Join our family home and help us with our horses and farm in Manziana, Italy

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  Description

  This place is first of all a home, our home. We, Erica(40), Camilla (10) e Francesco(12) are living here together with the horses. The idea of this place was to create a special pension for the horses, far away from the traditional concepts of horseboarding. This project was created out of love for the horses and the wish to make them live as happy and natural as possible.
  Other then horses, we live along with goats, chickens, ducks and Merlino the cat

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Aside from all the new inputs and possibilities that the farm-life provides,you will benefit from the calm and peaceful envoirnment the farm brings with it. Breathing fresh, clean air, being in nature and with animals, helps to calm down our minds, feel our bodies and connect with our own nature.
  
  In addition you'll have the opportunity to experience and discover the real nature of a horse, outside boxes and stables, how they comunicate with each other , their social structures and hierachies, their "horsenalities" and behaviours.
  
  We believe horses are the best teacher about self-development, so if you are willing to learn and grow, this will be the right place at the right time for you!
  If you want you can contact us with what'sapp.

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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

  Being a farm, there is always lots to do. Most of the activities take place in the morning, so it is important that you are not afraid to get up early, get tired and dirty!
  
  We ask daily help and support with:
  cleaning the paddock: the main work in the morning is to help us make sure our horses are comfortable and therefore clean the area they live in from their droppings, it's a great workout and twice as much fun with music!
  animal care: giving a hand during the morning check of the horses, grooming, feeding, looking after the small animals of the farm;
  general mantainance, such as helping us with fixing and improving the farm facilities
  gardening
  keep the farm tidy and clean
  collecting and chopping woods from the forest
  
  and any other random mission farmlife reveals, so be prepared to be flexible and creative! ;)
  
  Keeping these things in mind, please come here prepared with gumboots and a rainjacket.

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  Languages spoken

  Italian: Fluent
  English: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  You will have a small house with bathroom and kitchen
. You Will prepare what you like by yourself. We Will bring you to the supermarket. You Will have bicicle ti go to the small city and trought the Amazing wood close to our Place. If you whant you can reach the lake, the bracciano's Castle or Rome by train

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  What else ...

  Our farm is located just a stone's throw from the amazing “Manziana’s Woodlands Forest “, 800 hectars of woods , wild nature and tracks of ancient civilizations.
We are also situated at walk distance from the Caldara, a truly unique and special place, recognized as Natural Monument. It is a marshy area, characterized by the sulphurous waters that bubble up from underground; 
In the closer surroundings there are plenty of interesting heritage sites and natural beauty like the picturesque waterfalls of Castel Giuliano , the borgo of Tolfa , the Ghost city of Canale Monterano, the thermal park of Stigliano , Lake and Castle of Bracciano , the natural reserve of Martignano’s Lake and the Thyrrenian Sea with Santa Severa Castle and Santa Marinella beaches. 
Manziana’s village is about 1h drive from the metropolis of Rome, with which it’s very well connected through trains and bus every day.

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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?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 6 days a week