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I am a Waldorf teacher for Natural sciences, and my wife Dorit is a NIA instructor and an art therapist. We live in Shekhanya - a quiet village in the Galilee, north of Israel. We have a garden of fruit trees, an apiary (5 beehives), herb garden, and an apartment for rent. We are 65 (born 1959), with 3 daughters in the city, and we need help in cleaning, harvesting, pruning, and gardening. We love guests and we love talking and sharing our knowledge: I have a PhD in the history of science and Dorit has lots of dancing groups.
Guests will help in cleaning, maintenance, gardening and whatever is needed around the house. Some physical work in needed, but no need for a special skill or pre-knowledge.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are situated in the middle of the Galilee, between Nazareth and Acre, Zefat and Haifa, inside a beautiful forest and natural bush, and you can have a lot of tours in the Holly land with our help (I am a tour guide). Work will be 4 hours a day, with long free weekends, so you have plenty of time for yourself, for travelling, meeting people or studying.
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Help
Guests will help in cleaning, maintenance, gardening and whatever is needed around the house, in the garden and in the orchard. Some physical work in needed, but no need for a special skill or pre-knowledge.
Languages
Languages spoken
Arabic: Fluent
English: Fluent
Russian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
You could be learning Hebrew, gardening (my B.A. degree is in agriculture), beekeeping, and to be self sufficient handyman. We have a biogas composter, a roof covered with PV panels, an electric car and water sciences.
Accommodation
We have a second story apartment with 3 rooms, a kitchen and lavatory, and a veranda with grapevine. You could stay there, unless we have paying guests, and then you can have a mattress bed in the studio downstairs. You could have meals by yourself upstairs, or happily join our cooking and preparing our food downstairs with us.
What else ...
You could be travelling in the afternoons, long weekends (Friday and Saturday) and holidays, and Shekhanya is a good basis to see the north of Israel: Acre, Zefat, Metula and Hermon.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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