Arty eco-queer feminist project needs helping hands near Cercal, Portugal

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  Description

  Hello future guest !
  
  I am a queer artist mum, living A VERY SIMPLE LIFE in the countryside, on a beautiful 7ha land, in Portugal, in Alentejo, between Colos and Cercal (Odemira, area), - a Terra Da Raposa.
  
  I am looking for trustworthy, creative, and enthusiastic beings, responsible and able to express their needs & emotions, resistant to the very hot Portuguese summer, motivated to build, and spend creative time with my kids.
  
  I live on this land for 3,5 years, and in Alentejo for 8 years. I have the project to create a community centered on dance and body wisdom and reforestation and I am now laying the foundation of it. The project also has a queer feminist spirit, so only womyn & FLINTA and kids have been living here for now.
  
  I am currently living on my own on the land with my kids half of the time.
  The land hosted several adults and they all went their way (buying land, changing countries...)
  
  
  Life here is totally off-grid, in the deep countryside. At night, there are foxes, owls and wild pigs. During the day with see red kytes and hawks.
  
  The land is dry in summer and young trees need care.
  
  There are beautiful trails to walk around the land.
  30 minutes drive from the ocean (Vila Nova de Milfontes).
  
  I am looking for someone who speaks fluent English, and Portuguese would be great. We also speaks French.
  
  The tasks are :
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  AUTUMN & WINTER :
  - harvest figs, pears and olives, and process them.
  - plant trees (november to january)
  - to finish cobbing the inside of kitchen walls.
  - to oil the wooden structures of the land.
  
  - create a food garden. If you have permaculture/syntropy knowledges, that's great !
  
  SPRING (MARCH/APRIL) :
  
  - to help upgrade the infrastructures on the land :
  * to plaster the inside a barn that we are converting into a dance studio (April)
  * to build a little kitchen for guests
  
  - create a food garden. If you have permaculture/syntropy knowledges, that's great !
  
  
  SUMMER (JUNE - SEPTEMBER) :
  
  - to water and the take care of young trees (summer time from mai/june to october)
  - to build a wooden dance floor,
  
  - feeding the cats Loukoum, Mitsu and Miaoui, if I am not here
  
  ALL THE TIME :
  
  - to spend some quality creative or playful time with the kids when they are around
  - help cooking
  - to help me with sorting out / tidying up things (decluttering).
  
  
  
  
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  We are flexi-vegan &non-smoker.
  
  I wish to welcome an enthusiast dancer or artist, preferably womyn identifying or non-binary, conscious of their energy outputs on the land and with the people around them, connected to Nature, to Spirit in all forms and their intuition.
  
  If you have a car or at least a bike it's better for you as we are quite isolated.
  
  Happy to meet you soon !

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  You can enjoy pure quietness of the countryside + proximity to Tamera, a big international community active in ecology and free love + the proximity of Mooji's ashram + many eco projects around

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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

  all what I have mentioned before + to ensure with us everyday life (cleaning, dishes , laundry, fetching water, dealing with compost, cooking, etc.)
  
  We can talk about what you prefer to do.

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  Languages

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

  This host offers a language exchange
  I want to better my portuguese
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  Accommodation

  A nice caravan, or campervan (or tent if you prefer)

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  What else ...

  I live in the countryside 35 minutes from the ocean (by car).
  
  It is a beautiful region, very dry in summer, very quiet

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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

  you need to provide your own internet, the reception is not very fast here.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  You can come with big vans / trucks, there is space.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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