Help creating a self-sufficient community in Nikojevići, Serbia

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  Description

  Let's get together to do and create something meaningful and worthy in the time of widespread alienation. Love learning and experiencing the process. Personality test shows ENFP so new helpers and workawayers fuel my enthusiasm and will power bank and help me stay on track.Slowly and spontaneously moving towards fluid village/community where we would produce and eat heaps of organic food and live as natural as possible, be free to come and go and call this place a home. I am open to using both old and ancient methods and ways, but also new technology. The house is slowly getting additions of kitchen, bathroom, running water, new roof. Also in place of an old barn I am building an exercise yoga and meditation shala. Many things to do here, much grass to cut, eggs to gather, tinktures to make and few goats to milk. Versatility is the word! 🙉 Notice: I do not sell my produce nor make any money nor profit from this homestead. Primary goal for now is making this place enjoable and comfortable for helpers, workawayers and myself, not for business but solely for private home purpose. Enjoying each step in gratitude. Feel free to send a message and inquiry about any details. I do have unlimited WiFi on my phone which I can share with you anytime, preferably at evening when chors are done, just remind me :)

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Self development

  

  Farming

  

  Photography

  

  Writing

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Hitchhiking

  

  History

  

  Gardening

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Books

  

  Blogging

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Camping

  

  Beach

  

  Cycling

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Team sports

  

  Hiking

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Fitness

  

  Dancing
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can partake in daily yoga stretching and sitting zen meditation. It is optional of course, but I find it useful to have some spiritual foundation for each day in place. Also you will explore the area by being around me. I am quite active, and often go to Zlatibor, Užice, Sevojno, even Belgrade. It's optional of course. I been a host on helpX for ten+ years with mostly positive experiences and all the positive reviews😄. And been a helpxer myself so I might have a feeling of what is working. I played basketball trough my youth and traveled the world with it, I can teach you few moves on the local court if you are up for it 🙉 You will be able to learn with hands on simple construction, planting fruit trees and garden, milking and goat herding, making kefir and cheese. Picking up and learning about wild edibles, teas and tinktures. Also the mushrooms if it happen you are in season. And much more...

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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

  Each person is good and useful for something. Or as Blake said: "better alive dog then a dead lion" :) If you are skilled and experienced I ll be happy to learn and assist you. If you are just starting on the road of self reliance I'd be happy to direct and share with you some basic tips and knowledge. As long as there is willingness to create and do, things will work out. Tasks on the farm are various. From feeding animals, planting garden, to building simple sheds, barn, outdoor stairway, picking raspberries, collecting and drying wild edibles, mushrooms...list is too long and each day is like an adventure!

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Serbian: Fluent
  French: Beginner
  Russian: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  You ll have your own room with bed and clean sheets. There is aso an optional room in a yoga shala or above it. If you like, and thinking more of a long term commitment, we can build a cabine somewhere in the woods. Ideally we would eat together three meals a day. I like to "earn" my meal so doing something before we sit down to fill our bellies would be quite nice (whether like work or exercise). The meals are vegan/vegetarian. I try growing as much as possible of my own food and getting fresh produce locally and from the neighbours. Also if we have enough hands there is plenty of fruits in the village that we can pick up, mostly plums, cherries and apples...

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  What else ...

  I milk daily by hands and make cheese and kefir. You are welcome to learn and get involved. There are also few cats which are kept outside of the house.
  I like to balance between planning and going with the flow. During the time off you can hike on the old Roman road that passes next to the house and goes through many valleys and forset and also by the small river down the road. River is cold and clean. Another bigger river is just few km away, Rzav, one of the cleanest in Serbia. Place is quite picturesque, goats are lovely and the nature is beautiful.

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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

  There is a wifi signal at my place. I even teach some yoga classes trough zoom, so it works.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There is space for any size of camper or campervan

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  Can possibly accept pets

  I can accept pets, as long as they stay outside of the house where us humans are. There is plenty of space and cosy places for them to enjoy. Thank you

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Domaće koke

  Crna i Šarena

  goats

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