Homeschooling family with permaculture farm welcomes volunteers. Netherlands

Netherlands

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Welcome to our warm family and permaculture farm in a beautiful and quiet natural scenery! Come and have an unforgettable experience!

---LONGTERM STAY VACANCY----

At the moment we have a vacancy for a volunteer to stay at our farm for longterm. As volunteer your accommodation is a lovely nature retreat stay in a small tinyhouse in the middle of the permaculture garden (see picture). Experience off grid life and permaculture. We homeschool by social permaculture. Your job will be to work with the kids of 10 and 12 years old and to create new activities and do these with the children.

We welcome volunteers who recognize themselves in the profile of being a nature lover in the age between 18 and around 35 years. Who enjoys back to basic experience, outdoor life and camping. With enthusiasm, energy and ideas to spend the day with 2 teenagers and create nice acitivities with them. Maybe you play an instrument or you have a creative hobby to share?

This is a small organic family farm with animals and a permaculture garden. On the farm we care for people or childen with special needs. And we homeschool our own children by the principles of natural learning and social permaculture.

Average amount of hours a day is 5 hours five days a week. Together we enjoy meals now and then and some activities like yoga and music making. You can also cycle or walk around the beautiful countryside.

We are a warm family, but we have a severely chronically ill family member. This makes that our family is very busy, so you must really be able to work and live independently. The evenings we take our rest as a family, so you will spend these on your own.

Do you like children, nature, organic living and (social) permaculture? And are you an independent worker and able to take good care of yourself with hands-on mentality? Then maybe we have a match! If you mention the word "chocolate pie" in your message to us, we know you have completely read our profile. Welcome to introduce yourself.

We ask for no smoking, no drugs and no alcohol please.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Animal Care
Language practice
Art Projects
Teaching
Projects involving children
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UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our children are very willing to exchange (music, culture, yoga,...). We live a simple life in a quiet area in nature. We do our daily tasks and cherish the quietness around here. You will be able to see how our children are homeschooled by natural learning and you can feel part of a family community on a farm. Apart from the work with the children and outside, it may also be a nature retreat for you here.
Help
Diverse: with childeren! surrounded by nature. Contributing positively to the community life. Bringing in and doing interesting activities with the children for their homeschool.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation is in our mini Tinyhouse. It is basic accommodation, so you must like camping.
What else ...
We can collect you from the local train station.
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
Beautifully situated in nature
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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08/10/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Timo)

Thank you Timo, for your stay. Timo has been a good help and was able to enjoy the beautiful area here. He has shared his knowledge about several subjects, for example Finland, with our children and has done many games with them. The children liked his humor. Timo can contribute creative activities and is willing to try his best. Due to his… read more

(Very good )

29/09/2020

Left by Workawayer (Timo) for host

A wonderful warm family in a beautiful setting of nature, that will give you a positive look on the world. Both extremely intelligent children, #names redacted# whom have a great knowledge about many subjects, will share them with you enthusiastically, you will laugh a lot when getting to know them, and they are curious about the world and the… read more knowledge you gain them. #names redacted# knows a lot about cars, ask him anything about them, and he will know the answer! #names redacted# is great in helping to solve things or come up with solutions and ideas. Even he does not admit, he can sing very good, and play simultaneously the guitar!

It was a joy to tell them stories at the campfires, to come up and build a board-game with them, pet the horses, and play ball games, cycle and even cross the border to Germany! It was very pleasant to have lunch and dinner together, and talk with them about many subjects, especially their new addiction (because of me haha) of the tv-program called Who is the Mole. By now they probably have seen all 20 seasons haha.

The only little thing one can encounter, which I found a bit difficult, is not being able to teach or tell about things that have had impact on the world/society. An example: 2nd world war, in which my family died for freedom, and not being to tell about it, felt to me like denying what has happened. A thing that humanity must never forget.
It is of course a choice of shielding/to protect the kids from negativity. Which I can fully understand and respect, but I do not agree with.
But as this is their choice, I would advice to just try to avoid any negative/sensitive subjects (like war, big accidents, big happenings etc.) and trying to focus on the more beautiful things of life, nature, and all around you. Marco, the host will help you, he gives amazing advice and takes the time to help and talk with you when you need it.

With wonderful walks around the area, nice cycling, bord games, talks and activities, there’s no time to be ever bored. Even in these times of corona, which makes things a bit more complicated, this family has shown the warmth, flexibility and ability to make the most positive out of the times being. #text redacted#

The cottage house where you will stay, gives a lot of privacy, and is very cozy and comfortabel. There is electricity, lights, a small heater, a table and benches. I would recommend to bring a water cooker with you if you want to have some tea or hot water. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner was good, but if you want to have some own snacks or extras, you can ask Marco to add the items on the online shopping list, that is delivered to the door on Tuesday's. The family eats biological/vegetarian.

A little improvement I might suggest, might be the outside shower, it is a tent that gets mostly blown away by the wind. The shower is a bag you have to take down and fill. It is heavy and hard to put back up. The nozzle is very tiny. There is no warm water, only if you have a cooker and mix the warm water yourself. But I must admit, it is an adventure!

Recommendation is to go outside during dark (and when there are no clouds) to watch at the amazing star sky!! It is very magical! And if lucky you will see even shooting stars!

Concluded, an amazing experience, with a warm hearted inspiring family, an adventure, beautiful nature, great animals, recommended for anyone who wants to contribute positivity into this world! And wants to get away from the hectic society. Thank you for the experience!

(Very good )

12/10/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Vicky)

Vicky is a fantastic and very friendly volunteer! The children really loved her and we as well! Always with positive energy for the work and willing to help with everything. Very independant and responsable girl. Thank you so much and we also hope to ever see you again! Love xxx

(Excellent )

11/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Vicky) for host

This is a fantastic place and I really enjoyed staying here!
From the whole family i felt really heartly welcomed and my work was always very appreciated. Nonoek and Juniper are two amazing boys, full of talents and joy. It was very interessting for me to learn about the homeschooling and spending time with them and playing was always fun!
Life… read more

(Excellent )

08/08/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Belén)

We had a wonderful experience with Belén. She is a very loving and responsable person who is absolutely fantastic with children! From the moment she came in, she made a natural contact with our children. Het patience was endless and also her creativity. She made lovely crafts with the children, she taught them many new skills. The children really… read more

(Excellent )

07/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (Belén) for host

I stayed with this beautiful family for three weeks, if you have the opportunity to come here do it! Working with the kids it's great they are really nice kids always open to what you want to teach them, the farm is beautiful filled with lovely animals and plants and dorianne and Marco will make you feel welcome from the first moment, they where… read more

(Excellent )

30/10/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Thomas)

Thank you Thomas for sharing this week with us! You were a great help and made fantastic contact with our children. And also with us, we enjoyed our conversations. The children say they want to visit you :) (just a few years and they can travel by themselves). It was lovely to share all this music making together, we really liked the beautiful… read more

(Excellent )

30/10/2017

Left by Workawayer (Thomas) for host

Thank you so much Dorianne, Marco, Nanoek & Juniper. This week at your house was wonderful. I've experienced with you a lot of things that I never could experienced, and it has brought me a lot. That time here was a mind releaser, I had time to focus on different things, to change my habits, to give a lot of time to play with the kid as a… read more

(Excellent )

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