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14 Feb 2019
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Hello. We are Alessandro, Edite and little Dario. We live in a beautifully small town Caltabellotta in Sicily. It is a year around that we have settled down here to take care of our one hectar big centenary olive grove whitch is just next to the town. The project is to create a permaculture oasis and off-grid hospitality.
Types of help and learning opportunities
GardeningDIY and building projectsBabysitting and creative playGeneral MaintenanceCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp with Eco ProjectsHelp around the houseLanguage practiceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will stay in a trilingual family (italian, latvian, english). Alex will be happy to teach you some good italian as he was an italian language teacher. And me, Edite, as an ex cook, love cooking sicilian, italian, vegetarian, vegan and absoloutely natural disches. As well we do lot of self-production. We love photography and telling storys about sicilians that we call "the constructors of the desire".
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
For now we need help to create trails in stone, hedges of agave and prickly pear, move small stones from the ground to set them around the olive trees to create a covering that will attract the humidity.
From October we would like some help in harvesting manually our beutiful olives. We will do some preserved olives too.
We will accept only no smokers.Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Latvian (Lettish): Fluent
French: Beginner
Russian: BeginnerAccommodation
You will stay with us in Caltabellotta town. You will have your own room (max 2 people). Bathroom shared. Three meals provided.
What else ...
In your free time you can take a bus to visit the nearest towns like Sciacca, Agrigento, Palermo etc. In summer we will be happy to go all together to the sea and do some naturalistic excusion nearby. As well you can walk around the town and it's trails.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (1)
Even if the first impression was really good about them and we thought to be happy to have them in our house, in our little family in this delicate period of time that we are completely changing our lives. Well, then what went wrong.
Before arriving Anna wrote us that they will stay with us till… read more
They were welcoming and their little son was adorable. Edite's english was very good and with Alessandro we communicated mainly using mixed english,… read more
Feedback
Even if the first impression was really good about them and we thought to be happy to have them in our house, in our little family in this delicate period of time that we are completely changing our lives. Well, then what went wrong.
Before arriving Anna wrote us that they will stay with us till… read more
They were welcoming and their little son was adorable. Edite's english was very good and with Alessandro we communicated mainly using mixed english,… read more