Language school with apartments needs help in beautiful Baños, Ecuador!

Ecuador

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2020

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My Spanish school and apartments building is located in the famous tourist town of Baños de Agua Santa, in Tungurahua Ecuador (5 walking min from the city center). Baños is a fantastic small town that offers a lot of different activities (rafting, canyoneering, ziplining, hot springs…) and where you can meet a lot people locals as well as foreigners.
I am Ecuadorian and I enjoy to exchange with people from all over the world. As I am a Spanish teacher, you would have the opportunity to practice Spanish.
I am searching for the following areas (minimum stay 2-4 weeks) - polyvalent profiles are preferable
- Language teaching
- Community management
- Blogging
- Marketing
- Artist/interior design
Everybody should be able to help with
- Maintenance work
- House keeping and child care
- Computers

For further information please read the detailed description in Help!

*️️️️*️️️️*️️️️*️️️️at the moment the is a URGENT need for help in Banos, managing the appartment and helping with the school !
Types of help and learning opportunities
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Help with Computers/ Internet
Help
The volunteers should be good with kids, hard-working, and very organized. (4 weeks minimum commitment except for artist/interior-designer)
Currently I am looking for the following areas: (As I have reduced space, I prefer to work with polyvalent people that can cover various areas.)

Could you please answer the following questions in your mail:
*️️️️What you could help with from the list below?
*️️️️What are your professional background and skills?
*️️️️Why do you want to work with me in particular?

Community management
I am looking for someone with experience that can help me with my online presence on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and other social networks.

Marketing
At the moment, I am optimizing my marketing strategy and it would be great to have somebody experienced in marketing to help me with that.

Blogging
Do you have experience in blogging? It would be great if you could write some content for our blog with topics about languages, activities etc to promote our school

Artist/interior-design
A person who has experience painting murals or making artwork on a wall-sized scale. It would be great if you could send me some pictures of your previous work to get to know your style.

Computers
You should be able to answer mails and help with booking etc
Maintenance work
Someone with great handyman skills that can help out with painting (interior walls), light plumbing, errands and other maintenance chores in the building.

House keeping and child care
Someone who can help around my house with cleaning, cooking, and watching/playing with my children. (Ages 14, 12 and 10).
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
In exchange for you work, I can provide a private room with shared bath (hot water 24/7) in my apartment or another apartment FLATSHARE. In my house or the Flatshare you can cook in the modern kitchen with stove, oven, fridge, blender, etc. wifi.
What else ...
Banos has a population of 18.000 people, an altitude of 1.826 meters, and an average perfect temperature of 20°C. The surroundings of Banos offer hot springs, horseback riding, trekking, rafting, climbing, canyoning, swing jump and mountain biking.
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
25 hours max

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Feedback left by and about host (25)

22/10/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (André)

Andre was a great person. He helped me a lot with my online presence, e-mails and getting new contacts for my School and accommmodation. He was very flexible with his time when it was neccessary. As well he helped my daughter with math, he knows very well this area.
Andre helped me in the cleanning of my accommodation, he was very clean and… read more

(Excellent )

19/10/2017

Left by Workawayer (André) for host

I almost stayed three weeks in Mayra's school. She is very kind and will help you wherever she can. I had an amazing time where I could learn many different things. The work environment is very diverse, it covers work with social networks, managing bookings, managing websites, housekeeping, helping with homework (three adorable kids live in the… read more

(Excellent )

25/09/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Jacob & Geneviève)

Hello Jacob and Yeni,
thank you very much for you stay in my school and the great experience I could have with you. I especially want to thank you for your patience with me. In the time you stayed here you acomplished many more things very quickly than other volunteers.
They were more friends than volunteers. They will be welcome back to my house… read more

(Excellent )

05/09/2017

Left by Workawayer (Jacob & Geneviève) for host

We spent two weeks working with Mayra in Banos. The work we had to do was very diversify; help her with reservations, greet clients, clean appartments, organize the schedule, help her with internet and more.

It didn't took too long to develop a good relation with Mayra and her kids. Even that at the end, we were managing the appartments and the… read more

(Excellent )

21/04/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Merle)

I would like to give Merle 5 stars!!
Merle was a really fantastic help in so many ways. She was a blessing for me, changing the whole website (which is now amazing) and helped me to develop my business and help me to be able to understand how it works and how to make it better. She was exactly the right person at exactly the right time and I… read more

(Excellent )

21/04/2017

Left by Workawayer (Merle) for host

I really enjoyed the work with Mayra. We worked mainly on the new website and the social networks. I could learn a lot of new things and it was very interesting!
With Mayra we could exchange about a lot of different topic. The kids love baking we made pancakes and cinnamon rolls together. They are very autonomous for their age.
The apartment was… read more

(Excellent )

01/04/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (José)

Jose is very enthusiastic and hard-working person with loads of patience. He is a fast learner and very flexible. He can work easily under pressure. My kids loved him! He is ideal for any volunteer position!
He is always welcome to come back to work here!

