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We are a Chilean-Israeli family, Susana and Tom, and our babies are Nila and Ilai! Nila is 3 years old and ilai is 9 months🥰, we moved to Chile 5 years ago after meeting in Colombia while we were both traveling and sometimes doing volunteer work.
We live in San Fabian de alico, a little paradise in the Andes mountain with rivers and native forest, only 6 hours south from Santiago. San Fabián is surrounded by the Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán-Laguna del Laja, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. There's a lot of outdoor activities here like trekking,rafting, kayaking, mountain biking, horse backriding, etc.
We moved in April 2024 to a big property (20 acres) with its own forest and river inside the property, only 2,5 kilometers away from the village. Its very beautiful here, and we are trying to set up the place slowly with more plants, food forest and exotic trees, and hopefully more animals soon.
We are slowly starting a project with home made products such as kombucha, sourkraut, sourdough bread, fermented yogurth, tempeh, cheeses from raw milk, and pretty much any experiment with food or plants. We love to preserve food and eat the food we make at home. We are also experimenting with edible mushrooms, having very good results with the oyster mushroom.
At the moment we are very busy with our babies which give us very limited time to make other things, so any help is super welcome!
Susana enjoys so much everything about home birth (both of our children were born at home) parenthood, womenhood, women circles… she also enjoys to make natural medicine with local plants and also natural candles and soaps.
Tom loves to play music from around the world he plays guitar and piano and he sings. He is making his own little studio to record his music.
We both really like to study about shamanism, rites, music and ceremonies from tribes around the world
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Somos una falilia Chilena-Israelí, Susana y Tom, y nuestros bebes Ilai y Nila. Ilai tiene 9 meses y Nila 3 años. Nos mudamos a Chile hace 5 años después de conocernos en Colombia viajando y a veces haciendo trabajo voluntario.
En abril del año pasado nos mudamos a un terreno grande (10 hectareas) con su propio bosque y rio! Es super hermoso aca, y estamos tratando de iniciar lentamente un bosque comestible, mas plantas y arboles exóticos. También mas animales pronto ya que solo tenemos 2 perros.
Estamos empezando nuestro proyecto con productos caseros como:
Kombucha, chukrut, pan de masa madre, yogur griego fermentado, quesos, y realmente cualquier experimento con comida y plantas. Nos encanta preservar comida y comer nuestra propia comida. También estamos experimentado con hongos comestibles, estamos teniendo muy buenos resultados con el hongo ostra.
Por el momento estamos super ocupados con nuestros bebes, lo que nos consume casi todo el tiempo por lo que cualquier ayuda es super bienvenida!
Susana disfruta mucho hablar de partos y de nacimientos (nuestros dos hijos nacieron en casa), crianza respetuosa, y circulos de mujeres. También disfruta mucho haciendo jabones naturales, velas de cera de abeja y hacer medicina natural.
Tom disfruta mucho la musica, le encanta la musica del mundo, toca guitarra, piano y tambien canta. Esta empezando a equipar su mini estudio de música donde podra grabar
A los dos nos gusta mucho estudiar el chamanismo, ritos, musica y ceremonias de pueblos ancestrales
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Performing arts
DIY & crafts
Animals
Cooking & food
Music
Writing
Languages
Books
Gardening
Plant care
Astronomy
Art & design
Sustainability
Movies & TV
Culture
Self development
Farming
Fitness
Outdoor activities
Nature
Yoga / Wellness
Dancing
Water sports
Hiking
Mountain
Cycling
Team sports
Camping
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Learn from the country-mountain life, we also know very well chilean traditions and chilean food, as well as israeli food
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Aprender de la vida de campo-montaña. Tambien sabemos de tradiciones y comidas Chilenas, también cocina israelí
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We need help with the farm, garden, planting trees, weeding, cleaning the house, help with the children while we are doing stuff at home, as well as helping us to make fermented foods or preserve food (we do it mostly in summertime which is the month with more fruits and vegetables to keep it for the whole year around) But every season has its own beauty with its own goodies :)
We basically need help in anything we do that suits you better, we are open to see how we accommodate you better.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Arabic: Intermediate
Portuguese: Intermediate
Accommodation
We have a cozy private house for volunteers with a bedroom, private bathroom with hot shower and a big kitchen (that kitchen we use it to make our home made products) but you are also welcome to use it.
We also have a camping zone available for volunteers.
We provide ingredients for you to make your breakfast and we invite you to have lunch where we can cook all together.
Disponemos de una casa super acogedora para voluntarios con una habitación, baño privado y cocina (la cocina la ocupamos para hacer nuestros productos caseros, pero también puedes ocuparla)
También tenemos zona de camping disponible para voluntarios.
Ofrecemos ingredientes para tu desayuno y el almuerzo donde cocinamos todos juntos.
What else ...
Private river, Biking, Hiking, Swimming
Wehave 2 mountain bikes that we lend to the workawayers while they are staying here.
We are only 2,5 km from the village
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
