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Join us at our aromatic and medicinal nursery garden in Santo Domingo Tsachilas, Ecuador

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    🇪🇨✨ Welcome to Ecuador! ✨🇪🇨

    Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
    A family project 🏡 of Felix María (Mom) and Víctor Hugo (Son)🧢

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    🤝🌿 Cultural Exchange & Volunteering

    Would you like to immerse yourself in Ecuadorian culture and learn new skills?
    Would you like to connect with nature, medicinal plants, and a lifestyle that blends rural and urban life?

    This is the ideal place for you!

    Here we offer a volunteer and learning program where you can:
    💡 Learn, 🎤 sing, 📞 converse, 🥗 cook, 😝 laugh, 🥳 enjoy, 🔨 work, and 🎨 create.

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    🌱🌺 Our Projects:

    🌴 Agriculture and gardening (banana trees, cocoa...)

    🌿 Medicinal and ornamental plant care and planting

    🏕️ Help with camping and lodging

    🔧 General maintenance and light construction

    📢 Marketing and communication

    🎯 And much more!

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    💚🌎 Our Philosophy

    We love nature (Pachamama) 🌈🌻🍄
    We live with the mission of being better human beings, strengthening friendships 🌹
    and taking care of ourselves with what surrounds us: medicinal plants, 🌿🍀
    ancestral wisdom 🧓🏾, and a balanced life between urban 🚕 and rural 🪺.

    In this eco-project:
    🦋 We care for natural spaces
    🍋 We use medicinal herbs as a source of energy and health
    🫖 We combine traditional knowledge with new experiences
    🧭 And we continue learning from life

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    📩 Contact Us

    Do you want to live this unique experience?
    Write to us! We are happy to meet you and share this journey with you. ☀️


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    🇪🇨✨ ¡Bienvenidos a Ecuador! / Welcome to Ecuador! ✨🇪🇨

    Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
    Un proyecto familiar 🏡 de Felix María (Mamá) y Víctor Hugo (Hijo)🧢

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    🤝🌿 Intercambio Cultural y Voluntariado / Cultural Exchange & Volunteering

    ¿Te gustaría sumergirte en la cultura ecuatoriana y aprender nuevas habilidades?
    ¿Conectar con la naturaleza, las plantas medicinales y un estilo de vida entre lo rural y lo urbano?

    ¡Este es el lugar ideal para ti!

    Aquí ofrecemos un programa de voluntariado y aprendizaje donde podrás:
    💡 Aprender, 🎤 cantar, 📞 conversar, 🥗 cocinar, 😝 reír, 🥳 disfrutar, 🔨 trabajar y 🎨 crear.

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    🌱🌺 Nuestros Proyectos / Our Projects:

    🌴 Agricultura y jardinería (plátanos, cacao...)
    / Agriculture & gardening (banana trees, cocoa...)

    🌿 Cuidado y siembra de plantas medicinales y ornamentales
    / Medicinal & ornamental plant care and planting

    🏕️ Apoyo en el área de camping y hospedaje
    / Help with camping and lodging

    🔧 Mantenimiento general, remodelación y construcción
    / General maintenance, remodeling & construction

    📢 Marketing y comunicación
    / Marketing & communication

    🎯 ¡Y mucho más! / And much more!

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    💚🌎 Nuestra Filosofía / Our Philosophy

    Amamos la naturaleza (Pachamama) 🌈🌻🍄
    Vivimos con la misión de ser mejores seres humanos, fortalecer la amistad 🌹
    y cuidarnos con lo que nos rodea: plantas medicinales, 🌿🍀
    sabiduría ancestral 🧓🏾 y una vida equilibrada entre lo urbano 🚕 y rural 🪺.

    En este eco-proyecto:
    🦋 Cuidamos los espacios naturales
    🍋 Usamos hierbas medicinales como fuente de energía y salud
    🫖 Combinamos saberes tradicionales con nuevas experiencias
    🧭 Y seguimos aprendiendo de la vida

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    📩 Contáctanos / Contact Us

    ¿Te animas a vivir esta experiencia única?
    ¡Escríbenos! Estamos felices de conocerte y compartir este viaje contigo. ☀️

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Elderly Companionship
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
    House sitting
  • Interests

    Interests

    Gardening
    Languages
    Photography
    Drawing & painting
    Plant care
    Cooking & food
    Carpentry
    DIY & crafts
    Hitchhiking
    Animals
    Videography
    Van life
    Sustainability
    Movies & TV
    Pets
    Self development
    Farming
    Sailing / Boating
    Yoga / Wellness
    Beach
    Team sports
    Adventure sports
    Water sports
    Dancing
    Cycling
    Hiking
    Mountain
    Nature
    Outdoor activities
    Camping
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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    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

    Individual Activities Programs And Group Activities Such As: Visit Tsáchila Native Ethnicity. Mountaineering in humid tropical landscapes with many rivers, waterfalls, hills, mountains, adventure sports, extreme sports. A good place to be relaxed. Bird watching :) PRACTICE SPANISH WITH THE LOCALS.

