Join our family home in a quiet and green place on the coast south of Florianopolis, Brazil

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  Description

  Hello! I live with my mum in her house. Our yeard has a good space to cultivate fruits tree and a vegetable garden. So, we keep the ones my father planted in the past and try to cultivate other ones. But few hands to many things!
  
  Our best company right now are some good neighboorhood and our two dogs: one is a cute very old female dog and the other is our fanny Little Black. My mum used to play piano, but doesn't do anymore so often, perhaps, because she needs more people to motivate her. I work with socio-ecological projects but I am now working few hours with them in order to be able to help improving our space here. We have in the backyard the end of a lake where people can enjoy silence in the nature and practice some sports.
  
  We would like people could came here and enjoy this place, but we also need help to fix few things here and perhaps bring some creative ideas. I have been thnking to teach ecology here, but is also an idea to develop. We live in a village close to the beach, Cycling its about 10 minutes and walking is about 20-30 minutes. Its a simple and local community, not the famous one, in fact this is the one is never in the postcard. We have little stores/shops for all the basic things and even little more and general places to buy food, some small restaurantes, bars, so on. By bus, we are one hour from the city center and airport (depend on the traffic jam, may be more!). It is possible to visit other beachs and other nice sites! If you like a more quiet and green place, join us!!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Elderly Companionship

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Language, exchange about local plants and medicinal plants, know a nice area and kaiak, enjoy a sea shower, enjoy eating fruits from the tree/garden, exchange cultural ideas....know about local people and social situation ... community challenges, so on...

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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

  At this moment, an help in the garden and permaculture ideas/projects are really welcomed! But we do appreciate other helps as technology learnings, carpinter skills,prepaire nice food, paiting, artistic skills, general repairs and mantainance/cleaning of the house. If you are musician, you are welcomed with your music here and you can do general help! And why not exchange some language and a different gastronomy? Other ideas to help I didn't think about but may help us.

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  Languages

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

  This host offers a language exchange
  I would like to keep my English and I learn French, italian, others languages, even Spanish, although this is more familiar to me, but it is always good to improve more! And the others are welcomed!
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  Accommodation

  We have a double bed we can offer with toilet but we share a house, it is not separeted. However, because we have more than one toilet we can let the toilet to the visitor while they are here. The house has a good size, so this person or a couple can stay in other parts if need some silent and privite moment. You can cook your own food in the kitchen and eat it inside or outside. About food we can make it too, but if someone is good for cookingit is very welcomed!

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  What else ...

  Helpers can go to the beach, to visit cultural sites, visit the city center, kayak, do meditation in the silent place, to treking around, take bus and go to other localities which many are close to here taking a bus. some 10 minutes, others, 30, 20 min or one hour. The ones that are more than one houw are other localities but we have plenty here near home.

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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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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week or less.