Help around our family homestead in Florianopolis, Brazil

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  Description

  We are reaching out to you with an exciting opportunity to be a part of a meaningful project in Florianopolis. Our family home, once a hub of activity, is now in need of some tender loving care.
  
  Currently, our family is scattered across the globe. Enzo is in Italy, Pedro is managing a property in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul, Milton spends only a few days a week at home due to work commitments and Pietra our sister is living on portugal. With all of us away, we are seeking assistance to maintain and enhance the warmth of our home.
  
  Milton, our father, though a bit headstrong, has become more open-minded. We envision transforming our family home into a welcoming space, possibly a guesthouse or co-living environment, and we believe that gradual progress with the help of volunteers will make this dream a reality.
  
  Immediate tasks include cleaning, maintenance, enhancing the gardens, painting selected areas, and addressing basic leaks and plumbing issues. In essence, we need to infuse love and attention into the house, located in Campeche, Florianopolis.
  
  Your skills in woodworking, masonry, tools, and painting would be incredibly valuable for this endeavor. Additionally, traits such as cleanliness, organizational skills, proficiency in Portuguese and Spanish, regular personal hygiene practices, and maintaining tidy accommodations are essential.
  
  We invite you to join us in this venture, contributing to the revitalization of our family home. With your help, we aim to breathe new life into this space.
  
  Thank you for considering our invitation, and we look forward to the possibility of working together.
  
  Warm regards,
  
  Pedro
  The Gottardo Family

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  My dad understand a lot about medicines, pharmacos and also natural he has studie oriental medicine so he can provide you very good information about it.
  
  We are situated at florianopolis which is a turistic city, full of tracks, waterfalls and awesome beachs you will be able to enjoy it all while staying here, my brother can take you to know some places he enjoys doing tracks and at theres a moutain near by our house where you can go up and have full see of the islands and everything. (natural strong body path)
  
  I can also host people at Frederico, where we are doing the project of permaculture, and also studying the medicines from the jungle, as rapé or ayahuasca, our project there is to create a place for comunity grows being able to produce organic food, teas and medicines and being able to create this bridges to conect everything (enlightment path)

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  Help

  We need people with a easy going flow which are able to comunicate with persons and also like dogs, our needs are people who can help on maintence of the house once most of time theres no one in here to do it proper, also people who have experience in gardering and small crops growing would be awesome.
  The project is to first of all fix and add life to the house once again, the gardens are sad, the grass (which has been removed and covered with stones) is reborning, but there are plenty of things to do here, walls wanting art to happen, gardens wanting life to happen.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Portuguese: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  We can provide you a single/couple bedroom with bathroom.
  
  You have to provide your own food.
  For sure there will be food at the house and for sure you will be invited to share our meals.

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  What else ...

  Florianopolis aka Magic Island is knowed for its beachs, lagoons and waterfalls, also there is a lot of places to have a good time, hang out etc.. Besides it there are several places for meditation, reiki, natural medicines, etc... So if you want to party there will be places to do it, if you're looking for meditative, mindfullness and conection there will be also.
  Enjoy it.

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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

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  2 hours/5 days a week - no meals