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25 Jun 2019
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Description
We are members of NGO - an organization that has been working for ten years in Donja Toponica and Donja Trnava - Niš, Serbia. Now we would like to increase our activities on the subject of intercultural exchange, dialogue and activism of young people in the place - house which we bouhgt in center of Donja Toponica (15km from City of Nish).
We are 6 people in organization who traveled, made more than 30 project here, we organized 10 international work camps in our village and we would like to share that experience with people, new ideas and to learn from our volunteers! Let's make a happy family with all positive people and volunteers in this world! :)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They can learn about Serbian culture and tradition, traditional Serbian dance, Serbian language, they can try Serbian food, they can learn about activism in the village, they can visit the nearby town of Niš with great cultural and historical significance and meet friendly and interesting people.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
- Gardening - flowers, fruit and grass
- Construction works - demolition of old and / or creating new facilities for the farm
- Works in the field - planting, watering, picking ...
- Assistance at home, cooking, cleaning ...
- Assistance in outbuildings
- Sometimes participate in social projects in the village
Languages
Languages spoken
Bosnian: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Serbian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We would love as a family to leart more languages. Up to now we do not have any problems to have a conversation with guests and volunteers.
Accommodation
The house has two sleeping rooms on the floor, and a small room and kitchen on the ground floor and toilette. The place is in center of Donja Toponica village, 15km from city of Niš.
Food is not provided BUT we like to share our home made products from our gardens with volunteers :)
What else ...
In the next village - Donja Trnava, 2km from Donja Toponica and Kobraland, there is a church, two small shops, a primary school, playgrounds, cultural center and ambulatory.
Please NOTE: When you are coming that our Donja Toponica is 15 km away from Nis. There is another Donja Toponica near Prokuplje. Don't go there. :)
City of Niš is close and there are frequent buses. Ticket price is less than one euro in one direction. Niš is known by various archaeological sites from the Roman period, the fortress, Skull Tower, a concentration camp, drum park, swimming pool, Niska spa, as a birthplace of Constantine the Great and much more.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (5)
She stayed here about two weeks and she helped us to organize international work camp, to take care of our organic garden and to prepare big celebration party in our village.
We really hope to see her again here. She became a member of Kobraland… read more
I have already miss you guys. Thanks for everything. I stayed there about two weeks. It was incredible. I will never forget it. We stayed a house in village and we had really nice garden, we had to do some cleaning things in garden. It was easy and enjoyable.Also we had a party after the project, i loved… read more
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She stayed here about two weeks and she helped us to organize international work camp, to take care of our organic garden and to prepare big celebration party in our village.
We really hope to see her again here. She became a member of Kobraland… read more
I have already miss you guys. Thanks for everything. I stayed there about two weeks. It was incredible. I will never forget it. We stayed a house in village and we had really nice garden, we had to do some cleaning things in garden. It was easy and enjoyable.Also we had a party after the project, i loved… read more
She stayed at our place for 2,5 months and she did great help!
It was a pleasure to met you Marina! Hope to see you soon.
Milan and co :)
Cobraland is a peculiar 2 storeyed house with garden, benches, harth, swing, veranda, and a kindest dog Passaporta!
And I lived in a cosy comfortable house for volunteers, a 3-minute walk from Cobraland residence.
Milan, Milena, Slobodan and other Cobra people were very… read more
Everyone there had been nice to us, making us feel part of this big family. Milan became our friend. =)
We had oportunity to know a bit of Serbian culture and tradicions, we loved it (specially all the delicious food)! The house we stayed was confortable and very nice.
We already miss this place
