Help with our eco-projects in Itapeva south of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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  Description

  Hello, I am Rodrigo(41yo), Monique (40yo) and Maya(7 years old). Monique and I have 5 years of experience living abroad. She stayed 2 years in Australia and another 3 in England, I lived 5 years in UK, we´ve done a master degree in ecotourism at Portsmouth University and worked with tourism since then.
  
  We run a B&B and I a Pub in Itapeva south of the State of Minas Gerais, just 2 hours by Bus from Tiete Bus Station in São Paulo.
  
  Here we have very busy daily operation, can vary from cooking some beer to building a dog house. Our main rooms are built in Sea containers, most of the job in done on site by ourselves.
  
  We need somebody to help with gardening, some ecoprojects, building, maintenance, vegetable garden, as weel as give a hand dealing with guests.
  
  Would be nice to be provided by the traveler some language practice, maybe 1 hour a day, but that will be discussed to arrange the best way to make that happen.
  
  Experience with chain saw and wood work would be nice, gardening will involve cutting the grass and pruning the trees.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Hospitality/Tourism

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Learn how manage a daily operation of a B&B and a Pub in a rural area, get involved in a daily maintanance there will be plenty to learn plus the experience that we can we can exchange from our time living abroad.

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  Help

  We are seeking assistance with various tasks:
  
  help to maintain a vegetable garden
  
  Carpentry and construction, mainly diy projects
  
  Help with B&B daily duties ( cleaning, organazing, ect.)
  
  Help maintain the garden ( cutting grass, prune the trees, cutting logs - experience with chain saw and brush cutter will be a plus)
  
  We also would like have a language practice to learn a bit more about the culture of ours guests.
  
  We are a family bussines so we do not have many employees, we have only one that helps with housekeeping and with the pub tasks.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Portuguese: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner
  Italian: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  Workwayers will stay at one of our B&B rooms with private bathroom, the kitchen´s pub can be used for them to prepare their meals, during especific times that we can arrange as they get here. We will provide the basics, but we are just 3km from closest market, we can provide a ride to get there.
  We expect you to clean up after yourself and prepare your own meals.

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  What else ...

  We are located in a very touristic area, there are waterfalls, rocks to climbe, places to visit, a lot of outdoor adventure. During the winter can be very cold aroud here, we are in the Mantiqueira Montains.
  
  We have pets, internet access is ok, not allowed to smoke in the room

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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