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We are street performers making an eco creation studio in southern Spain. We are excited to see how we can re-wild an old olive farm whilst making a beautiful environment for people to create in.
We are Jo and Jake, with our 24 year old son Roo, who comes to stay regularly. We are in our fifties (how did that happen?) We are politically active. In Orgiva there are lots of alternative workshops and events. There are hippies, anarchists, parties, raves and Bohemian people from all over the world! We are 40 minutes from the beach by car, and about an hour to the mountains where you can ski in winter! Although we recommend workawayers have their own transport, you can walk into Orgiva from ours in 20 mins - and often people hitchhike too. Orgiva is a mixture of a traditional southern Spanish agricultural town and loads of travellers who have settled here, plus a number of Sufis. There is also an established Buddhist centre a drive away. The Alpujarra is a really multicultural place!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We will be learning from each other. We will expect the workawayers to join in with what ever projects we are working on, hopefully they will be teaching us as we will them.
We tend to communicate with each other in English so the workawayers can improve their English if they so wish, however we have travelled and worked worldwide so are used to being with many different cultures and languages! We would all eat together and take turns to cook and clean up! We eat more or less anything, but are happy to accommodate vegetarian and vegan diets.
Help
There is various work around the new eco creation studio. We have built a yurt and are finishing it off now. We will be building compost toilets, a workshop. Repairing fencing. We have two vegetable plots. We will also be maintaining the olive grove ( lots of wood processing!), planting trees, maintaing waterways, and one day building a natural swimming pool.
We sometimes work together, sometimes alone. We like people who are happy to work independently and then sometimes as a team!
Daily typical jobs: cutting wood, shredding leaves, cleaning the above ground pool, brushing and mopping floor, cleaning the house, making the fire, compost creation, strimming, watering the new trees, and the veggie plots, cooking .
Less fequent jobs: pruning olive trees, pruning other vegetation, wall building, setting up water systems...
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Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
German: BeginnerThis 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.
Accommodation
There are 2 bedrooms in the shared house, (both bedrooms can accommodate 2 people)
or a bell tent in the garden, depending on how many are staying!
We try to give people their own room but sometimes people will need to share especially in winter when tents are too cold!
If you help 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, we provide all food! However we do expect you to help with food preparation and washing up and clearing up afterwards. This is not part of the 5 hours work!
We like people who are happy to muck in,
who are passionate about permaculture and want to work hard!
We expect you to clean your room whilst staying and before leaving, so it's in a beautiful state for the next workawayer!
What else ...
loads of alternative stuff! We are 20 mins walk from Orgiva an alternative town in andalucia. There are lots of workshops, groups, cafes and markets occuring.We are in nature so you can easily explore the countryside on foot.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a 22 Mbps Wi-Fi connection. We would want people to work privately rather than in communal spaces. There are workspace in Orgiva that people can use and also cafes that allow remote working, if you ask.
Space for parking camper vans
We have shaded olive groves which are a perfect place for people to park up in. And free electricity from our solar if you have an extension lead.
Can possibly accept pets
Well behaved dogs (as long as the owner clears up the poo), horses, but NOT cats! Jake's allergic to cats.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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He took on all work with pleasure and is an all round great worker.
Jo and Jake are great hosts : caring, open minded, playful and they got a lot of interesting stories they share with us.
The work was varied which I liked. So sometimes more physically and sometimes less which is a nice balance. It’s a very special place with many interesting events happening all the time. In… read more
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He took on all work with pleasure and is an all round great worker.
Jo and Jake are great hosts : caring, open minded, playful and they got a lot of interesting stories they share with us.
The work was varied which I liked. So sometimes more physically and sometimes less which is a nice balance. It’s a very special place with many interesting events happening all the time. In… read more
The area is relatively well connected compared to some eco/finca… read more
I spent about two weeks with them, and it felt just like home, filled with laughter, meaningful conversations, and beautiful music. The work was enjoyable, well-organized, and not tiring at all, making the entire experience even more rewarding. Their home is cozy and welcoming, and the food they… read more
Gracias a Jo y Jake para su cariño! Hemos dejado nuestro corazón en aqui y seguro vamos a volver porqué queremos seguir ayudando en los proyectos que tienen planeado.
Órgiva es un pueblo muy bonito y hay muchas fiesta y caminos de senderismo.
Lo hemos pasado genial con el voluntariado, el tiempo pasado junto a Jake y Jo y los… read more
They are knowledgeable about both plants and machines!
Both are excellent cooks.
We definitely can't wait for their return!
Jo and Jake are considerate and flexible with the hours and have lots of links to the local community, they gave us loads of tips and contacts to help us get to know Orgiva. Jo's lunches were splendid and always catered to… read more
constantly looked after everyone else. He's very kind , he's interesting and engaging and a great grafter! We highly recommend him! Come back soon, Dom!
She's energetic and happy. A cheerful influence always willing to help.
She also is a great photographer!
Please come back!!!
She has strong English skills and she's a talented artist.
We'd have her back anyday!
She's always very willing and followed instructions. She worked extremely hard she was a superb vegan chef. And attentive to domestic chores. She fited right into the ethos here because she was politically active.
We recommend her!
We were… read more
socially conscientious, kind and
worked well independently.
He is gregarious and enjoyed the company of the other workawayers.
We thoroughly recommend him!
She did tasks without being asked and
took responsibility for chores.
She cooked delicious meals and helped hard on the land.
We look forward to her returning one day!
He is very deligent.
He is an intelligent and principled person and he fitted right in! Not to mention he has an absolutely lovely dog, Conan, that we miss a lot!
He's competent and not afraid of hard labour.
He helped very well on his own.
He is honest and
he managed to cope with different cultural attitudes.
We wish him well with his finca!
They are a cheerful couple, very accepting and reliable working.
They were always positive about what they were doing.
We recommend them both to all other workawayer hosts!
Thanks you both for everything, you are always welcome back.
we stayed for almost 2 weeks and helped with different tasks like planting seeds, cutting wood or turning around the compost.
we had a nice room and the place is in the middle of the mountains, very beautiful nature. Jake and Jo are very nice people to stay with! they have a lot of knowledge about different… read more
We thoroughly recommend her as a workawayer and hope she returns one day!
The accomodations were cosy, there's also a big common space with fireplace which made for nice evenings near the fire. Jo usually cooked lunch and it was always delicious.… read more
We recommend him and hope he returns one day!
She was generous with helping with out of hour tasks. Thank you Martina for all your hard work.
Their project is very interesting and creative, where others see "a boring compost toilet", they take the chance to create… read more
She's a compassionate and empathetic person who is a joy to have around. She would always help out with whatever needed doing. We would love her to live here forever!
I stayed ther for about one month and it was really hard to leave again..
Jo and Jake are very open, warmhearted and funny hosts and i felt as part of a family from the first seconds of my arrival. Their attitudes towards life is outstanding, the food is always delicious and you’ll have some good and interesting… read more
The location is perfect if you want to explore the region and jo and jake themselves have a lot of cool stories to tell as well. :)
Highly… read more
Son una pareja que tienen un proyecto muy bonito pensado y necesitan ayuda para que se haga realidad.
Desde el primer momento me sentí cómoda y muy acogida, a pesar que ellos no tenían su mejor español siempre compartíamos momentos juntos como las… read more
