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Update June 15 2022
Looking for:
2 more workawayers:
from September 1st till October 15th 2022 (minimum stay 2 weeks)
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We are looking for workawayers to help us in the following activities:
maintenance and gardening,
renovate our house
rebuild old style dry stone walls
emprove our website and social media with new contents (posts, video, picture)
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Hello my name is Marco, with other volunteers we work to create a meeting point for our community and the people who visit this region. We are a non-profit association and our donors have given us an old stone house from the 17th century and a beautiful farmhouse in the high mountains with meadows and pine forests to make something new by involving enthusiastic people like you. We need help to renovate the house and the farmhouse but also ideas to develop activities and proposals to pursue at every step the goal of sustainable development. We are currently working on the realization of an artistic and cultural atelier and to make possible the use of natural spaces as places to relax for all and for the practice of disciplines like yoga or meditation.
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
With us you stay in a beautiful and unspoiled Ticino valley, exploring the surrounding nature, in the peace of mountain life, or spend your time in the sun on maggia river. But if you miss the crowd in less than one hour you can reach Locarno and the lago Maggoire area, Bellinzona with the three Castel or Lugano on Ceresio lake. During sommer many small local events will allow you an authentic contact with the people. If you look for live music between June and August there is a lot live concerts.
If you like Cinema you cant miss the "International Locarno film Festival" in August.
We are renovating our house at the village and hut in the mountains and at the same time we are developing our artistic, cultural and recreational offers.
We are looking for help in different actievities, cleaning, painting, material removal, forest and pasture care and construction of small wooden structures to create a camping place in the mountain.
If you have good web or marketing skills, you can help us by developing our website (wordpress) or promoting our activities on social media.
!! IMPORTANT!!
For some activities, you need sturdy shoes and comfortable seasonal work clothes.
Italian: Fluent
German: Intermediate
English: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
We can host up to 5 volunteers in a completely independent house.
Depending on the activity, you'll stay:
in our 17th century house with 2 rooms (3 beds + 2beds) shared bathroom kitchen and terrace with barbecue.
OR
in the stone hut in the mountains where we live in a simple but confortable way in a large common room, sharing kitchen and bathroom.
In general, we cook and eat the lunch (italian country style) all together. If you have special needs (vegetarian or vegan), we will try our best to provide the necessary to prepare your dishes. In case you are celiacs we need to discuss in advance your needs to avoid any health issues.
We pay attention to a healthy and abundant diet with seasonal products taking into account as far as possible all your desires.
Other foods or products are instead to be purchased at your expense such as:
chocolate, toffees and sweets, alcohol, personal hygiene and body care products, cosmetics and medicines.
To move around during your free time you can use the public transport that serves the village. You can also use our electric bicycle for small journeys.
If you have special wishes, we will accompany you by car as much as possible.
We are looking for volunteers for 2022 season April-November with minimum stay of 2 weeks.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
More than two
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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