Join our family and experience calm life in Kannuskoski, Finland

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  Description

  Greetings, we are Joonatan and Agnessa,a young married couple from Finland.
  We live in countryside house and have a small barn with farm animals. We learn to grow our own food. I am a professional carpenter and Agnessa is helping me.
  We are living simple life.
  Grocery store is about 5 min drive. And closest city Kouvola or Taavetti is 20 min.
  We visit Helsinki about once a week and can pick you up with us.
  We eat 2-3 times a day.
  No animals in the house.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Charity work

  

  Farming

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Carpentry

  

  Art & design

  

  Animals

  

  Nature
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  In general you are welcome to join us on anything we do.
  When it's warm we go to pick mushrooms, berries or herbs. Going for fishing.
  And we are learning new skills all the time, if you are interested, would be sharing with you what we can.
  We are duo national couple we can share both Finnish and Russian traditions.
  If you want to come for long period of living, like a year, then it's better to come in spring, so we can grow more things and prepare for upcoming winter.

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  Help

  Tasks workawayers can get involved:
  - help around the house;
  - firewood making;
  - help on gardening;
  - help on food making;
  - farm animals tasks;
  - fence making.
  Help 3-5 hours per day 5 days a week.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Finnish: Fluent
  Russian: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  A separate clean room(approx 15m²) with a door in the same house we live. Big kitchen with wood oven and stove, dishwasher and kitchen machine, which can be used for cooking. We also have an electric stove for warm seasons. You also can use shower any time, we warm sauna once a week.

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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

  Phone internet

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Spot for a van close by the house, or on remote wilderness place next to the lake.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

  Farm animals

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