Farm stay & help with gardening in Chiapas, Mexico

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  Description

  Project we are looking forward to do :
  1. Building chicken coop
  2. Carpentry tasks such making table, bench and shelves
  3. Construction tasks to build cabana
  4. If you have knowledge on creating vegetables garden from scratch, seeding etc
  
  Hello we are mix family : Ritney from Indonesia, Luch from Italy and two boys Niko 10yo and Leon 5yo. We are homesteading in 4 hectares rancho/farm with mango trees, 10 km from the beach named Puerto Arista in Chiapas coast Mexico.
  We would like to be self sustainable. We creating organic farm with no chemical use on the land.
  We also unschooling our children. Although we are more inclined to host small family with children for my children to interact with, single person or couple is also welcome.
  
  I don't require minimum or maximum stay, if we are happy with each other, we can discuss the length of your stay for both parties convenience in a friendly manner.
  
  If you are native Italian, you can help my children to study because all of their books are in Italian.
  
  This area is well-known for their livestock such cows, locally made fresh cheese, fish, shrimp and prawns. Many affordable local restaurants serves dishes made from shrimp and fish.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Farmstay help

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  What's this?
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You'll experience organic homestead living. You can converse with us and our children in 3 different languages. You can enjoy seaside living and farm living at the same time.

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  Help

  We would like help on :
  *Gardening basically clear the weeds, tilling the soil, watering the plants.
  *Planting fruit tree, only in raining season (June-Oct)
  *Wooden fence fixing
  *Cutting the bushes with machete
  *Any general maintenance around the property
  *If you are Italian native, you can help my children to study

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Indonesian: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You'll be staying in our guest house with kitchen, fridge, washing machine, bathroom etc by yourself.
  When it's mango season you are welcome to enjoy the mango as much as you want.
  Smoking is not allowed inside the house, you can smoke outside in the patio.
  Pets are not allowed inside the house.
  WiFi available in our house /patio, unfortunately it doesn't reach the guesthouse where you are staying. However you are welcome to use our WiFi.
  Please be mindful, We are sharing Internet so Internet is limited meaning if you use Internet for making calls, or browsing it works just fine. But if you rely heavily with Internet 24/7 or streaming /downloading movies then this is not for you.
  We get black out and Internet cut off when there's a heavy rain /thunderstorm from time to time.

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  What else ...

  The beach is 10km away, straight road. You can take public transport for 30pesos one way (about 1.50euro). The town with supermarkets is also 10km away.

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  You can park your campervan any size, we have the space. You can use our bathroom and shower. But you can't dump your septic in our property.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  So long your pets can get along with ours. But pets not allowed inside the guesthouse. Our pets stay in the outside patio so does your pets.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  3 hours a day, 5 days a week

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