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🌿 Join Our Sustainable Community in the Mountains 🌿
Are you looking for a transformative experience away from the hustle and bustle of the city? Come and be part of our self-sufficient community in a magical corner of nature! 🌍💚
🗓️ Volunteering Duration: From 2 weeks to 2 years. Arrivals are on the 1st or 15th of each month so we can start this adventure together.
🥗 What We Offer:
3 organic meals a day 🍽️
Shared accommodation 🛏️
Essential supplies included 🧻
25 hours of work per week in gardening, construction projects, or cooking 🌱🔨
🔄 Extra Benefits: If you stay longer than 3 months, enjoy flexible hours, preferred accommodation, and time off to explore 🚶♂️🌄.
❗ Important: No WiFi here, but endless real connections! 💬🙌. We recommend bringing natural bathroom products and, if possible, seeds for our community seed bank 🌼🌾.
🏞️ Unique Location: On a plateau with 360-degree views of snowy volcanoes and breathtaking sunsets. 🌋🌅
🎨 Our Activities and Values:
Community: We believe in connection, teamwork, and diversity. All are welcome, including families and LGBTQ+ individuals. 🤗
Regeneration: Help us reforest and care for our organic garden and animals 🐝🌳.
Healing: Yoga, shamanic ceremonies, massages, and more 🌺🧘♂️.
Permaculture: Live in harmony with nature; come learn with us! ☀️♻️
Personal Growth: Workshops and activities to develop your intellectual, emotional, and spiritual skills 🎵📚.
🚫 What We Avoid: Non-recyclable products, chemical-based soaps, and superficial connections. We prefer the natural way! 🍃
Ready for a unique experience? Message us for more details and be part of our mission to live in community, heal the earth, and grow together. 🌍💫
🥦🫛🥑🌽🌶️🥕🍄🟫🥔🧅🥦🫛🥑🌽🌶️🥕🍄🟫🥔🧅🥦🫛🥑🌽🌶️🥕🍄🟫🥔🧅🥦🫛🥑🌽🌶️🥕🍄🟫🥔🧅🥦🫛🥑🌽🌶️🥕
💕Voluntariado en la Naturaleza: Crece, Sana y Regenera la Tierra con Nosotros🦉
🌿 Únete a nuestra Comunidad Sostenible en las Montañas 🌿
¿Buscas una experiencia transformadora, lejos del ajetreo de la ciudad? ¡Te invitamos a formar parte de nuestra comunidad autosuficiente en un rincón mágico de la naturaleza! 🌍💚
🗓️ Duración del Voluntariado: Desde 2 semanas hasta 2 años. Llegadas el 1er o 15 de cada mes para comenzar juntos esta aventura.
🥗 Lo que Ofrecemos:
3 comidas orgánicas al día 🍽️
Alojamiento compartido 🛏️
Elementos esenciales incluidos 🧻
25 horas de trabajo a la semana en proyectos de jardinería, construcción o cocina 🌱🔨
🔄 Beneficios Extra: Si te quedas más de 3 meses, disfruta de horarios flexibles, alojamiento preferencial y tiempo libre para explorar 🚶♂️🌄.
❗ Importante: No contamos con WiFi, ¡pero sí con infinitas conexiones reales! 💬🙌. Recomendamos traer productos naturales para el baño y, si puedes, semillas para nuestro banco comunitario 🌼🌾.
🏞️ Ubicación Única: En una meseta con vistas de 360 grados de volcanes nevados y atardeceres de ensueño. 🌋🌅
🎨 Nuestras Actividades y Valores:
Comunidad: Creemos en la conexión, el trabajo en equipo y la diversidad. Bienvenidos todos, incluidas familias y personas LGBTQ+. 🤗
Regeneración: Ayúdanos a reforestar y cuidar nuestro jardín orgánico y animales 🐝🌳.
Sanación: Yoga, ceremonias chamánicas, masajes, y más 🌺🧘♂️.
Permacultura: Vivimos en armonía con la naturaleza; ¡ven a aprender con nosotros! ☀️♻️
Crecimiento Personal: Talleres y actividades para desarrollar tus habilidades intelectuales, emocionales y espirituales 🎵📚.
🚫 Lo que Evitamos: Productos no reciclables, jabones con químicos, y conexiones superficiales. ¡Preferimos lo natural! 🍃
¿Listo para una experiencia única? Escríbenos para más detalles y sé parte de nuestra misión de vivir en comunidad, sanar la tierra y crecer juntos. 🌍💫
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn about Permaculture in many aspects: Organic farming in an arid area, super adobe building, often working alongside a local builder, renewable energy projects, water management. You can also experience events and open days to get to know the local community, exchange activities with students from schools in Quito, or take part in one of the courses or ceremonies we host. Plus you will meet people from all over the world who come to volunteer with us.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
ENGLISH
Current Projects
Aside from our daily activities, our priority projects for you to get involved in are:
• Completing adobe construction & lime rendering
• Upgrading our water harvesting and irrigation systems (including a crowd-funding project)
• Improving and expanding our existing gardens
• Developing events programme
• Reforestation and tree care
Desired Skills
If you have any of the following skills, we would be particularly interested in hearing from you:
• Carpentry
• General maintenance skills
• Plumbing
• Event management
• Group facilitation
• Yoga Instruction
ESPAÑOL
Los proyectos actuales
Aparte de nuestras actividades diarias, nuestros proyectos prioritarios para que usted se involucre en son:
• Completando adobe construcción & renderizando de cal
• Mejorando nuestros sistemas de recolección de agua y riego (incluyendo un proyecto de financiación de multitudes)
• Mejorando y expandiendo nuestros jardines existentes
• Desarrollo de eventos programa
• Reforestación y cuidado de árboles
Habilidades Deseadas
Si tienes alguna de las siguentes habilidades, estaríamos particularmente interesados en escuchar de ti:
• Carpentería
• Habilidades generales de mantemiento
• Plomería
• Gestión de eventos
• Facilitación de grupos
• Instrución de Yoga
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
ENGLISH
We have a variety of different types of accommodation that allows us to host up to 25 volunteers at a time, including 3 x adobe earth bag houses, 4 x tipis, 4 x trucks, 1 x yurt and the option of camping. You can charge your electronics in the main building, however we are without wifi and prefer social interaction over technological consumption.
