Join our NGO and help us with horses in Berga, Spain

  • Last activity : 23 Jan 2025

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 1 month

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  • Description

    Description

    We are an NGO that deals with equine-assisted therapies and education. We also work in the field, with orchards, fruit plants and forestry and natural environment.
    Our horses live in freedom in a herd. We work with them in herd. Sometimes also individually, but generally all together.
    Shortage of resources makes us need to seek voluntary help.
    There is no water at the farm, we go to get it at neighbours with our pickup, and showers are limited.
    Electricity with solar panels, Internet and telephone coverage are limited, too.
    We are trying to reach autonomy and sustainability by leading new international projects in cooperation with our neighbours of the valley, such as creating a cooperative pedagogical farm to fight against desertification of our valley.
    We look for people who are willing to get involved with our NGO ideals and no-lucrative scope. To help us, they need to be handy, and willing to help outdoors in the farm, for its maintenance, and for building and repairing structures in an eco-friendly, recycling, creative style, but also hard helpers, because helping in a farm is hard. We try to also have some community social life, by inviting neighbours for meals and activities, or playing music among the residents, mainly volunteers and students.

    We work a lot with persons who have special needs. It is important to keep this in mind, and to offer solutions to the needs of our association's members, leaving at a side one's personal problems.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are interested in exchanging languages. The volunteers learn new skills about farming and animal care. Besides, they can learn about Equine/Animal/Nature Assisted Interventions.

  • Help

    Help

    We are an Equine Assisted Education and Therapy centre. Mainly, we do professional education and training in the Equine/Animal Assisted Interventions, EAI, but recently we have started to work with the concept of a holistic healing nature, including the relationship with plants/forest. Our premises are close to Berga, Cardona, Puig Reig, Navás, Suria, and Manresa (Montserrat), in Catalonia, Spain.

    There are only a few sessions of EAI, so we need help with caring for animals, building new eco-friendly structures in the field/forest, using recycled or natural materials.

    The maintenance tasks are taking care of our plants and animals. There are horses, dogs, cats, and chickens, and mainly we work our orchards, planting, seeding, watering, cleaning, ordering the structures to have a safe and nice natural environment where to host our workshops and activities.

    The main challenge is to repair old structures, and build new ones, in an eco-friendly, recycling, style. For this, we need people who have experience in eco-building, recycling, repairing, and creative/artistic handcrafting. We also wish to create new orchards, and maybe also put some art (sculptures or small buildings made of natural materials) around the field.

    We start to think about creating project as pedagogical farm and ecological regeneration of our mountains, so, if you have skills in ecology or high inspiration, please come to help us :)))

    It is needed to be clean, ordered, detailed, and polite with other volunteers and people who live or come to the farm.

    Housekeeping and cooking are very welcomed skills.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Catalan: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent
    French: Beginner
    Portuguese: Beginner

    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.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    In the farm, with reduced supplies of internet, electricity, water, and heating.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There are many places to visit around here. We can land a car to the volunteers to go, possibly in group, to have social life in the neighbouring villages, or we can drive them to some bus station.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have satellite ADSL connection and some quiet spaces to work in. Digital nomads are welcome as long as they stay at least one month, and they are willing to work physically in the farm.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    we have a lot of space, and we can share our electricity and water. :D

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    only if they get along well with ours

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

Host ref number: 356688679716

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