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Hello, we are two portuguese families, Xana and Paulo, Ari (7 years old), Rio (4 years old) and Litos and Marta, Manu (7 years old)living in a eco-village that cover 44 hectares with more 17 grown-ups and 18 children. Each of us occupy a part of the land where we build our homes and tent to our gardens.
We were working a lot of years, picking fruit in Danemark and France, to make the money to buy a land to build a dream and living together in harmony with nature and building our homes by eco-building.
So this year we try something new we planted 1 hectare of physalis, the super fruit. Watching the plantation grow, we realize that we need people to weeding rigth now, and we need people to help us pick the fruit in august, September and October. we also need help for taking care of organic garden and collect wood for winter time.
we provide a nice place with shadow for tents and caravans near the river, nice kicthen and compost toilet, we like too cook good and healthy food. Playing music and singin and have good time with everyone in harmony and respect with us our kids and the rest of people living here.Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Help with Eco Projects
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our methodologies for our lives is living in a simple way ,connected with mother earth and respect her.
Here people can learn about some bio-dynamic, growing a garden, without chemicals or pesticides, learn about this super fruit "PHYSALIS".
Here its a beutifull inspiration of eco-building, because each house its diferent, and diferent techniques.Projects involving children
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Help
weeding , picking fruit, garden, collect wood for winter time.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: FluentAccommodation
We are making a very beautiful place down of 4 big oaks we provide a nice place with shadow near the river , where we gonna puting tents and if you need sleeping bags we can provide too, and if you come with yor caravans you also can park there. We Provide, compost toilet. And solar showers and very nice kicthen.
We provide a very nice and clean kitchen, we cook breakfast, lunch and dinner, and we eat together with our families, we like too cook vegetarian healthy food. But if someone wants to share with us and help with meals mission we appreciate a lot. :)A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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I was very happy during my experience because I learnt a lot of things about plants, agriculture, cooking, and lifestyle. The work was different every day,… read more