Help with the finishing details around our house and garden and get involved with village life near Navarre, Spain

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  Description

  We are a couple with a 14-year-old boy and a 5-year-old boy. There are twelve boys and girls between the ages of 1 and 16 in the village. It is a family project where we are investing a lot of energy trying to be very respectful with the earth when building using nearby and ecological or recycled materials. We are very friendly and respectful and consider ourselves good hosts. On the construction site we have experimented a lot with natural materials and construction techniques. we have lived in a yurt for 12 years while we were building the house. Right now, we are already living in the house although there are still things to finish. And we are focusing on the outer space: garden, workshop ...In the same town there are families with the same concerns as us with whom we share common spaces, materials ...
  We work in different fields such as crafts (making puppets), meditation and mindfulness classes, art therapy and gardening.
  
  Somos una pareja con un joven de 14 años y un niño de 5 años. En el pueblo hay doce niños y niñas entre 1 y 16 años. Es un proyecto familiar donde estamos invirtiendo mucha energía intentando ser muy respetuosos con la tierra a la hora de construir usando materiales cercanos y ecológicos o reciclados. Somos muy amigables y respetuosos y nos consideramos buenos anfitriones. En la obra hemos experimentado mucho con materiales naturales y técnicas de construcción. De momento hemos vivido en una yurta durante 12 años mientras construíamos la casa. Ahora mismo, ya estamos viviendo en la casa aunque faltan cosas para terminar. Y nos estamos enfocando en el espacio exterior: huerta, taller....En el mismo pueblo hay familias con las mismas inquietudes que nosotros con los que compartimos espacios comunes, materiales...
  Trabajamos en diferentes ámbitos como la artesanía (haciendo marionetas), clases de meditación y mindfulness, arte terapia y jardinería.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Offer, breakfast, lunch and dinner. And we all participate in the development of these. We work in the morning 5 hours with a lunch break of 30 minutes.
  Bring work clothes and wanting to have fun working.
  In the evenings there is opportunity to talk and learn from each other's knowledge of each / a.
  
  Ofrecemos, desayunos, comidas y cenas. Y tomamos todos parte en la elaboración de estas. Trabajamos por la mañana 5 horas con un descanso para el almuerzo de 30 minutos.
  Traer ropa de trabajo y ganas de pasarlo bien trabajando.
  Por las tardes hay oportunidad de charlas y aprender mutuamente de los conocimientos de cada uno/a.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We are already living in the house built and now we are focusing more on the exterior issues: orchard, some plot enclosure, workshop, wood building, collecting firewood from the forest, creating terraces for orchards, preparing land for edible forest, creation of outdoor spaces with cob and wooden structures... The work we will do goes from moment to moment and planning ahead. We encourage you to share evenings of jam sessions and laughter, with free morning and afternoon work. a hug
  
  
  Ya estamos viviendo en la casa construida y ahora nos estamos centrando mas en las cuestiones exteriores: huerta, algún cerramiento de parcela, taller, construcción de leñera, recoger leña del bosque, creación de bancales para huerta, preparación de terreno para bosque comestible, creación de espacios exteriores con cob y estructuras de madera.... Los trabajos que haremos vamos momento a momento y planificando con anterioridad.
  
  Animamos a compartir noches de jam sesions y risas, con trabajo de mañana y tarde libres. un abrazo

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent
  Basque: Fluent
  English: Intermediate

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  We have a space prepared inside the house where we host the volunteers and share the spaces of the house.
  
  Tenemos un espacio preparado dentro de casa donde hospedamos a los voluntarios y compartimos los espacios de la casa.

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  What else ...

  We are in a very beautiful area of ​​Navarra. It is called the Ollo valley and it is located 20 minutes from Pamplona and one hour from Vitoria or San Sebastian. In the valley there are rivers for bathing and forests for walks. It is a quiet and small town.
  We are a couple with two children in common and we share space with a cat and a dog.
  
  Estamos en una zona muy bonita de Navarra. Se llama el valle de Ollo y se situa a 20 minutos de Pamplona y una hora de Vitoria o San Sebastian. En el valle hay ríos para bañarse y bosques donde pasear. Es un pueblito tranquilo y pequeño.
  Somos una pareja con dos hijos en común y compartimos espacio con un gato y un perro.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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