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Hi guys,
Over the last 8 years, we have hosted in our house over 40 volunteers,
(and on our autism projects, more than 45 volunteers).
We are always looking for help with different talents.
We have an almost 3-year-old baby, a 5-year-old, a 7-year-old, and an easy-going 11-year-old with autism (Yahya). I am a stay-at-home mom with not enough time in the day to get everything done. Primarily, I'm looking for someone to help out around the house and with tasks to supplement Yahya's education.
Yahya is very capable and strongly benefits from individualized learning plans. For that reason, I need help making learning materials for him, leveraging technology to create routines, providing him with helpful visuals, and improving his TD Snap setup (the technology he uses to communicate). We especially love sharing knowledge, stories, and experiences with others from the special needs / Autism communities (ex. educators, family members, health professionals, etc), so please reach out if that is you! However, that is not a requirement, and we deeply appreciate the help from anyone who is eager and feels they could positively contribute to our family. I am also very open to any suggestions you may have, as we are always looking for new, fun ways to continue his progression. In addition, while this workaway isn't primarily focused on childcare, I may ask you to occasionally play with or help tutor my kids.
We are a multicultural family with a Moroccan/ Dutch/ Spanish background that we'd love to share with you including our wide range of different cultural foods, languages, and lifestyle habits!
We would like to raise our children in a multicultural environment with none of the stress that is imposed on them by the modern world! We love meeting multicultural individuals who are super flexible and can share their cultural backgrounds with us.
We love living in our small town of only 4200 inhabitants, Ontigola, which is surrounded by scenic views. Additionally, a supermarket and 4 bars & cafes are conveniently within a 5-minute walking distance. Plus, if you want to visit historical towns then Aranjuez (4 km) & Toledo (40 km) are nearby and both listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.
Aranjuez also offers direct connections via train to the center of Madrid (50 minutes) & Valencia (3 hours) and many more places.
We are currently learning about permaculture as we aim to have our own care farm in Morocco within the next two years, with a permaculture vegetable and fruit garden. If you can help deepen our knowledge then please contact us and for more information, you can also check out our additional work away page by sending me a message.
We currently have a garden with a few fruit trees (apricot, orange, pear, and a small avo tree). We want to establish a herb garden - maybe a herb spiral and medicine wheel!
We want to open our house to share it with like-minded people, helping us all to grow and learn. Our typical days include working hard in the garden and light housework, relaxing with some food and a drink whilst exchanging ideas! Of course, watching the sunset from our rooftop terrace which offers a phenomenal view of the sun setting over the hills, and maybe even making a fire when it gets cold!
We are interested in psychology, sustainability, healthy food, a healthy mind, permaculture, and different ways of living.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Sustainability
Charity work
Plant care
Gardening
Languages
Cooking & food
Camping
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Provide an immersive language exchange opportunity; we speak English, Dutch, Spanish, and Arabic!
Teach you traditional Moroccan, Dutch and a little bit of Spanish cuisine.
Provide you with a peaceful attic room with access to the rooftop for your yoga practice. It looks out onto an idyllic view of nature, especially for a sunrise or sunset yoga session. We also have a yoga mat if you are travelling without one :)
Share the inspiration with the mother who is addicted to buying second-hand, and re-purposing.
Gain real-life experience in the life of an individual on the Autism Spectrum.
Learn about ABA (Applied Behavioural Analysis) theory and practical ethics as it relates to families with neurodiverse individuals.
And we love to exchange ideas about life art food & even politics
Au Pair Help
Further details can be found here
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Currently, we have 3 different areas that you can help us with:
1. Create fun learning materials, like visual schedules, for my Autistic son's individualized learning.
We are especially interested in sharing knowledge, stories, and experiences with others from the special needs / Autism communities (ex. educators, family members, health professionals, etc), so please reach out if that is you! We will go out of our way to host you at any time.
2. House Chores (supporting us in our daily lives)
3. General house maintenance, light Repair & Garden help
If none of the following things interests you, but you have a skill and knowledge in an area that you are interested in sharing with us, we are open to learning from you.
