Come join our conscious family in peaceful Youbou (Vancouver Island), Canada

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16/02/2020
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2021

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******We are currently not looking for WorkAwayers*******

Hi there, We are Alexey and Daria. Recently we gave birth to our new family member, Daniel :)
We live on beautiful Vancouver Island in a small village called Youbou surrounded by infinite beautiful nature, wildlife, and a vast lake.

We were born in Ukraine, raised in Israel, and have been living in Canada for the last 3 years and we enjoy meeting people from all over the world.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Animal Care
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We really enjoy having conscious conversations and expanding our minds, hearing and sharing new perspectives.
We are multicultural as we've lived on three different continents. We love sharing our knowledge about self-development, self-love and healing.
Besides that, Youbou is a beautiful, peaceful place to experience Canada's nature and to rest your mind from the crazy day-to-day living.
Help
The main help we need is babysitting with our newborn baby (born on June 19'), and let him interact with different people from different backgrounds and different languages. We work from home, so we won't leave you alone with the baby, and will be able to help when needed. We are looking for someone who's empathetic and enjoys spending time with a baby.
We also have a very friendly Border-Collie cross dog, so you need to be comfortable with animals.

If you enjoy vegan cooking and can help with cleaning, that could also be very helpful.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hebrew: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Accommodation
We live in a 3 bedroom house with a view of the lake. You will have your own bedroom either upstairs or downstairs.
What else ...
We are a vegan and spiritual family. You don't have to be vegan to stay with us, but we'd need you to help us cooking vegan food and be open to our lifestyle. In the case you'd be interested in buying non-vegan food, you'll have to pay for it yourself.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Accuracy of profile:
(4.5)

Cultural exchange:
(4.5)

Communication:
(4.3)

16/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (Stefanie & Kamil) for host

Unfortunately, we didn’t have a good experience with this family.

From the beginning we didn’t really feel welcome. We were missing hospitality & warmth in this house.

We would have preferred a work where we would have had a regularly task for couple of hours a day instead of helping for 20 minutes every other hour. That way we always had to be… read more

(Neutral )

16/02/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Stefanie & Kamil)

Kamil and Stefanie left stayed here for 3 weeks until January 8th. We didn’t plan to write this review and were intending to leave this experience in the past. However, due to recent events, it is necessary that we warn other hosts and the WorkAway community about these guys.

Kamil and Stefanie were our 5th and last WorkAway experience, left a… read more

(Negative )

12/12/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Natalie & Nina)

Natalie had stayed with us in late November-early December. She was a fantastic WorkAwayer!
She's very responsible, proactive, very good with babies (our baby was 5-6 months old), also good with animals. She helped us with everything that we had asked of her.
She was a very lovely person to be around her.

Thank you for staying with us and helping… read more

(Excellent )

11/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Natalie & Nina) for host

I stayed three weeks with Alexey, Daria and Daniel. As well as they're Dog Neuer. It was the most amazing Workaway start I could ask for (this was my first experience with workaway). Most of the time I took care of the Baby while Daria was cooking delicious vegan food. I'm not vegan myself but I really enjoyed the experience. Sometimes I took the… read more

(Excellent )

13/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Teresa)

Teresa stayed with us for two weeks and she's been an absolutely fantastic guest! Highly engaged, proactive and helpful WorkAwayer. It's been incredibly interesting to speak with her about so many different topics!
She was super nice with our newborn baby that really loved her and he was very calm and interested in her hands.

We will be more than… read more

(Excellent )

11/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Teresa) for host

Hi had an amazing two week stay with Alexey and Daria ! They are super generous and welcoming people , they both love to dive deep and have meaningful conversations, and their baby is super cute as well ! I had a super relaxing time being in Youbou , it’s such a beautiful place to stay ! All in all I would always go back and always recommend it to… read more

(Excellent )

04/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)

Jessy had stayed with us for 2 weeks from the end of October. She is super-friendly, smart and a fantastic helper. With a newborn baby and myself working for most of the day, we need a lot of help and she made us lots of tasty vegan food, helped to play and to interact with our baby. Also, we've had lots of fun and engaging conversations about… read more

(Excellent )

04/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Jessica) for host

It was a pleasure spending time with Alexis, Daria and Daniel. I spent 2 weeks helping out around the house with whatever duty they asked me to do (cooking, cleaning, childcare). Little baby Daniel is such a content baby who I absolutely adored looking after when Daria wanted to cook yummy Vegan meals and practice baking her delicious cakes. The… read more

(Excellent )

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