(Excellent )

31/03/2017

Left by Workawayer (Hannah Marie & Fabian) for host

Baños is a great place to stay and Mayras flatshare, where we stayed for 2 weeks, is beautiful.
To clarify: we always knew and still know how to paint walls. Only in the beginning we were asking for tools and instruction in order to fulfill everybody's whish the best.
As there was no clear instruction nor did we find tools we organized the store… read more

(Good )

30/03/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Hannah Marie & Fabian)

Fabi and Hannah were here for a short time. they worked painting some walls even when they didn´t know how to do it at the begin they did their best. Finally walls were painting and they looks great.
Hannah painted a wall with a nice designer so I think this is great.
They didn´t know about online booking sites so 3 of us have to work together… read more

(Very good )

31/10/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Hannah)

*****Recomendation for this wonderful person Hannah. She was always very relax and happy, she was nervious at the begin but after we spoke she started to work hard doing healthy food for my children and specially for me. She changed the way I saw the vegetarian food because she used to cook delicous food in short time and wonderful taste.
I… read more

(Excellent )

10/10/2016

Left by Workawayer (Hannah) for host

I originally was only staying for a week but ended up staying just over 2 weeks. At first I was nervous and unsure about how to teach english to the children- but after speaking with Mayra about this I felt a lot calmer and was able to relax and have fun with the children. I was able to cook breakfast for the children/ healthy lunches for Mayra… read more

(Excellent )

01/09/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Morgane)

Having Morgane in my house with my and my children was a wonderful experience. Morgane was the best of the best volunteer that i have had, she was very responsable, easy going and helpful with my children and my school.
She used to cook delicous food, my children love her, she prepared healthy and amazing food. I learnt a lot about internet, she… read more

(Excellent )

26/08/2016

Left by Workawayer (Morgane) for host

I spent 3 weeks in Baños with Mayra and her 3 kids and it was the best choice ever.
After 3 weeks in Quito, Baños was the perfect place tu relax and chill. It´s a beautiful place with good vibrations.
And what can I say about Mayra and her little family ? I have no words to describe how good they were to me, it felt like family during the short… read more

(Excellent )

28/06/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Mukta Muge)

*****5 starts Recommendation for a excellent person, who came to my house to help us so much. Muge was one of my best volunteers that I have had.
She helped me cleanning my house , yoga classes,cooking healthy food and with my kits as well. My children really enjoyed to have Muge in our house and share sometime together, I can only say THANKS… read more

(Excellent )

27/06/2016

Left by Workawayer (Mukta Muge) for host

Staying with Mayra is my second volunteering via workaway family and I am very happy to meet with her.
Her place is amazing, private room in a nice flat with awesome shower(like home, really) and good kitchen with everything. Felt like home. Besides, Banos is amazing landscape, it is still my highlight of Ecuador.
Mayra is very relaxed person… read more

(Excellent )

22/05/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (jonathan)

5***** recommendation Jonathan and Elena.
I am Mayra the owner, I would like to say that having Jonathan and Elena in my house, with my family and job was wonderfull. Jonathan was very helpful with my online presence, reply my e-mailas and organize my school and apartments as well he was a good friend with my children.
Elena helped me a lot… read more

(Excellent )

20/05/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Serhat)

Having Serhat and Mukta from Istanbul, Turkey was a wonderful experience. They were very nice, relax and friendly people with all my family. Mukta help me a lot very early in the morning preparing healthy breakfast for my children and for me, she also taught me how to cook delicous dishes and yoga.
Serhat was always very helpful with my… read more

(Excellent )

18/05/2016

Left by Workawayer (Serhat) for host

It was our first workaway experience and Mayra was the perfect host. We helped her with her kids, reservations for her apartments, cleaning and general maintanence. Mayra is relaxed and leave you to deal with what you you do. The stay was wonderful. We had our private room in a nice flat with good shower and good kitchen with all utencils.
Thank… read more

(Excellent )

19/05/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Edith & Jesus)

After being let down by other volunteers some months ago, I decided to trust Edith and Jesus. Now I know it was a good decision and it was worth it. They helped me out a lot; Edith on the computer and with internet presence, she also helped me to recover some money that I had lost by a mistake from other volunteers... She was always very open to… read more

(Excellent )

19/05/2015

Left by Workawayer (Edith & Jesus) for host

We helped Mayra out at her Spanish language school, apartments and household for two weeks and had a great stay. It was our first Workaway experience, but we hope every one is as good as this one! Edith helped out a lot with the computer work, like reservations, e-mails and website listings. Jesús did a lot of cleaning in the apartments, the… read more

(Excellent )

03/01/2015

Left by Workawayer (Anna & Kilian) for host

This, our second workaway was again a great experience. We learned a lot about apartment management, cleaning and what Ecuadorian kids learn at school. Baños is awesome. You can get all kind of food (plenty of veggie choices) and there is so much to do in your free time for example rafting or hiking.
Mayra is a very kind person and ambitious. Her… read more

(Excellent )

01/01/2015

Left by host for Workawayer (Anna & Kilian)

Anna and Kilian were a pleasure to have! They were hard working and helped a lot with my children, business, and household duties. I would recommend them to any hosts who are looking for reliable help and a couple positive attitudes! Thank you again Anna and Kilian!

(Excellent )

25/09/2014

Left by Workawayer (Philipp & Denise) for host

Much as Gracias Mayra.
We had a fabulous time as well.
Mayras place is warm and friendly and the school is excellent. It was our first work away experience and we can recommend Banos as well as Mayras Family. We are sad leaving after 3 weeks but we will come back. Denise and Philipp

(Excellent )

25/09/2014

Left by host for Workawayer (Philipp & Denise)

Denise and Philipp were a pleasure to have!
They we very organised and creative with ideas for my business.
Both were great with my kids and also with my online presence, jobs around the house and organising the unit.
Thanks guys, I hope to see you again!

(Excellent )

25/09/2014

Left by host for Workawayer (Adam)

He is a very nice person and was a pleasure to have working here.
He is a really hard worker, he was always ahead of me, I never had to say what he had to do, he always knew.
He did a great job painting my house and did a fantastic job with my internet duties.
Thanks so much Adam, I hope to see you again some other time.

(Excellent )

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