Languages
Languages spoken
Arabic: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We offer
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What else ...
We live very close to Historical Aranjuez 4 km & Toledo 40 km both listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
There is in Aranjuez a train station with a direct connection to the centre of Madrid (50min)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes we have good internet connection
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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3 weeks of volunteering at our house working for Autism's Dunya our NGO
Hunny is a tenacious professional with a strong work ethic and is detail-oriented.
She is an astute and insightful person and can adapt to any situation that comes her way.
She was actively involved during… read more
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3 weeks of volunteering at our house working for Autism's Dunya our NGO
Hunny is a tenacious professional with a strong work ethic and is detail-oriented.
She is an astute and insightful person and can adapt to any situation that comes her way.
She was actively involved during… read more
I always felt something good about her profile but all expectations were exceeded. Everything was so pleasurable that you don't even realize you're "working".
I learned so much in those few days.
An amazing mother, exceptional cook (definitely the best food on this… read more
We ( me Hanan & autism's Dunya) cannot thank them enough for all they did.
They mainly helped with social media, their approach was very practical and determined, if they didn't know the answer they keep on investigating until they have an answer.
They are very… read more
Hanan is a very passionate person about autism's dunya, it was possible to talk about different subjects with her, besides being a great cook.
We had the opportunity to meet the children, they are very intelligent and lovely. Although we didn't talked… read more
This experience for me was the first using Workaway and the first after all the Covid nightmare.
I stayed 3 weeks at Hanan's house: it has been a precious experience.
Hanan is a host full of desire to narrate herself and shares her experiences and thoughts. She… read more
It was my first trip with Work Away and I keep unforgettable memories. I spent two weeks with Hanan, and my only regret is not staying longer! From the moment I arrived, I felt welcomed into the family. Adib, Ayub, and Yahya are amazing children who you can't help but adore.
Working with Hanan was a real pleasure. She is… read more
She helped bring order back to my garden and tidy up for winter. Lori is very willing and practical helper who can turn her hand to anything and got me started on finishing a few household jobs as well.
And I should not forget to mention that she is great with kids and has a lot of patience
She will… read more
We enjoyed hosting her, and had some fun times as well as working together.
it's impossible to be cranky near Marousca, she really does everything with a big smile on her face !!
Marousca always carried out her jobs with great care, from cleaning up the garage to… read more
It was such great time! Hanan is a very lovely person. She responded quickly to our request and everything went very uncomplicated.
We spent approximately five hours of a day with helping her in the household and some other stuff. But helping her felt very… read more
Tanya was able to help me create a large number of autism resources that I had on my to do list for months, but I needed the boost she provided to get it done. I was appreciative that she understood my need… read more
the house is big and warm, Hanan is informative, and she shared her thoughts towards her life and her son Yahya.
this is my first with autism child, thanks to Hanan i learned a lot and enjoyed… read more
Thank you for all. I wish you all the best for everything. Huge Raphael and Veronika
Nothing was too much trouble.
She helped in the garden weeding seeding and painting.
Thank you heike for your time and thank you for the card.
They stayed with us for 9 days and we wish it had been longer.
They were motivated and very proficient workers and good company as well!! They were able to solve some issues we had In the bathrooms and completed a few other projects.
We would welcome them back at any time.
You will feel very free and home here. A BIG thank you for all you did for me.
Best wishes… read more
Her son Yahya is absolutly lovely and cute and we enjoyed playing (and jumping) with him a… read more
We shared our ideas and learned a lot from Hanan from politics to recipes....something we loved about her was her sense of… read more
We enjoyed his company his ideas, his motavation , his music and of course his singing voice´;-)
He is a very friendly person, that does everything with a smile
Brett stayed with us 3 weeks and during that time he changed our garden into a very beautifull well cleaned & well mulched… read more
Besides for the work I did which included clearing beds for planing and mulching, transplanting fruit trees, digging a pond and some planning - we had… read more
