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Hi!
Help is needed feeding and cleaning dogs, training with huskies (at autumn and winter time), helping with clients (at winter time), and taking care of the kids (usually play or sports with them). You take also part of housework like cooking or gardening (at summer).
Living in the caravan, but you can use our house too. No smoking or drugs. No vegan, because we want use dairy products, honey and eggs for cooking. Vegetarian is fine. Minimum time should be 6 weeks, two months is very nice.
Please notice:
- You will live with the Finnish family, with Finnish style, food and culture
- First lesson on Finnish culture: 1. we say what we think and we KEEP what we promise!, 2. being silent is part of the culture, we don't talk all the time, but we are ready to discuss when there is something interesting or important, 3. we would rather be too early than late, if you are late, you should tell about it, 4. HUMOR is the part of the life that we can work 10 hours in -30 degrees Celsius, or that can guide children to do what adults want, 5. we have so much peace and quiet and time to be alone here that you should know how to be with youself, that's really important here 6. you can learn more here, warmly welcome :)
- You work will depend on the time of year you are here!
- This is family life
- Because many animals and kids our situation often changes, we can't give to do -list one month before to you, you need to be flexible here
- Muonio is small place (population 2400)
- Muonio is far away from the Middle Europe, you need time and money to travel here
- Usually two days off every week, if you work harder, you will get holiday, so you can go to visit other places, like cities in Lapland, Sweden and Norway
Please ask more! Welcome to be a part of our family!
Liisa and the family
Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will live with our family so you can see really Finnish family life but also at winter time (Dec - April) you can meet people (tourists) from anywhere in the world.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Everyone can learn to work here if you want be with animals.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
Accommodation
Living in the caravan at garden of our house at summer/autumn. You can also use our house, like shower, sauna, toilet, kitchen and livingroom.
What else ...
You can read more about this area in internet: write Olos, Levi, Ylläs, Muonio or Pallas-Ylläs nationalpark. What to do here depends time of year. At winter you can skiing, cross-country skiing, skating... Other time hiking, camping, swimming...
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
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It felt like home from the very beginning and I am very thankful for this amazing time and experience.
It was spring, early summer, so the main work with the dogs was daily routine work such as feeding, cleaning, brushing, socializing and playing. All the… read more
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It felt like home from the very beginning and I am very thankful for this amazing time and experience.
It was spring, early summer, so the main work with the dogs was daily routine work such as feeding, cleaning, brushing, socializing and playing. All the… read more
The work wasn‘t that much and felt mostly more like fun and not like work. However sometimes it can be very annoying when the dogs are shouting loud and just have so much energy all the time.
We were often working together, which was always very nice and… read more
The dogs love to run and get so excited, it's such a wonderful and unique experience to work with them and learn about sledding. Tapani is very knowledgable and happy to share his… read more
Thank you Inez for being here!
The family is nice overall, the kids are really easy going and cute, it's easy to find a… read more
The work is not hard and is really satisfaying, you will have also a lot of free time! Muonio is a nice village and is well… read more
It was a pleasure to get to know more about Finish culture with them and share some traditional finish meals, learn some basic words (specially while playing with the kids) and getting involved with Liisa's… read more
care and feeding of working dogs (huskies), childcare, care and feeding of pets, housekeeping and other similar duties. Ambre performed her duties to our full satisfaction. She quickly learned new tasks and she worked briskly. She is… read more
