Help with projects in our house in a beautiful part of Fruska Gora, 25 km from Novi Sad, Serbia

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18/11/2020

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2020

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Description
Our house is in the beautiful part of Fruska Gora, 25 km from Novi Sad, near the village of Cerevic, and we are two dedicated people who bought this house for our NGO to have projects in. We need URGENTLY several volunteers to help us with gardening, housework and construction to make this house more livable and practical. We need good floors, painting, more electric outlets, new deck, most windows cannot close well, and so on. In return we can provide healing, good food and accommodation for you. We want two men and two women, or a couple and two other guys. One of you can help with some advertising of this house online for future projects.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are healers, spiritual people who love nature and have priceless knowledge about life. We are vegan. We can teach you a lot if you want to be a healer, or heal you if you are sick, or help resolve family issues, anything you need...
Help
You can read from the info above that we need people with construction, gardening skills, housework and painting. We URGENTLY need you.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Serbian: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
Please contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
There are two rooms, one with a French bed, and one with two beds. We also made one smaller room in the garage because the space is large.
What else ...
This village is very close to public transportation and although it is a km away from the village center, you can walk to the bus and go to Novi Sad and have some fun there. Lots of cafes, food, and things to see! The village Cerevic also has many shops and a pharmacy, a bakery, a post office, an agriculture shop, etc.
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
Hours expected
As much as you want to help, we work all day and it is up to you how much you want, but at least 5 hours a day 5 days a week is good.

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(3.2)

Cultural exchange:
(2.8)

Communication:
(3.2)

08/11/2020

Left by Workawayer (Scott) for host

I spent nine days here. Little was accomplished as it appeared that they are not ready to begin the building/restoration projects mentioned in the profile and mostly myself and the other volunteer just cooked for them and cleaned up after them. We did paint their entry gate and do some weeding, but when we were about to begin fixing the railing… read more

(Neutral )

23/06/2020

Left by Workawayer (Bastien & Eugenie) for host

We spent one month with Margaret and Nikola, who generously welcomed us while there was a containment in Serbia.
During this month, we essentially cut wood for the following rigorous winters with old tools or sometimes with hands. We also cooked vegan from the well stocked cupboard. And when it was snowing, we sew pillows. The hosts have a box… read more

(Very good )

30/03/2020

Left by Workawayer (Celina) for host

We stayed with Marija and Nikolai for one week during our spring break to leave the city behind and relax in the outdoors.
It was very easy to communicate with Marija through workaway and whatsapp. We arrived at the bus stop of Novi Sad and she told us exactly where we have to go and what bus line to take to get to cerevic. There it was raining… read more heavily so she offered to pick us up from the bus stop and take us to her place. As we arrived we immediately recognized the beautiful nature around their place and we heard many birds tweeting.
Their house is very simple and mostly not heated which was okay for us since we packed a bunch of warm clothes. We had a room with a huge bed and balcony for ourselves which was very nice.
Our work was the same everyday and not what we expected from reading their workaway description, we chopped a lot of branches with a couple of simple tools but mostly we broke them with our hands. But since the weather was beautiful and sunny most of the time it was nice to work outside.
Nikolai also did a lot of work outside and made sure to take care of us as he brought us some snacks (like walnuts which were really tasty) and told us that we should totally take some time to rest in between. :)
Marija is very busy with her work, she starts working at 3 am and then works straight until 2 pm and goes to sleep around 6pm. So we did not get the chance to talk a lot as we worked in the morning and then spent the rest of the day exploring the nature around their place. Nevertheless she did her best in terms of making our stay pleasant, brought cookies from the local bakery and told us a little about their way of living and cooking.
The food they serve is very simple, as they are trying to have a lot of durable ingredients at home, which means that either onions, potatoes or some kind of grains will be part of every meal. We actually became huge fans of onions! Luckily you are free to use their (sadly a little sparsely equipped) kitchen to prepare your own food.
Nikolai speaks a little bit english and german and gets better each day as he shows a lot of effort to communicate with workawayers. Although he was interested in a cultural exchange and communication all in all he mostly talked to my male friend Sönke and didn't really show effort in getting to know me (female).
They both are willing to share their beliefs with the workawayers which was interesting since they were very different from our belief system and from all we have heard before.
In our time off we explored the nature around, sat down by the donau river and all in all enjoyed the beautiful nature. One day we took the bus to Novi Sad early in the morning and spent our day in the city. It was very cool and the city has a couple of beautiful places to offer. The sad thing is that we had to make sure to get back while it was still daylight since you are not allowed to walk down the road from cerevic without a safety vests at night.
One day Nikolai and Marija took us on a car ride through the Fruska Gora National Park where we had a picnic and enjoyed ourselves and the nature around us. They also made sure to show us a lake which was very far away from their place since they really like it there. We were very thankful that they took much effort in showing us those parts of Serbia because we know how busy they are and we wouldn't take this for granted.

Thanks again for letting us stay with you for a week.
Celina and Sönke

(Good )

17/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Celina)

We were so happy to have Celina and her friend Zurnka (did I spell that right?) over at our place for a week and they helped us so much! We wish to have these guys again!

(Excellent )

30/03/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Sönke)

It was a wonderful experience to see Soenke and his friend in our place. They did a great job helping us out. We needed more than 2 people at this time so the workload seemed heavy for them, but we hope in the future we would be able to give them something they enjoy doing!

(Excellent )

21/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Mariia) for host

I spent 3 weeks with Nikola and Marguerite.. it’s a quiet and quite peaceful place. So far from the town and traffic jams.. It was nice there.. I could ask my friend to join me.. we had our own room.. we made it cozy and warm;)

The work was different.. most of the times we worked outside.. we were cleaning the garden, weeding, preparing branches… read more

(Very good )

10/12/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Mariia)

Masha Masha Masha jedna zlatna casa... Thank you for coming to our place, supporting our projects and helping from the first day! Thank you for bringing another workawayer to us as well! We will miss you dearly!

(Excellent )

16/12/2019

Left by Workawayer (Andres & Valeska) for host

We had the opportunity to share two weeks with Nikola and Marguerite at their home near the Danube river. We did a lot of different stuff, including housekeeping, painting, gardening, chopping wood, and some video editing. They are kind people and attentive about the welfare of their volunteers. Thank you for all!

(Very good )

03/12/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Andres & Valeska)

Excellent people, high recommendation for all hosts! We would love to host them again!

(Excellent )

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