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Versatile project looking for like minded people to create a positive impact on our community in Mexico City

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we are sad to tell you that our original project ended, however, we still have accommodation available for volunteers to help out while enjoying Mexico city.

We are a group of "God center" individuals in search of a peaceful and meaningful life learning from God, by that, I mean that we like to attend church regularly, we are learning Hebrew and we try to read the bible every day, this doesn't mean that we are closed to only accepting people of a Christian faith ( we welcome all religious and we look forward to learning from you!) however we do strongly discourage people that do not believe in God to join our project to avoid having any conflict of ideas.

We are looking for someone with patience and optimism since we are starting over with new projects, however we honestly haven't done much, our primary focus lately has been our well-being, we follow a vegetarian diet, we exercise regularly ( we go running to Chapultepec and on weekends to the mountains) we go to protest, we are not as active as we used to be, but we still considered ourselves individuals full of passion for justice, the environment, humans and animal rights, only that our approch is more Christian.

This opportunity would be ideal for a student that is coming to Mexico City or a digital nomad or someone that wants some quiet time, we are not party people, we do not do drugs or drink alcohol and lately, we haven't even been very social, that means that if you're looking for any of this things, we are not your best option.

We ask for a minimum of 20 hours a week, we offer 2 meals in exchange and your own room ( we have space for 2 people) ideally someone will stay with us 6 months but the least we ask is 3 months.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are excited to share all our experiences as activists, or path with God, you're welcome to join us in our daily routines I am sure we can learn from each other and benefit from our life stories.
Help
We will need your help with:

Cooking and cleaning
Social Media
Recording videos
Graphic Design
Teaching us your home language
occasionally petsitting
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
We are learning to speak and read Hebrew to better understand the bible.
Accommodation
Private room or shared room in a small apartment in a local neighborhood in north Mexico city, we have public transportation available and we are one bus away from the nicest or most lucrative area in Mexico city, Polanco, there you can find museums, bars, cafeterias, bookstores.
What else ...
Mexico city is one of the most exciting places to live without a doubt, a multicultural place with a vast number of activities to do in your time off, it has the major number of museums in a city in the world, all the time there´s something exciting happening from cultural events, art cinema, galleries, to local shopping, all kind of delicious food, concerts, arqueological places, anything can be find to do in here. The city is also surrended by natural protected áreas and small towns to visit.

However if you are ¨grillero¨ like us, you will find Mexico city one of the most combatives places to involve to fight for good causes, where everyday there´s an organization protesting for human or animal rights, farmers marching for better working conditions, against big transnational companies,ect. We are part of different organizations and activisim is a big part of our agenda, we focus our main attention in ecology, animal rights, labor work, we believe all fights are connected and we try our best to be involve in all we can.

There´s also the option to make money in your free time while youre a volunteer with us, you can make money teaching your native lenguage, you can use the space for workshops, classes, art projects, as long as is relative to our causes, youre welcome to organize what you wish. We also have events or full time schedulle were you can get pay.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Can host digital nomads
the modem is in your room, so you will be able to connect your computer directly to it.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 238438544515

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07/08/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Eric)

Our experience with Eric and his partner Mariana was truly amazing. They transform our project and in a way our lives, with their ideas, they simple ways, and their modesty. Since the beginning, they were very accessible and passionate about helping us, despite all of the negative aspects of our project, our lack of resources and activities they… read more

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12/04/2017

After 2 years of workaway in Europe, I was looking for a project in Mexico City, as my new girlfriend had enrolled for a trimester there. The holistic community accepted us months in advance, so we eagerly crossed the ocean only to find out they had kind of closed the place for internal reasons and forgotten to tell us. Though Mauricio was… read more initially not prepared to host volunteers, he agreed to give it a try and it quickly turned out to be a fresh start for the paused project:

The cozy but aged community house was in desperate need of renovation and reorganizing, so the following months we pimped the place (including a full transformation of the bathroom, recovering beautiful 80 year old tiles), cleaned and cooked daily vegan lunch for Mauricio and his mother, an agile therapist, who at 82 is still regularly counseling patients at the community. When the house was back in shape, we finally organized a first event, a documentary movie night with a big screen and yummy vegan snacks in the lovely backyard, hopefully kickstarting a whole new series of events. Before the break, the place had been
bustling for 5 years, including a vegan kitchen, an organic shop, political activism, language and music classes, a team of therapists and more. Recently another therapist joined the team and the organic shop will open again soon, so life is slowly returning to this little oasis in the madness of Mexico City.

We will pass the torch now after 3 months, if you thinking about volunteering here you should bring self initiative, there's huge potential to put your ideas into practice. Mauricio will fully support you, but being a passionate political activist, he's too busy with countless other projects to manage this place, so it takes volunteers who enjoy being in charge, creating, organizing, and promoting events.

