Improve your Dutch and help with a meaningful project in an former monastery in Almelo, Netherlands

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  Description

  We are a group of 3 people living in a former monastery in Almelo (a small city in the east of the Netherlands near the border of Germany). We share our home with 7 homeless people. Together we share the meals and clean the house. Also we have a nice and quiet garden and at another location a vegetable garden.
  We live almost in the old center of the city and 10 minutes of the railwaystation.
  
  To use drugs is not possible. Alcohol drinks (beer and wine) are limited and only given by the staff after 21.00 uur.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Cycling
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are grateful for your interest in our project and people and for offering your help. At the moment we have people who were born in Iran, Georgië, Vietnam, Germany and the Netherlands.
  In return you can have a lifetime experience to live for a while with people who loose their home because they are refugee, divorced or met violence in their relationship or have other problems. Although we have people from different countries we speak Dutch in the house special at the meal.
  We hope that you will understand that. So if you like to improve your Dutch your very welcome.

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  Help

  General tasks
  Cooking and cleaning
  Gardening
  Activity with our temporary people (walking, baking, play games, doing sport)

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  Dutch: 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

  You will have your own private room but share toilet, bathroom and kitchen. Normally we have the meals together but at your day off you can make your own food in a small separate kitchen. With breakfast and lunch there are not much people to talk with. Sometimes only the staff.
  We eat meat, fish and vegetarian food. We have no vegan meals.

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  What else ...

  In your free time you can visit Almelo or take a train to other cities. We have bics for cycling and you can walk and swim in the countryside. To visit Germany is also easy. In the chapel in our house you can do your meditation or yoga. Two times a day we have a special moment of prayer (morning and evening). If you like you can join us.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

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