Spend time with animals and learn about sustainable living in a mountain village, Serbia

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  Description

  We are a (Serbian/Swiss) open hearted and easygoing family who arrived in Serbia 10 years ago to create an organic homestead and live sustainable. We renovated the old family cottage and added outbuildings to complete the farm yard. Actually on the homestead live Nemanja (he is a veterinary technician), Francesca (an architect) and Mirjana who goes to 8th grade. We combine remote working with homesteading and farming.
  
  In the meantime besides growing fruits & vegetables we also keep cattles, sheeps, goats, pigs, horses, chickens, rabbits, dogs and cats. Our livestock, mostly indigenous breeds, is grazing the 2ha pastureland and forest around our homestead.
  
  The farm activity consists in ensuring animal welfare (feeding, milking, caring) maintenance around the ranch (fences, mowing, painting, cleaning) and harvesting fruits and vegetables and stock the pantry with them.
  Workawayer can learn to make cheese and butter, bake bread, process meat and dry fruits and herbs. We are happy to give free riding lessons and to teach basics of groundwork and caring around horses.
  For workawayer we have rooms in the mainhouse or the guesthouse and there is wi-fi everywhere. The meals are taken at the family table, we cook from scratch and use mostly our products.
  
  We like to spend free time in the nature and in walking distance we have a little river, a church, several nice view points and a lot of hiking and riding trails. When we go for a hike we take our horse along and like to collect herbs and wildplants for teas and cooking. We enjoy the little river for bathing and fishing. On Sundays we occasionally go to church or visit monasteries and like to chill with family and friends.
  
  Our small mountain village has 2 minimarkets and in 6km distance there are two small towns (shops, bars, pharmacies, church, post office, doctors, market, money exchange).
  For occasional city visits we have Leskovac (20km) and Nis (50km) which are among the bigger cities in Serbia.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can learn homesteading skills like bread and cheese making and we share quite a know-how about animals. We share also knowledge about Serbia and you can learn horse riding.

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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

  The help consists mainly in feeding and caring about the little flock of animals and some farmstyle tasks around the homestead. Motivation and interest in farming are more important than experience!

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  Serbian: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  Rooms in the main house or in guesthouse with WIFI. Meals with the family.

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  What else ...

  We live in a small mountain village (2 minimarkets) 6km from two small towns (shops, bars, pharmacies, church, post office, doctors, market, money exchange). in walking distance there is a little river, a church, several nice view points and a lot of hiking trails.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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