Helping with daily tasks on our Finca in Garafia, La Palma, Canary Islands

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a pretty new project (started in January 2021) in the North West of the island La Palma from the Canary Islands. We are located at 400 meters altitude and having a costal climate with possibilities of having tropical trees like mango, banana, avocado, papaya, etc... The finca has already a few full grown trees and many more in pots waiting to go into the ground. The aim is to become a self sustainable community farm by implementing permacultural visions into a food forest. We are on 400 meters altitude but walking to the ocean will take you 1 hour :)
    We love to make our own bread, to dry fruits, make jams, fermenting vegetables, making kombucha, etc…

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are situated in a very beautiful area on 400 meter hight, half our walk to the ocean. The island has a very mild climate, almost subtropical which gives lots of opportunities in the garden (ex. we have our own mango, avocado, pineapple, lemons, ... and a vegetable garden all year round. We have not so much production yet... little by little growing.

    The owner is a master carpenter and welder, a handy all around and has lots of experience with permaculture gardening and has the patience and talent teaching others. But don't expect to learn the profession here ... for that you would need to stay looooooooong time :)

  • Help

    Help

    We would like help with landscaping, building walls of natural stones, reforming caves into usable spaces, helping in the garden, planting trees, cooking meals, cleaning common areas, picking fruits, weeding, etc...

    Now at the moment, we will start with digging holes for the grey water system. Do you love digging? with machines (the land is hard here ;) Then this is your place 🤪
    Also we are making walls with natural stones to make new planting areas. For this we are looking for the tipical Flintstone to break rocks and move them around.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    Catalan: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I talk good dutch, french, spanish and english... I used to talk Croatian when I was a kid, I lost the language since my grandmother died ... I would love to reconnect with the language :)

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a natural cave with a double bed (possible for one person or a couple). It is very basic!! Really just a natural cave ;) No door, no window, no floor ... just sand and stones. There is a bed with a mattress, sheets, blankets and cushion. Also light and electricity. The beauty of sleeping in a cave is the energy, feeling of sleeping inside of Mother Earth and also the climate, fresh in the summer and warm in the winter.
    There is also a van with a double bed. The van has his own little kitchen.
    You can have a solar shower with an amazing view and a regular bathroom with for the moment cold shower (the boiler is defect). A cold shower, good for blood circulation and skin ;)
    A sauna and pool on our Wishlist... but not on the priority list.
    There is a common kitchen area with a fire place, oven, a fridge and other kitchen tools.
    The days we work together we like sharing one meal, the other days the kitchen is at your disposal to cook yourself. You should organise yourself with shopping your food for breakfast, dinner AND food in the weekends. Unfortunately we don't have yet much food on the farm for many people. Even not for us, we also still buy most of the food. We like good quality and healthy food and that's very expensive. That's why we only can offer one meal a day, the days you work.
    We work with Workawayers from Monday to Friday, 4,5 hours a day.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The local busstation is close by, on 15 minutes walking distance. To closest shop for buying food is on 2km distance (walking 40 minutes or reachable with the bus).

    The island offers a huge variety of micro climates and different vegetations from mountain peak of 2426m to volcanos and beaches. Many people come here to hike. Fishing, diving, boat trips, visiting salt mines, downhill rides, horse riding, ... many possibilities.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have a nice little terrace but it has a steep entrance. The place is a 30 square meters.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    we work from Monday to Friday 4,5 hours a day.

Host ref number: 186845371292

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