The accomodaton is a nice shared appartment with a splendid resident cat, 15 min from the community in a safe barrio, metro, bus and market closeby. Mauricio can indeed be a bit unorganized, but he deeply believes in changing the world for the better and is not getting tired of investing all his time and energy. Be warned: He will insist to tell you who is secretly pulling the strings behind the scenes in this world all day long, with a persistance that can be overwhelming at times :). Sometimes you have to stop him to get a break, but his concern for the human race is genuine and he will always help you with anything you need (like we did, when we arrived awfully sick from Cuba to Mexico) and though some of his views might seem extreme, he respects people's opinions. Intense and truly passionate about his country and the need for change in this world.

(Excellent )

31/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Mariana)

It has been extraordinary to have Mariana as part of our family here in the community. There´s no better word to describe her. She is an extraordinary young woman and extraordinary human being. She and her partner Eric arrived with a different idea of the project that according to our Facebook page was a place full of activity and people, however,… read more they soon realized that the house was going trough a transition phase and that most of the time there was nothing going on. When they arrived they found a dead project with half of the space it used to have, also, the house need it a lot of maintenance, the paint on the walls was peeling off, the walls of the kitchen were dirty, the bathroom was unfinished and still under construction, the patio was a disaster. I could list all of the things that were wrong with the house and it would be a really long list. That's why we were not sure of having volunteers anymore or not at least until we could fix the place up a little bit. At the last moment and after a few emails ¨warning¨ them about the issues we had (not only with the house but with the organization) They agree to come over and we agree to host them. Well to this day we can say that Mariana and Eric have been one of the best things that had happened to the house! With almost no resources they updated the whole place up! It´s amazing what they accomplish during the short period they stayed. Not only they deep clean the whole place, but they renovated an 80-year-old bathroom with their original ceramic! They painted the walls, they organized the patio, Mariana even set up the store, which now looks amazing and its just waiting to be filled with organic products.
Mariana was especially focused on the details, she is very meticulous and a perfectionist; and for that we are extremely thankful, she took care of every little detail this place. Marian is very mature for her age, she is intellectually advantaged way beyond her years, she can also be a little stubborn but in a positive way, she will insist until she gets things done.

As a host, we can sincerely tell you that you would be missing out a great element and possibly a great friendship as well if you did not welcome Mariana and Eric, they are not your typical young careless wild party volunteers, they are deeply conscious, vegan, mature, intelligent believe me they are the real deal. We only regret our project was not ready for them.

Wish them both the best in their travels.
M and J

(Excellent )

18/05/2017

When I first visited the community, I thought to myself: this is the right direction for society and this is the place I want to open myself one day. A holistic approach to our individual lifestyle and the right and only sustainable path to our society. When we arrived, the community was going through a restructuring process and therefore there… read more

(Excellent )

07/04/2017

I stayed with this host for ten days at the beginning of November 2016. The work was sanding a wooden shelf: nothing special, but I knew what I was getting into. The accomodations were adequate and we (the other volunteer and I) always had enough food, though we often had to buy our own drinking water. The location of the apartment was convenient.… read more

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07/08/2017

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12/04/2017

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31/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Mariana)

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18/05/2017

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07/04/2017

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04/11/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Diana & Bastien)

This couple of adorable human been were are wonderful addition to our project! Even tough their stayed was short, they help more than they can imagine, at first we trough that maybe they wouldn't be strong enough to carry box and stuff that we need it to move around, but oh boy! They were wonderful, they are a beautiful and competent ! We can… read more

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20/09/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Tim)

Our mate Tim aced his stayed with us! We think Ti’s the bee’s knees for our project! He was brilliant! Even tough we ha different points of view regarding politics we never had a Kerfuffle fight about it. He stayed with us for 5 months, he was part of our family and that was blinding!

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20/09/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Alex)

We are really really sorry it took us this long to write you back!!!

We adored you so much the Dra. Missed you as well!!! We were really lucky to had found this amazing girls, they never had a problem with us, even tough the acomodation was not perfect, or that the project need it a lot of organization and work, They always help with a smile… read more

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25/04/2016

Left by Workawayer (Alex) for host

My sister and I spent four weeks here and it was such a great experience. We cooked and cleaned most of the days and were able to learn many new Mexican vegan meals. We had deep and meaningful discussions everyday during lunch and I miss our talks already. They really helped us learn about Mexico city and the many cultures that live within it. I… read more

(Excellent )

17/03/2016

Left by Workawayer (Anja & Josef) for host

Anja and I stayed 4 weeks here. We could enjoy a welcoming, friendly and peaceful environment at our stay. We were provided with acommodation and food at 5 days a week. The acommodation is very well located in Mexico City.
During our stay the the Comunidad went through a transformation process, so we helped basically with cooking and cleaning.… read more

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16/03/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Anja & Josef)

We were very bless to have as volunteers Anja and Josef, they were part of our comunity in Mexico city for a month, they were great! always willing to do anything to help. We also share so many great moment with them outside work too, like going for pulques or visiting las chinampas, as our directora Dra. Ángela said: ¨They brought hope back … read more

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