Help us with restoring our property after a flood in beautiful indigenous peace of land, Coffee Bay, South Africa

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  Description

  A destination of heart and soul. We have a beautiful indigenous peace of land in Coffee Bay , on the Wild Coast of South Africa. In 1990 we were accepted into the Bomvana tribe, and we took our place at 19 Lower Nenga on the bank of the Bomvu river, which is a 100m away from the Bomvu beach. We live with the Bomvana community, and we live simply, and our aim is to encourage the traditional Xhosa culture to remain.
  
  We are the only land owners in Coffee Bay who have kept the indigenous forest, and because of this our property is home to more than 40 bird species. Bird watchers paradise.
  
  Coffee Bay got its name from a ship which sank carrying a cargo of coffee beans.
  
  Today we harvest our own coffee beans , roast our own coffee beans, and run a unique coffee shop on the property called Rock Coffee. If you’re good with people there is also an opportunity to help out in the coffee shop if you like.
  
  We used to have a backpackers many years ago, but we are no longer operating as a backpackers due to some unfortunate luck with tenants, and finances.
  
  We recently had a very bad flood in our village, which impacted the property badly, our buildings and garden were flooded. The garden is now overgrown, and we need to rebuild some of our structures.
  
  We are looking for some special humans (2 gardeners and 2 DIY / Builders) to help restore our gardens and buildings.
  
  Daily work will include cleaning up the garden, weeding, pruning, cutting back, moving foliage, and debris, composting.
  
  We also need to do some DIY / building projects on 3 of our buildings. This will include knocking down structures, using materials from one structure, to improve and repair another, fixing electrics, painting, paving, fixing decking and roofing. If you have any plumbing experience that’s a big plus!
  
  Coffee Bay is home to beautiful beaches, a warm rural African community, hiking trails, fishing spots, and diverse wildlife - daily dolphin and whale watching from the magnificent wild coast cliffs.
  
  If you want to immerse yourself in nature, and African culture. You will love this space.
  Do not expect 3 star, this is Old Africa. Raw Nature, the true woodsmoke of Africa - where it all Began!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Hospitality/Tourism

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You will get to swim in the ocean everyday. You will get to feel and be part of a renewal project. You will get to experience raw Africa, and real Africa. You will be working in a magical indigenous garden full of birds.
  You will work 5 days on and 2 days off.

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  Help

  We recently had a very bad flood, which impacted us badly, our buildings and garden were flooded. We are looking for some special humans to help restore our property to work it was which will include cleaning up the garden and DIY / building projects.
  
  Gardeners - You will be required to weed, and clean up debris in the garden, plant coffee beans, and restore the garden to its natural state. You will also be required to help prepare and cook our daily main meal.
  
  Maintenance/DIY/Building - we are looking to restore certain buildings, using material from other buildings.
  Our buildings need TLC.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent

  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

  You will receive dorm accommodation, and 3 communal meals daily.

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  What else ...

  When you are off you get to swim in the warm African ocean, connect with the locals, horseriding, community upliftment, yoga, learn to drum, visiting neighbouring villages - Mdumbi, Bulungula, hiking trails to waterfalls, and Hole in the Wall.

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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 can host humans who want to work remotely however you will need to make a plan for wifi as we currently do not have public wifi available we all work from our 3G dongles. We are saving to have wifi installed.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week