ESPAÑOL
Contamos con una variedad de diferentes tipos de alojamientos que nos permiten acoger hasta 25 voluntarios a la vez, incluyendo 3 x casas de adobe, 4 x tipis, 4 x camiones, 1 x yurta y la opción de acampar. Usted puede cargar su electrónica en el edificio principal, sin embargo, estamos sin wifi y prefieren la interacción social sobre el consumo tecnológico.
What else ...
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The nearest town to our farm is Malchinguí, a 10 minute/$2.75 camioneta (white pick-up truck) ride away. There you will find a few small shops and internet café. Guayllabamba is a 30 minute/50¢ bus-ride further and has some restaurants and a cash machine. The same bus will also take you to Ofelia, the (northern) bus terminal in Quito (1.5 hours/$1.50). The last bus leaves Malchinguí at 5pm and the last bus from Quito leaves at 7pm. Buses run between 30mins and 1.5 hours apart.
During your stay you will also enjoy two free days per week to go out and enjoy the nearby attractions, or just relax, read and take in the view! Within two hours of our farm you can reach Otavalo and its famous indigenous market, dry-forest camping in Parque Jerusalem, the ancient Cochasqui pyramids, stunning Mojanda and Cuicocha lakes and the Peguche waterfall.
ESPAÑOL
La ciudad más cercana a nuestra finca es Malchinguí, a 10 minutos/$2,75 camioneta de distancia. Allí encontrarás algunas pequeñas tiendas y un cibercafé. Guayllabamba está a 30 minutos/50 autobús-viaja más lejos y tiene algunos restaurantes y una máquina del efectivo. El mismo autobús también le llevará a Ofelia, la terminal de autobuses (norte) en Quito (1,5 horas/$1.50). El último autobús sale de Malchinguí a las 5 pm y el último autobús de Quito sale a las 7 PM. los autobuses corren entre 30 y 1,5 horas de diferencia.
¡Durante su estancia también disfrutarás de dos días libres por semana para salir y disfrutar de las atracciones cercanas, o simplemente relajarse, leer y disfrutar de la vista! Dentro de dos horas de nuestra granja se puede llegar a Otavalo y su famoso mercado indígena, el camping de bosque seco en el parque de Jerusalén, las antiguas pirámides de Cochasqui, impresionantes Mojanda y lagos Cuicocha y la cascada Peguche.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Please note you cannot connect to our electricity or water easily. We are off grid, so only solar panels and no obvious water connection point. Lots of space to park up though!!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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Be and I had the chance to stay on the land for a bit over 2 weeks, even over New Year's, and it was wonderful. We were welcomed into the middle of the whole community from the moment we walked through the door. Helen welcomed us and we found our way through the… read more
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Be and I had the chance to stay on the land for a bit over 2 weeks, even over New Year's, and it was wonderful. We were welcomed into the middle of the whole community from the moment we walked through the door. Helen welcomed us and we found our way through the… read more
everything is super well organised, which is a… read more
Kind and caring people, delicious food, changing tasks and a cat sneaking in your bed at night.
What else could you ask for? I felt very welcome during my stay and think that it will be my personal blue-print for a functioning community.
Thank you for your generosity,… read more
Muchas gracias de nuevo por vuestro trabajo chicas, os llevo conmigo!
This community has been around for 13 years and because of this it is SO well equipped. They have all the facilities you could ever need and so many more you hadn't even… read more
Work was depending on interest and skills- I spent a lot of time on gardening and tree reforestation. Work is 5 days… read more
I would highly recommend him.
Estaba buscando por una finca focalizada en la permacultura, y encontró más : una vida communitaria muy bien organizada, en una finca al frente de las eternales montanas, un lugar donde cada persona se siente util a travez del trabajo de regeneración… read more
Fue mi primero volontariado a mi llegada en ecuador, y el mejor en este 3 meses de viaje ! Me permitio de empezar llena de alegria, de positividad y de curiositad.
Además de los paisajes incredibles, alla las energias se entrecruzan : Pachamama, la gente, los perros adorables... Nos sentimos bien et salimos revitalizados !
Aprende mucho… read more
Instructive about work, about people, about the world, and a lot about ourselves. We met beautiful people, we learn a lot of tricks in permaculture, from the lombriculture to the famous "piss list", passing by the making of the compost. We made friends, also with the burras (or not… read more
With very good energy and a positive attitude, they were very helpful and eager to learn and participate in every activity. From helping with adobe to cooking great meals, and leading workout sessions, we were all happy when they decided to stay a bit longer than originally planned with us.
We definitely… read more
