Join us in our finca and experience rural life near Huelva, Spain

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  Description

  **WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR LONG TERM STAYERS TO COVER THE SUMMER PERIOD, STARTING FROM NOW, WHO'S DUTY WOULD BE MAINLY TAKING CARE OF THE ANIMALS AND SUPERVISING OUR HOME!
  YOU MUST BE RELIABLE, ADVENTUROUS, WANTING TO JUMP OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE & UP TO SPENDING SOME CHILL, RELAXING HOURS ALONE.**
  
  Hello everyone! We are Ayeshah & Elia with our growing family of animals, Kuma, Lana, India (dogs) and our four cats!
  As from here you can already tell we are real animal lovers so if you're reading this and feel a spark in your heart this may be a perfect place to volunteer.
  Ayeshah is a calm, empathic and sensitive person. She loves music, walks in nature, deep conversations, animals and art.
  Elia is a curious, energetic, motivated person who loves nature and animals too. He loves gardening and plants, especially magic ones.
  Together we enjoy listening to reggae music, traveling and discovering new places and learning new things from people and our surroundings as we are two very curious people.
  
  We have recently moved from Italy to the South of Spain; 40 minutes from Huelva and beaches like Matalascanas & Mazagon and 1 hour from Sevilla and the Portuguese border.
  Why? Because we love the spanish vibes and culture, slow life, nature and animals and this is a place that combines all of these.
  
  The land is 2.4 hectares and you can already find an amazing variety of flora and fauna.
  Our goal together has always been to become auto sufficient and be surrounded by what really is good for our spirit: nature, fresh air, a simple life & a quiet place to live, we ended up here by van & still live in our van in a small piece of paradise, as we still have to build a house. At the moment we have two containers to store food and tools, one of our goals is to build a terrace and a new common area where to cook and relax.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Light maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Videography

  

  Events & social

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Culture

  

  Van life

  

  Farming

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Art & design

  

  Gardening

  

  Languages

  

  Photography

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Carpentry

  

  Animals

  

  Dancing

  

  Beach

  

  Camping

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Mountain

  

  Adventure sports

  

  Water sports

  

  Outdoor activities
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are open minded people who love connecting with different cultures, we speak 3 languages fluently and are open to share our knowledges and an eventual exchange of learning more.
  Another part of the exchange will be cooking together and sharing recipes from our countries.
  In these months we've learnt many things about this area so if you're a curious person we can share some info about history, nature and traditions that were told to us by our neighbor, a typical Andalusian farmer who you'll surely get to know.

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  Help

  There are many things to do here but as the temperature rises in summer, we decide to slow down and take it easy.
  The main tasks we ask help for are, first of all and most importantly taking care of the place & animals while we are out working or in any other occasions that imply our absence at home.. Then:
  - taking part in daily routine tasks, washing dishes, taking care of the areas we use, checking if the compost toilet is always prepared for its use, picking up dog feces if you see any, emptying the compost when full
  - gardening tasks
  - daily care of our vegetable garden and plants & our chickens
  - painting/creative projects
  We enjoy team work and really believe unity is strength. Some little projects will surely be done together while some tasks we ask you to be responsible to carry them out on your own. We'll be sharing skills and knowledges, using tools and putting your hands at work in physical and creative tasks.
  
  We are able to host maximum 4 people with maximum 2 vans or campers and backpackers with their tents.
  If you decide to come here you must be a person who adapts easily, motivated, creative, empathic, trustworthy, open-minded and an animal lover day & night as our neighbour, with whom we have a very good relationship, has many animals, dogs especially. It’s like living in an old style open farm. They guard our land and us too and they do a great job, so obviously you might hear them at night.
  As to this, we won’t be hosting volunteers with pets at the moment as our situation is still very delicate.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  German: Beginner
  French: Beginner
  Portuguese: Beginner

  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

  COMMON AREA
  Our common area at the moment is composed by a kitchen, sofas to chill out & 2 containers. One for food storage, that will also be equipped with a fridge and an electrical system for you to be able to charge any equipment and where the internet will be fixed stably to, and one for tool storage. It's a work in progress project, by the end of summer we'd like to build a terrace.
  We have built a compost toilet that is already in use and the outside shower is also on its way.
  
  TENT
  We have the availability of a tent for 2 with an inflatable mattress, we will provide linen. If you have your own you are also welcome to bring it! We have lots of space!
  
  What we offer:
  - Safe place to park and stay, surrounded by nature and animals.. ideal for vans, campers & tents
  - One meal a day together offered and cooked by us, it will depend on our schedule, but it's surely lunch or dinner
  - Breakfast & the second meal of the day will be yours to provide independently but you may use the kitchen and equipment (tools & spices) in the common area and serve yourself with the basic aliments we provide (coffee, tea, biscuits, oatmeal, cous cous, rice & legumes)
  - Seasonal fruit & vegetable from our land
  - Relaxing environment with the possibility of experiences like horseriding, foraging, dog walking
  - Gas for cooking
  - Ride into town when we go shopping
  
  We do not have black water/potty disposal (closest service area for campers/van is a 20 minute drive from the land).

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  What else ...

  Our land is about 5km from the nearest town which offers many services and shops, you can walk to the centre in about 50 mins or 20 by bike. To get here there is an off-road track of sand and stones, accessible all year round, with no risks of getting stuck and no size problems.
  
  You will be properly introduced to the land & the animals living in the finca and we'll be sharing the main rules to live in harmony with them and us on first arrival
  (respect of spaces, tools & people, tidy up after working, keep places & things clean).
  
  WHAT TO DO IN THE AREA
  - beach trips to Mazagon y Matalascanas
  - visit the unique village of El Rocio
  - walks around pine & eucalyptus forests
  - not to far from us there are hikings & a lake
  - tours of Donana National Park where you can see typical flora & fauna
  - explore the marshes & birdwatch
  - sightseeing of cities like Sevilla, Cadiz, Huelva & Faro
  
  We will be glad to meet and chat with you on WhatsApp to arrange every detail and to answer all the questions you might have.
  We look forward to having you here and to be able to grow together in this never-ending learning experience we call life.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  We have stable internet.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We also provide a tent for two people & welcome whoever travels with their own tent.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Unci, Skadi, Poli, Micia

  

  India

  

  Lana

  

  Kuma

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