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Learn about permaculture and experience living off grid in the Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain

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  2026 

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello dear volunteers,
    We are looking for house and pets sitters. For 4/5/6 weeks in
    december and january, in consultation what is possible for you.
    If you are interested, contact us. If you have questions or doubts, we will answer all you questions 🤗 kind regards Roy an Mia.

    We are Roy and Mia, we live in the beautiful green Heart of Galicia. We have a wonderful place around the corner from a village, surrounded by nature. We live here as self-sufficient as we can and in accordance with the principles of Permaculture. We have some animals. (not inside) We are looking for enthusiastic and physically strong people, who would like to help.
    We like people who have an active attitude, who are in good shape and who are interested in our project. We have several skills, Roy is a draftsman and builder, bricklayer, plasterer, plumber and electrician for house installations. Mia is very creative in her thinking and acting, she has done various holistic skills and education. She loves to work with her hands, or through her hands.
    (Gardener, nurse, "coupeuse", "costumiere", theater, hairdresser, holistic training ect.) We followed various healing training / courses and we are both firewalk instructors. We have followed the one year permaculture training in Holland in 2009.
    We have a lot of creative ideas, especially the execution of it!
    The chores we have are physical.

    Welcome in a world of Inner Freedom, Peace, Self responsibility and beautiful new experiences of life!

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Light gardening
    Creative DIY projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Light maintenance
    House & pet sitting
  • Interests

    Interests

    Pets
    Farming
    Plant care
    DIY & crafts
    Carpentry
    Art & design
    Architecture
    Outdoor activities
    Nature
    Gardening
    Animals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You can learn about Permaculture so also gardening, and using strimmer/weedwacker, grafting, DIY.
    Experience living off the grid and being self-sufficient and how you can do that.
    Free Spanish lessons, one in a school, one at home.e.
    Tai Chi Qi Gong lesson once a week in the village. ( not in september)
    Dancing classes in the village, ( in consultation)
    Practice language: English, Papiamiento, Dutch and basic Spanish (at home) and German.
    Processing the food from the land.
    Enjoy living in nature.
    Taking a warm bath in the Hot Springs in Ourense.
    Go to the highest point of Galicia.
    Living the Galician culture and contact with the locals, visit the local bar, where people meet here in Spain.
    Visit the local markets, in our village twice a month.
    2 hiking trails close by.
    Cycling in the hilly landscape.
    Take a fresh "dive" in the water after work. (Closeby)

  • Help

    Help

    Gardening:
    Garden help and garden expansion and with your help we can create the foodforest.
    Weeding, planting trees, sowing, watering, harvesting. Finishing raised beds. Felling and pruning trees, grafting, finishing the fence.
    Cutting wood, Repair and covering the greenhouse. Making a wooden profile for the chicken coop/greenhouse. Brush cutting. Making more compostheaps
    Renew the wormhotel.

    Animals:
    Feeding the dog, cats, chicken, sheep.
    Finishing the chicken coop, sheep pen,
    Cleaning she chickencoop and sheep pen.

    Maintenance:
    Cleaning a water source and covering it, cleaning the place.
    Restoration of a wood stove.
    Anything else to be done on a farm.
    Repair bycicle.
    Help with general maintenance: diy, repairing, making a wood stock, fencing,
    Change the ch coop.
    Repairing the white cabin.

    In return you'll get 3 meals, and other delights of the garden. Herbal tea from the garden, coffee. You make your own lunch on your free days in the kitchen next to the room.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    Spanish: Intermediate
    German: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    *In a comfortable room, with bathroom, normal toilet and warm/ cold shower, kitchen. There is electricity. There is a double bed on the vide and a single bed downstairs.
    *The wooden cabin, with a terrace and a beautiful view! A solar lamp available for the evening. (No electricity In the cabin.)
    You can take a shower from the hose or the other shower by the room.
    No shoes in the living buildings.
    You can charge your phone during the daytime. You need your own internet bundel.
    There is also internet in the bars in the village.
    We eat mostly vegetarian.
    No drugs and excessive drinking.
    We like honesty and respect for our way of life and our private space and respect for our stuff and tools, like we do for you too.
    We like people who show initiative and who can also work independently.
    We do not smoke, Due to the drought, we will not invite smokers at the moment.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Busstop is 2 km from us (we can pick you up) This is also the busstop to Lugo and Ourense.
    Trainstation is 30 km away, but you can reach it by bus.
    The busstation to Santiago, Vigo, Ourense and Lugo, Monforte de Lemos is 10 km from us.( you can reach it by bus.)
    In the village are two bars, (in one bar is also a restaurant) a bank with ATM, touristoffice.
    Free Spanish lessons, one at school, one at home.
    Tai Chi Qi Gong lessen once a week in our village.( not in september)
    2 bikes available.
    Twice a month a market in the village.
    A little supermarket and postoffice, bars/restaurants at 2 km.
    Mobile can be charged at daytime.
    Everybody who eats/lives here, helps with washing dishes and setting/cleaning the table, this are no workinghours, it is a part of how we live.
    What to bring: Clothes that can be dirty. (we have some sizes of boots and clothes for volunteers).
    You need to have and bring your own liability insurance. We can ask for a copy off your passport.
    A cap ( but we have, just in case)
    Headlamp is very handy to have.
    Little Swimmingpool closeby.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    We have place for campervan/motorhome, with a beautiful view.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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