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24 Apr 2024
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Hi, I am Elena, I live in Sicily after that I travelled and work away to my island for a lot of years. I decide to come back, because I love this place, the land, the sky, the weather. Is a kinde of lifestyle that I love, is slow, have a “super” good food, good wine, enjoy the life with simple things, everything around for me is amazing.
My project of lifestyle is live in the countryside, cultivate a vegetable garden, give hospitality and promote my territory with tipical food and wine, local products made of other farmers around.
This is the Raw Sicily project my choose of life, my dream, my lifestyle!
In this moment I am sharing my life with Avishai my partner of viaggio in the adventure.
Hi I'm avishai and a few word from me. i met elena last year on this beautiful mountain and fell in love at here and this island. I'm here almost two years in sicily after a period I did in Europe as a juggling street artist. my passion in life is flow arts, playing music and observing nature. i like meeting new people who you come in path of life for reason and share joy together.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can live our life in the country field, get the real experience of this life. Take care of the nature, of our chickens, have daily responsability thongs to do, live in our camp cultural association in sustainable values of life. Share our momente with our guest or friends so have the opurtunty to socialize in an international mood, share moment of a lot things to do of works and learning and also share with us, cooking, music, arts.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
For this season we need help mostly for general maintenance and daily works , gardening, help in a vegetablke garden, take care of the chickens, give food to our pets,
really we are checking for somebody that will care of our place and project like housesitter
Support and a hand for making the projects move forward ...so if you are be able with building, eco projects, like a carpenter, work with wood, iron, general maintenance, enthusiasm people and easy going person, if is creative still better.
We are looking for somebody that has experience in this field of work and work with joy and supports the project with pleasure and motivation.
We grow sesame, grain and a big vegetable garden Then we make also jares of conserved vegetabiles. we also started to build structures from different types of wood that we recycle from the area.
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for all of those small projects we are looking for enthusiastic hands and hearts to participait in our life and our new creation.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Italian: 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
A cozy and nice caravan if is available or a tent. You might share the caravan with other people. We are flexible people and will make you feel at home in the best possible conditions we have.
What else ...
The place where we live is very quiet, totally immersed in nature, it’s really peaceful for those who love the quiet, stay with themselves, with nature and walk; we are really close to Cavagrande del Cassibile is a natural reserve. The house is far away from the town so is not easy going everyday but in your day off you can decide if stay here or go for two days, we will bring you until the town.
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
Yes, we have space for vans.
Can possibly accept pets
I love dogs, cats and animals in general. We have 2 female dog, one male cat and 13 chickens, is important that you are responsability that your pets can staying with our pet that are all free in the property.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (10)
She bring at home special good energy and good vibes. It’s easy live with her she give a hand for whatever we need, she is really sociable and also independent I was really happy and I enjoy her presence here, the moment that we share, our conversation about personal life and philosophy of life.… read more
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She bring at home special good energy and good vibes. It’s easy live with her she give a hand for whatever we need, she is really sociable and also independent I was really happy and I enjoy her presence here, the moment that we share, our conversation about personal life and philosophy of life.… read more
Elena ha un bel progetto e passione per quel che fa. È sempre molto disponibile ed entusiasta delle idee che le vengono proposte.
Il posto è molto tranquillo. A 2 passi da lí, i panorami riempiono gli occhi di una natura spettacolare: difficile da immaginare in Sicilia.
Durante il mio soggiorno di 2 settimane i… read more
Grazie!
Mi ha aiutata con tanta pazienza e calma in un momento difficile del mio progetto, dove ci sono state veramente tante cose da fare e da parte mia anche momenti di stress e tensione ma avere vicino la presenza di Luca e Ben un altro "angelo" workaway, mi sono… read more
Non dimenticherò mai il suo contributo, in un momento iniziale e molto caotico dell mio progetto. Mi ha aiutata in tantissime cosema soprattutto mi ha supportata emotivamente ad affrontare le difficoltà, ad avere forza e coraggio, ad andare avanti. E' stato sempre pronto e disponibile a sostenermi emotivamente e lavorativamente,… read more
