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We are a happy family based on parents and 5 kids: a boy/student (2002), a boy (2006), a girl (14), a girl (9), a girl (7). We have also a cat and a small dog at home.
Dad works home-office Mo-Fr as a programmer. Mom work partial home office. We try to spend as much time together as possible and enjoy the time being. Kids are our precious treasures and bring lots of joy to our life!
We would like to welcome volunteers to stay with us and share their life experience with us and with our kids.
We are members of Christian community and our faith determines our choices. We also raise our children according to Bible principles and widely understood respect for human being and life.
Some other facts about us: our relatives live nearby; most of the time we eat at home or at our friends places; we try to run a healthy lifestyle (cooking, sport, life balance etc); we have quite a wide group of friends and we love to hang out with them – different activities together depending on the season of the year; no TV at home; NO smoking home (and no drugs at all), no abusive behaviors, no pets; WI-FI available; the house is nice, cozy and clean, we try to keep it organized.
We live in a small, pretty market town in Silesia state - south of Poland, a few km from the border with Czech Republic. The place is safe and quite calm. Nice for walks, running and bike riding, especially spring-autumn. In winter we experience smog problem, however we have our own ways to enjoy life outdoors, e.g. walks in the forest. There are things going on around the town, which makes the perfect environment for children and a peaceful place to live in.
We would be happy to share with our guest: cooking, cakes baking, learning, worldwide travel experience, mountain hiking, skiing, biking, and more...!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The travelers will experience Polish HOME/FAMILY lifestyle, love, kindness and opened hearts, traditional cuisine, healthy food, trips to nice and interesting places, fun free time, evening talks - sharing live/travels experience... and lots more! But it will all depend on you - how much will you want to get :)
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Workawayer female/couple/family preferred. We can be flexible if it comes to volunteers schedule. We’ll expect mostly help with the children (pro-active attitude only please, creative playtime) and some household duties. Cooking family meals would be aslo great! But most important will be language and culture exchange for us and children. 3-4 hours a day would be great. No need to work during the weekend - still welcome to join our activities.
We need our volunteers to be members of the family. Why WE NEED? because we can not "afford" to have "guests" in the house. We are quite occupied with the children and daily routine, trying to keep harmony lifestyle and it is important for us (does not mean we are not spontaneous :) ). Therefore volunteer MUST feel like home: know where to find what or try to find :) keep asking anything in case, have initiative (!), can not be shy (!), questions like: can I help, can I do? - will be welcomed; simply be helpful, be welcomed to join any activities/meals, etc.
We also understand that respect of both parties privacy is necessary.
We welcome our volunteer for 1-2 weeks stay with us.
Please feel free to ask any further questions about us/lifestyle that we run.
Direct connections to/from our place:
Warsaw (train)
Cracow (bus)
Prague (train)
Vienna (train)
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Accommodation
We live in a spacious house with garden and pool. Our guest will live in an own room, which can be made private (doors can shut). Bathroom is shared with the the family.
What else ...
There is a train station/bus station next town which connects you to main cities in the region.
Just an example of interesting places to visit by train: 3 hours to Krakow, 3 hours to Wroclaw, 3 hours to Prague, 3 hours to Vienna, 4 hours to Warsaw. There are many small activities around that can be interesting as well as trying to find out about our local customs and culture.
In the free time our guests can take a chance of a nice area for running, bike riding, horse riding nearby; going to the swimming pool, activities depend on the interests of the guest and seasons.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
any size
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 3-4 hours a day, 5 days a week
