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Host rating
100 %
Last replied
31 Oct 2025
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Description
Hi, I’m Demiah, living in Boxtel, the Netherlands. Since Netherlands is a small country, you can easily travel to tourist places within the country. I’m married to Daan Gauw, and together we have three wonderful young children, aged 12, 8, and 4.
In addition to family life, my husband and I run a foundation. Our mission is to promote environmental awareness and responsibility, working towards a cleaner and greener planet. If you’d like to learn more about our initiatives, please visit our website: ask us for the links.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Videography
Technology
Events & social
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Fashion or beauty
Culture
Self development
Charity work
Plant care
Music
Books
Photography
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Camping
Mountain
Dancing
Beach
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As we try to live in a sustainable way, we are happy to share this experience to our guest and join our monthly activities like trash picking and any other activities related to sustainability.
Help
I’m looking for help with household chores and updating our platform of environmental awareness foundation.
Languages
Languages spoken
Dutch: Fluent
Tagalog: Fluent
English: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I would like to teach my kids in Spanish, Italiaan, and Japanese languages.
Accommodation
You will be staying in a room of one of our kids. She don't sleep there because she prefer to sleep with her big sister. Our house is very comfortable, and we will treat you as a member of our family.
What else ...
We have bicycles available for you to explore our village and visit nearby tourist spots. We live close to Kampina, and the train station is just a 15-minute walk away, providing easy connections to various destinations.
We lead a simple, everyday life and have one house rule: we prefer not to use phones at the table.
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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
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First of all, we don’t want you to go. The past few months have been a very rocky road for us, and at first we thought it might not be the right time to accept a Workawayer. But choosing to welcome you was truly one of the best decisions we could have made.
You have been such a great help, and your presence never cost us energy —… read more
The help I did was very simple, such as light housework and picking up the children from school, and it never felt difficult at all.
We played games together, I helped Demiah with her wonderful cooking, and the house… read more
Language was a bit of a challenge, as she speaks English at a beginner level, but with the help of… read more
Mia is also very handy and often gives us great advice. For… read more
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First of all, we don’t want you to go. The past few months have been a very rocky road for us, and at first we thought it might not be the right time to accept a Workawayer. But choosing to welcome you was truly one of the best decisions we could have made.
You have been such a great help, and your presence never cost us energy —… read more
The help I did was very simple, such as light housework and picking up the children from school, and it never felt difficult at all.
We played games together, I helped Demiah with her wonderful cooking, and the house… read more
Language was a bit of a challenge, as she speaks English at a beginner level, but with the help of… read more
Mia is also very handy and often gives us great advice. For… read more
It was my first workaway, and I was nervous because of the language barrier, but they were a loving family who welcomed me warmly. Daan is a kind person who cares about his family, and always makes me laugh with his funny jokes. I often go for walks and exercise with Demia, and she gave me the words I needed at… read more
Daan gave you that name because you are such a soft, sweet, and kind person. In Dutch, people often add “-tje” or “-je” to a name or word when they find something or someone cute or dear — and that fits you perfectly.
You were such a big help to our family, and we are truly grateful. From cooking delicious Japanese meals to helping… read more
Lola, Loïs, and Lora are three sweet and caring children, and spending time with them… read more
We want to sincerely thank you for the two wonderful weeks you spent with us. We honestly didn’t want you to leave – we truly wished you could stay longer.
Lois adores you and sees you as a real friend in her club. One of our favorite stories is when you were invited to go to Langspier just because you were her friend – that meant… read more
How lucky we were to have you with us for a month! We were truly spoiled by your spontaneity, intelligence, kindness, positivity, and helpfulness. From the very beginning, you felt like part of our home.
Even before you left, Daan, the girls, and I were already telling each other how much we were going to miss you. When I first told… read more
They have full of energy and every single member gave me lots of learning.
Demiah is passionate doing something nice for the world, very much cheerful and idea person. Asking some core question to her is definitely one of the highlight for me! I resonated many ideas that Demiah and… read more
Thank you so much for the help and your interest of what we do and as a family, like how we manage our daily life. You were such a great help specially during our sustainability festival. I hope you… read more
