Discover mountain life and enjoy the pre-Cordilleran landscape that surrounds us near Chillán, Chile

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  Description

  We are a Chilean-Israeli family, Susana and Tom, and our babies are Nila and Ilai! Nila is 3 years old and ilai is 1 year old🥰, 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 (30 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 starting to make 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 1 año 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 (17 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

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  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
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  Interests

  

  Animals

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Music

  

  Writing

  

  Languages

  

  Books

  

  Gardening

  

  Plant care

  

  Sustainability

  

  Movies & TV

  

  Culture

  

  Self development

  

  Farming

  

  Fitness

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Dancing

  

  Water sports

  

  Hiking

  

  Mountain

  

  Cycling

  

  Camping
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  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

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  The first thing that we ask for people coming over is to really get along with kids. Our kids are the center of our life in this moment and we really appreciate people who have an understanding about kids (or want to learn) and enjoy being with them around.
  We basically need help with everything like: weeding (theres a lot of blackberries and grass growing fast), making treks inside the forest of the property, 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 :)
  This summer season (dec 2025 - march 2026) we want to set up a chicken house, a big vegetable garden and hopefully a green house.
  We basically need help in anything we do that suits you better, we are open to see how we accommodate you better.
  Also welcome people with camera skills! We would love some good shots for our project.
  
  En realidad necesitamos ayuda en todo, podando afuera porque hay un monton de mora y hierbas salvajes creciendo muy cerca donde vivimos.
  Necesitamos ayuda: cortar hierbas y abrir caminos para los senderos del bosque, ayuda con aseo en la casa, pasar tiempo con los niños mientras nosotros estamos haciendo cosas en casa etc.
  Bienvenida las personas con habilidades fotograficas para nuestro proyectito de fermentados!

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Hebrew: Fluent
  Arabic: Intermediate
  Portuguese: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  We have a cozy private house for volunteers with a bedroom with double bed and 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.
  Also you have a private washing machine
  
  
  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 with us, we try to make very healthy food, eat organic eggs and fresh milk and also try to eat very local, we spend a lot of time in the kitchen :)
  
  We ask for 4~5 hours of work five days a week 🙏
  
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  Disponemos de una casa super acogedora para voluntarios con una habitación con cama doble y baño privado y cocina (la cocina la ocupamos para hacer nuestros productos caseros, pero también puedes ocuparla)
  Tambien tienes lavadora privada
  También tenemos zona de camping disponible para voluntarios.
  
  Ofrecemos ingredientes para tu desayuno y el almuerzo donde cocinamos todos juntos.

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  What else ...

  Private river, Biking, Hiking, Swimming
  
  We have 2 mountain bikes that we lend to the workawayers while they are staying here.
  
  We are only 2,5 km from the village

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Oji

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