Learn new skills and connect with nature on our family homesteading farm in Hilo, Hawaii

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  Description

  🌿 Our Family & Home
  
  We are a family of six with four energetic boys (ages 14, 9, 6, and 2). Our children attend a Hawaiian-focused charter school that blends home learning with wonderful Kumu support—so our home is a lively, curious place full of discovery.
  
  Our property is our haven — surrounded by open space, fresh air, the peaceful sound of a babbling creek, and plenty of adventure. We value living simply and making mindful choices for our health and the land. We’re gradually learning to grow more of our own food and currently care for chickens, ducks, goats, cows, horses, dogs, cats, and a sweet bunny. I’m also a novice beekeeper!
  
  We are primarily vegetarian and enjoy creating nourishing meals from what we grow and gather. Life here is full of small projects, learning moments, and opportunities to connect with nature.
  
  🌈 Cultural Exchange & Learning
  
  We enjoy meeting new people, sharing our island life, and learning from others’ experiences. In exchange for your help, we’re happy to teach what we’ve learned about simple living, homeschooling, beginner beekeeping, and farm animal care. We also love to explore and can show you some of our favorite island spots when time allows.
  
  Hosting Workawayers has been such a fun way for us to connect, share meals, and learn new skills from each other.
  
  🌱 Aloha & Final Note
  
  We are a learning family—growing, exploring, and creating a more self-sufficient life together. If this sounds like the kind of experience you’d like to share, we’d love to hear from you!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  House sitting
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  I'm biased but I feel we live in the most magical place, The island has so many things to explore, so many different climate zones, black sand beaches, green sand beach, active volcano, hot springs, waterfalls and more. Our property is located in Hilo and it takes 15 minutes to get downtown. We have a creek at the end of our property it is so peaceful and you can hike up the creek to a waterfall and swimming hole. It's breathtaking.

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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

  🌺 What We’re Looking For
  
  We’d love to welcome Workawayers who enjoy outdoor living and would like to share in the rhythm of homestead life. You might help with:
  
  -Gardening and planting projects
  -Maintaining vegetable beds and orchard areas
  -Feeding and caring for friendly animals
  -Tidying outdoor areas or assisting with landscaping
  -Helping us organize and improve our small farm spaces
  -Sharing knowledge about sustainable or organic growing practices
  
  We are looking for people who want to learn, contribute, and experience homestead living together.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We would love to learn another language, the kids are at the perfect age to learn as well.
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  Accommodation

  🏡 Accommodation
  
  We offer a beautiful one-bedroom ʻOhana unit at the end of our property with a full kitchen and bath overlooking a babbling stream. (Please note: there’s no internet in the ʻOhana unit.) Laundry facilities are shared.
  
  The space includes a queen bed in the bedroom and a queen hide-a-bed in the living room, allowing us to accommodate up to four people traveling together. At times, we may also host two separate Workaway guests who will share the space and have the chance to make a new friend!

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  What else ...

  We are happy to have you tag along when we head into town and do joint ventures together but renting a car will give you the best experience with more flexibility.

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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

  We have wifi, I run my business from home and my husband works virtually and the internet keeps up.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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