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We will be starting building new toilets in the village of Toubab Dialaw around 50 km from Dakar.
So we will be looking for people ready to share their construction experience and to work as part of a local team.
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Hi, my name is Fabio. I have been living in Senegal since 2005. I am the founder of a socio-cultural association. We are multicultural, trilingual (French, Wolof, Italian) and would love to share our lives and cultures with you.
With my wife Fatima, and our 3 children, we live in a pretty house in the pleasant neighborhood of Yoff 100m from the most beautiful beach in Dakar.
We are very busy with the activities of our association, which has the ambition to create a socio-cultural center alongside the existing organic farm and training center.
This is why we are always looking for workawayers who can support us.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Come share our live style in a real African city. We are multicultural, trilingual (french, wolof, italien) and would love to share our lives and cultures with you. You will get to know the Senegalese culture mixed with the Italian one. If you want you can get closer to traditional music and dance but also to the Wolof language, the first language spoken in all of Senegal.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
The Workawayers will be asked to help 5 hours a day for 5 days a week which may include weekends.
We don't have a fixed schedule so flexibility is appreciated on both sides.
We require people with C1 English level and teaching experience.
We are looking for workawayers with child care experience to help us with our children (7, 12 and 15 years old),
The timetable can be discussed once an application has been received. A minimum commitment of one month is usually required, along with a flexible attitude.
Our ideal workawayer is an extroverted person, with a good ability to relate to people, pragmatic, enthusiastic and who knows how to identify needs without waiting to be told what to do.
Depending on the workload, good computer skills, fundraising and social media experience could be useful to improve the sustainability and visibility of our project.
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Wolof: Fluent
English: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We are very interested in receiving native English speakers to improve our language skills by speaking together!
Accommodation
You will have your own room with shared bathroom. All linen is provided. The house is in Yoff, close to the best beach in Dakar, supermarket (Auchan) which you can easily reach with local transport. You can use anything in the kitchen to prepare your own food.
For our construction workawayers (from March 2024) the accommodation from Monday to Thursday will be at our organic farm which is off-grid. So the lifestyle is very basic.
From Friday to Sunday the workawayers will be based in Dakar.
What else ...
We are right by a beautiful beach with a lively fishing port.
From Yoff you can easily explore the center of Dakar with its cultural attractions, including the markets, the Musée des civilisations noires and the historic "slavery" island of Gorée.
You will be able to visit the pretty village of Toubab Dialaw with us.
A bit further afield you can find Joal Fadiout, the desert of Lompoul, the laguna of Sine Saloum, and the first capital of Senegal, Saint Louis, which is four hours north of Dakar.
The Cape Verde islands are an hour away by air.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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Feedback
We are very happy with the help she gave especially in teaching English.
She was also a great help by giving us advice about our association's projects.
We are always in touch with her even now that she has left.
