide where you want to sleep.

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  What else ...

  The closest train station is in Siracusa. There's good connections from Northern Italy (Rome, Naples and Milano) for Night-line Trains. So If you can, come by bus or train, help us and nature and save CO2 when you travel through Europe and Italy!
  
  There's a bus stop in the town close by, called Canicattini Bagni. You can take a bus from Siracusa, Catania or Palazzolo Acreide to come here! The local bus transport is called AST, check out its timetables online.
  
  If you only can take the plane, the closest airport is Catania Fontanarossa, you can take the bus or train here for Siracusa and then from Siracusa the bus to Canicattini Bagni (check online AST, the local public transport: )
  Our location is about 3km from Canicattini Bagni.

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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

  We don't have wifi connection, but we have good signal if you use mobile data.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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