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Description
In just 2500 m2, we live in a transformation towards a sustainable, friendly and productive space. As an Agroecological school, we want our visitors to have the opportunity to choose and explore among a wide variety of activities in the Colombian productive countryside, which normally require outdoor physical activity.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Videography
Vegetarian or vegan
Van life
Sustainability
Politics / Social justice
Movies & TV
Farming
Photography
Plant care
Languages
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Water sports
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Dancing
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We deeply believe on the idea that learning normally comes from doing. We expect volunteers to see this place as an experience of creation and experimentation, and a place where healthy active life common. There is always something to do around and we could benefit from goal oriented people.
Help
We normally require a 3 hour help per day in exchange of shelter and organic ( fruit and vegetables ) food. You can take the days off you want ( normally two in a week) to explore around and/or do nothing. But as long as you decide to stay and consume food from the farm, we would require some help from you that day ( or maybe another, no worries).
The activities we do around depend on the weather and the need for the moment. Most of common activities are:
Painting
Garden maintenance
Moving stuff
Coffee picking (in season )
Cooking
Fruit picking
Preparing for the food market
Greenhouse
Food transformation
Watering the plants
Chopping or cutting wood.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis 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.
Accommodation
The accommodation is rural and 40-minute away from any type of civilization. Still, there is public jeep service three times a day. The volunteer would have a comfortable simple bed, a and have access to a fridge, a warm shower, an easy to use smoke free wood stove, fruit and vegetables grown in the garden. Since our diet here is mostly vegetarian/ vegan like, this is a good place for those who love eating raw food and have a detox with fruit and vegetables grown around. It's good to say that 80% of our diet comes from the farm itself. If you need starch, dairy or oil in your diet ( rice,lentils, pasta, etc bread,) we encourage you get it from a supermarket before coming. If not, there might be some food in the school you can buy from for a fair price in case you need it. If the volunteer feels like using gas for cooking, there's a$5.000 pesos fee per person every single day he/she wants to use it.
Since there is a good variety of veggies and fruit, and volunteers have different eating habits, we encourage volunteers to appreciate and take their time to cook whatever they want at their own time. It's a good place to explore flavors and textures, so take it as an opportunity to explore yourself in this area.
This is a rural area full of bugs and changing weather conditions. We appreciate if you come prepare for active physical activities outside with comfortable clothes and trekking boots ( at least ). We could provide rubber boots in case you require them.
What else ...
In free times there is always the possibility of using the spaces of the house to watch movies, read, be in a hammock and watch the sunset. Likewise, the volunteer could walk the natural trails of the environment where there is a wide variety of crops and a lot of birds to watch. With respect to access, we are in the northern area of Quindío, so both Filandia and Salento are at a relatively close distance when taking public transport from the same farm. It is worth mentioning that during their stay volunteers can learn and benefit from medicinal plants and their therapeutic uses in order to provide spiritual cleansing and detoxification of their body.
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A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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Thank you Andres and Betsy… read more
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Thank you Andres and Betsy… read more
This experience was very interesting and we learned a lot about coffee production and life on a self-sufficient farm.
I would highly recommend this workaway to other volunteers.
Thank you again Andres, Betsy and Andy !
Además de aprender un montón de cosas nos hicieron sentir como en casa desde el minuto uno. Lugar perfecto para desconectar, descansar, comer literalmente de la huerta al plato y alejarse del ruido de la gran ciudad. No podemos recomendar más la experiencia!! Mil gracias chicos, y muchos… read more
Ayudé tanto a Andrés como a Betsy 4 o 5 horas al día en la limpieza del terreno y huertas, abono de las huertas, recogida de café y siguientes fases del… read more
I enjoyed getting up early, picking coffee, weeding, cutting, planting and then reading on the… read more
Over these 3 weeks we helped out with so many different jobs on their Finca (working in the many vegetable patches, preparing and applying fertilizer, picking and processing coffee, watering, picking fruit and veg, preparing… read more
It is very difference style and habit with Japan. When I arrived at his home, Andres was welcome me. I helped dug some holes for young avocados, and lastly, I planted 22 avocados. Set up the venue for guest in the Soji(?), cut woods for burnfire, made a map for… read more
Nous avons vu et travaillé le processus du café de A à Z. Nous avons aussi participer aux différentes tâches du potager, du poulailler, etc.
Andres est une personne qui aime transmettre. Il est ouvert aux propositions et idées qu'on peut lui apporter pour le lieu.
Tous les jours nous mangions de… read more
We learnt about the coffee process. We harvested the coffee cherries, washed them, peeled them, sun-dried them and last but not least, drank the coffee :) We also picked tomatoes, packed them for the market and planted onions.
Andres is a very nice and special person,… read more