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    Actividades individuales
    Programas Y Actividades Grupales
    Como:
    Visita Etnia nativa Tsáchila.
    Montañismo en paisajes húmedos tropicales con muchos ríos, cascadas, cerros, montañas, deportes de aventura, deportes extremos.
    Un buen sitio para estar relajado.
    Avistamiento de aves :)
    PRACTICAR ESPAÑOL CON LOS LUGAREÑOS.

  • Help

    Help

    *Help take care of the garden *Company for older adults *Help in nurseries, gardens, paths. *Help cleaning the house. *Help with everything general. *Sow plants. *Watering plants. *Paint. *Simple constructions with bamboo.

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    *Ayudar a cuidar el huerto
    *Compañía adultos mayores
    *Ayuda en los viveros, jardines, caminos.
    *Ayudar a limpiar la casa.
    *Ayudar en todo lo general.
    *Sembrar plantas.
    *Regar las plantas.
    *Pintar.
    *Construcciones sencillas con bambu.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Spanish: Fluent
    English: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I want to learn English and French. I like to teach Spanish. Quiero aprender Inglés y francés. Me gusta enseñar Español.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    In exchange of 2/3 hours a day, 5 days a week, we offer a private room, shared bathroom and good internet. There is an access to a kitchen and fruits from the garden and medicinal herbs available. We also can cook family-style typical meals together sometimes.

    Additionnaly, we offer different kind of therapies as part of our healing programs like kambô, cocao massages, herbal and vapors baths, magnotherapy,... That the volunteers can attend for additional charges.

    Important:
    No alcoholic drinks, no smoking, no substances harmful to the body.
    It's not recommended to go out alone after 8pm.
    Spanish is the main language spoken in the house.
    A lot of dogs on the property.

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    Villa de campo pequeña.
    Dormitorio Independiente.
    Baños Y Ducha es compartidos
    Una cocina,
    Un comedor.

    SE OFRECE COMIDA:
    Los frutos de la huerta,
    Las hierbas medicinales,
    Y Mucha banana :) jaja
    Puede usar la cocina si desea:)
    IMPORTANTE
    1 NO BEBIDAS ALCOHÓLICAS
    2 NO FUMAR
    3 NO SUSTANCIAS DAÑINAS PARA EL ORGANISMO
    4 NO SALIR DESPUÉS DE LAS 20:00 HORAS
    5 LIMPIAR LA COCINA Y PLATOS
    6 LIMPIAR LA HABITACIÓN Y LAVAR LO USADO

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    More advisable to use InDrive! If you want to use the bus from the stop on Esmeraldas Avenue next to the Terminal Terrestre, take Line 20, and contact Victor Hugo.

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    Más aconsejable usar InDrive!
    Si deseas usar autobús desde la parada en la avenida Esmeraldas junto al Terminal Terrestre, tomar la Línea 20, y ponerte en contacto con Victor Hugo.

  • 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

    There are spaces, a garden, a good internet connection. Hay espacios, jardín, internet, irémos mejorando

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Si hay espacios para colocar un auto o camioneta. Yes, there is place for a car or a truck.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    If we accept, always under your responsibility. Si aceptamos, siempre bajo su responsabilidad.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

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The image depicts two women and a baby standing in front of a sign, with the woman on the left wearing an orange shirt and jeans, and the other woman wearing a blue shirt and black pants.
The image depicts a large rock with an engraved design, featuring a prominent vertical line and a horizontal line at the bottom, set against a natural outdoor setting.
The image depicts an elderly woman holding a baby, with a poster in the background featuring a green and white design, surrounded by lush greenery.
The image depicts an elderly woman sitting in a chair, surrounded by a table and other objects, with a serene and peaceful atmosphere. The scene appears to be a quiet and intimate moment.
The image depicts a woman standing in front of a sign, pointing to it with her right hand, wearing a backpack and holding a hat and bag.
The image depicts a group of six individuals posing for a photo on a stone platform overlooking a cityscape, set against a cloudy sky.
The image depicts two pieces of dark brown chocolate on a large green leaf, with a wooden surface visible in the background.
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The image depicts a serene waterfall cascading down a lush, green hillside, surrounded by vibrant vegetation and set against a cloudy sky.
The image shows a group of people gathered around a table, with a large bowl of food in the center. The atmosphere appears to be relaxed and social. The scene is likely a family gathering or a community event.
A man sits at a wooden table, writing on white cards with black ink, surrounded by papers, scissors, and other crafting tools.
The image shows a group of people sitting at a table, with a tablecloth and a centerpiece, surrounded by a wall and a window, conveying a sense of community and gathering.
The image depicts a plate of food on a wooden table, featuring a wrapped item and fried plantains, with a knife placed on the plate.
The image features a glass mason jar filled with a vibrant blue liquid, adorned with blue flowers and set against a dark background.
A woman with short brown hair and a pink hat sits beside a bonsai tree in a rectangular pot, carefully tending to its mossy soil.

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